Recent content by slingblade16

Greetings all once more tonight. So something that rubbed me raw, was during the 2 inch lift, the mechanic gave me crap about the "ghetto" exhaust I have on the fj60. He thought I could get more performance by upgrading it to a larger pipe. I bought this about 2 years ago from the original...

Good evening all! So after a few more test runs and the coolant and oil all appearing normal, it appears this was just carbon being burned off after I dumped some cleaner in the tank! Whew! I drove the rig around all day today and had no issues! Thanks all for the help!

Greetings all! It figures that after I got the girl running after changing out the fuel pump, that now I have yet another show stopper. While teaching my youngest to drive a stick shift, light white sweet smelling smoke started coming out of the exhaust pipe... It does not smoke while cool...

Long last update...I wish I did not have to work full time and work on the LC, but life is expensive. Turns out, replacement of the fuel pump totally changed the way the truck runs. I found out the old pump was missing the rubber spacer and gasket and had the incorrect size of bolts. The spring...

Update. Gentlemen thank you for your input and help. I do think the mixture is too rich. I can start the truck easily without the choke. Also the chole cable does not move the choke at all. Here is a picture of the carb when the choke knob is pulled or not. The carb I believe to be a OEM...

Hello gents, In resurrecting this FJ60 from storage of a friend in a barn for 11 years. Overall its great, but NOT definitely a daily driver yet. Some background. It drove great in the morning, it drove great in the afternoon. It did not drive great in the morning and the afternoon! So I'm...

Greetings all, I was extremely lucky to purchase a almost stock 81 FJ60 with low miles! However... It has been in storage for the last 11 years. Essentially anything rubber is in need of care. I am not sure the "mechanic" who last "worked" on this truck since some vacuum lines are just missing...