This thing's been sitting in my driveway for too long. I finally got around to doing more free labor on it. The idea is to find out what is wrong with it not running well and see where the water was getting into the oil.
First idea was the intake manifold gasket and the head gasket. I got the...
Been busy the past couple weeks ordering parts for de-smogging.
- Removed smog pump, smog cooler and lines, air rail, egr valve, etc.
- McMaster Carr 3mm and 6mm vacuum hoses to correct the spaghetti mess
- EGR intake and exhaust plate kits
- Radiator/thermostat hose kit
- New thermostat...
Overdue for some updates on the 60:
Continued pulling parts. Interior basically empty. The drivers seat is held in place with 1 bolt :hillbilly:. Engine bay is now missing most of the emissions components. Lots of a little things here and there that are being discovered by disassembling and...
First big win for the 60.
I rebuilt the carburetor... Reinstalled it, attached the various hoses, accelerator linkage, choke cable and linkage, and swapped in a new battery... And she fired right up! Such a good feeling after putting in a lot of thought and effort to get it fixed. This is a...
As for the carburetor, it's been pulled and inspected so far. I have a rebuild kit from @cruiseroutfit, and I plan to reassemble it soon. The only thing that's presented itself concerning the engine is that it has a fuel supply issue. Carb rebuild should fix it, but we'll see. I only really need...
My main priorities at the moment are to give it a full cleaning, and get it to start and run reliably.
I wanted to start with cleaning, since the interior was disassembled and I'd need a seat to sit on if I wanted to drive it anyways. Interior is horribly dirty, but in good condition. Dead...
A little more background:
This FJ60 has been abandoned, but it's a bit of a "storage-wars" raffle win. Dead battery, interior disassembled, but swapped from an '87, random boxes of junk in the back, a squirrel family living in the hood insulator, a carburetor misbehaving... and needing a little...
I've spent most of my time in the 70-series section, with my JDM HZJ73. Recently, I've also imported an HDJ81, "Pearl". This time, I've stumbled upon an FJ60, sitting abandoned by it's previous owner. It's clean (for New England standards), and it's up for adoption...
Of all color's it could...