Recent content by RIBob

Older string. The leak the original poster was experiencing was likely not a crack in the pan but gravity bringing the oil to the space between the pan bottom and the shield. The drain hole on these pans has a cut out on the low side that can leak with a fiber washer.

Thank you. Shop had a brand new alignment machine. Apparatus mounted to the tires and not the rim. Lasers etc. Suspect it is a great machine but perhaps the two guys are still getting up to speed on its operation. I like your suggestion regarding the shackle angles. I will check those on level...

Thank you Mark. Previously took care of getting the rear pinion/TC angles in line with a shim. (Will check the front pinion/TC angles as well as I work through correcting the caster. It may be a balancing act. Hopefully I can get both in spec.) Back to Caster. A previous owner has a shim...

Would like some assistance on how best to correct my Caster angle. Currently -0.3* on the front left and -1.6* on the front right. 1979 FJ40 with a 4” lift on 33” rubber. Spring perches do not appear to be modified. Based on the larger than stock tires I would like to shoot for about +2* of...

Thank you both for confirming there was a plug there when it left the factory. I will disassemble and see if I can find a proper sized freeze plug as a substitute for the missing cap. Also one person stated the factory plug has a small hole drilled in it. Can someone confirm this? Any other...

Gents, cleaning up my front drive shaft on my 79 FJ40 and I noticed an asymmetric hole in the u-joint end of it. While this may facilitate slip in the slip joint it also permit debris to get in. I have attached a few pictures (with a flashlight to help see the hole) to help describe what I am...

Problem solved. 1. I took out and bench tested the light switch. Works properly. 2. Pulled the neg cable on the battery and unscrewed the fuse block to better expose the wires. 3. Started testing continuity from the back of the fuse block to the light switch connector. All good *4. Checked...

Thanks for the post. The precipitating even was inadvertent grounding of the positive contact on the under dash lamp as the LED bulb was wider than the the incandescent bulb. My bad for not noticing that. To answer your question, all other fuses are good as is the one I just replaced (power...

I am having the same issue with my 79 FJ40. Shorted the circuit with an under dash bulb that made contact with the metal housing. It blew the 15A “tail” fuse. Running lights and dash lights out as expected. Replaced 15A fuse and confirmed power on both sides of the new fuse… did not fix the...

100% correct. It is only about having the pinion angle be close to the same angle as that of the trans. They both should be less than 10 degrees (for long u joint life life) and of course the u- joints must be in phase.

What is the resistance of the manifold sensor when engine is cold and what resistance level signals the relay to turn the fan on?

Voltage regulator it is. Thanks for the pic and date of your FJ.

What is this on the passenger side firewall? It is not present on my 1979, but the bracket is there.

Steve, we’re is the work product of the engine to frame number query you started back in 2006?