West Aussie FJ40 Build

[lbrodie]

Hi All,

Been reading ih8mud for a while now and referring to tech articles so though id post my build

Its a 1972 FJ40 with a 307 Chev

this is it as i picked it up

First thing i did was start cutting rust out and stripping it down the floor was pretty bad so i cut that out

 

[lbrodie]

Ive welded in plates and bogged over them and primed most of it also welded in a new floor, a mate is a sheet metal worker so he helped out with fabricating the new floor, also dropped the diffs out

 

[lbrodie]

I got some 60 series diffs under there now which will extend the width and also gives me front discs and rear LSD . im in the process now of getting all the new bits together so i can start welding spring hangers back on

thanks to dieselcruiserhead as his post was really helpfull. I hope ive done it correctly

https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-seri...w-put-60-series-axles-under-40-55-series.html

 

[Roboosfj40s]

I got some 60 series diffs under there now which will extend the width and also gives me front discs and rear LSD . im in the process now of getting all the new bits together so i can start welding spring hangers back on

thanks to dieselcruiserhead as his post was really helpfull. I hope ive done it correctly

https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-seri...w-put-60-series-axles-under-40-55-series.html

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Nice work mate! I don't know if I could drive anything from the right side hee hee!

 

[lbrodie]

Yeah haha id be the same if i was in the US i guess, id find it worst changing gears with a different hand i think

So can anyone who has done this conversion tell me do you use the 60 series relay rod or 40?
I assume its the 60s but when i got the diff it didnt have a complete relay rod its missing the bit that threads in the end

just wanted to make sure if i get one im getting the right thing cheers

 

[Josie'sLandCruiser]

Hi All:

Ibrodie, nice build, thanks for sharing with us!

Regards,

Alan

 

[bikersmurf]

Yeah haha id be the same if i was in the US i guess, id find it worst changing gears with a different hand i think

A few days and you'd have it figured out...

It does get a little confusing when you're driving a truck with both drives and you're switching back and forth every ten minutes.




Your build is coming along nicely.

 

[lbrodie]

So can anyone who has done this convertion with 60 series diffs into a 40 series tell me what happens with the relay rod?

At the moment i just have standard steering so the 60 series relay rod dosnt fit..... and the 40 series relay rod dosent fit the 60 series diff