Recent content by Dannyboy175

Last fall when driving my 88 FJ62 from Wisconsin to PA the transmission temperature light came on after 4 or five hours of highway driving at 70 mph or so. when I mentioned it on my introductory post on this site, someone mentioned a transmission cooler. Searching at the time I recall finding...

I‘d be interested in a heavy duty set for my fj62. Do you have any available? Also, I’m a new cruiser owner and am not used to seeing all of this connected directly to the positive terminal. Is this legit?

Is this normal? I need to replace the battery and would prefer cleaning it up if possible. One of the wires looks frayed or at least the insulation missing in a spot. That L shaped erector set piece doesn’t look legit.

That’s what I found as well

I need to replace the plastic base that surrounds the automatic transmission shifter on my 88 FJ62, which I have seen called a “shifter cover”. It’s identifies as “420” in the attached assembly drawing. I need to know the part number and am not 100% sure about the proper nomenclature. This isn’t...

So all factory 15” truck/suv wheels from that time were exactly the same?

Doing some more searching, I’ve seen wheels with different offsets Listed for the fj62. Tire rack had the Ultra type 164 with an offset of -9 and ProPartsuSA has an American racing at -6 mm offset. Will eith of these work?

I’m open to that, but how would I know what had the same offset?

It turns out the wheel on my spare tire is very rusted and won’t seal. I’m looking at options for cheap replacement wheels. Tire rack shows only one wheel for the factory 15” wheel size and it’s an Ultra Type 164 in polished aluminum for $178.78. I’d prefer a simple painted steel wheel. Does...

Ok, I got the replacement cluster panel. It looks like I can replace that panel without disrupting the gages themselves. I’m worried about getting in over my head. How involved or technically difficult is it to remove gauges and swap the bulbs?

I did try searching for previous threads, but came up empty. Someone else has had to have done this before, right? I love the look of the FJ60 grill with the round headlights, but the drivability of the FJ62. How difficult is this to do? i Love those round Jeep headlights that have the...

I must be an idiot, but I can’t match up the led part number on the 1988 FJ62 bulb swap chart with the part numbers on superbrightleds.com. Also, I found the search by vehicle tool but it didn’t pull up very many options either.

Yes, I have it cranked all the way up and it’s still very dim.

How do I know what bulbs to order from superbrightleds.com?

I’m getting a new double din radio installed and the existing instrument cluster panel is cracked and needs replaced. While I’m doing this, I was wondering if I could upgrade the Lights for each gauge because they aren’t that bright now. Do these lights get more dim over time? Are there LED...