72’ FJ40 Cruise Moab or Bust. Bust Maybe Next Year.

[shellb]

Lucky dude!

 

[rckhound]

Next up is rattle reduction and tunes. We ordered all the door weather seals and rear hatch weather seals. Installed new brass bushings in the front door hinges and have new bushings on order for the tire swing out. As far as tunes go, BTB had a nice solution that comes with speakers that mount in the back corner of the tub and we are going to pair those with a blue tooth unit from TheCrazyGreek from mud. We also took the time last night to make a new slide pin for the back barn door to hold them in place.

 

[rckhound]

Got some more work done on the 72’ today. We replaced the door gaskets and rear hatch gaskets which made a huge improvement in the rattle department. We also installed the bluetooth stereo and kick panel speaker which is great! The speaker mounts we purchased from BTB do not fit the earlier trucks because of the back up light so we ordered some from SOR and painted them to match using some rattle can from Cruiser Corps. I installed rivnuts in the speaker mount and kick panel pillars so that the speaker mounts easily and is serviceable. We also used some lap sealant to seal up the gutter rail. I stalled a hood bumper on the gutter rail for when you tilt the hood back and got the room light, dash lights, turn signal lights, and license plate light all functioning today. Also made a new negative cable for the battery and replaced some hard vacuum lines. All together the truck is turning out great and Jamie is really enjoying it driving it almost daily.

 

[rckhound]

Motor back from machine shop and ready to be built! Gunn is always the best for these 2F’s.

 

[simps80]

Where did they/you source the internal pistons rings etc and gaskets?
What vintage 2f is that?

 

[rckhound]

86’ 2F a mix of Toyota, Partsouq, and a supplier out of Yemen. Everything is an OEM Toyota part or made by the supplier to Toyota.

 

[rckhound]

Well the 72’ has made it in the new shop! Pampered indoor storage life from here on out.