First of all, I am no expert....I am a 55 year old general surgeon and not a mechanic......I have had this '77 Landcruiser throughout my childhood....my Dad bought it new in North Dakota at a Toyota dealership and I grew up with it........ Through the years I really put it to the test on several trips into the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. It is an amazing vehicle and anyone on this website will attest to that or they are deranged. Things I have done myself to the Landcruiser include: installing new springs and shocks with a 4.5 inch lift; then front and rear double cardon drive shafts to cure the vibration of the altered pinion angle (it really worked and my knowledge of the science of pinion angles is limited); a Warn winch and front bumper; spark plugs and a new rotor (couldn't unscrew the points and still struggling with that); installed a new intake manifold gasket (that was a bitch and it probably still leaks a little); screwed around with the stock carburetor but seems to run better now; new choke cable....which was aftermarket and sucked so got the original again online for way too much (unscrewing the cable from behind the dash really sucks)(have some bandaids and Neosporin ready for your hands); went after the brakes about a month ago (new calipers and pads in the front and then new shoes and pistons in the rear)….found that adjusting the rear drum brakes was key to having the right feel at the brake pedal; also put in a new master cylinder because it looked like something good to do. Clutch master cylinder also blew out one time and was replaced. I reupholstered the front seats.....and changed out the steering gearbox because it was leaking. I've almost made a career out of this Landcruiser. Maybe many of you have the same feeling. I have no disclosures and work for no companies so I'm not promoting anything. That said, because I am a physician I am always ready to give advice and will continue to do so if I truly know what I'm doing.