Nothing getting done...

It's too damn cold and too damn rainy to do anything. I'm watching TV. The top doesn't leak too much, and the whole interior is stripped anyway, so I'll just wait for good weather to sand it and put down some bedliner.

Meh.

Snow, hail and rain...

Since the gods have chosen this past weekend as a good day to start the downpour, I decided to start waterproofing the FJ40, new weatherstripping (bulk crap from NAPA)... and some tightening of bits... etc.

I spent about 2 hours going through the whole heater system and repair a dozen connections, cleaned the switch, knocked mud out of the blower and got the whole damn thing working.

Next up, replacement radiator fan, more cleaning, more water proofing, rust-removal, stripping and bedliner....

Went and took a look at a friend's 71 FJ40...

He's got a Downey 4" lift on stock everything else, etc...
Apparently he got regular 15" black wagon wheels from Summit. They fit. With 35" on a minor rear fender trim. I'll have to get some pictures up here...
I've got some coil springs that came from a Grand Cherokee, I'd like to do some 4-links and coils... maybe I'll do that. I guess it might be poor-handling on-road, but I think it should be fine.

More stuff later on.

Some pictures of the FJ in my garage...

I haven't really done much aside from more interior cleaning...
I went to the DMV and got it registered and legal, but I still need to do the CHP inspection (it's been "out of the DMV system" for 10 years) and add it to my insurance policy (YAY for 8 vehicles on insurance!)....

With my son only minutes or days away from being born, the FJ is going to be a part-time project concurrent with the fence that goes on - week after week - being built.

As a matter of fact, aside from the eBay parts, I should get my boat running and sell that thing. That would pay for wheels and tires quickly.

I think I have decided to do the "mini-truck swap" of taking the axles out of a 1987 (or older) Toyota Pickup and putting them under the FJ... not as strong, but, then again... I have friends running 40" Swampers with Marlin t-cases on rock-crawler rigs who have never broken an axle or Birfield.

Fun fun fun.

After these pics, the driver's seat was temporarily re-installed for ease of driving.