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My original starter went bad so I installed gear reduction it worked fine but I did not like the sound of the gear drive. I had the original rebuilt and I reinstalled. I just like the sound of the original direct drive. So the new gear drive is on the shelf if I need it again for emergency use.

Put transmission in neutral. Get a breaker bar and fit a socket on nut on your alternator. Turn the breaker bar the way the engine turns when it is running. There will be slack in the forward side of the belt, push in on that with your left hand. The engine will turn and you can then look at...

My 78 FJ40 has a hardtop installed but no head liner. I will be in Southern Calf. next month so I am thinking about buying a head liner from Spector Off- Road and haul it home save the shipping. Does the hardtop have to be removed to install the head liner?

I did my power steering conversion 17 years ago and 80,000 miles. My gear started leaking out of the output shaft a couple years ago so I put a new one on. Other wise I have had no problems

My Saginaw has been mounted about 17 years and 80,000 miles. I will take a picture of it tomorrow.

Visit a truck shop that repairs big trucks, they will have a big repair shop and ask them where they get their blocks repaired. Here in the Northwest there is a business called Northwest Motor Welders. Not cheap but a place that knows how to repair a crack. I am sure there is a place of...

Where did you buy your fuel pump? By the way nice looking rig.

I have a March 78 FJ40 and there is a additional sensor port next to #4 intake port. Hard to see behind the carburetor. The plug has a big head. Also my thermostat housing has those additional ports that Pighead was referring to. This information will not help Aircooled1 but maybe someone...

As referred to above get all the bolts started before tightening them.

Remove spark plugs. Block the wheels, put transmission in neutral. Find a ½ drive socket and breaker bar that will fit on end of alternator pulley. From the front of your vehicle turn the bar to the right. Usually the pulley will slip inside the alternator belt. Use your left hand to...

A longer pitman arm makes the steering more faster because the end of the pitman arm moves more when it is longer. If you are looking for a long arm the pitman arm on a International Scout with power steering is long. I had one on my saginaw conversion and the long arm was almost parallel with...

I have a 1978 FJ40 with the original 2F engine. I personally have driven it over 100,000 miles and I use the cheapest gas at our local gas station. It never pings. I have had no problems at all with the regular grade of gas.

Mine was like yours, I went to the back side laid down to layers of mating and fiberglass on the cracked areas. Then went to the front and ground out the cracked areas down to my new fiberglass I had laid in. Then I just filled it in with new glass . Sanding and filling till it looked right...

About 5 years ago my odometer quit working and I was able to remove all the odometer wheels changed the order of them, lubed them and reassemble . The speedometer must be lubed. I used singer sewing machine oil. Most bouncing speedometer needles can be attributed to lack of lube in the...

If you have the old windshield as a pattern, I went to a glass shop and they cut one up for me, $120. I use the old gasket, it was in good shape.