Builds 1965 Seminole Red FJ45 SWB

[FJ60Cam]

I had a nice late model rocker assembly that had little wear, but had gotten dry and seized from sitting. I sprayed it with penetrating oil, and together with a gentle flame, was able to free it up and separate.

A lot of cleaning later, also note the new adjuster screws:

I have a very small quantity of discontinued OEM rocker shafts that I found at a vendor. My last order was rejected, so I may have exhausted their stock. This is not good, as the aftermarket have not been available for a while either. Hopefully that is temporary problem.

Make sure to line up the oil passages in the head, rocker support, and rocker shaft:

 

[FJ60Cam]

The trail of pics went cold after that, but the rocker assembly was assembled, installed, valves adjusted, and all hidden under a fresh valve cover…

Finished off with a new balancer, t’stat housing & waterpump. Nolen will dress it further from here

 

[jomelo]

The trail of pics went cold after that, but the rocker assembly was assembled, installed, valves adjusted, and all hidden under a fresh valve cover…

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Finished off with a new t’stat housing & waterpump. Nolen will dress it further from here

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@wngrog probably has it sitting in the engine bay by now.

 

[wngrog]

@wngrog probably has it sitting in the engine bay by now.

………

It just stopped raining. I’m about to play musical Cruisers and get some action going

 

[wngrog]

Drug project 71 Forty out.

Grabbed the Cop +P

Installed it on the lift cart

Drug the Seminole 65 around

Started putting parts on the motor and organizing

 

[GTV]

These are about a 1/2” longer, center to center.

I wonder how much room is left around the crank? A 1/2" shorter pin height with a 1/4" longer stroke and rod would keep the deck height identical and the rod ratio roughly the same. It would also give for 4543cc, with a .5mm over bore.

No such thing as a welded stroker for one of these?

 

[taterhead47]

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We were guaranteed to get hit with a lot of water sooner rather than later, so we had a limited window to clean & paint the block.

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We made it back inside the climate controlled OR in plenty of time to ride out the storm. Before day’s end, we had the block clean enough to eat from, pulled a crank from the quiver, verified and fit-checked all of the components, swapped the crankshaft timing gear and then installed the crank.

For our efforts, we were rewarded with a nice cold dry front after getting hammered all day.

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Quickly becoming my favorite under the radar intersection in Memphis

 

[wngrog]

Anticipation……this will be a great weekend…..

 

[wngrog]

Spent a couple hours organizing and bolting on some goodness. I had to move the engine a bit on the block stand to be able to work the bellhousing on the engine. I like to put it and the clutch fkywheel at least before it goes into the truck so I can monkey with finding TDC and adding the distributor with relative ease.

Once the bellhousing was on I clearanced it for the H55

Brand new Toyota PS pumps are beautiful

 

[wngrog]

I ran some parts this am but had real job stuff until about 4:30.

Came back Back out and started putting things in their place. Because we removed the AC all the brackets had to be acquired to go back to the traditional belt setup.

Jim C pump eliminator and bracket. Also @Ratboy at Classic sent me the appropriate belt tension hardware. I forgot to ask for the oddball bolts with the round ends so I made some on the belt tensioner. If anyone knows that PN for Toyota please share

Since the clutch master is already on the driver side I’m going to attempt to add one in the stock location on the motor mount. I cut off the part that goes to the frame before powder and added the proper slave. Not sure how this will work. Once I get the 2F style clutch fork in there I will see.

 

[mrboatman]

Check This thread Lock Down Bolt

 

[jomelo]

Big weekend coming.

 

[wngrog]

Dog Pin bolt. Legit.

Final hour. Big weekend coming, correct Mr Lockwood.

 

[wngrog]

Little things. Finding the right water fittings for heat and just a plug for the other since TEMP will be fed through the Dakota Sniper interface

Spun the motor a bit to get it to TDC and got a good seat on the DUI distributor.

Got the Dakota oil pressure gauge installed in to the oil fired housing.

Scienced out the clutch slave. Mating 3 speed mount and slave to the 5 speed clutch arm took some figuring

It’s all in The paint booth now.

To make the bracket work I drilled a hole in the old motor mount bracket and added a M10 helicoil

Should have good stroke

 

[G-Cat]

Get it

 

[wngrog]

This is how I did the slave. This little dog-leg bracket was in my stash. I think it is for an early 60 passenger slave mount. Anyway it worked just right as did the m10 helicoil.

Buttoned up with the boot

I have been digging for bolts like crazy. I thought I had a good stash but it’s been taxing.

Toyota Gear reduction starter added

Guess it’s time for a stuffing

 

[wngrog]

I was on a roll saving John some serious labor time until the blood surcharge kicked in.

Then he started texting me about destroying his new Kubota so I tamped the bleeding

Almost

Almost

And in.

 

[wngrog]

After all that s*** with the slave I forgot the One that was on the truck was sitting in the frame and they have 2x longer rods. Oh well. No biggie.

I think the clutch will feel better with the shorter one

 

[wngrog]

Anyone remember the monster crate with 3 x H55?

Well #3 just got plucked.

Brand new H55 and brand new split case. Thank you as always @orangefj45 at Valley Hybrids

 

[wngrog]

Plucked then stuffed.

F’ing Cam that rat bastard

Clean up, beer, box bonfire time.

I always sift through the ashes to see what parts I miss unpacking