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Been thinking about this for a few years now, looks like it might actually happen soon! Nothing is guaranteed until I actually get the truck up here though! I have great timing too… I am getting married in August.
So the plan is to head down to California near the end of May to pick up an essentially rust free FJ60 and drive it back home to Vancouver. Trying to figure out the best way to approach and prepare for the swap before I get the truck up here. I am hoping to have the diesel engine swapped in and the wiring (which I know very little about) done with as little downtime as possible. I need to have the truck drivable asap as it is my daily driver, I can swap the suspension and other parts in later. I just spent over a month redoing my turbo setup, exhaust and painting rusty bits and pieces to make the swap look good and go quickly. Will try to post up pics soon.
Have an 81BJ60 503,000kms Daily driver for 9 years, runs great, has rebuilt 5 speed, turbo, manual glow and no powersteering, lift, 4.11’s. About 8 years ago the following were done: new head, stainless precups and rebuilt injectors.
Have an 84BJ60 315,000kms (picked up recently for parts) Engine runs really well, no smoke, has 5 speed, powersteering and superglow.
Will be getting an 84FJ60, comes with brand new fuel tank because of warranty, also newly recushioned and reupholstered factory seats as well as all new lenses and the nice big mirrors.
So here is what I am thinking…
Take the powersteering parts out of the 84BJ60 clean and paint what I can and have it ready to bolt on to the 81 engine.
Use the wiring harness from the 81? From what I understand the manual glow system is a better way to go anyways?
Cut engine mounts out of either truck and weld in to the FJ60.
Apparently the 81 vaccum pump is better, so can I take that off and bolt it to the 84BJ60 alternator?
What to do with the FJ60 engine, transmission and transfer when I get the truck up here(where to put it…doing this all in parents driveway and carport!)? Put for sale on MUD and craigslist now? That way while it is in the truck people can see that it works? Or maybe take a video of it running?
Other than that what else should I be thinking of (to get it running asap)?
Thanks for any input!
So the plan is to head down to California near the end of May to pick up an essentially rust free FJ60 and drive it back home to Vancouver. Trying to figure out the best way to approach and prepare for the swap before I get the truck up here. I am hoping to have the diesel engine swapped in and the wiring (which I know very little about) done with as little downtime as possible. I need to have the truck drivable asap as it is my daily driver, I can swap the suspension and other parts in later. I just spent over a month redoing my turbo setup, exhaust and painting rusty bits and pieces to make the swap look good and go quickly. Will try to post up pics soon.
Have an 81BJ60 503,000kms Daily driver for 9 years, runs great, has rebuilt 5 speed, turbo, manual glow and no powersteering, lift, 4.11’s. About 8 years ago the following were done: new head, stainless precups and rebuilt injectors.
Have an 84BJ60 315,000kms (picked up recently for parts) Engine runs really well, no smoke, has 5 speed, powersteering and superglow.
Will be getting an 84FJ60, comes with brand new fuel tank because of warranty, also newly recushioned and reupholstered factory seats as well as all new lenses and the nice big mirrors.
So here is what I am thinking…
Take the powersteering parts out of the 84BJ60 clean and paint what I can and have it ready to bolt on to the 81 engine.
Use the wiring harness from the 81? From what I understand the manual glow system is a better way to go anyways?
Cut engine mounts out of either truck and weld in to the FJ60.
Apparently the 81 vaccum pump is better, so can I take that off and bolt it to the 84BJ60 alternator?
What to do with the FJ60 engine, transmission and transfer when I get the truck up here(where to put it…doing this all in parents driveway and carport!)? Put for sale on MUD and craigslist now? That way while it is in the truck people can see that it works? Or maybe take a video of it running?
Other than that what else should I be thinking of (to get it running asap)?
Thanks for any input!
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