yotadude520

Thanks for the check in - it's looking...well, the same. Right when I was about to pull the trigger on all the upgrades for this truck I ended up falling into my FJ60 which has taken priority since it's my DD. The old gal will get her due at...

Bump. It's been two years, how's it looking?

Spotted this sweet 62 earlier today on Tanque Verde near Pantano.

We've done two of these using the FJ Co bellhousing, and would absolutely do them again if the parts were available. In the 60, it did allow for keeping the transmission sitting in its mount and not having to redo anything in the drivetrain. We...

I went ahead and took it apart to find the short or damage, and... found some interesting things, but unfortunately no solution. Firstly, it disassembles pretty easy with a Philips #1, #0, and a 7mm, and the gauge cluster falls apart into four...

World's first plug-in baby?

Two a day keep the doctor away? Tucson most 60s per cap?

Just swap the head gasket. I had an old 1980 pickup with a 20R that overheated when I blew the head gasket. I took the whole head off with the intake still attached, slapped a new head gasket on and it's still running around 7 years later. I...

Not everything needs an ls swap

Change it yourself, the head gasket. One overheat session shouldn't have taken that engine to total rebuild. Curious, how many miles on it?

While waiting in some parts to come in to finish the front end I got the transmission swap about finished up, I put the NP203/splitcase back in since I only have to make a few very minor mods for the TR4050. We took a bunch of measurements with...

How much for the hub caps?

@CruiserTrash's fusible link kit is the way to go if you want ultimate reliability. My positive battery terminal loosened up and blew the main fuse when I was out in the middle of nowhere. Since I always carry spares, I was able to fix it in 5...

I saw these and they are probably nicer than what I did, but I had parts and a can do attitude so I pieced it together.

So you are now Matt’s MUD representative?

It's in the shop. Got caught up on a long queue but the engine is out. A better view of the damage now too. Hoping progress goes faster here on out.

Nice work so far! For future reference Redline Land Cruisers sells a bracket to convert the FJ60 pedal from linkage to throttle cable. All you need to do is cut off the ball end and then drill it out to fit the throttle cable. Picture of...

I can't imagine they'd be different, but they might be. It'd be worth a shot at least.

Are you sure that you bypassed the A/C amplifier properly? It's pins 3 & 7 on the female side of the plug that you'll stick a cotter pin in to bypass. Plug info below: In order to get the A/C to work with the LS Swap, you need to remove a...

If one of my engineers had performed as it has been documented he'd be gone.

Installed the SCS bent NMO mount and 1/4W GPI antenna. Picked up a TK-8180 on ebay. Radio Mount is temporary Modified my leftover throttle bracket with mag mic mount.

You would not want to use that kit for a 60 series. It wil not clear your firewall at all. You need the style that bolts in front of a 2F/3F bellhousing. Yes, your H55f will work fine if it's a HJ61. I sell mounts, sensor adapters, am adealer...

I met this foo, and he seemed pretty cool with me. His mechanic talked him out of doing an LS swap. I think this foo is from India if I remember correctly. Surely he is not a very dark Mexican.

At the Silverbell/Congress turn….