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  1. paulj

    Leak at intake manifold

    Exhaust manifold is stock cast iron.
  2. paulj

    Leak at intake manifold

    My 1976 stock FJ 40 runs pretty crappily. The engine surges, and runs better when the choke is out after it's warmed up. It has a leak around the intake manifold at the gasket. I should say gaskets, as the PO sandwiched 2 of them under there. Being a newbie when I bought it, I didn't know...
  3. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    O.K. guys, I got the message. I will go through the fuel delivery system from the tank to the carb.
  4. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    I searched "charcoal canister" on this forum and found an interesting thread by an FJ 80 owner who built his own charcoal canister. After reading that I have a better understanding of how the canister works or doesn't work. My truck definitely smelled like gas, and the tank always had a lot of...
  5. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    Krusinkid; I removed all the lines a few days ago, and will leave them as is until the new "L" shaped hose arrives from SOR. I replaced the rubber fuel lines and the filter in the spring. It may have been running somewhat rough then, but a least it was running. It absolutely will not keep...
  6. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    O.K., so I ordered the "L" shaped 5/8" hose from Toyota of Dallas, and went to pick it up on Saturday. The parts guy hands me a plastic bag with a length of 1/2" fuel line. The cost was $32! I had given him the part # somebody posted on this thread which was the correct number. I had him...
  7. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    Adam; The only modification done to the engine is that it has been de-smogged. I don't think it's a California spec model. If owned it for about 15 years, and it's run pretty well until recently.
  8. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    I put 2 gallons in today. It still won't run unless you drip gas into the carb. I took all those hoses off that run to and from the canister, but that doesn't help either, nor does taking the gas cap off. I haven't had time to check the lines leading to and from the fuel pump, but I got out...
  9. paulj

    DFW Mechanic-TOP NOTCH!!!!!

    Can you also PM me the name of the first shop so I don't go there by mistake?
  10. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    Edwjmcgrath; The lines running in and out of the canister are the same setup as found in an FJ 60. It's quite possible that PO did that.
  11. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    Thanks all for your input. I have a couple of questions to your responses. Kruisinkid; Which line goes to the intake, the 1/2" line or the 3/8" one? edwjmcgrath? I will systematically check everything leading to the carb. I fairly recently changed the 1/2" lines leading to and from...
  12. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    I can see no fuel inside of sight glass. Does that mean for sure that the fuel pump is not working? It would seem a nearly impossible coincidence that the fuel pump would stop working the exact same time that I changed out the lines to the canister. I checked the lines to and from the...
  13. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    I took the gas cap off when I tried to start it, and it didn't help. How do you check the fuel pump? Do you disconnect the line that runs from it and see if it squirts out gas when you crank the engine?
  14. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    Oops, again. I never could use my wife's computer very well.
  15. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    Oops! Sorry about the drawing. Try this one.
  16. paulj

    Won't start. Charcoal cannister?

    My '76 FJ 40 has been running rough and smelling like gasoline for some time. Finally the smell got real bad and I found a fuel leak in the line that runs to the charcoal canister. I replaced all the lines with new ones, but now the truck won't start. It acts like a car after it's run out of...
  17. paulj

    Never really introduced myself.. here's my rig

    Lookin' Good!
  18. paulj

    South American 1977 FJ40 build-up

    Great looking truck! Great job! I too vote for the split rims. You don't see them on many 40s (at least not in the U.S.).
  19. paulj

    Got stranded by my 40 last night

    Wow! Thanks for the explaination, Gary. The mechanic told me pretty much what you just outlined above, but I was kind of nodding my head going, uh huh. Interestingly, he said the same thing about keeping the old points. I'm going to print out your old post and keep it.
  20. paulj

    Got stranded by my 40 last night

    I finally got a little time to mess with my 40. I got the guy that keeps my wife's '85 Mercedes running to look at it. We pulled the main wire to the distributor and held it just above the contact on the cap while we were cranking it. A spark jumped from the wire to the distributor. The...
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