BJ40 new front HD bumper
Alright JTo has delivered quickly my new HD channel bumper. http://www.jtoutfitters.com/front-winch-channel-bumper-toyota-land-cruiser-fj40-p-4785.html?osCsid=757ijg32vipmnkias4m0ip08b4
pictures soon to follow...
bj40 and front
Here a few shots of the front my the bj40.
bj40 fun with POR-15
Well I begin the rust adventure with starting off with taking the front bumper off. Dam I hate rust... Anyway I ended up getting it off and cleaning and treating with zero rust. I think it turned out really well. I went a head and order a new bumper HD from JTO. I have never order form them but they had the best price on a HD bumper winch ready powder coated black. I think it should be hear next week. I also had to order some bumper bolts because I have to cut most of mine off. I think once I am done with a couple of these easy items the BJ40 will look great. I also stayed out in the garage until 1am using the CCOT starter kit POR-15 . I was surprised that the kit almost completely covered my driver and pass floor plans. I think it turned out pretty good even though I could not see what I was doing very well. The hole black and black. So I overed some grey to put on a second coat and do some more touch up work. I will also do the rear bed area as soon as it comes in. I need to take some pictures .... Let me go and do that.. OK you can see that it is a work in process.. I am still trying to match paint on the hood before I start on the top.
Also Here is what the front and New tires I got on there 32x 11.5 15. MUD KING
Parts have arrived
Well I had a nice little box of items waiting for me .. and even had a few extras thrown in for free. Now there is something about getting more then what you order that will keep me coming back. I order a new shift plate, some new bolts , and some new side hood hooks. I also got a small POR kit to test that out for my floor pans and new door handle. So I have already replaced the door handle and while I had that off cleaned up and painted behind the handle. I also started touch up work on the hood that was damaged. I am still very excited about this BJ40 and I have only gotten to drive it a couple of times. Life is good.
Bj40 and BIO fuel .... O YEA
Well There is this little set up not far from my house that is selling BIO fuel 24 hours . How cool is that. I am going to grab 5 g. after work and run it. I know the previous owner was running it and I think I should be fine with the winter blend with out any worry. Got to love it...
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The work starts ....BJ40
Well she arrived a little beaten and with a few parts missing but thank goodness to CCOT and a good paycheck because I quickly went through it. First I ordered 2 new tires so I could have a good spare and some good meats to get me around. I went with 32 11.5 15 .. Second I order a new driver side door handle because mine is broken and I am getting tired of getting in one the passenger side of the truck. Next was some feel good parts and a new shift plate so I can remember where I am while I am driving. Then there were the extra wheel bolts to replace the ones that have been broken off : -) And last be not least a little POR-15 kit to test the waters in sealing the driver and passenger floor pans should make for a real fun time...
I really like the size tire and look , they are MUD KINGS which are made by BFG. I am going to have to get used to this manual steering thing, just doing a little turn is tough. Damm I need to beef up with some weights or something.
Damaged in Shipping...
Well I go over to meet the shipper not far form the house and as soon as I could see the truck I knew something was wrong. The hood had flown up and slammed into the roof and bent back. I shipper and I got into a bit of an argument about the details. Eventually I accepted the truck and had them note all the damage and missing parts on the slip. The hood was a wreck , there were missing parts like hood windshield latches and the Driver side blinker was gone.... GO figure the shipper denied all responsibility for any of it. (great). Anyway I got luck that the seller was a class act and we were able to reduce the price to cover most of the cost. Of course leaving me to deal with everything. I think it worked out pretty well.... It started right up and I drove it home with no problems. Next to do a full check over.....
the Deal and Delivery
Well the truck is in Colorado and I need it in Ga. so what to do. .. Well after looking into everything from flying out skiing then driving back (which is what I wanted to do). I decided to just have the truck shipped. I did not want to hit the rode with a truck this old and so many unknowns. Even thought I know it would have been a cool adventure. So shipping it was, the seller was very helpful with this and really set most of it up with a shipping broker so total cost from Co to Ga. was $635 (not bad). The seller and I set up paypal accounts so we could transfer the money with no additional cost. We agreed to set up a payment plan and I would send a 70% payment once I received scanned images of the bill of sales and title. Then I would send the rest once the truck showed up here and the paper work. Now all this was a first to me, I was buying a truck I had never seen , nor driven. Talk about a little risky....
Well here is the story so far.....
So I was driving the other day and the wife sees a restored Fj40 and says she would not mind owning another one some day. Well I thought that would be cool and I would start with a little bit of a better rig than the last Fj40 I had. It had a little to much rust. Anyway, I though I would kind of look around and see what was in my area and the prices. Wow I was surprised to see that there were a couple in the area to look at and think about. Of course as soon as I started looking the Land Cruiser fever took hold. Now I know that wife had said one day in the future it would be nice. But then I good and find the holly grail a 1979 BJ40. It was a dream come true so of course I had to buy it.
My new buy BJ40
Thats right I said BJ40 !! I just scored a 1979 BJ40 that came up from Costa Rica about a year ago and has been in the west for a couple of months.
Also Here is what the front and New tires I got on there 32x 11.5 15. MUD KING
