Howdy folks,
Long time lurker, first time poster. After dreaming for 15+ years about getting a cruiser and many great days behind the wheel and under the hood of @KeepCruizin's 12HT 60 series I finally pulled the trigger and picked up a '90 FJ62 with nearly 300k miles.
Truck is dead stock and from what I can tell is in pretty great shape, only rust I have found is on the lower sections of the doors and a small bubble around one of the rear windows, frame is perfect. It has been regularly maintained and some major items have been done recently (rebuilt trans at about 270k miles), but not much other than oil changes have been done to the engine so I think I will have to get into that pretty soon. There also seems to be a leak from the back to of the transmission or transfer case - too dirty under there to really tell yet.
Goal with the truck now is to get it running reliably and reduce the likelihood of any major mechanical issues popping up. I have a lot of dreams for down the line (H55F, engine swap??, lift etc etc) but need to get familiar with the basics first.
Here is Oyster:
(license plate rim has since been removed at request of the SO, ahah)
A little body work is in my future too
First things first:
- Pass CA Smog
- Check, change, flush all fluids
- Check belts
- Vacuum lines, coolant hoses
- Transmission cooler
I'd love to hear any ideas or suggestions y'all have!
Long time lurker, first time poster. After dreaming for 15+ years about getting a cruiser and many great days behind the wheel and under the hood of @KeepCruizin's 12HT 60 series I finally pulled the trigger and picked up a '90 FJ62 with nearly 300k miles.
Truck is dead stock and from what I can tell is in pretty great shape, only rust I have found is on the lower sections of the doors and a small bubble around one of the rear windows, frame is perfect. It has been regularly maintained and some major items have been done recently (rebuilt trans at about 270k miles), but not much other than oil changes have been done to the engine so I think I will have to get into that pretty soon. There also seems to be a leak from the back to of the transmission or transfer case - too dirty under there to really tell yet.
Goal with the truck now is to get it running reliably and reduce the likelihood of any major mechanical issues popping up. I have a lot of dreams for down the line (H55F, engine swap??, lift etc etc) but need to get familiar with the basics first.
Here is Oyster:
(license plate rim has since been removed at request of the SO, ahah)
A little body work is in my future too
First things first:
- Pass CA Smog
- Check, change, flush all fluids
- Check belts
- Vacuum lines, coolant hoses
- Transmission cooler
I'd love to hear any ideas or suggestions y'all have!