Recent content by Damcowboy

I literally replaced everything under the hood that was in any way a consumable including hoses, vac lines, the engine harness, spark plug wires, most of the sensors, and rebuilt/cleaned all the other attachments (alternator, starter, steering pump, injectors, radiator). I spent a ton of money...

OK, I should have posted a long time ago but I figured out what was wrong with the trannny. I was worried that when I swapped the engine (I took the engine and tranny out as a unit) I broke a wire on the tranny harness and that would have really sucked trying to chase that down. So instead I...

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. I’ll get it eventually.

Ok, there is a lot there. I’ll preface this by saying I dont know a darn thing about automatic transmissions, I dont know how they work and darn sure have no interest in opening one up. If I knew my issue was mechanical I’d rather just buy a new one and swap it out then try to fix mine. To be...

Ok, sounds good, that gives me a step to take now at least.

Ok. The fluid level in the tranny after 20 miles driving is just at the low end of the hot fill zone, so I think thats right. The cable adjustments I’ll have to research.

i know the one you mean. basically I didn't do anything with it other than to hook it back up to the throttle body.

Sigh, if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. OK, so I just put a new engine in my 97 FZJ80, during which I replaced the engine harness with a new OEM Toyota harness. I don't know if this has any relevance to my current issues or not, it might just be coincidental. I never...

Does anyone have a diagram of the tranny, hoses and tubing showing the direction of fluid flow of the A343F in a 97 FZJ80? I tried to find one using the search but wasn’t successful.

Ok, likely final post in this thread (maybe). The new engine is in, runs great. I had to pull the injectors after the initial start up as I had pinched an O ring on the re-install and it leaked. I also had electrical issues with the headlights and horn, turns out sometime in the past an...

I thought I would post an update. I’ve been working on the new engine since July, when I have time. Almost ready to set the new engine on the engine mounts. Pretty nervous that it won’t run the first time cause I’ve screwed something up. I also know I didn’t take near enough pictures. Guys take...

I suspect i have already NOT taken enough pictures

Its out. I hope i can remember how to put it back together.

More than Likely I think I will install a short or long block (current plan) built by someone else. I'll do the pulling and re-installing. @Azca earlier in this thread posted a link to his doing this work, thanks for that. To save me some time (a little lazy I know, sorry, so much to do right...

Yes, exactly my reaction …