Landcruiser Unplugged...literally!

Well...its been a couple of weeks, but I have managed to get a couple of days of working on the Landcruiser in.  For the most part I've been working on the dash...what a mess of wires...half not connected to anything...half that probably shouldn't (they are brittle and cracked)...and most stuck in place for one reason or another.  Most of the plugs and connectors came undone pretty easily.  A few plugs were full of dirt...its hard to believe the rear lights worked at all.  But with lots of yanking and pulling and figuring out what was still connected...the wiring is out of the dash...actually the whole front end.  I'll get the wires that head to the rear of the car when the body comes off...easier that way.  I've also managed to get most of the dash out...I have one knob (a rusted in hazard light switch)...one turn signal dash light cover (again rusted in) and the speedo cable frozen in place on the backside of the instrument panel.  They are all soaking in penetrating fluid so hopefully next time I'm out there they will finally come off. 

Today I managed to get the heater off with a little bit of antifreeze spillage.  I was actually a little surprised at how much was in the lines and in the heater itself.  But the heater is out and ready for restoration. 

I've also ran into a few snags up under the dash....mainly the 4WD shifter and the parking brake lever.  The 4WD shifter is ready to come out if I could get the rod released from the linkage that runs under the hood.  I was able to get the clamp holding it in place off...but the clamp has bent into place...so I have a feeling it will take a bit of hammering to get it off.  Otherwise everything else with it is ready to come off.  The parking brake is almost off as well...1 bolt I can't get too!  I may have to wait until the pedals come off and the steering column is out. 

I haven't made much progress on the body since I've been concentrating on the inside.  I did get the running boards off...or whats left of them.  They were rusted through pretty badly and the piles underneath are proof.  They will be replaced in the end.  The roll cage is still on there...4 bolts left and hopefully loosening up in penetrating fluid.  I guess once I get the dash done and the roll cage out...I can start working on taking the body off the frame...only 12 probably very very rusty frozen bolts...