Recent content by Angelo

In all my younger years doing brakes I don't remember ever needing to seat shoes before, but I took your advice and seated the shoes. Dropped the DS and feathered the parking brake lever while it was in gear. Afterwords, I increased the adjuster one notch. I engaged the parking brake, let out...

the shoes are new. that particular picture was taken before I adjusted the shoes to put the drum back on. yes, the drum barely fits. taking pictures with an iPhone doesn't work through rubber gloves ;) I don't have a dash handle; I have a lever in the center. after adjusted and back together I...

Thanks Mike. My seal holds, my shoes were dry. I appreciate the feedback.

I started off with the parking brake not working to hold my FJ from rolling. After treating the cable with WD-40 I got it to work, partially. When engaged it would only stop the truck from rolling forward but not backwards. After changing the shoes I have the same problem, just less travel in...

New motor, New switch, Exact wiring but it still wasn't working. Bench tested both the rebuilt motor and the new one, with the new switch. The wire colors on the switch and the motor match up and I was able to find a wire diagram with the same color code for the wire. Good news is I did a good...

My new switch came today. The switch didn't come with a set nut, part# 90984-01007. It's not discontinued so it shouldn't be too hard to find. Part# 84652-27010 is the switch I ordered because it was pared with my wiper motor. It's a 6 wire switch that also activates the washer motor. So now it...

Correct. Which is what I have at the motor but with different wire colors at the switch. I have High Low and Off. It just stops where ever it's turned off, but it has always run that way. My guess is they cut the contacts short to jump out the parking circuit because the switch wasn't...

Yes, the Red wire goes to ground.

I thought I was purchasing a frame up restore but instead I bought an education.. Yes, power heads direct to gear plate and to the brushes on the motor from the fuse box, then back through the switch to ground. One of the switch leads (Brown) goes from the gear plate back to the switch. probably...

Happy New Year All. I have a 66,FJ-45 with all kinds of year discrepancies. A few weeks ago my wipers went out while driving in the rain. With them I also lost directional's and the fan motor for my vintage air setup. I traced the short to the wiper motor, which is a 75-80 LHD. When I opened up...

I had the same problem. I went from a drop or two to a puddle after replacing the gasket. It turned out to be the replacement bolts weren't short enough for location 'C'. Before and after the seal was fine and since I make my own caskets I didn't bother getting a new one. A week later it started...

That's exactly what I did. However, not against the passenger side,, against the driver side frame. Placed a block of wood between the two and backed it off a few inches. When I hit the starter it was just enough to break it free, when it hit the wood. Now, after fixing the oil leak in the...

The 2F in my 45 has a 45mm bolt on it balancer. Glad this was here, engaged in granny gear wasn't doing it. Will try the stater bit tomorrow.

Thank you.