Recent content by efjayfourty

Hi everybody, I'm recently doing a valveseat job on my 1978 2F head. Headnumber 61031, wide combustion chambers. Seats and valves are in very bad shape caused by unleaded fuel over the last 30 years... I'm wondering about the standart height of the seats. I mean, of course one can measure the...

hmm, ok I'll try again ;-)

Hi Everybody, I couldn't find any proper answer to the following question. There were a couple of clues in several threads, ponting in that direction, but too generic. My problem is, I just can't get my 78 FJ40 started with the new 3F Dissy (No: 19100-61180) It's been installed with...

@thebigredrocker ...I also managed to put the feeding fuelhose into a 2liter fuel filled water bottle beside the engine, to let it pump from there instead of the tank. To avoid the issues, that you mentioned. And I did a testride with this installation, no effect... so also the tank venting is...

... okokok... OF COURSE I would never drive it so fast ! it's just for a test. And to give a picture of what is missing... Because if I just tell you that the acceleration isn't good any more, this wouldn't be represenable at all... But if I can give numbers, it's easy to understand - I think we...

@ pngunme: It seems, that I really need to take another look at the vacuum hose these days... Of course we have unfortunately just unleaded fuel remainig in germany... octane: 95 I fixed the carb already about 8 years ago, but the truck behaves exactly the same, ever since... before rebuilding...

@ S4Cruiser: not at all...

@pngunme Thanks for your comment! Yes I checked also if there's any leaking spot, and replaced the only vacuum hose my 40 has got, already 2 times, but that's obviously not the issue... Also I sprayed brake cleaner on top of the intake and all round the carb, while the engine was idling. No...

Hi guys, first of all I wanna introduce myself, cause I didn't do a lot postings yet on this forum... I am from Germany, proud owner of 3 Cruisers (FJ40, FJ45 PU, HJ45 camper) I did a lot of travels with my 40 since 2010, across europe, Nothern Africa, the middle east and scandinavia. Actually...