Recent content by eshom77

Just fixed the camshaft timing gear on my 60. Chased the problem for nearly a year, replacing dizzy, coil, plugs, wires, rebuilding the carb, etc. trying to get the thing to make power. Obviously none of those things ended up fixing my problem. The problem got worse with time to the point at...

back in business Hey all. Well, its been more than a month since my last post, and the Cruiser is finally back in commission. The camshaft timing gear was indeed the problem, and judging from how my truck is now running, has been the problem since the day I bought the truck from the PO. It...

FJ40Jim, you were right on with the cam gear diagnosis. Compression tests yielded about around 75 psi in all cylinders, with one down in the 60's. It's a wonder the truck even runs at all. So, while it is good to finally have the problem cornered here, I'm now faced with the dilemma of how to...

Thanks, Jim. Got it into a reputable mechanic this morning who has worked on my vehicle before. Doing a full diagnostic--compression, vacuum, electrical, etc. I should have some answers to my many questions here shortly. We'll see what happens now. Judging from the number of Landcruisers I...

Alright, so it sounds like the cam timing truly is the most likely issue. I'm bringing the truck in tomorrow morning. What are the smoking guns on this condition? Low compression, the complete lack of power? The low rpm power has always been especially bad--lots of clutch slipping just to get...

Well, I finally got my truck back. It took a total of 22 days, more than I wanted to spend, and countless hours lost in income and productivity, but it is finally out of the hands of the bumbling, idiotic mechanics at the garage in Fraser. The altitude is tough on this truck, as WP being at...

someday I'll be able to fit all these thoughts into one post, but for now I keep thinking of things as I work this all through my head. How common is the cam gear elastomer failing? On a motor with less than 180,000 miles?

Answered my own question, sounds a little more involved than I naively thought. People have had success without pulling the camshaft itself entirely, but the pulling of the gear and getting it back on sounds a bit more daunting...

That's the best possible explanation I've heard for my problems yet. At this point I just need him to get it back together so I can limp it down to Denver and back to a real mechanic. That said, I don't have my FSM (it's with the mechanic who has been butchering my truck and checkbook) with...

What else could cause it to lose timing so consistently and drastically? I've had issues with the timing for quite awhile now, just would never hold for more than a few miles, even in the hands of a competent mechanic.

I spent some time with the mechanic underneath my truck this morning, trying to help him dial it in. As for the oil pump, I'd say it's a good likelyhood that that is what was throwing off the timing, because sticking a screwdriver in it, there is some play in the pump before it seems to engage...

thanks for the encouragement, bigbrown. I need a little right now. This truck has cost me so much time and grief I've really started to question owning the thing at this point, so I need to bring myself back from the brink. I simply wish I hadn't taken it to this mechanic in the first...

Aaarrgghhh! Aaarrgghhh! Here's the latest. Turns out I ended up having to run to Denver on behalf of the shop up here to pick up the oil pump and oil pan gasket they ordered, due to their massive incompetence. Otherwise I was going to be waiting another 2 days just for them to get the parts...

Yeah, as I understand it proper timing is 7 degrees BTDC. I was just trying to rule out the timing gears having jumped a tooth in that everything lines up as it should. Waiting to hear from the mechanic to see if the oil pump was indeed the problem. Oh, my pocketbook is taking a beating...

I've been doing some searches on this forum regarding my problems with timing, etc. It seems the next possibility, if the oil pump isn't somehow responsible for the issues, might be that the timing gears have somehow jumped a tooth? All the marks still line up at TDC, so it doesn't seem to...