1964 FJ40 for sale
1964 FJ40, SBC, with later model top, doors, seats, and rear ambulance doors. Front axle is a later year disc brake style with Warn hubs. 3 speed floor shift and floor transfer shift.
Rusted through drivers' floor w/ temporary aluminum patch, rear sill has rusted spot, but...
41/2 years later. getting ready to sell the old beast so I'll finish this thread.
Update: new radiator, new gas tank, new TRE's and stabilizer, new rear spring bushings and shocks, got the the lights and wipers and stuff wired up. Starts, stops, doors and windows work. Thinking that I've...
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Feels like bearing is toast, I had stopped fiddling with the underside of this thing, got most everything else wired and working. Finally bought a 4 post lift so I can get to the underside comfortably. Was really absolutuley no fun any more doing the creeper thing.
SBC, 3 speed. Hydraulic clutch.
I think my throw out bearing is going out, squalls when clutch pedal pushed in. Clutch fork keeps the bearing touching the clutch fingers unless I push the bolt back into hydraulic and take pressure off fork. I can see that I can adjust the preload (?) on...
This is all I used installing mine in my pickup bed, and other stuff. If I had a bunch to do in a hurry, I guess a tool might be OK, but this works fast and cost me nothing. Used my Dewalt to tighten instead of wrench after I got the hang of it.
Whoa! Big graphic!
Pull the bleeders totally off and make sure they're not plugged up.
I had the same symptoms, the Motive power bleed thang showed me why I couldn't get fluid from the rear bleeders with the vacuum pump, ....my bleeders/lines were just all plugged up. Pulled off a bleeder and learned the...
25 years chaining up on our 18 wheelers, this is the proper way to adjust your chains...rubber tarp straps, and lots of them, don't leave home without them, very forgiving.
There's always someone who never chains, always someone who "barefoots" every pass and never has a problem, I've watched...