Land Cruisers! (And a Hilux)

[Juggernut]

Here's something that might be interesting (based on the thread  topic).  Toyota FJ43 Land Cruiser

[Pete Fleischmann]

9 minutes ago, Juggernut said:

Here's something that might be interesting (based on the thread  topic).  Toyota FJ43 Land Cruiser

Need!

 Thanks for the link!

P

[Pete Fleischmann]

On 7/26/2022 at 3:12 PM, Ryan said:

Love the rims.

Thanks Ryan-

they are getting harder to find! 
 

cheers

P

[Ryan]

On 7/27/2022 at 9:19 AM, Pete Fleischmann said:

Here’s a before and after-

This is what it looked like in Japan when I bought it

 

And where we are now-

 

pretty cool-

 

P

Pete is that "rack" on the bed stock?

 

[Pete Fleischmann]

2 hours ago, Ryan said:

Pete is that "rack" on the bed stock?

 

The roll bar in that photo is aftermarket, (which I removed) but there is an OEM Toyota Hilux roll bar that was an option-

the rear window cage is stock; and welded to the truck bed.

cheers

Pete

Edited September 22, 2022 by Pete Fleischmann

[ScoobyDoo]

On 3/4/2022 at 6:58 PM, Pete Fleischmann said:

 

…took me a while to figure it out.

Any guesses?

i haven’t read through the replies, is it a choke? Has the symbol of one.

[ScoobyDoo]

On 3/4/2022 at 9:50 PM, Pete Fleischmann said:

Turns out that knob adjusts the idle-

who knew? Never seen that before-

kinda like a choke, but different I guess-

 

not exactly sure where to set it..I rolled it back and forth and played with the idle speed, and set it back to where it was.

more to follow- My first diesel…so learning as I go-

 

cheers

Pete

I used the choke on my Triumphs to adjust the idle on cold damp days in Canada.

[LSP_Matt]

12 hours ago, ScoobyDoo said:

I used the choke on my Triumphs to adjust the idle on cold damp days in Canada.

Yeah. The days of manual chokes eh? When warming up your car was actually a thing, or using too much choke and flooding the engine was another possibility.  Despite the lack of complexity it did give us a feel and ear for engines. My Dad had a TR4 for many years. Loved it.

 

I don't think that idle speed adjust is like the screw on the carby. On my my FJ75 its a separate linkage. Usually you set it in low range when you're climbing, or more aptly plodding up snotty terrain. It negates the need to keep your foot pressure constant on the accelerator/gas pedal. Sometimes operator/driver inputs make things worse.

 

Ironically, I found this when driving a Skidsteer 3Tonne Cat289. Sometimes it was better to just let go of the joysticks when it began to oscillate and let it correct itself. Operator inputs seemed to only exacerbate the situation.

 

Cheers Matty

[Pete Fleischmann]

My FJ40 has a manual, pull out choke-

use it every time to cold start the engine.

good stuff.

 

P

[Pete Fleischmann]

Beautiful fall Saturday in Iowa. Great day to blast around in the FJ40 with the Berners-

 

cheers,

 

P

 

[Pete Fleischmann]

I’m calling this a win!

 

The only missing placard for my Hilux was this little gem. It describes how to release the spare tire, and is located on the rear of the truck to the right of the license plate bracket.

long out of production- it was impossible to find a new OEM.

I had a photograph only- but Scott Brown from Bullseye Decals saved my bacon and created new artwork that I used to get this thing made-

 

Those of you who can read Japanese will notice that I’m actually holding it upside down in this photo.

 

This literally made my day!!

 

P

Edited October 14, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann

[Pete Fleischmann]

This is gold-

[treker_ed]

I have not seen a choke on a car for many a long year! Thinking about it, not since the early 90s and that was on a car built in the late 80s! I learnt to drive quite late (nearly 40) and have not had to use one at all!!!!!