Little did I realise when I bought the FJ to have something to wrestle with in the chicken shed over the winter months that she would turn out to be such a challenge —
But – today I had a willing helper. Not only does H make a better job of cleaning the frame than I do.
She takes clearer photos too —
Too good in fact. That frame doesn’t look quite so pristine in her pics – and the motor is showing every one of the five previous owners and thirty one years —
I was able to leave the frame in the capable hands of my sidekick and lay the motor on it’s back —
Where the stubborn cap screws fixing the lower oil cooler feed lines to the sump soon surrendered to a bit of heating and beating and unscrewed nicely without further drama.
First intentions were just to refresh the old FJ cosmetics and show her off at some of the local vintage events in the summer but once she’s stripped down it’s difficult not to go overboard and poke and prod even further.
Time will tell 🙂
from-a-distance 