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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    Based on everyone's responses, my next steps will be to... 1. Use the infrared gun to verify post-warmup temp is over 190 degrees to know that the t-stat should be open. I still may not see water flow if the blockage is somewhere else but I'll have confidence that the t-stat should be OK since...
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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    I do not have a temp gun but will by the end of today - it would be very useful in this situation. You can see the fan shroud in the pics and it looks OK to me except that the fan is only have under the should. Not sure if that's normal or an issue. Good to hear on the headers so I'll discount...
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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    Here's a pic of how the thermostat ended up going in...
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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    Regarding pictures, my FJ is no raving beauty, except maybe to me, but the stories it could tell. Attached are some pics and I'm working to respond to some of the other posts too.
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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    Regarding the head gasket, the local shop that did the engine install did say the rebuilder had installed the head gasket backwards. They found this when they had to redo the headwork after the initial serious overheating but they confirmed it's all correct now. They do a lot of FJ40 work and I...
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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    I'm working my way thru responses and this might be related to my issue. The engine shop was supposed to have rotted out the block & head before rebuilding and hopefully this would have cleaned the jackets too but maybe something was missed and that might explain why I'm not able to quickly...
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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    I didn't see flow the couple of previous times I checked and my only potential verification of flow was the one time I saw the gauge drop from 3/4 back to around the first mark while driving. The water pump and thermostat are new with less than 50 miles on each but I'll keep checking this. Thanks
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    FJ40 w/rebuilt 2F engine after sitting for several years, now have overheating issues

    Hello, Sorry for the long post but I'm hoping it provides enough detail... I have a 1977 FJ40 that sat in my garage for 20+ years with the engine pulled while waiting for me to find time & $$$ for a dream V8 conversion with an Advance Adapters kit, Ranger transfer case, power steering ...etc. I...
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