1991 Land Cruiser

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how much is he asking for this one? good thing about the 3FE trucks are they are cheap. got mine for 5K including custom rims, bull bar (front) 36 inch tires, full slee 6 inch lift with all the adjustable extras and electric fans. I also got a missing a/c which i later found out about. I think because of their price they are a much better buy for someone on a budget. and because of the 3FE being so bullet proof you can build up the rig around it without fear of break down and then do an engine swaplast if you really want more power.
 
CJF said:
All US 91's came with an aux. tranny cooler.
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No they didn't. The tranny cooler was part of the "tow package" along with the alloy wheels, 31" tires and fender flares. Most were packaged that way from Japan, but not all.

The 3FE only has one oil pan. It is not a 2 piece design like the 1FZFE motor.

The 3FE has timing gears like the 2F and F. The 1FZFE has a belt which is why it is the lady's choice for motors.
 
And only 3FE power can get you here...


okay maybe not.
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jonheld said:
No they didn't. The tranny cooler was part of the "tow package" along with the alloy wheels, 31" tires and fender flares. Most were packaged that way from Japan, but not all.

The 3FE only has one oil pan. It is not a 2 piece design like the 1FZFE motor.

The 3FE has timing gears like the 2F and F. The 1FZFE has a belt which is why it is the lady's choice for motors.
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Touche on the tranny cooler.

Back atcha: 1FZFE has a chain, not a belt.

:);p
 
Bought my son a 92 FJ80 for $3800 (with extra rims and new studded tires)and just had to put $600 in it to get it up to snuff. Tune up parts and had front end rebuilt.. It clunks too. Great bomb proof, but S-L-O-W rig. Love hearing the engine ticking along. We have four LC's.
 
Is it an interference motor as well? If so breaky chain = breaky valves on pistons. Not that a Toyota chain would break.

Matthew
 
my 91 clunks too. Funny when I first got it I noticed the clunks more. Then after a few thousand miles it faded away in my perception. So not really an issue for me.


The 3fe is fine for power IMOP. Those who say it is slow have not driven a diesel 3B cruiser. The 3fe lets me still get up to 75 or so ....

Nice thing with these cruisers is almost everything is with in the scoop of a newbie to wrench on. Anyone with help from mud and with the factory manuals can rebuild the birfs or tune the engine.
 
I went and drove the truck today. It's pretty solid. The engine seams strong and the tranny shifts smoothly. The only clunk I heard was in and out of gear. Tires look great, the white paint is weathered. Everything works apart from the CD player (Radio does) and the cruise control. No joke on these being heavy for the engines. Not that I need to go fast, this will be a second vehicle for me.
 
My clunk was greatly lessened by greasing all the yokes and spiders and all on the driveshafts. The idea seems to be to take the driveshafts off and grease the splines by hand, but I just add a few pumps of grease for the splines on each oil change, and then pump on the spiders till grease squeezes out. If you buy it, you might try that to lessen the clunking.
 
ThePookieBear said:
My clunk was greatly lessened by greasing all the yokes and spiders and all on the driveshafts. The idea seems to be to take the driveshafts off and grease the splines by hand, but I just add a few pumps of grease for the splines on each oil change, and then pump on the spiders till grease squeezes out. If you buy it, you might try that to lessen the clunking.
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x2 on greasing the ujoints.i do mine every time i change the oil and its not as harsh as it used to be. over time you will get used to it and just forget about it.

as for the FJ80, I absolutely love mine. its a very capable and reliable cruiser. just keep up with the PM's and your rig should keep you happy for a long time.

cheers.

john
 
THE CLUNK...

The clunk can be lessend by a lost of ways. Repacking/Rebuilding the front axle, Replaceing/ greasing u-joints and slip joints. The most effective way is adjusting your kickdown cable.

This will all but get rid of the clunk in most cases but there still might be a small clunk still maybe felt, and this is cause by a worn output on the tranny. The splines in the output get worn from shifting for "D" to "R" or from the kick down not being adjusted cause the tranny to shift improperly...

Anywho this can be fixed by a tack weld or a "special" gear from OZ. Or a freash rebuild of the tranny.

Motor mounts will not cause it to clunk although it will knock the rig out of gear in offroad situations, this is cause by the Drivers side motor mount to be broken allowing the motor to twist and the t-case shifter to hit the body and to knock it out of gear.


The output shaft splines will cause clunking, but they can clunk forever with out any failure...

-Al
 
lowtideride said:
Anywho this can be fixed by a tack weld or a "special" gear from OZ.
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You're referring to the McNamarra gear which goes into the part time transfer case on an FJ62.

The 80 Series clunk is very common and is caused by slop in the driveline. Mine started clunking around 40K miles and has done so ever since. Some early 80 series left Japan with no grease on the stub axle/drive plate splines that caused premature wear and in some cases failure of that interface. Not common, but it has happened. When I first heard that (years ago) I ran out and purchased new drive plates for the front and it made no difference at all. However my wallet did weigh a bit less.

There are 2 slip yolks, 4 universal joints, 3 differentials, steering knuckles, and drive plates. Each joint has a certain amount of slop and this can add up to a clunk. As stated before, keep the unis and slip yolks lubed and it will be less noticable.
 
Yulp, thats the gear for the 62 but I got word a while ago there is also one avliable for the 91-92 80 series but dint look much further into it. Becuase it has the same tranny as the fj62 and the same problems.
 
lowtideride said:
Yulp, thats the gear for the 62 but I got word a while ago there is also one avliable for the 91-92 80 series but dint look much further into it. Becuase it has the same tranny as the fj62 and the same problems.
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Same tranny, yes. But I've never heard of it being an issue on a 91-92 80 series; only on the 62's. (Maybe due to different TC?)

Curtis
 
lowtideride said:
The clunk can be lessend by a lost of ways. Repacking/Rebuilding the front axle, Replaceing/ greasing u-joints and slip joints. The most effective way is adjusting your kickdown cable.
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Huh??

That's another new one on me. How does changing the shift points lesson a clunk that happens: a) when stopped and shifting between R and D, and b) when abruptly getting on or off the gas while cruising along in a certain gear?

Unless maybe your clunk ain't my clunk...

Curtis
 
CJF said:
Huh??

That's another new one on me. How does changing the shift points lesson a clunk that happens: a) when stopped and shifting between R and D, and b) when abruptly getting on or off the gas while cruising along in a certain gear?

Unless maybe your clunk ain't my clunk...

Curtis
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The clunk from "P" to "D" was hugely improved by adjusting the kickdown to spek. In my 92 fj80

You have 91-92 tranny in your truck?


Also when pulling the t-case off of the 91 tranny I saw the same spline wear as the 62 series tranny had.

Outputs on even old h41- h42s have some spline wear.
 
lowtideride said:
The clunk from "P" to "D" was hugely improved by adjusting the kickdown to spek. In my 92 fj80

You have 91-92 tranny in your truck?


Also when pulling the t-case off of the 91 tranny I saw the same spline wear as the 62 series tranny had.

Outputs on even old h41- h42s have some spline wear.
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Okey dokey; I ain't gonna argue with first hand experience.

:beer:

Curtis
91FJ80
 
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