Recent content by MtnCruise

I've got the exact same problem Hunyuk. Glad to see this forum to help me out because nothing ever seems to be easy the first time. I too strapped my axle down to the front tow hooks, but that doesn't do anything to keep the axle from shifting forward.

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From the FSM timing procedure, one tooth off on the dizzy is certainly possible. My thoughts were that the rotation range on the dizzy mount would be able to cover up that timing offset, so I tried rotating the dizzy as much each way as possible but neither helped. Maybe the rotation range on...

brettwilm, I just read through you post about getting your 94' FJ80 started. Unfortunately it sounds very familiar to what I'm dealing with right now. I'll give you the full story, but primarily what I'm asking is if you think your spark plugs being flooded was the main issue? Could you see...

Anyone with a keen enough ear to tell if this is related to the rotor or dizzy cap? I just did a ton of maintenance which included replacing the dizzy o-ring. I thought maybe I had a timing issue but just rechecked that tonight. I haven't been able to tune it yet with the timing light but it...

No happy dance. I set the harmonic balancer back to TDC. Ensured that the dizzy rotor was up as you've shown and set the mount back to center. I tried rotating the mount through it's full range to see if maybe I was a cog off on the worm drive. No dice. I had my timing light all ready to go...

I think I've overcome a little bit of ignorance. I won't get to try it out until at least tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure the issue is timing. Hopefully the only issue. Despite literally being a rocket scientist, I missed this fact. The FSM says to insert the dizzy with the mounting bolt in...

I do not have a timing light, but it looks like I'll probably get one. I'll keep you posted what the solution is when I hopefully get to it later this week.

Timing Mark by MtnCruise posted Jan 23, 2016 at 9:27 PMHey brizzlygibbs, A couple of thoughts and questions... What is TDC? I'm assuming this is when the timing mark on the harmonic balancer aligns with the 0-mark indicating that the stroke is on the first cylinder. I did this when I was...

A video of the start noise

Hi all, this thread seams to be on the same vein as what I'm dealing with. I'm hoping that some of your knowledge can point me in the right direction. I recently completed (rather, almost completed) a bunch of maintenance on my FZJ80 that I bought last month. The maintenance items I just...

I inspected all the hoses this morning and couldn't find any vacuum issues, although I can't do any pressure testing when it's not running. I adjusted the throttle and accelerator cable a touch, but couldn't find much info on what the tension on those cables should be like. I adjusted the...

I didn't move the TPS sensor at all. There's some loctight on the set screw so I know the position hasn't moved.

Gents, thanks in advance on any info... I'm not a cruiser expert yet but I'm learning. I just completed a bunch of maintenance on a recently acquired 1995 FZJ80 with 214k on it. It took me a couple weeks working some nights here and there so it has been sitting. I finally got to firing it...