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    '71 FJ40 with '76 front axle. Brakes?!?!?

    Gosh, im sorry guys. I feel like I have a lot of beginner questions. This kit looks to me like it indicates that 75-80 have front discs and rear drums. So as long as I have the correct 75-80 MC, which im guessing I do (ill check when I get home wednesday) then I should be fine. Thus, I...
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    '71 FJ40 with '76 front axle. Brakes?!?!?

    That looks great. But do you not run into pressure gradient problems between front discs and rear drums? Or is that what the proportioning valves corrects? Maybe that IS the setup I have, with the >'76 MC.
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    '71 FJ40 with '76 front axle. Brakes?!?!?

    That is an option I looked at. I was shopping "brake parts" and thats when I discovered '75 to '76 change over M/C. Thats why I started asking questions. The M/C is the easy parts, what kit did you use for rear discs and prop. valve?
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    '71 FJ40 with '76 front axle. Brakes?!?!?

    Thanks for replying, Doug. It was sudden, both times, and spaced pretty far apart, which I find strange. I have a few drips on the garage floor, so I started with trying to clean things underneath to see if I can identify what im leaking.... probably a little bit of everything in small...
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    '71 FJ40 with '76 front axle. Brakes?!?!?

    Hello Masters of fj40 world. Beginner here. I bought a gorgeous '71 with the original 1f. The seller confirmed he had some resto work done, Including the trans/transfer and front axle out of a '76. Gave him the 4 speed, and front disc brakes. I have had a weird intermittent "dump" of Dot3...
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