Recent content by Randy

Howdy everyone, I need to fix the drivers seat bottom material and would really like to renew the foam while the seat bottom is apart. Any known sources for stock seat foam? Located in So. Calif. A pic of my rig for attn.

Can't get the link to work, sorry. I will just buy another TKT-021 kit as its the same kit I installed 90K miles ago. Thanks for the help.

I need to do a timing belt on the wifes 05 and saw this kit on Amazon but not sure if its real Toyota parts or fake china parts. I used the the Aisn kit when I last replaced all the components in 2012. Thanks for the help. (pic of my 1980 FJ40 outside of Death Valley for your viewing pleasure)

I ended up using .040 over ITM pistons from rockauto in my recent 2F build, it was all i could find. Good luck.

O finished building and installing the engine, its smooth as glass. Thanks fellas.

I just checked the weight of each connecting rod with pin, piston, rings and bearing shells. 4 weighed exactly the same 1824 grams. 1 was 1828 grams and the other one was 1831 grams. I removed material from the 2 heavy rods and got them to weigh 1824 grams.

Rebuilding the 1987 2F in my 1980 FJ40. Each wrist pin is 20 grams heavier than the stock pins, everything else is exactly the same weight. The reputable machine shop I'm using says that inline 6's don't need balancing as long as all 6 pistons, pins, rods and rings weigh the same. Not believing...

I think thats my plan, Thanks for the input.

Here is a pic of the dizzy from 1980 FJ40. Is this what your looking for?

Here is my 1980 FJ40 that I've owned since about Y2K. It was my daily driver until 2 years ago when I retired it to garage queen status. We explore a lot in Death Valley, Calif and Nevada deserts. I'm currently rebuilding its 2F and some other mechanical rebuilds to complete the last stages of...

Thanks Steamer, the gear in your pic looks like my old gear where the rubber was starting to fail and the reason I replaced it with the ITM unit. This FJ40 was my daily driver until 2 years ago when I retired it for a GX470.

Nice looking rig.

And the engine parts, block is at the machine shop now for boring and honing.

a pic of the project vehicle.

Howdy folks, I pulled the 1987 FJ60 2F out of my 1980 FJ40 to do a full rebuild after 25K miles of service. At that time, I just did rings and a valve job to the 1987 FJ60 motor before replacing the worn out original 2F in my FJ40. At that time I installed an unknown solid cam gear in place of...