Klip's FJ62 revival (1 Viewer)

[klip]

What is up fellow cruiser heads. First of all thanks for all the great information on this forum, it has really helped out and givin me a lot of great ideas. Well 5 years ago I sold my 1984 Toyota pick up and bought a 1989 FJ62 with 270,000 miles on it. I have pretty much been using it as a daily driver and now it has 313,000 miles, and then, it died. Up until it died it has been extremely reliable, gutless and gas guzzlin, but reliable. I have slowly been troubleshooting the not start problem and found: hole in air intake tube, a lot of oil in air intake tube, and no spark. Fuel pump comes on and it smells like fuel at the tail pipe when cranking over. I do have 12 volts to the ignitor. It has a red MSD box which is wired in parallel with the ignitor, but don't know what the box is or what it does. So I'm looking for a used coil/ignitor assembly, if anyone has one or knows someone that has one for a reasonable price, PLEASE let me know, thanks in advance.

 

[TallCanDan]

Try the vendors section, also, cruiseryard.com has used Land Cruiser parts.

 

[klip]

OK thanks I'll check them out, does anybody know what that MSD box is and what is does?

 

[klip]

Try the vendors section, also, cruiseryard.com has used Land Cruiser parts.

Jason at Cruiseryard.com hooked it up! Thanks Dan.

 

[klip]

I followed the wires back from the MSD box to underneath the battery tray and found a larger MSD box. It is an ignition control module, multiple spark ignition. I took all of it out, I don't want to run it with my new/used ignitor and coil that I should be receiving shortly. I don't think it was the problem but, I don't want it to be a problem.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Jason at Cruiseryard.com hooked it up! Thanks Dan.

Jason is awesome and has great customer service. Welcome aboard.

J

 

[klip]

Thanks, hopefully that coil/ignitor will get me going, if not maybe the sensors in the distributor. I have a trouble code 14, so it is difinitely something in that circuit, maybe the damn rats chewed up my harness somewhere. All the wires under the hood look good.

 

[klip]

Got the new ignitor from Jason, put it in, and it fired right up! Still runs kind of rough, but we will see how it goes.

 

[klip]

If anyone wants that MSD stuff pay for shipping and its yours.

 

[gregnash]

Yeah I have dealt with Jason and he is awesome. Glad you got the truck running again, now sounds like you need a good tune-up and maybe valve adjustment.

 

[klip]

Yeah I have dealt with Jason and he is awesome. Glad you got the truck running again, now sounds like you need a good tune-up and maybe valve adjustment.

Yeah a good tune up or a freshly rebuilt TBI 350, which I have and am getting ready to put in. I think this engine has just about had enough, 313k and a lot of oil coming up out of the intake, I think it's a good time for a V8 swap.

 

[klip]

Got my engine and transmission pulled with harness and all. Ordered some parts from ruff stuff to do the SOA before the engine swap. I will be running an NP 205 case and a Tacoma rear axle, Marlin high steer, and I already have 37'' MTR's off my old pickup. It will be kind of slow going like most builds are, pics of donor truck, 350 TBI, 700r4.

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

that is alot of oil, but if you do a valve adjust and then check compression, you'll know for sure.....alot of the roughness could be directly related to the air intake tube, try some gorilla tape...if you go ahead with the swap, let me know before you toss the 3FEs head and fuel injection stuff!

 

[klip]

Yea I taped up that hole in the intake tube and it's back to normal, I've been driving it around. I plan on selling the old engine and trans after the swap is done.

 

[klip]

Got the 350 into the garage and sorted through all the wires i'll be keeping and the ones I won't. I will be using the factory harness, a howell harness would be nice, but I can make what I have work. I found an electrical diagram and troubleshooting book for that truck on e bay for $10.00, so that should help.

 

[klip]

And the rest of the truck is on Craigslist for free, if you or any one you know in the area wants it, let me know. I want it gone!

 

[klip]

Finally got some time to do some work. Got the front axle pulled out, new leaf spring bushings in, old perches cut and ground off... The perch kit I got from ruff stuff took some extra grinding and cutting to get it to fit where I like it, it's all nice beefy parts but being a kit made specifically for this axle it didn't fit very well. I also bought Marlin high steer, when I pulled the steering arms off the upper trunion bearings were hammered and just came apart. The left side wheel seal was also leaking so I bought a seal and bearing kit. Pulled the axle apart, washed all the parts, turned out pretty good but I still need to put it all back together. I'll try to keep up on posts and pics as much as I can.

 

[klip]

Got the old perches cut off the bottom, new perches welded on, front axle put in and back together. High steer is on, so the front is pretty close to done. Just brakes, shocks, stabilizer, and I'm going to wait on the drive shaft until I get my engine swap done.

 

[NolanFJ60]

Looks great! Can't wait to see the taco axle in the rear.

 

[klip]

Thanks Nolan, should be under there in a couple of weeks. I had to put my tires on to see what it looked like, pretty happy with the way it looks. The tires are pretty close and will probably rub like a mo, but we'll see... Got the brake lines back on, new brake hoses over the steering arms, the old ones were pretty cracked out. Steering stabilizer is on, all painted up, a little too glossy for my liking but it will be all dirtied up soon enough I hope. O yeah, so when I mounted my tires the wheels hit the brake caliper, just barely, needs an 1/8'' shim, don't know what I'm gonna do there yet. Also need to find an extended brake hose from the frame to the fitting on the axle, and some sway bar extensions.