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Hey, Just wanted to introduced myself to everyone. I originally posted a "WANTED" ad looking for an FJ55, but for various reasons I decided to make my first restoration an FJ40. I'd been looking for a project vehicle for months. I found this one local to me and picked it up last weekend. My...

Hi this if my first post to the forum and I am a lucky new (to me) owner of a 1982 FJ60. I am new to all of this, but am having some issues right after I start her up and made a video to show the issues I am having. I read a bunch of threads but because of not having video reference (and being...

Hey all, So I have been having trouble starting for a while now and after cleaning the solenoid on the starter I put the starter back in. When I tried to start it I had smoke coming from my low side + terminal and what looked like welding slag from the terminal possibly melting a bit. I...

Just that, two brand-new batteries. When I turn the key to the first stop the gauge registers at about 18-20 V and battery light is illuminated and then when I go to start, the gauge shoots up past 24 and stays at 26 V. I have to be honest I didn't notice it before. Help?

While reading the current thread "HJ60 starter system issue" I started thinking about dual batteries in a 12 volt system. This is something I've wondered about before, but never could get any definitive answers for. My question is this: which can be stronger/better, dual 12V batteries wired up...

Starting about 2 days ago, I noticed an intermittent starting issue. Once in a while, when I turned the key to engage the starter, all power to the truck would drop off. Fortunately, it would start right up on the 2nd attempt but the clock would be reset. I figured that I had to learn how to...

Is anyone aware of an overheating re-start prevention on the 4.2L 1-HDT? This is what is happening semi regularly; Started in the spring, never happened over the winter. I take a longer drive say 30-50 minutes usually highway sometimes not. Pushing her hard but nothing she can't deal with...

So, like so many others, my first post is a problem. Hello everyone! Last summer I bought my first 40. My parents had a 62 that I grew up in, but rusted apart (thanks salty VT!) Anyway, My FJ40 is a 1974, the engine is out of a 78 as best I can tell-no smog stuff because 75 is the cutoff for...

A couple weeks ago I bought an FJ60 from a friend of mine who had just changed the head gasket on the 2F (207k miles). It was running just fine, I was working on getting it to pass CA smog (replaced cat this morning). It's had a slow oil leak at the plug, but I checked it before driving, it was...