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  1. gisham

    Best soft sided cooler?

    I actually work for the company that manufactures the NorChill Soft Coolers- Funny this thread popped up when doing some SEO work- I own a 40 and have owned an 80 in the past- Needless to say a cruiser head- That said i hope some of you choose to try our brand- We consider them the best on the...
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    Dead #3 cylinder

    You just going to re-ring that piston and see how it goes?
  3. gisham

    To Buy or Not to buy?

    he have reciepts from the rebuild? that alone is thousands in labor/parts. depending on a first hand look at the rust that may not be a bad deal-
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    Purpose if the cowl vent

    moconative is right- drivers side is a pain- i just stuck a synthetic wine cork in that hole and used the passeneger side only to drain- works fine!
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    What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

    jeeze- put that 40 in the garage man!
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    yet another smokin issue, need help with diagnosis

    compression check might tell you whats going on-
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    Trouble getting into gear after driving while stopped

    Thanks MTNMAN- I will bleed the system again before i order anything-
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    Trouble getting into gear after driving while stopped

    well the PO had a metal hose made when they fitted the 4 speed into the 67- so the hose cannot expand. But thats not to say the MC or slave is not malfunctioning so i will pull the slave and get the pushrod freed up so i can adjust to spec- Its the pilot bearing comment by Eddie that scares...
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    Trouble getting into gear after driving while stopped

    Was it just after the truck had been driven a while? Would it shift fine for the first 30 minutes of driving?
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    Trouble getting into gear after driving while stopped

    Thanks for the responses guys- I agree Chris, heat would be my first thought too- Thank you for the ideas, i did not think about the expansion theory. I did adjust the pedal height and play as well as bleed the system last night while it was hot and acting up- Of course the fork pushrod...
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    Trouble getting into gear after driving while stopped

    When truck has sat for any length of time i can fire it up, engage clutch and shift freely into all 4 forward gears and reverse. After driving the truck during the day it gets increasing difficult to get the truck into gear while stopped- I have to cram it into 4th and then to first or just go...
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    Ignition timing

    when you advance the timing the to where is smoothes out- what happens if you then decrease your idle screw down to the 650 rpm range? my thought is as you advance the dist the mechanical advance is further increasing it- when you pull those rpms down the timing might get closer than you think-
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    My FJ40..

    very nice truck! thanks for sharing-
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    my refresh and paint job

    Need some nice University of Tennessee decals on that sucker to complete the look! Go Big Orange!
  15. gisham

    Holley 350 (#7448) Adapter Identification

    thanks eddy- i have no idea why the PO went this route other than pure stupidity- but the damn thing runs good....
  16. gisham

    Holley 350 (#7448) Adapter Identification

    I have a Holley 7448 on my 75 2F and I need to replace the gasket in the pictures below. i just dont know what the adapter is- Maybe a Downey unit? Any help[ would be great!
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    Blackstone Report Not So Good- Head gasket

    The link from BDS was perfect I'll stick with 75-80
  18. gisham

    Blackstone Report Not So Good- Head gasket

    Anyone?
  19. gisham

    Blackstone Report Not So Good- Head gasket

    Thanks- i guess my next obstacle is to make sure i get a head that will work with my 75 2F block- what year heads will work? im in FL so emissions stuff does not matter-
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    Blackstone Report Not So Good- Head gasket

    Update- so i did a compression test on the motor and sure enough #4 cylinder 50PSI wet or dry- ordered my overhaul kit from CDAN and off to the machine shop the head went- BAD NEWS- magnaflux revealed 3 cracks, he thinks it must have gotten hot sometime down the line.. so here i am looking...
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