FJ40 first time rebuilder

[martync70]

Gidday to all

I'm in Auckland trying to get my toy going so I can get into some 4wding.

Bought my 76 SWB FJ40 running standard 2F about 3 years ago, had to put project on hold will built two houses and now I've finally got some time to get back into it and get away from the wife

So far I've had the chassis stripped and some rusted damged bits repaired and certifed (I want to have it road legal)
Have replaced the suspension and shocks with a 2' lift, keeping the original 6cyl for now but eventually want to put on extractors and better carb

replaced the old front drums with 60 series disk and am in the process of putting in 60 series ps and linkages

Chucked away the cancer ridden tub and got a reasonable 1983 tub which is off to the panel beater next week hopefully to get tidied up and a coat of paint (been sand blasted already) so my next problem is modifying the chassis mounting brackets to suit the slightly different layout/positioning something I have to think over and at the same time give the chassis tub clearance an extra 25mm

Hopefully won't be to long before I can get going and have some fun

I know its not as adventurace as some of the things I've read in here but its a start to bigger better things...

Takes me a bit longer to get stuff done since I'm not a fabricator/welder but can operate a grinder realy well!!

Looking forward to bashing around some tracks

Martyn

[madaz068]

Welcome to ORE and most importantly welcome to a real vehicle ..... a TOYOTA. Im sure the 40 series boys will be able to help with any questions you might have. Just watch out for the Jerry character

[coxsy]

This is James not coxsy.

Cool anouther 40 in Auckland

Welcome to the club. I've got a 83 FJ40, your in the middle of the proccess I'm about to start, Rebuild so I may visit you sometime for help/ idea's. Alway's good to have some a few contact's who know what they are doing with these.

[Heath]

Holly shit Coxy has a split personality!

[coxsy]

till james has his own signin

[Sadam_Husain]

welcome to the forum Martyn and it sounds like you've already found the difference between the pre 1980 and post 1980 tubs, fuel tanks springs and all the rest of it

Hey James its about time you sorted out a new login for yourself now that the registrations are open again

[skid]

welcome to the site dude

you will find everything you need to know about 40s on here and so much more than you can imagine

enjoy the rebuild dude


and by the way, seeing as how sadam is getting a bit slack...................................

and niblik hasn't come along yet..............................

[niblik]

pi.............. oh.. wait...

^ what he said....

sweet.. another 40 build.. good work... keen to see how ya go..

and welcome..

[Jerry]

Nibby is still rebuilding his ..... have you finished the 40 yet Nibby

[niblik]

nope.. not finished yet.. farker.. stop threadjackin...

[PR]

Its amazing how many toyotas are being rebuilt at the moment and not one Nissan

Oh and welcome

[rokhound]

Its amazing how many toyotas are being rebuilt at the moment and not one Nissan

Very good reason for that though isn't there PR? No one has ever had a Nissan last long enough to need it

Welcome aboard fella. If you troll through you will find lots of useful info ( and lots of and lots of garbage) on the most common 4wd rigs in NZ.

[niblik]

Its amazing how many toyotas are being rebuilt at the moment and not one Nissan

Very good reason for that though isn't there PR? No one has ever had a Nissan last long enough to need it

i thought more of the "theyre not worth rebuildin"...