73FJ40

Totally stock arrangement with all OEM parts on my 73.

I was thinking 1/8" but I think you're right with the 1/16". I took my rocker assembly off yesterday for a lifter check so it's convenient for some comparison pics with some fittings I put together to mount a gauge temporary in the galley plug...

Yes, when @Lifelong40Fan pictured the tape measure, I was thinking into the tower below the shaft. 1/16 pipe is 1/4" OD, whereas 1/4 pipe is 3/8" OD. Given the size of the F engine oil feed tube, keeping everything small should make fit up easier.

Yes. I was thinking of drilling down in the top of the pedestal. Now I think maybe 73FJ40 is talking about drilling into the side of pedestal #4 below the rocker to meet the existing hole. That should work also. It looks like there’s enough room...

You need to do some research, but I'd consider drill and tap the tower for 1/16" pipe (1/4 OD), use a nipple to get over towards the existing oil tube, and see if there's an elbow fitting in McMaster-Carr for the 1/16" pipe to the oil tube...

I believe there’d be enough space for a fitting. It’d take some doing to route an oil tube, but looks like it’d work.

Could you drill and tap the 4th rocker tower to take the oil feed from the F engine oiling tube?

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Is that a unicorn 1973 backup light being used as a test light?

It's my understanding that the distributor driven gear keeps the camshaft properly located, along with the thrust plate at the front of the cam.

Looks like you had the answer to your question before you asked? So, like @OGBeno asked, your title is looking for "brake drum compatibility" and it seems you are actually looking for something else...

@flx Clarification update (in red): (Thanks to @cruisermatt for his knowledge regarding later model FJ40's) US Market FJ40 brake drums, according to Toyota parts fiche, are all the same, front, rear, all years from 6903 - 8007. FJ45 are...

@StringSlasher Camshafts changed from F to 2F engines, relocating the drilling from the second to the third cam bearing. some cams (see below) were drilled in both locations.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/fj40-oem-wheel-powder-coating-ral-codes.967648/#post-10759193 Post #4, take your choice. Find out if the powder coater uses a primer under the final powder. The color of the primer may have an influence on the...

Note that the fuel pumps are available new NOT from old stock. They come in modern Toyota boxes and they are not that expensive for the piece of mind and how long they last.

From my experience, the knock-offs are not nearly the same quality or tolerances. Keep in mind the original Toyo pump lasted 52 years (?). I have had to replace everything on our other Toyo's back to OEM because aftermarket failed-I was hoping...

Okay, that helps. Wish I would have thought about rotating the cam while I was installing. I know mine is a chinese knock-off. Is it worth going for a NOS fuel pump? I figured by now they should be pretty close to the same quality. Good to know...

1 drop of Flex Glue will hold over 6,000lbs, according to the commercial.

Once you get the dizzy, post the OEM part no. (19100-xxxxx) and someone can look up the part no. There are at least two different points sets. The points for early to 74 small cap is different from 1976 - 1978 Canadian market vacuum advance...

@PJ40 You're getting a distributor from Jedi parts master Obi Wan @ToyotaMatt and you're asking the forum for the parts number for the points? The Force is not strong with you my friend..

19100-61080. It's a vacuum advance, points/condenser unit still available new . I'm certain @65swb45 can help you out with an equivalent equal or better.

Bad ground could be the problem. Bad ground effectively causes resistance. So, high speed with ground resistance is really a lower speed, and low speed switch adds even more resistance through the resistor, to the point there's not enough...

Bosch manufactured aftermarket parts for FJ40's (and maybe others). The distributor is unmistakably a Toyota vacuum retard unit. Identical to the one I originally had on my truck.

That is a vacuum retard distributor, no later than 1974. There will be a metal tag riveted to the side of the bell with a number between 60062 and60066 depending on the original year. Regardless, it was a sub-optimal unit when it was new. After...

Has you referenced the FSM for the correct procedure?