4bta,nv4500,arb lockers f&r,longfield inners and outers,soa,the truck is listed on ebay with no reserve,buy it now is$18,000 hurts like heck and sure i will do it all over again in a couple years,i have started a farm and need the cash bad the truck is super sweet,hit me up if any...
thanx man,yes stock springs,ford towers w 14"pro comp9000 in fr,12" in rear w mounts moved inward(rides great)heat exchanger from cruiseroutfitters,she rattles but not that bad motor mounts work well,stock snatch hook,35x 12.5 cooper stt(measure truer than goodyear mtrs)
4bt is perfect imo,good mpg,lots of power,not fast but accelerates nice n easy,i will get some underhood pics n the next coupl days,thanks for info andre i will def give it a try,a guy here locally bought the 55 frame and body to build back up:cheers:
the 4bt was set up in the 55(dieselcruiserheads)researched swap for couple yrs and then ended up buying the 55,drove it for a while and decided to make the best out of the 2,andre did all the hard work for me lol,so i just went off his start and tweaked it for what i wanted,i started the swap in...
so much for buildup thread,camera died on me and i am also somewhat of a slacker,but anyway got her back on the road in jan.few thousand miles and wheelin trips later,convinced soa is way to go much improvement on and off road,love the diesel can finally use the left lane and 20+ mpg ,well some...
1989 fj62 4bt,nv4500,stock t-case/2 sticks,soa,arb locks f+r,30 spln longs,arb front bumpr,chopped qtrs,homegrown rear bumpr,heat exchanger(biodiesel) dd,wheelin,gettin me to the whitewater
motor and trans from a 89 fj62 runs and shifts great,no issues when pulled,134k miles $600 1971 fj 55 body and frame $600 33x12.5 mt baja claw radials mounted on 15x8 black rockkrawler wheels at least 60% $450 located in augusta county...
converted my t-case to twin stick,you need new mode shaft,the pin that holds fork to the shaft(will use existing fork)hollow nut,spring and ball for detent machining is there for detent you just need to drill and tap,and then you need the oilseal for shaft(machined already also)very straight...
soa for sure ,had the same ? couple of years ago and went w/ome and sr,after 2yrs of it i am now soa,ome w/sr is nice but soa rides better and works better imo anyway,there is all kinds info and people willing to help out here,so much luck:cheers:
lil bit o progress
wutz hapenin,lilbit more,hacked off sr went back to stock shackle hanger,goin so this time but only want to run 35's ,moved shock towers inboard on rear,tried n true ford towers n front,por 15 frame,removed fuel pump from tank and installed pick up tube,installed...