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    What part of the car do you hate? Any advice on how others should handle their worst nightmare parts?

    I thought it'd be good to make a thread where people could talk about what parts, or what procedures they hate, hate with a passion, hate so much you want to rip the part out and throw it in the scrap bin than touch it. For me it's the fan shroud. It didn't matter what I was doing or how I was...
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    Front plate screws staked - Need advice!

    Chasing the front end leak I figured I would go all out and replace all the gaskets instead of just the timing cover and crank seal. I got to the front plate screws and they look like a mess. How do I approach this? Do I use a Dremel to remove the area it looks like it was staked previously? Do...
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    Transfer Shifter Misalignment issues

    Well, I'm hopefully on the home stretch of getting this thing back together ('79 FJ40) and ran into a curious snag. When putting the transfer case shifter back in I thought it was pretty straight forward. There's only one way it can mount and it seemed to be a natural fit. My probelm though is...
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    Installing Transmission - How bad did I mess up?

    So. First of all I'll say that I know I shouldn't have done it this way, I was hopped up on Turkey and didn't do my research. Reinstalling the transmission of my '79 FJ-40 we got the splines engaged (wiggled the flywheel and could see it turning the transmission). We then tightened the bolts...
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    For Sale  New Domed 2F +0.50 mm Pistons and Rings

    Messed up measuring and didn't realize my cylinders weren't oversized afterall. never went into the engine, just onto the connecting rods. They were bought new from S.O.R. Asking $250 obo. Domestic shipping included at asking price.
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    1979 FJ-40 +0.50 mm (+0.02") piston heads + rings for sale/trade

    I don't know if this is the right place to post or not, but thanks to some poor calibration for my bore gauge on my part, I ordered oversized pistons from SOR, turns out I just needed new standard ones. These have been installed on the connecting rods and were on sale at SOR so I can't send...
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    Head issues/MacGyver fixes?

    7/'79 FJ40 So you may have seen other threads where I was asking about ignition and emissions issues. Here's a head issue. One of the main reasons I started to work on the vehicle was I was getting significant oil/gas in my carb (Weber 2 Barrel) to the point it was smoking. Figured we'd...
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    79 FJ40 - Replacing Ignitor System

    7/79 FJ40 I'm going through and replacing the wiring harness and decided I wanted to do something about the ignitor. This thing looks like it's ready to fail at any moment and after pricing out new ones I didn't like what I saw. What would y'all recommend as a replacement system? I have read...
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    79 FJ40 - Removing Emissions System

    This is for a 7/79' FJ40 There is a full network of vacuum hoses, most of which aren't connected to anything, the rest of which seem to connect to various parts of the defunct emissions system. I don't believe that the emissions system is functioning, the smog pump has no hoses coming to or...
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    Chasing electrical goblins '79 FJ40

    There is a too long didn't read at the end of this if you want to skip ahead. Was trail riding, turned off the car for a break, went back to crank and nothing, no power. Battery was still good as I was able to use the winch. Giving a quick lookover I noticed that the 12 gauge power cable...
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    Replacing 2F with another from carmonkeys.com?

    I think it's time I called it quits on my engine. I'm having severe blowback (blowout?), gasoline mixing with the oil causing massive leaks (1 qt for every 20 miles probably) and other issues. My carb is less than a year old, exhaust and radiator in good shape, alternator and starter recently...
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    Looking for an upstate mechanic

    I'm looking to get a rebuild done on my stock '79 FJ. I feel like a little bit of everything needs to be looked at and have little mechanic ability myself. I'm hoping to keep the 2F in there as the rest of it is stock but accept I may need to find an alternative if I want to keep it in budget...
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