Just picked up a cherry 1991 FJ80 today and have a few questions. I have already searched and read up on most of it, but hope you LC guru's could help shed some more light on this stuff.
1) The brakes suck. If I mash them to the floor, it will stop eventually, but no tire smoke. I understand it's not a sports car and this seems to be normal, but I don't feel safe driving my family around until it is fixed. The pedal is soft until half way through the stroke. I have an idea to eliminate the LSPV doohickey and replace it with a normal prop valve, and I will of course inspect everything and bleed a 5 gallon bucket of DOT3 through it first.
2) Weasel pisser and wiper for the back window inop. Is there some common fail point here? It also seems that the defog doesn't work for the rear, is there a common failed connector there?
3) The idle seems low. I've read the manual states the ECU regulates it to 650rpm, but is there a way to increase it? Read something about turning the golden screw all the way in and backing it off a bit as well as advancing timing?
4) Windows all work, but they move slower than pond water. Other than lubing everything is there anything else to do about it?
5) Heater fan doesn't work in the high setting. I assume it's the switch?
Other than a few other minor things it is awesome! Did great in the snow today and even handled freeway speeds without issue. Looking forward to fixing these minor issues and getting her out to the woods!
1) The brakes suck. If I mash them to the floor, it will stop eventually, but no tire smoke. I understand it's not a sports car and this seems to be normal, but I don't feel safe driving my family around until it is fixed. The pedal is soft until half way through the stroke. I have an idea to eliminate the LSPV doohickey and replace it with a normal prop valve, and I will of course inspect everything and bleed a 5 gallon bucket of DOT3 through it first.
2) Weasel pisser and wiper for the back window inop. Is there some common fail point here? It also seems that the defog doesn't work for the rear, is there a common failed connector there?
3) The idle seems low. I've read the manual states the ECU regulates it to 650rpm, but is there a way to increase it? Read something about turning the golden screw all the way in and backing it off a bit as well as advancing timing?
4) Windows all work, but they move slower than pond water. Other than lubing everything is there anything else to do about it?
5) Heater fan doesn't work in the high setting. I assume it's the switch?
Other than a few other minor things it is awesome! Did great in the snow today and even handled freeway speeds without issue. Looking forward to fixing these minor issues and getting her out to the woods!