Recent content by masong

It’s not super fresh in my head but in my ‘92 I wired one wire to the voltage meter circuit and the other 3 that came off my 4pin alternator are not required(I may be misremembering this, but I think that’s correct). The bat(+) obviously an additional connection. It sounds like a voltage...

The short answer, yes. You can remove the ecu. Are you keeping the A440F? Also, You should just go ahead and take the radiator supports, front bumper and grille off. I can't imagine relocating the engine mounts with out having a clear line of sight to make sure things clear, it will also give...

Just going to say, while it does take longer to swap in a v8 than it does to read this 144 page thread it is pretty dang cool when you can drive your 80 again. Took me around 15mo to get it to this point, a bit longer and way more expensive than I hoped but I got there. Just ticked over 70 miles...

Update: It runs! Been whittling away at it and finally got to the point where I can start it. Still has no exhaust, just manifolds, so its unbearably loud. But sounds awesome! FJ80 LM7 Startup . I did gently drive it around the block but it is having a fuel delivery issue, or seems to, just...

Aaaannnnnddddd we're back! For those that are curious, I also own/run/spin-plates-on-sticks a bicycle shop and around June, its busy. Also in June I bought a house. So then I spent the last 4months remodeling a house, and running a bike shop, and mostly just occasionally sitting in the drivers...

Awesome to see you got it in and running!!!! I'm still plugging away at the v8....

Having it driving in May is my goal too. My list is definitely longer than yours... I did get the trans/shifting sorted. I think so anyway. I'll get a photo of that today. I still have to sort out my fuel filter location, PS hoses, Computer mounting, exhaust, bump stops, rear pinion seal(while...

Updates.... Plugging away at it... A Wits End Water Temp Sensor for the OE gauge. Good firewall clearance, Also a pretty close shot of the Firewall paint, pretty cool product. It is embedded with fiberglass and ceramic. Been working my way from the firewall forward, basically the reverse...

Good tip on the water pump.

Update. Wound up swapping out the muscle car oil pan for the Camaro oil pan. Per recommendations here I sourced some firewall insulation. I chose some ceramic embedded paint that is supposed to reduce heat transfer, claims up to 30% reduction. Also got a transfer case attached to the...

Assuming you are referring to the bolts that hold the felt/rubber/metal rings to the backside of the knuckle itself? If I remember correctly those are 8mm x 1.25 bolts, and there’s probably 10 on each knuckle? Depending on the location of bolt that your a working on, it’s probably easiest to...

Rotors will look that way from contacting the brake caliper body(usually accompanied by spongy brake pedal) due to loose/misadjusted wheel bearings. Nothing looks terrible here to me, more grease sure, but it isn't the cause. Hub spindle does show some hints wear but hard to say from pics. I bet...

Lol my bad- reading so many posts lately it all runs together. Been reading about some of the paint coatings contains ceramic beads for that, I just don’t really like the idea of the adhesive backed stuff(I feel like I’m making a place for moisture to accumulate). I’ve seen the Derale heat sink...

So... here's where I ask the tough question. Does anyone have any regrets? I'm not talking regretting the swap, but is there anything you wish you'd done differently? Anything you would have added? @White Stripe mentioned wishing they'd added some heat shielding to the outeside of the...

Yoooooo! I have some new goals for my truck! 10:10 pimped.