got a 40 - now it begins

[treerootCO]

February of 1976 FJ40 tested - Off Road Australia Magazine 1976

 

[treerootCO]

 

[treerootCO]

 

[subzali]

Just remember that only Cali 76s had the carb cooling fan. Federal models did not.

Also, Australian 76s would have had drum brakes still as well I'm pretty sure.

 

[PabloCruise]

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Hang on, the Land Cruiser Wagon (aka Pig) has room for 4, but according to Toyota Marketing a 40 has room for "7 husky men"?

I don't get it...

 

[simps80]

Kurt drove his 40 over and dropped some leftover parts by after his 2f rebuild thread.
I didn't get to see it. But it gave me enough inspiration to get the 40 out and take it for its first wash since i think maybe since that first wash 3 years ago....and then we took it out for some more yard flowers Hannah wanted.

Hannah my wife has deemed my truck Hannah cause it was born in may 1976 like her.

I call them both honey badger....but only when they arent listening.


Anyway..this thing needs a trip to the mountains..groceries and flowers...man oh man

 

[simps80]

Back under

Now that the 80 has recovered from this..

And is back to daily driver status..

The 40 is going back under the knife for some more TLC..

Gonna treat the ol' gal to this stuff:

thanks to cruiser outfitters and some others I hav some stuff to do..
I like the old school Stewart Warners..just going to have to find a way to mount them without cutting anything up.

Pretty pumped about the coolerman custom harness for the fogs

Todo:
1. Service front axle
a. New bearings, seals,
b. new oem wheel studs and new oem lug nuts
2. New brakes front axle
a. New rotors
b. New Toyota reman calipers
c. New soft brake lines
3. Service rear axle
a. New bearings, seals,
b. new oem wheel studs, and new oem lug nuts
4. New rear brake shoes and hardware
5. Flush red add green
6. Add extended petcock
a. radiator has 10x1.5 straight thread. relaced plastic petcock with flange head bolt and fiber washer
7. Test oil cooler
a. no evidence of leak will wait for oil sample anlysis 8. 8. Engine oil sample
9. Add fog lights harness and switch
10. Add oil pressure gauge
11. Add water temp gauge
12. Change rear pumpkin gasket
13. Check rear pinion yoke torque
14. Replace rear harness plugs with coolerman replacements
15. Replace tie rod ends
16. Adjust steering gear play
17. adjust clutch

 

[MDH33]

Excellent! You'll love the fog lamps. I wish I had been able to get a harness to run them properly. I just made connections to the running light wires and controlled them that way.

Are those OEM or the repros?

Looks like you have a couple weekends worth of other projects there too!

 

[treerootCO]

Very nice! Let me know when you want to work on it.

 

[simps80]

Begin axle and steering

I made some progress.
I got the ds knuckle torn down. Pics just cause...
Oh and I sanded on this knuckle a bit to get rid of that corrosion..

Then I moved on to the 5 new rod ends. The steering is real loose 10 to 2 nothing..so keen on seeing the improvements. ..

Then I took the centerlink out to rebuild it.

Pro tip..lol...for the next schmuck who has never done this before...

Leave it mounted to the frame to bust that big 22mm top cap loose..

The rebuild kit from cruiser outfitters is real nice..comes with everything..

I ended with a bunch of cleaning and painting..

Hey Martin.yea oems lights..brackets and switch from racer65

 

[wesintl]

looks great!

 

[subzali]

Nice! My play was coming from the steering box.

 

[simps80]

I got some progress done.
I am taking alot of time to clean everything up
Refinish the parts, and order oem hardware and other things.

I got the ds put mostly back together after long waits for some parts.

All the knuckle studs were loose..so I took them out and loctited them in.
A couple had bad threads so I ordered some new ones

 

[simps80]

Part numbers for knuckle studs nuts washers..

Part numbers for wheel studs and lug nuts

Finally putting something together..

I painted the new tie rod ends in high temp clear because I like the plain metal finish, but didn't want it to rust

 

[simps80]

I polished up the hubs and cleared them and repainted the lettering etc..

But I can't figure out how to disassemble the knob to redo the innards. .

Does anyone know how to take this style knob apart?

 

[RicardoJM]

... Does anyone know how to take this style knob apart?

Sorry, I am of no help. I have Warn premium hubs on the Bronco and wanted to do the same. I searched the interwebs high and low and did not find information/detail on how to fully disassemble. I did clean them as best I could with cleaner, brush and air. They have been operating smooth ever since. If you do figure it out, I would be interested in learning.

 

[simps80]

Yea I just wound up cleaning it up..Doesn't really seem to me like it's supposed to come apart..

More new parts and toyota reman calipers.
and finished this side.

 

[MDH33]

Beautiful !

 

[treerootCO]

I love watching this thread

 

[wesintl]

sexy, just make sure you retorque those knuckles and check them down the road.

I thought we got you some long aisins or was it just 1?