Popular Post Logo Posted April 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2022 So I have made a spur of the moment purchase as we all do and this was one of the results, something I've always wanted a short wheelbase fj40 These have become increasingly harder to find especially in Western Australia and when you do its like finding a large gold nugget for one that's in actual drivable condition. It's barely been driven in the last two years as the guy I bought it off got it to drive around, two weeks later he had a bike accident and lost his leg so he wasn't allowed to drive any manual vehicles which really sucks. Awesome guy pretty down to earth moving abroad and he just couldn't use it. He mentioned about 6 people have wanted to look at it all businesses wanting to sell it off for more money but wanted it to go to someone who actually might appreciate it for more than its monetary value. And as you do, I let him actually take it for a spin before he handed the keys over which he thoroughly enjoyed even after I accidentally said give it the stick. So we drove it back about 2-3hrs had no issues expecting the small fuel tank that's basically the base of your seat to need refilling for the small Australian price of $2.15 per liter. Ordered some custom number plates for that authentic show off factor and started to look at the issues I've gotten myself into. For starters the speedo/odometer isn't working - ordered a new one even tho I played around with it and semi had it working, But not worth the hassle. general wear and tear around the body, surface rust etc. nothing to major couple small bubbles and holes around indicator stalks and rear door seal otherwise body is tidy relay that connects the horn and I'm assuming other bits and pieces doesn't work and also fell apart in my hand. Seems hard to find an 80a relay these days. Attempted to put it in 4wd to do a beach run after having to replace every fitting on the air compressor to work, one of the hubs doesn't engage/disengage might need greasing actually putting it into H2, H4 and L4 seems a bit of a mission will probably be the major issue then just bits and pieces for quality of life as it will be more of a daily driver than anything else. Has a list of mods just some quality of life things like a custom box with power, usb, led strips and lights throughout the cab and rear. 9500lb winch, rear air locker, 3inch lift, very much so larger tires which are all near on brand new. Sound system and some add on gauges. completely rebuilt 2F original engine with a 3F head fitted Already replaced the front indicator park light stalks, new door cards on the way among other bits light light covers so they aren't split and faded to the point its only white light. that's it for now, ill slap the discussion thread at the bottom. enjoy some pics I've snapped so far Logo's 1971 Toyota FJ40 Discussion - Project Discussion - oldschool.co.nz 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Logo Posted April 19, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2022 So bit of a small update I guess... Got some parts put parts on made other things worse. aka new indicator stalks look lots better... but now I don't have high/low beam but I do have high beam flash. Not sure What I've done checked all the fuses etc. but all look good? Know the local auto sparky anyway he can be handballed the job for the minor price of a small village no doubt. Figuring out why the horns don't go, one of the relays kind of just comes apart? For the life of me I can't find any 80A 5 prong relays anywhere... so ebay had some cheapo no doubt dodgey ones I will try put on and see what happens. Got some hard plastic cover door cards actually came out really good and they were packaged like the world depended on them 5stars. New door handle bezels also. Only thing is all the windscreen winders have had the teeth chewed out of them and the pins snapped so not really much point trying to wind anything currently. Winter anyway. Started doing some cleaning/degreasing/wire brushing and sealing. Then proceeded to slowly paint the underbody which sucks a lot laying on your back constantly. Also custom plates cause why not, also not really my car so she can do whatever with it I just have to fix it. Spent a good fair while cleaning all the grease nipples and then pumping some nice fresh stuff through... 1st one no worries pretty much felt like it had nothing in it... 2nd a large amount of gritty grey/black grease pushed out and then also the fitting got stuck for like half an hour trying to wiggle, turn, twist, yank and swear. Even had to message my brother to see if I'm just stupid or not but after that it finally got free after smacking my knuckles how many times to try pull it off. Following the like 20 others that were absolute scum filled it now has nice new grease. Steering is up 136%, Driveshaft spins 112%, rear suspension felt like what was non existent and with a short wheel base is basically a small rock makes your spine shoot through the back of your skull. It now actually feels stupidly smoother like a completely different car. Made a small list of things as you do while poking around and just want to make yourself feel like the list gets ever longer. New Relay Radiator return hose leaking high/low beam issue Front left locking hub is stuck (opened it up think the rink has a split probs need a new one...) Gearing into H4/L4 is a smidge hard general tune/service/brakes/clutch New speedo cable arrived so install that probably need new bushes all around when I was greasing Front windscreen has a leak (Ray Charles must have personally silicone it) also a decent chip which might start to travel Windscreen wiper drivers side I kind of touched and it fell apart... I force soldered it back into place until a new one is sourced Gauge cluster was bulldog clipped on... so that will be bolted on Slap some big bright spotties instead of the rectangles just so all oncoming traffic can't see for the next 20years. Its the Australian way. This will no doubt keep me entertained for awhile especially while I still wait for the patrol to arrive, which has now been pushed back to the 10th of May Here is some basic photos of stuff to keep you guys going 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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