H55F is here! Slowly but surely acquiring everything for this build to minimize downtime. The only thing that is missing drivetrain wise is clutch-related components, transfercase rebuild kit a new oil pan (not sure if that is necessary on these when swapping into a 40 need to research) and then...
Took me forever to find but traded the 3fe out of my FJ62 build for a 4 speed and split transfercase from I believe an 85 FJ60. Needs to be cleaned up and regasketed. Will potentially bench build the entire drivetrain setup from motor to transfercase so it stores easily. Does anyone want a fj60...
This is being put on pause for my FJ62 Build .I want to do this fj40 slow and steady and right and that takes money for restoration/restomod that I want to do.
Quick update. Drove around my bone stock 4 speed 2f 1985 fj60 and came to the realization. It is awful, 4 speeds are not enough for today especially when paired to the stock 2f. With that being said I picked up a very well-maintained 2002 suburban with 190k miles on the clock blown trans. Pulled...
This is my first actual post on ih8mud. Been lurking for about 2 years now. This thread is to serve as a full history of the step-by-step restoration for my records and any potential future buyers.
Picked up 1971 fj40 bone stock to start a full build from the ground up to my spec of how an OEM+...