1983 FJ60 Land Cruiser rebuild and upgrade

[LuisGW]

Are you still looking to paint it orange?

Yes starting this week doing undercoat and interior (black, since it is all hidden) and engine compartment then start rebuild. Finally.

 

[scrubber3]

Im excited to see this finished!!

 

[LuisGW]

Well painting is getting started. Antichip undercoat, exterior prime, interior blackout, Firewall.....

 

[battleaxe]

I also have a FJ62 and just like above the rockers and quarter panels are ROTTEN however the floors are actually nice.

Go figure?

Any of the rusty ones my dad has bought have been more or less the same.

 

[LuisGW]

Things are starting to go back together. Wuhoo. Putting Dynamat on floor and firewall. Repainted metal part of dash.

 

[redthies]

I haven’t checked in for a while, and man, things are looking good! Did you see Jeeps “Impact Orange”? I had an ‘05 TJ Rubicon in that color. In my opinion it’s a nicer color than the more recent one. Probably too late for you to consider it though.

 

[LuisGW]

I haven’t checked in for a while, and man, things are looking good! Did you see Jeeps “Impact Orange”? I had an ‘05 TJ Rubicon in that color. In my opinion it’s a nicer color than the more recent one. Probably too late for you to consider it though.

I didn't know there were two oranges. I see the impact orange is a bit more subdued. Would have been a good option but yes a bit late. Thanks anyway.

 

[redthies]

Sorry I didn’t see your color choice sooner Luis. I really liked that color on my TJ. The one you chose is nice to, but it is definitely a bit louder. Thats not really a bad thing for a toy though.

 

[scrubber3]

I really doubt you'll ever overheat with that radiator. Nice!

 

[LuisGW]

I really doubt you'll ever overheat with that radiator. Nice!

Champion radiator. I had them swap the connection point on top from left to right to avoid crisscrossing the hosing .

 

[LuisGW]

Well it's been a long hiatus without any work on this, but back at it now. The engine had to be lowered as it was hitting the underside of the hood. So I designed and fabricated new reverse motor mounts. They worked perfectly. Need to play with the cooling system outlets and maybe offset the steering gear box slightly. Will see. I tried to install the VSS adaptor from Jags that Run and found the mating flange hole alignment was wrong. I designed a new one and am having it manufactured. New engine mounts below.

 

[LuisGW]

Going to get started on the fuel and brake systems.

 

[Overlandtowater]

what a great build!

 

[LuisGW]

After lowing the motor ran into a problem with the manifold now interfering with steering shaft so the solution was to move the engine to dead center from the original 1" driverside offset. We were never clear the reason that Stoffregen Motors offset the motor on the build they documented. One never wants the drive shaft to be dead center but I think it will still be offset with engine in the center. The other issue with lowering the motor is that it now has only a 1-2% rake. The standard rake is 6% but am thinking this should also not be a problem.

Bought a new clutch master cylinder. and mounted the rock sliders as the brackets need to go in before starting to run the brake and fuel lines.

 

[mep1811]

Nice build.
If you plan on making this a road trip machine , be sure to keep a detailed parts list with parts numbers. Parts like hoses , belts filters anything that could need replacing on the road.

Since it is hybrid vehicle , going to a parts store will be fruitless unless you have a part number. You will never get the right parts with a year, make and model.