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Looks good, missing a driveline bolt(?)

Good eye, only used two bolts each end to get the correct length and adjust for best run out. Shaft was tack welded in position then removed to be fully welded. Also need to replace the diff pinion and transfer case seals.

Drained the coolant and replaced the bottom hose with a different joiner that eliminates the heater port that l had capped. Those rubber caps always seem to crack up. With new coolant l tested the temp gauge and all seems happy. Still undecided...

IMPEX has a pretty clunky ordering system and they are extremely slow, but their prices are way below competitors. You get an estimate of shipping when you order, but you don't pay this until you make a package from items which have arrived in...

@Eurasiaoverland will they quote on shipping when using IMPEX?

I went down the same road recently. I had a well used 15B flywheel which I took to a machine shop. I wasn't worried about cracking, but after machining it was clear that the hot-spots on the flywheel went deep and had a noticeably different...

Had a chance to do a bit more on the 40/80 build. Sorting out the clutch set up with a exceedy safari tough clutch but on cleaning up the flywheel l found the cracks were a lot deeper and probably needs to be replaced😞 Options are to find...

I understand what you are saying, but, now the axle is 1" further from the leaf spring creating a greater leverage on the leaf spring that could cause axle wrap. It is physics. It would be the same in a spring over axle and adding a lift block...

Aight, I put my thinking cap on and came up with the obvious fix for the ass high aspect. These springs come with 2 spacers that are only there to fill the gap for a standard Ubolt setup to work. Without them most units would possibly bottom out...

Second set I've installed. This time on a FJ40. Easy install. As you can see, it has a perfect stance. No lean. Rides fantastic. I could immediately tell the difference in how smooth it rides

'Just get rid of the ACSD'. A common reply on the forum - if this is your firmly held opinion, you may not wish to read any further. I'm not trying to persuade anyone to do one thing or another, just interested to discuss/learn about the...

Ute been earning its keep. Pulled an LS1 turbo out for a mate and delivered it to his shop. Makes a lazy 600hp at the hubs. Clearing some fence line of overgrown trees to redo the wires to keep the hounds in.

Have purchased a 16100-59105 water pump and looking to convert my early BJ42 fixed fan assembly to a viscous set up. The pump is to suit a BJ73 3B and it seems that the pulley is NLA, so might have to try and find a second hand one. Hopefully l'm...

@Jackjack I have started my own spreadsheet which includes parts I will be using while getting prices for my own H151 rebuild. I can share mine if you like? It seems the No 1 hub and strainer can be ordered from Dave at Japan 4x4, just waiting on...

Awesome thread!! Any chance you have a list of all the parts you used and maybe even the cross references/ updated numbers in some sort of spread sheet to make it easier for others?

Some great tech tips in this thread @DivByZero I am currently chasing parts for my H151 gearbox build and ordering a new sleeve which can only be the later version as mentioned above (from a H150, VDJ79 gearbox) The No1 hub is NLA from Amayama...

You can still buy new H55Fs, so almost all parts are still available separately, though strangely the fifth gear set seem to be out of production. The issue is with the long 21 spline input shaft for the B Series engine. Sounds like a great shop...

Stretched 300mm

Poor old girl has been sitting out in the weather with a cover on her and the bare metal was starting to rust more than l would have liked. So pulled the roof to try and clean it up and spray some paint on it. Found that under the rear window...

Nice gearbox - my one worry with the 15B-T / H55F is that it overpowers the box and damages the (very hard to find) input shaft. Can your friend source 4-row cores for the 60 Series radiator?

The main reason l decided to go for the H series gearbox. I keep hearing that H55 parts are hard to come by. I can ask him, let me know what the radiator is from and l’m sure if it’s available he will know. As we were looking at the pile of...

So after a clean l checked the gear ratios and found it to be a H150 with the lower 4.5:1 gear ratios. So now l have a spare cluster shaft for this box, winning🍻 I think this will go behind the 15B turbo. I have a spare lower 5th so if it revs...

Also caught up with my good mate Mark who runs a radiator shop. He mentioned he had a radiator mounting bracket for a 40 series l could have. So after digging through a pile of brackets and mounts l dug up 2 brackets. After chatting about the...

Fully stripped my H151 down and found for the most part to be pretty good. Going to replace all the bearings and synchros at a minimum. Found someone selling a 2nd hand 5th gear and complete cluster shaft from a H150. The cluster shaft won’t fit...

I've found these boxes get smoother shifting using a slightly lighter weight oil. They are known to have issues with synchros, and a clunky shift in 2nd / 3rd. A friction modified oil can make a big difference. I use Castrol VMX-M. The last...