@DuckBone I may have missed a conversation, but I have a 78 FJ40 project vehicle. 2F, disc brake conversion, power steering. Clean title. Located in N Georgia. Happy to give more detail if interested. I havent had time to list it in the classifieds yet, my buddy @WickedPickle is trying to help...
. Underside has a fair amount of rust, diff locks didnt want to cooperate, lots of oil underneath, and the body had a couple of spots that were definitely deeper than just surface rust. She might make a good trail rig, but I had to walk away.
Thanks for the input, I was thinking best to walk away from this one..
Anybody see this before? Right rear body, just below taillight. Surface rust? Or something deeper and more evil?
Totally hear you on that one. Its easy to forget what we're looking at. Engine runs strong. Ran it with the AC on for a while in the drive, she never hinted at over heating. Tranny seemed to shift strong in high range when we rolled through the hood, but when we shifted her into low I had a...
Ouuuuch!!!
This has been a hot topic at the coffee machine today let me tell you. Jason says he ok with it, but He gets this faraway look in his eyes every time we talk about it
good eye @voodu3, felt the same way. Truck is just north of Atlanta. Current owner tells me he had it a couple of months, he thought is a Georgia peach its whole life, but a vin search told a different tale. Came out of Indiana. My gut feel is to walk away at this point.
Hoping for a little insight from some of the subject matter experts herr:
Looking at a sweet little '96 model 80 series for a friend who is in the market. Topside of the motor looks pretty clean, but there is a decent amount of oil leakage from underneath. Doesn't look like its coming from the...