I'm looking for a rear bench seat for the 40. Something I can strap a car seat to. Just for local roads. On that topic I'm looking for front seats too, but lower priorty.
If not I may go with the one from IPOR. Seats
Did you find the 2F dipstick? I have a free one available for pickup in old town Alexandria. Or if no hurry I hope to get back to club meetings soon. Work has been busy and apparently babies take a lot of time. Who knew.
Last year I put an 87 2F into my 1976. I kept existing bell housing and 4spd trans. No issues other than swapping the fan as mentioned above. You might have to adjust the exhaust pipe, but not certain. Mine was from an FJ60 with internally regulated alternator, but I just reused my old one and...
Have you checked that your lines / connections are all good from tank to filter to pump to carb? I just went through some similar issues...I checked all the same things as you and ended up finding a pinhole leak in the hard fuel line where it runs along the frame (passenger side below the tank)...