Recent content by genesimmons

wow wow wow thanx soooooo much for the photos, that explains a lot and the visuall is great, ill get under the ol girl and snap some photos of where i see the oil coming from, but after looking at this i believe u to be correct and its those main seals then coming out the accordian boot on the...

thanx for the reply, so the leak is coming from the slave cylinder and traveling on the outside of the line down to the accordian boot.is that th most common spot for leaks to occur?

i use my 78 fj as a daily and today i was in a customers drive way and i noticed a oil drip....i climbed under and seen it was dripping from the where the clutch line connects to the linkage, looked like it was comming from the rubber flexible seal that moves, what are some common areas the...

yes in the 70s and 80s most vehicles on the road had drums. now its not common. most younger mechs i know have rarely worked on drums unless its in a commecrcial vehicle setting.

thanx very much for the reply and photos, i believe my rrr in that photo is leaking. yes i totally assumed replacing the one leaking is fine. ill do a search on here regarding why its recomended to change all 4 when only one is leaking. is it a better option to get a repair kit and repair the...

so soorry for my lack of info, thought i filled out my signature, i have since done that, the rig in question is a 78 fj40 stock everything. i was referring to the brake shoes in the rear. i have no local shops that carry any fj stuff so have relied on ol rock auto for most parts. they dont have...

i appologize, i thought i filled out the signature with model and year. i have updated my signature, sorry about that, shes a 78 fj40

hmm i was under the impression they werre all the exact same internally and the only difference was the way the wheel would turn, i need a rear right lower but its not in stock but a upper is so i hoped i could use the upper but my adjustment would be wrong, is this not the case?

thanx for that info, so the wheel cyclinders are only 2 different ones then , left thread and right thread, u could install any one on any location the only issue is the way the wheel adjusts may be wrong is this correct?

i recently ordered some rear pads from my new fave place "rock-auto" when installing the pads, i had a dificult time adjusting the cyclinders. the ones with the wheel facing up seemed to move but the ones with wheel facing down needed some attention, i got my big channel locks and eased the...

thanx all for the replies, ill order that part from fjparts.

cruisercorp is same price as fj[arts. 69us. but to ship it to canada they wanted $103 shipping.....fjparts was $30 shipping for same item... crazy pricing differences.. https://cruisercorps.com/checkouts/c/eaf45fe5c76cf435ab7182aa24253b86/shipping

hi all, been happily buying my parts from rock auto but they dont carryy the idler or center arm repair kit. my local ish places in canada have been pretty poor at returning messages so i guess its ordering stateside for me. looked at a few places online for this kit and prices seem to be all...

hi all, so i recently putchased a new to me 78 fj. i noticed the fan is a direct mount with no clutch system, its getting cold where i live and hoping a clutch fan will help with warm up times, so i purchsed a clutch from rock auto, i notice it mounts with the 4 smaller bolts in the center...

checking the compression is on my list to do, i also want to check/adjust the valves, i can smell oil buring but cant see anything. the engine seems to run well and has good oil pressure.