Popular Post KP_wag Posted July 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2018 Thought I'd throw up a few pics of me new cruiser, bit dangerous posting this in the projects section as really don't wanna start modding this thing (in the near future at least)... It's a 1984 BJ45 Landcruiser flatdeck, the very last year of the 40 series cruisers. Other than having a disc brake front end and a few cosmetic changes there's not a lot to separate this from the earlier 40 series trucks, is still bare inside and drives like a tractor. Dog is stoked to have a functioning ute again Even has a hitch pin linkage, need mo implements: I bought to daily drive and do a bit of work on the block so near term upgrades will be focused on making commute tolerable. Already has a bunch of window and door seals replaced but mostly steel in the interior so still makes a lot of noise at highway speeds. When I bought it the little spring mechanism on the indicator stem was shagged and would flick randomly to high beams every 10-60 seconds, made for an interesting first drive back up from wellies, managed to blind a few strangers and anyone I was following must've thought that I was looking for a fight. Pulled the stem to bits and managed to fix that, and replaced the exhaust manifold gasket today as that was also blown to bits and super noisy under acceleration. Is running the original 3B and 4 speed so thinking longer term upgrades will be 5 speed, turbo and front mount, power steering and maybe bigger brakes. Also keen to stocker up the interior as much as possible (has velour drivers seat outa who knows what in it), and some period steel wheels prolly also on the cards. Cher thanks for lookin 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_wag Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Kinda lame update but first mod so thought Id better post The factory horn was farked so instead of buying a cheap plug and play replacement, used as an opportunity to install these puppies that my dad had been hording in his shed. They are off a 70's Nissan President, and were actually not as easy to install as you might think as pretty huge and wanted to leave a clear path around the rad for future intercooler and piping. In the end found a sweet spot though, whipped up a bracket. Installed (though not yet wired) Honk honk! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_wag Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Justified the purchase of this thing partially based on needing a workhorse for the block, proving to be less of a BS argument than I thought it mightve been. #Blocklyfe https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vtfIFWMsp5B832GdjJf2f04JXt6YHFNC https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PxgUuA0fq9Tj_vWG8Q9On5n_VPBxFGfY 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_wag Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Wof man said I need new leaf bushes, so decided to give cruiser a birthday and do full suspension overhaul. Settled on an Old Man Emu kit - ordered mid December 3 months later full list of parts still hasn't shown up which is pretty dumb. Enough to make a start though, which I did today and found this when I pulled out the first front spring: The eagle eyed will notice that the leaf eye has sheared off and the only thing keeping the spring captive was the wrap of the next leaf. This would give probably 20mm of side play - and quite glad the diff didn't decide to go for a walk while going around a corner at 100kmh. Thought it had shit wandering steering but just put that down to #cruiserlife, Wof man probably missed also as pretty hard to see hidden inside spring hanger box. Anyway, im thinking it might drive quite a lot better. Will chuck up a pic when all installed, is a 2" lift but will probably get 3 or maybe given how flat old springs were. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KP_wag Posted April 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 24, 2021 New stance: Super happy with how it drives, rides and steers so much better. Unfortunately though my cunning plan that the new suspension would distract the WOF man away from the rust around the windscreen and A pillars didn't quite work, and she failed her wof last week. Prolly $1k to fix, but there's niggly bits starting elsewhere so teetering on going all in and do the full effort blast/fix/total respray. Soooo, anyone able to recommend someone in the kato that will do a damn nice job for a very decent price? Got a couple of ballpark quotes already, but keen for some oldschool recommendations... Cheers 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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