Ok. My new tires came in yesterday. I had them installed on the wheels today. I considered 37 's but settled on 35's looks awesome. I just set those 2 next to the truck to get an idea what to expect . I love the look !
I bled the brakes and the clutch master cylinder today. The exhaust system is done. I built it from whatever I had laying around the shop.
The hood is on . I serviced the engine. I need to get the fuel system installed...... tomorrow I'll install the seatsI. Almost done !!! I'm excited.
When I installed the engine cooling fan on the engine , the radiator was not on yet.
We installed the radiator and of course a problem arose..... the lower hose went right thru the fan blades..... this would clearly not work for obvious reasons .
I could use an electric fan but that did not...
Have not posted much about this swap in a while but all is going well. While I was swappingthe engine , I decided to upgrade the steering to a fj80 power unit. Looks good and I am confident that I'll have a lot less bump steer than I ever did with the JT OUTFITTERS set up. Here are some pics of...
Ok. We installed the engine today. After carefulexamination, THE FRAME BRACKETS WILL NOT WORK. The engine sat too low and that inch or so too low completely modified the angle.
I built some new ones out of 3/16 gauge sheet metal and welded them on.
The drive shafts kept the original lengths.
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In these pictures, you can see the engine brackets (original 1HZ), the rubber mounts (2F) and the frame brackets(78 fj40) . The engine needs to come down a bit, but it looks like once that is done, it will all work as if no one had ever messed with it. Works for me ! I'm happy !
Got a lot done today. We finally succeeded at pulling off the passenger side engine bracket from the chassis.
I figured the best way to install the engine/ transmission/ transfer case combo was all at once. We removed the transmission's crossmember and the sucker went right in.
I must say...
I am not sure yet. I was supposed to install the engine on the truck yesterday but did not have the time to do it.
Trying to get that done today. I'll post pics and observations while doing it. Thanks for your interest.