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I welded a nut in a bar which screws into one of the bolts on the spare tire carrier face, this allows me to drop the tailgate to dead level with the bed - and can thread in or out to make up for uneven surfaces. its alot handier... -
Hello members Selling my 1969 Fj40 FST. Original Arizona cruiser. Last registered was 1995. Picked this girl up at a farm in Fresno, CA. It has factory soft top bows and factory soft top doors but not installed on the car.. Original Factory...
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Don’t dwell on the dizzy too much, use the marks on your flywheel for reference.
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Be certain that it is compression stroke, not exhaust stroke. Otherwise continue on, get it running, then come back with the base-lining work, fresh distributor et cetera. :cheers:
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.So: distributor is 180 degrees off. I rotated the engine and watched #1 pushrods and then aligned mark when both valves were closed and the piston was at the top (no plugs installed). As long as the wires are right, is this an immediate issue...
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.No coolant in oil, just out the exhaust. I had the head totally rebuilt and checked out at the machine shop, all new but the casting.
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Yes it will run if off a tooth- compensated for by advancing the timing (loosen the distributor holddown and rotate 'til pointer on BB). It seems like there is a lot of room in the valve cover for the top of that rocker adjustment, so I dunno if...
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I reread your first post and see the other valves all adjusted fine... so disregard my earlier post. Do those 2 push rods look any different than the rest? Do those rockers go through full travel like the rest as the engine is spun? I'm...
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Get the pointer aligned to the line on the flywheel (TDC) before adjusting valves sequence. Seems like the photo shows that? I recently checked the valves on my '87 (2F- so same same method) and when pointer aligned to the line on flywheel, the...
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Are you on the wrong stroke for the valves you are trying to adjust? (i.e. 360* of crankshaft / 180* of camshaft). I'm assuming you tried to adjust 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9? It looks in the photo like 12, 11, and 10 are in a 'relaxed' position... can...
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I would re-confirm that you are on the TDC mark. Hard to tell in your pic. As you rotate the engine, you should see the raised “bb” come up just before the “line.” They are just far enough apart that you can’t quite see them both in the window at...
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The distributor may be a tooth off on the drive gear, hence the rotor pointing more towards #4-5. Is the inside of the valve cover scratched up around where the adjusting threads are?
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Whoops, yes I meant 5.
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.Also, everything is suspect, PO work was garbage when they did anything other than neglect it.
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.I’ll look again. What’s the best vantage point? Alignment depends where you look at it from.
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.There is what looks like a potentially related scratch where #7 could have hit. Hard to say. Will the thing run if it’s off a tooth? It ran well, pinged on hard accel but the secondary was stuck shut in the carb. It also always overheated but...
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.Yeah, I assume you meant 1,2,3,5,7,9–that’s what I’m attempting.
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.Yeah the rotor position you describe sounds like my situation. And that is the timing mark in the photo, just past the BB. I will recheck to be certain but I aligned it tons of times. Will also check lifters, seems odd that two would behave the...
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acy76 replied to the thread Real-time help: adjusting valves.Thanks. Anyone know about the adjuster screws?
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Following the guide here: How to adjust your 2f valve clearance - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/how-to-adjust-your-2f-valve-clearance.1152737/ 1979 FJ40. My distributor is I think not stock. It is points only and the igniter has been removed...
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acy76 reacted to sbman's post in the thread Builds 1FZ-FE Rebuild full overhaul - picture heavy with
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I'm trying to do as much OEM replacement of things as I can afford, and where it makes sense. If I can buy a Denso part or an Aisin part that is the same as OEM at a significant savings I will. When I bought this truck, it barely ran. It had 0... -
Just an update post with some pics and info of my progress. First, got the fuel system completed. I made new hard fuel lines using the old lines as a template, then modified as necessary for the in line fuel pump (old lines next to the new...
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Post #2 - A few random tips and pointers that I learned as I did this...maybe common knowledge to some, but I didn't know :) 1) My engine didn't have hooks for the hoist, so I threaded a head bolt through a chain link. The bolt was a bit too...
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acy76 reacted to Tennessee80's post in the thread Trade Nashville: 1973 fj40 for fj80/fzj80 with Like.
UPDATE: No longer interested in trades or for sale, I have decided to keep this little 40. I have worked too hard on it, and it's now running and driving. Going to keep it as my backroads/backwoods/trail rig cheers, mud! I don't know how to...
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Posting in case others don’t feel like screwing around and buying unnecessary $5 bolts. And so I can find this again once I forget. Mounting a 2F to the HF stand requires: - HF Pittsburgh heavy duty “1/2 ton” stand, the version with four...
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