Not impressed with Cummins on this. They don't seem to be willing to publish any meaningful details about their engine package. How about a wiring diagram, that might be useful for some people. How about cruise control capability? How about a BSFC curve?
They could just publish a few technical...
Thought there might be some interest in this story on here. My 62 has had a big oil leek for quite some time. In the winter it leeks almost no oil at all, when its hot it it leeks alot.
Also, it doesent have to be running to leek. I believe the oil capacity is 9 quarts for the 3F, just after...
you got that right!!
I could not think of better advertising.
I would like to hear more about the mechanical history of that cruiser over the journey. How have things held up you think?
looks really really good. You said this was a light resto? I assume this thing was pretty clean to start with. Would you be willing to share any before pictures?
cheers
I may have a suggestion for your coolant lines. Instead of just running rubber hose all over the place, get some annealed alum. tubing. I replaced some steel fuel lines on my mazda rx7 with this stuff. Since its alum, no rust, and its easy to work with.
I got a rigid tubing bender to put nice...
Yes, do support the trans/t-case.
Unless you have some really special motor mounts your entire driveline is going to rotate back, pushing your fan blades right into the fan shroud. Something will break for sure. I dont know if the fan blades with make contact with the radiator.
Just a jack...
How come where I live little old ladies dont drive land cruisers???????
It looks very well cared for, someone will get a very nice cruiser when you sell it!
what we need to do is get the engineering print of the back of the 1fz engine block and oil pan subassembly. Then any of the adapter companies could make the desired adapters.
You wont find a better inline 6 gas engine anywhere, the 1FZ is an amazing powerplant!
I bet with a little...
looks like some good work, seems like every car I buy I spend a month undoing messed up stuff. on my last purchase, a 91 4runner i spend an entire day removing a stupid car alarm system. the nest of wires must have had 4 relays in it, so pointless. who in the hell would steal the slowest...
every land cruiser drivetrain component I have ever seen has been heavy. A 5.9cummins bent my hoist to the point where the boom wont slide anymore. That was just the engine. make sure you get a very good one. if you grab on at the right point, very close to the center of gravity you can just...
have to taken the TPS off the throttle body and verifyed that its resistance is within factory spec? I remember from my time on a 3fe thats a real pain in the ass to work on.
Is the wiring harness in good shape, no shorts or open circuits?
zulu,
you just graduated with a M.E. degree?? How have you found the job market? I am currently a sophmore at kettering(Former General motors institute) going for my M.E. degree. Many of my friends have not been able to find work after graduation, but the economy really sucks in the rust belt...
sorry i cannot provide any good input on this topic, but i did discover something when i went to the car wash.
Reach your fingers around in the wheel well arch. You will probally come out with a bunch of goop...i take the high pressure washer and bend it to fire up and kinda back at you and...
My friends 80 had one of those horrible aftermarket alarm systems on it, I spent about 5 hours taking the interior apart and removing the various relays and fuses. Those things are the devil, if it wasent OEM it got thrown away. Its amazing how bad most aftermarket electrical installs are, from...