After two years of ownership it is time to dig in and give Olga a refresh. A couple weeks ago she started to run poorly and missing at idle. After checking all the basics timing, fuel and spark to no avail I did a compression check and found two of the cylinders are dead. My plan is to take the...
I'm looking for a good muffler shop around the Gastonia or Belmont area to change out the muffler on my FJ40. I'd say my current muffler isn't doing much good.
I purchased my 1971 FJ40 in August but just discovered TLCA the other day and decided to sign up. It looks like you guys have some fun events and hopefully I can make it to some of the local meet ups soon. I'm located in Gastonia so just outside of Charlotte.
I am trying to figure out what engine I have, the more I look into this the more confused I seem to get. My oil filter location is on the drivers side like a F engine but my block does not have the oil fill tube, it is cast into the block but not drilled out. The engine number is F 374210 the...
I'm the proud new owner of a 1971 FJ40. It has the original F motor and 3 speed on the tree, runs like a sewing machine. The previous owner owned the truck for the past 10 years and has a good record of service history. The truck seems mechanically sound, I plan on changing out the water pump...