Reading through this thread from the start, I noticed a couple of people saying that they had small cracks or head gasket troubles.
I had the same "rising temps under load" with my FJ62 - but I am in Australia, and mine has the 3F not the 3Fe - carby..... so the problem happens with a...
Well, of course I am still looking for info - I thought someone here might be able to tell me if it was POSSIBLE to use the existing transfer case with a foreign gearbox, because there are a lot of smart people who have done lots of different things here.
That is one of the reasons for a place...
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In the event that I was ever actually able to do an engine swap, I have a question which may be silly to some of you, but I just don't know the answer so....
When swapping the engine, is there any reason not to do a full engine and trans swap?
I...
If your throttle knob does not do anything noticeable then it is probably disconnected. But if it HAS a throttle knob then it should have been connected from the factory, so the PO has disconnected it for some reason.
Uses....
As some have said, if you have a winch it can keep your engine revs...
Yeah the chain should be hanging down, so it is definitely not there. A bunch of people remove it because it hangs low under an already long tail, and can cause problems off-road. If you don't get a rear bar mounted carrier (which you can make if you are handy with a welder), then you just throw...
I would set up one with 31's and the other with 33's - try them both out and see which one you like best on whichever size.
I would think that the 31's would be better for road work, the 33's better for off-road, so which one do you use for what? You can swap them whenever you can be bothered...
Seriously - drive out, buy a trailer, move it back yourself and sell the trailer when you get home. 6000ml round trip, 20mpg = about $1800 in fuel - gives you $1000 in food and accommodation for the trip. For the same dollars you get a "free" trip across the US..... But then, I don't mind a...
My only thought is that the Original controller was never meant to know about boost, so surely it can't do the job all that well. It might cope, but really....
However, any aftermarket ECU is pretty exxy, so....
I also know almost nothing about electrickery and pooters, so probably best to just...
OK, several disclaimers here: I don't have callipers to measure accurately; my front bumper is not original.
The bolts on the front bumper of mine are blind dome top and about 35mm long, but there is heaps of clearance underneath, so a longer (or slightly shorter) bolt will be fine.
The nut on...
Here in Oz we got the FJ60 with the 2F motor and manual box, the Hj60 with the 2H and manual box, and the Fj62 with the 3F and auto or Manual, and the HJ61 with the 12HT auto or manual. The 3B never came in Cruisers over here.
I gotta say, my 3F with manual box is just fine. Don't win many...
The 2H is a 4.0 L (3,980 cc) inline 6, 12 valve OHV indirect injection diesel engine. Bore is 91 mm and stroke is 102 mm, with a compression ratio of 20.7:1. Output is 105 PS (77 kW) at 3,500 rpm - later production years 107 hp (80 kW) with 177 lb·ft (240 N·m) of torque at 2,000 rpm. This engine...
Not helpful for the rebuild, but I had some magnetic points put into my distributor years ago, and have never looked back.
Mine were from Pertronix and have been faultless, but I am sure there are others available also.
No modification to the actual distributor, just a straight replacement of...
Fair enough - mine was fine until it wasn't anymore, so I assumed that was what happens. It is after all just fuse wire. But always happy to be corrected! 👍
Fuseable link is a fuse.... so if it goes, it "should" just fail outright. (Note: SHOULD..... funny things happen...)
Whenever I have had these sorts of symptoms over the years, it turns out to be dirty or loose connections to the battery.
Remove your battery terminals from the battery, scrape...
IN AUSTRALIA......
The mirrors were different in the pre-mid 1985, to the post '85 60 series and early 62, but the square headlight 62 had a different mirror again.
That looks like the late 60 series mirrors, so my guess is that it is a year or two before the square headlights came in.
That...
Maaaate...... I have a soldering iron and a meter to check if there is any actual electrickery going through those hoses...... I just don't really knowing what I am doing with it.
And yep, the next step was to track the wires from the door hinge.
But mine has only two speakers (in the doors)...
This is what I am dealing with now.
Can't even find the speaker wires to the RH front door - they are just lost somewhere in the dash.
I am going to have to pull the dash apart, and I suspect run some new wires - but I don't want to leave a mess of unused "lost" wires floating around.
Four...
Not emissions, but there are registration requirements that have to be met - assuming he is going to get it "engineered" (officially approved).
Some people try to keep it under the radar........
A roadworthy test in WA is not a difficult thing, but it just has to be right, and an engine swap in...