Recent content by jppaeltz

Great, thanks.

I need a new motor for my '88 FJ62. I found a motor out of '92 FJ80. Will it work the stock tranny from my FJ62??

Yeah that's what I am thinking. 3200 is way too much. IDK Where he's getting it, I'll be talking to him tomorrow.

Okay so I took my new 88 FJ62 to a mechanic. We all thought it was in need of a new head gasket. Today he told me that it needed a new motor. He gave me two options. A used motor with 60,000 miles will cost $4300.00 installed. However a new motor from Toyota is $4200.00 alone and then add...

I wasn't really thinking about a swap, I just am surprised on the differences in prices.

He said because of the blown head gasket too much water got inside the motor and corroded the pistons and other mechanical parts. I live in Dallas, I know of Cool Cruisers of Texas is in the metroplex. The Cruiser is located in Amarillo (NW Texas). That's where Im from and bought the cruiser.

Okay so I took my new 88 FJ62 to a mechanic. We all thought it was in need of a new head gasket. Today he told me that it needed a new motor. He gave me two options. A used motor with 60,000 miles will cost $4300.00 installed. However a new motor from Toyota is $4200.00 alone and then add an...

Just browsing through the internet I haven't seen too many(if any) black. I do like the chrome though and will keep it. I don't plan on using it as a full off-road truck. It will be my daily driver and I will keep it fairly stock. These look great stock. I'm just waiting for the mechanic to...

Awesome, thanks for the responses guys. As I said above its getting a new head gasket and cleaned up as we speak. I can't wait for it to be done. The mechanics seen it more than i have. I definitely am looking into new tires/wheels. I wish I could a set of the stock OEM wheels. Anybody know...

Thanks, I didn't know much of anything specific about these. But I know a good deal when I see one. Am I able to fit 31" tires on there with stock suspension?

haha okay. Is the pic working now?

So I cam across this '88 FJ62 about a month ago. It has 164k miles and original everything, other than a nice paint job about 3 years ago. I paid $1200 for it because the Doctor that was selling it was having trouble finding anyone to buy it! He was asking 3000!!! This LC is clean! One dent and...