My FJ 60 Cruiser

[Sabbath']

What sort of things were on the list?

 

[ncass11]

I have a picture of the list, you must not be able to see it, some of the things were wheel cylinders leaking, tail gate struts not holding tailgate up, broken tail light lens, L/H shocky bushes, only little things and I have already fixed those i just listed,

I just finished doing the L/H wheel cylinder I will do the right side tomorrow,

 

[ncass11]

i got the new wheel cylinders on, i tried to bleed the brakes but must of fkd the seal around the piston in the master cylinder from pushing the pedal down to far, got a new master cylinder, bleed the system and its perfect

:spew::spew::spew:

the only flash thing on the car

whats left to do is

get a battery bracket

weld up the hole in the guard or fit another snorkel

weld rust hole in front driver and passenger side floor, i haven't seen the rust yet so im not sure what to expect

draglink ends, i got a rebuild kit for them but haven't done it yet

replace wipers

remove extra revers light

and adjust the handbrake

im half way done

 

[ncass11]

Just got some new wiper blade assembly's and finished the draglink ends. Also got a can of paint and painted some of the grey patches, looks dodgy but it looks better.

 

[ncass11]

All the rust welded up same with the snorkel hole, the only thing left is to get a battery bracket, I'll drive it to work next week and go for the rwc it should pass,

 

[ncass11]

it hasn't passed because it runs dodgy and stalls but they are happy with everything els, instead of fkn around with the old carb i got a brand new carby from ebay for $360 and it has finaly arrived, it runs alot better at idle but is misfires and backfires when driving, ill play with the ignition timing on monday

 

[ncass11]

finally got the pos roadworthy just got to get it registered when i get the money, i spent over a grand on repairing this piece of crap but at least it will be reliable and there is not much that can fail on it now, here is a list of things done to it

.Repaird rust
.Replaced windscreen
.Replaced coil
.Replaced points
.Replaced condensor
.Replaced dizzy cap
.Replaced rear wheel cylinders
.Replaced master cylinder
.Replaced ingnition leads
.Replaced spark plugs
.Replaced muffler
.Replaced drivers seatbelt
.Replaced wiper blade assembly
.Replaced tailgate struts
.Replaced L/H rear shocky bushes
.Replaced carby with a brand new ebay one
.weld snorkel hole
.Rebuilt drag link ends

plans are now to do piston rings and big end bearings, paint it matt black, get it looking good and after i get some good use out of it i might sell it for a kingswood but we will see when the time comes

 

[ncass11]

finally got it on the road, and it drive's good to my surprise, but i realy need a 5 speed because those 4 speeds are absolutely useless, im scared to even go over 80, so i think a 5 speed is on the "to do list" but it beats driving a prius every day. i feel the urge to go 4wding

 

[ncass11]

went 4WDing for the first time on the weekend and it performed great, i havent been in the mud yet ill wait till it rains, repairing some more rust

and here is the beast in its natural habitat

 

[ncass11]

the piston rings are leaking in the cruiser and consuming a lot of oil, ive been thinking of collecting all the gaskets, rings and bearing needed then take a weeks holiday to do the job, but im having second thoughts as i dont want to take it off the road when i just got it on the road

opinions?