Guzzler/Not Megan Fox 1984 FJ60

[MonPetiteShoe]

I am currently sonicating* my collection...

* @DanS tells me that I can't call an ultrasonic bath a sonicator. Whatever. Sonicate is a verb and a sonicator is the apparatus that sonicates. Am I weird or is he crazy? You decide.

Ahem... Ultrasonicator. Ultrasonicating. You want those coins 'er nah? I soaked them in what ever the green stuff was in a spray bottle I found. It didn't work very well.

Is that cooling fan OEM?!

I haven't the faintest idea. It certainly pulls air across the radiator. There's an Aisin fan clutch available on Rock Auto. If it ain't broke...

Please let me bring over the dry ice and the box of the sound deadening I have left over. I need to relive the dry ice breaking the OE floor material. I’m beg of you.

I'm working on disinfecting everything. This weekend is busy, but my week is wide open for the most part. I believe next weekend is open. You got my digits.
I was just going to leave the OEM sound deadening in and slap somma them panels of yours on there all willy-nilly. She ain't pretty, and she ain't gonna be pretty, but by-god she gonna run well.



Pulled the heater/Evap core. Lawd... They're gnarly.





I'll look into tearing these down and seeing if it's salvageable... I just need clean air to blow across that heater core. I'm not worried about A/C yet. Might smell a bit like bleach though...

 

[Cruisertrash]

Ahem... Ultrasonicator. Ultrasonicating. You want those coins 'er nah? I soaked them in what ever the green stuff was in a spray bottle I found. It didn't work very well.

I haven't the faintest idea. It certainly pulls air across the radiator. There's an Aisin fan clutch available on Rock Auto. If it ain't broke...

I'm working on disinfecting everything. This weekend is busy, but my week is wide open for the most part. I believe next weekend is open. You got my digits.
I was just going to leave the OEM sound deadening in and slap somma them panels of yours on there all willy-nilly. She ain't pretty, and she ain't gonna be pretty, but by-god she gonna run well.



Pulled the heater/Evap core. Lawd... They're gnarly.





I'll look into tearing these down and seeing if it's salvageable... I just need clean air to blow across that heater core. I'm not worried about A/C yet. Might smell a bit like bleach though...

Where’s the hantavirus emoji when you need it???

Good to see some progress Josh!

 

[MonPetiteShoe]

I tore apart the heater and Evap core... It was a sh*tshow, literally.





There was a layer of mouse peepeepoopoo about 3/8" or .375" thick... I used metal scrapers to no avail. This stuff was caked on there.
I pulled all the accoutrements and used a combination of bleach, brushes, wire wheels, and scrapers. Some of it worked, some of it was outclassed.
I filled a couple buckets with hot water/dawn and let the main components soak for about an hour.
It loosened everything up and came out looking pretty freakin' good. Another coat of bleach, followed by a hotwater rinse did the trick. Spot cleaned as needed.

The heater core/evap look ok. They're still old/NLA parts. I'd rather replace them, but the garbage will have to do.



This has been sitting in the back of my mind for nearly a year now... Lawd it's a relief.
Unfortunately, the 40+ year old foam on all the gates did not survive the ordeal. I may look into throwing some 1/8" foam around to seal things up a bit. Everything functions, but now it's kinda loud when you actuate the controls.

A few things while I've got the interior pulled:
I replaced the driver/passenger seatbelts with some 'newer,' units. These units actually retract.

I'll need to pressure wash/soap/vac the carpet. It's in rough shape, but that dog'll hunt.
I plan on disinfecting the rest of the cab and cleaning it up.
While I'm in there I can probably throw down some sound deadening.

All the seats are pretty dirty. I need to find a solution to that. Might see if a detail shop has an extractor on the cheap.
Worst case, I can scrub 'em down and shop vac some of the moisture out.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I replaced the driver/passenger seatbelts with some 'newer,' units. These units actually contract.

Retract.

Excellent! What a mess. Well done brudda.

 

[CardinalFJ60]

Oh my. Great job!!

 

[J1000]

This has been sitting in the back of my mind for nearly a year now... Lawd it's a relief.
Unfortunately, the 40+ year old foam on all the gates did not survive the ordeal. I may look into throwing some 1/8" foam around to seal things up a bit. Everything functions, but now it's kinda loud when you actuate the controls.

Put some grease or something on all the pivots and springs to help quiet and smooth it out.

Good work conquering shit mountain!