lcwizard

You have driveshafts from two generations. The one with the external snap ring is 73 and earlier. The other, with internal snap rings will use u-joints from 1974 all the way up through the FJ80 series and first gen Sequoia. Either driveshaft can...

I'm going to guess "Burbank Springs". Long gone for good reason. The bushings were odd, as I recall. Larger than early OEM but smaller than late 40s/60s. They may have been patterned after FJ55 bushings. The shackle reversal was a design by...

Too many potential issues with this setup to assess here. It looks like you're in Alaska. Look up Mark Whatley in Wasilla at Cruisers Only. He's got decades of experience with Cruisers and can give you a first hand evaluation. Not positive but I...

Started building it for the long trips.... rockers (steps for the dog) and the rear swing out. Front and camper shell rack in the works. Maybe rear Deavers

If a 9/16 (14mm) u-bolt is stretching or failing at 45 ft/lbs, it's a grade A or ungraded u-bolt and too soft for suspension parts. Typically, among suspension type u-bolts, they are grade 5 up to 9/16 and grade8 for 5/8 and larger as 5/8 and...

The u-joints on the late 40s and 60 series are the same. There are a couple flange patterns on split cases so worst case is swap a flange at the t-case

It appears that McNamara, may still do this https://www.mcnamaradiffs.com.au/driveshaft1.html

This was done back in the 80s. The PTO was eliminated and the space was taken by an extension of splines off the back of the input gear. I can't recall the manufacturer but I thought it may have been Australian. Mark's of AU did their input for...

No it never broke off but the splines stripped out of the input gear and the output shaft splines were down to 1/4 height and thickness

Factory bumper mounts on Toyotas, especially the truck platforms do not hold up well to winching. The 40 series cruiser is the only series with a factory mount that will take a full pull from a 12K winch at an off angle. I'm seen an ARB on a 60...

I did my first v-8 swap in 81. The end over roll was 1998. By that time I was running a TBI350, turbo 400 and a Dana 300 case. The 300 was the only real option for lower land cruiser tcase gears until AA came out with Orion. The 300 was a stock...

We John, I'm the weird one in that case. My 78, that I bought new, had that gear fail in about 81. I had the trans rebuilt and did a v-8 swap at the same time. The new gear took crap in about 25K. Back in those days, my youthful exuberance...

It's a capacitor/condensor. It's there to suppress electrical noise from the alternator. If you hear a buzzing from the radio while the motor is running, that's the electrical noise that it's supposed to quell. You may not need it but it won't...

I've broke a four or five myself over the last 20 years and five 60s

The upper front shock mount tends to be a failure point and I've been building a virtually indestructible version for in shop builds for a while. A customer contacted me for a pair so I figure I'll just offer them to everyone. 1/4"plate...

individually

Past that age, whatever you're loading, ... be content to not load your shorts!

1/4 protection not only adds labor and material costs but handling and shipping woes especially if you ship after powder coating.

Steel and machined parts have almost tripled since 2020. This is why I only build bumpers as ordered and on a one on one basis these days.

always overbuild. We get about 1/16~1/8" deflection on a 33" long arm with a 35" tire using 2 1/2" x 1/4 wall square. I tried 2" x 3/16 back in the mid nineties but settled on heavier after a couple issues

At 30, 40 or even 50 y/o you pick up a complete rear end and toss it in the bed or your truck. Past 60 or 65, you're content with just loading a pair of brake drums

semi-retired. Another name for old and tired but still around working at a slower pace

T is generally just a DOT rim profile. JJ is a bead profile. It was used on nearly every ford and GM car and truck in the 60s and 70s and probably still used. The Chevy truck rims of that era looked very much like those but although the bolt...

nope. all the same