Recent content by tdbeasley

Yes, I removed and replaced all the crush washers and thoroughly cleaned the seats along with replacing the heat shield washers and the leakage pipe washer with the holes then torqued the injectors to spec. When I put everything back together I did manage to ground out the glow buzz bar by...

This weekend I replaced the fuel injectors with rebuilt units from Radd cruisers. The ones I removed had a larger injector body nut than stock. It seemed like maybe one of the bottom most copper washers had started to leak as one of the injectors was quite fouled up. And I do believe the...

Update on the LJ! Since I brought it home in April I’ve been busy bringing it up to date. Truly am so grateful for all the fantastic posts and write ups on here. So many bright folks have figured out so many amazing things to keep these truck going strong - I feel lucky to have all this...

Any luck sorting out the “limp mode” condition you were experiencing? Today I changed the 1st gear solenoid and flushed and changed ATF to a Dex III compatible Velvoline. The truck shifts perfectly. Starts in 1st gear from a stop and doesn’t pop out of lockup on the highway. No flashing OD...

I’m almost certain this is shift solenoid related on my truck. Until it’s hot, it doesn’t like going into 1st at a stop and will sometimes start in 2nd sometimes 3rd. If you didn’t know any different and stepped on it without shifting into 1st manually, it would just roll coal and barely move…...

Wooooow! Thanks for all that info! Really appreciate it. I’ll check out those sites and tab. Sweet I don’t have to get that obd! Makes the threads I was reading about the process make a lot more sense haha This is the newest car I’ve owned so the idea of a car telling me about its problems...

Thanks for that and duly noted! Needle isn’t super bouncy. I’ll track down an OBD reader and look into that. I’ve searched a bit to no avail but are there shop manuals for these trucks that shows exploded parts diagrams and codes and what not? Am I correct in thinking worn solenoids may...

Hey there! Just purchased a 1990 LJ78 with the 2LTE. These forums have been tremendously helpful for figuring out if I wanted to buy this thing and what ownership may look like. So, thank you! My background is in Datsun stuff so it’s neat to see how builds take shape on the Toyota side of...