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Get all your parts and do the LS swap in a months time. Keeping the H55 and using my motor mount kit and that will be a 2 hr total project.
Builds FitzJ60 1983 FJ60 Build (2 Viewers)
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You give me too much credit Matt. But I love the enthusiasm. Need that motivation to get this done.
You can do this. I'm pumped to see it. Summertime weekend build days are the best.
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Sweet build 
You should paint that thing.
You should paint that thing.
It does add a little character as it is. I know tho that your lady would like it a bit more if it had a sexy paint job!
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Dang electric car ruined anything fun and with character.
Still need to quiet it all down. Exhaust will be a quite as I can get it next go around.
And the paint for sure will happen at some point.
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Race to get Fitz a runner has me doing a quick head job.
Head off:
Check out #4. Notice the clean piston edges. Steam cleaned by some coolant leakage.
Compression Check on #4 was zero both dry and wet. #4 was pushing into #5
Found out some interesting stuff about this head. Someone spent some money on this before me. Glyptal paint some old school machinist who knew what he was doing and took pride in details was the last one inside it. Covers the cast surface and makes oil return faster. Common on race/hot rod applications. Unnecessary? Yes. Better? Yes.
You can also see the machining marks from the previous decking on the bottom of the head.
I bought the truck back in 2010 and the head had supposedly been redone.
The HG appeared to be aftermarket and was likely the cause of the failure on the thinner parts between the cylinders.
New OEM gasket is in and will going in shortly.
Carb was pulled and sent off to a rebuilder (@mattressking) I’ve been getting a play by play on the rebuild.
How can you you not get excited when you are getting photos like this.
Head off:
Check out #4. Notice the clean piston edges. Steam cleaned by some coolant leakage.
Compression Check on #4 was zero both dry and wet. #4 was pushing into #5
Found out some interesting stuff about this head. Someone spent some money on this before me. Glyptal paint some old school machinist who knew what he was doing and took pride in details was the last one inside it. Covers the cast surface and makes oil return faster. Common on race/hot rod applications. Unnecessary? Yes. Better? Yes.
You can also see the machining marks from the previous decking on the bottom of the head.
I bought the truck back in 2010 and the head had supposedly been redone.
The HG appeared to be aftermarket and was likely the cause of the failure on the thinner parts between the cylinders.
New OEM gasket is in and will going in shortly.
Carb was pulled and sent off to a rebuilder (@mattressking) I’ve been getting a play by play on the rebuild.
How can you you not get excited when you are getting photos like this.
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So cool!
All clean and full of promise!
Nice work you are smashing it!
All clean and full of promise!
Nice work you are smashing it!
I also had a #4 cylinder with very, very low compression. I suspect I need to do this same job.
I'm curious, @NookShneer, since the head was redone/decked back in 2010, what did you have your timing set to for the truck to run nicely? Or did it not run very well because of the #4 cylinder problem?
Good luck! Looking good
I'm curious, @NookShneer, since the head was redone/decked back in 2010, what did you have your timing set to for the truck to run nicely? Or did it not run very well because of the #4 cylinder problem?
Good luck! Looking good
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Didn’t run well despite many carb timing and valve adjustments. Had a few more mechanically savey people try to help with tuning and it wasn’t receptive.
It would still run and had power to get up to freeway speeds.
Just ran poorly. I have LS swap parts staged for what I was planning to complete. Relocation in a couple months has me working to get it running and moved. And I’ll likely get the remaining LS swap parts before tearing it apart again.
***Side note: head is actually a late 40 head due to the secondary temp port.
I’m listening patiently.
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Dunno how I missed this but fantastic build - subscribed 
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Parked and ignored for a month or two in Seattle when we moved south.
Big thanks for @Cho choo for the free parking and relay arm rebuild, bumper install and exhaust leak work.
I flew in and met up for a drive to CO for Solid Axle Summit earlier this month.
Such a fun trip.
I joke that I save all my maintenance for the campsite. It is mostly true though.
Drive out was baller.
Having 6 cylinders working together makes a big difference.
Hit a daily triple for the first time on the drive to CO.
Big thanks for @Cho choo for the free parking and relay arm rebuild, bumper install and exhaust leak work.
I flew in and met up for a drive to CO for Solid Axle Summit earlier this month.
Such a fun trip.
I joke that I save all my maintenance for the campsite. It is mostly true though.
Drive out was baller.
Having 6 cylinders working together makes a big difference.
Hit a daily triple for the first time on the drive to CO.
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Driving down with @Bullzi and @gt7058a was a hoot.
I was pretty comfortably flogging that 2F to keep up with LS powered cruisers.
New top score: down hill might have had a tailwind. Lifted because I was scared at that point. Less by the handling and more the noise from the exhaust/engine compartment.
This was probably 3500 rpm in 5th gear.
I think the carb work that @mattressking did probably helped as well. Hit him up for any carb rebuild needs. The dude is the real deal and pretty nerdy about getting them right.
@mattressking : uh.. you know you have non correct hardware on your carb right? Does that bug you?
Me:
He also wears fun shorts.
Pic: meeting of some Cruiser minds. @mattressking explaining what a carb is to two guys with LS swapped 60 series.
I was pretty comfortably flogging that 2F to keep up with LS powered cruisers.
New top score: down hill might have had a tailwind. Lifted because I was scared at that point. Less by the handling and more the noise from the exhaust/engine compartment.
This was probably 3500 rpm in 5th gear.
I think the carb work that @mattressking did probably helped as well. Hit him up for any carb rebuild needs. The dude is the real deal and pretty nerdy about getting them right.
@mattressking : uh.. you know you have non correct hardware on your carb right? Does that bug you?
Me:
He also wears fun shorts.
Pic: meeting of some Cruiser minds. @mattressking explaining what a carb is to two guys with LS swapped 60 series.
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Good seeing you guys! Impressed my spare flasher relay worked out!
Once you swapped the power/ground on ICS, it started working again correct?
Once you swapped the power/ground on ICS, it started working again correct?
Looks like a great time! Great pics
