Recent content by Monstro Verde

Welcome! Looks great, and I’m sure you will enjoy. Most of the rest of my stable is BMW too, but I agree, the FJ45s are an awesome counterpoint for their rawness.

OK, I found this: What does that JIL or JLL or whatever mean on wheels - Honda-Tech Which explains that the marking is a Japanese certification for truck alloys, but what else can you help me figure out?

Yeah the PO said they were some kind of old Japanese rally wheel.

Sorry about the multiple pics!

Hi all, These great rims came with my FJ45 (PO didnt want to sell them with truck but I insisted). I can't find amything about them. Any ideas? Thx

I have been thinking the same thing... no total solution found yet. Any progress on your front?

I presumed the reservoir would have to move too?

OK, so I found a half dozen fingernail clipping sized slivers of rust and other debris in the bowl - likely candidates for the fuel restriction. Also the accelerator pump had shed its gasket and lodged itself into a fixed position that was preventing the throttle from returning to idle -...

So I am thinking about adding A/C to the troopy, but it seems that the kits out there expect my power steering pump to be mounted on the LHD/driver's side. My FJ45 is South American and has the factory pump mounted high on the right/passenger's side. Simple enough to reposition the pump with a...

I hadn't considered that - thanks. Is there a way to test it?

Hi all, I have a 1984 FJ45 with a 2F and stock carb. It occasionally (like after I add carb cleaner to tank, or hit really wicked rut in a Lima road) loses all fuel delivery through what seems to be the main jet. Even at these times, it starts and idles perfectly, and to remove the offending...

Pic as is in Lima, Peru (2016) - 1984 FJ45, 2F

Pic as found in Puno, Peru (2014)