Recent content by HKforte

I agree with Mark’s advice. I had almost the same experience a few days ago! Had to be towed, 2F would not stay on and it happened out of no where after acting slightly odd for a few blocks. Narrowed it down to a fuel issue and it was not the fuel pump or filter. Cleaned the needle, seat, and...

Haleakalā Sunrise 1

Haleakalā Sunrise 2

100% in for the belly skid

Does anyone know of preferred resources for EPDM rubber to go between body parts/hinges/exterior bolts, metal to metal surfaces that are bolted to the FJ40? No luck with searches so far, but are there are precut kits available?

A slight hesitation is still there, but there was considerable improvement from playing with additional weight placement on the weighted secondary. A Carb rebuild and correcting the valve clearances during troubleshooting may have made improvements as well. I initially thought fuel delivery...

Just FYI, according to Ian at 4x4Labs they will soon be raising prices across the board due to increase in materials/production cost.

Hi Mark, I have received the funds from EWheeler, please help him coordinate the bench seat pick up. Appreciate your help! Aris

I paid for the bench seat but did not get a chance to pick it up. I restored my jump seats since then and I’m fine with those instead. Feel free to take it for the same price I paid $150, if Mark can arrange the pick up with his friend Donnie. @65swb45, could you arrange pickup for EWheeler?

Thank you both for helping me see that. I see now that I was looking at the housing collar, and that the input shaft is not visible. However, I took another hard look at the clutch disc and inserted a small piece of an orange zip tie between the mating surfaces of disc (fitted very very loosely)...

Thanks, I went ahead and checked and measured that the clutch disc has at least a 2mm gap (between the flywheel/pressure plate) to float and I can rotate it very freely in neural when the clutch is depressed. Was also able to test again and verify that that the disc is at a dead stop in idle...