Build 1997 FZJ80 to HDJ80 1HD-FTE + H152F

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Puffin said:
The grey harness plug, is that a rerouted earth to all the main users in the car… electric windows and so ?
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Yes it’s a ground but not for everything in the Cruiser.

Cheers
 
I have almost 8,000 miles on this truck. My fiancé has a new car on order and I decided to sell her 4Runner while the market was nuts so she is driving my 200 series. That means this truck has been driven daily and I’ve been moving around a lot the last few months.

I messed around with the Trekboxx drawers until either they finally stopped making noise or I just got used to it. The only lingering issue is my instrument cluster but we knew it was wack and @SNLC has been working on a replacement. This truck is just insanely tight and is a blast to drive.

Someone asked me the other what was my favorite part of the swap. I thought a little about that and would have to say the manual transmission. It really makes this truck fun to drive and I’m not sure it would be noticeably different with a gasser. I had this crazy idea to try to do a manual swap on a really nice, stock 80 series. I actively looked for a few days until I talked myself out of it.
 
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jomelo said:
I have almost 8,000 miles on this truck. My fiancé has a new car on order and I decided to sell her 4Runner while the market was nuts so she is driving my 200 series. That means this truck has been driven daily and I’ve been moving around a lot the last few months.

I messed around with the Trekboxx drawers until either they finally stopped making noise or I just got used to it. The only lingering issue is my instrument cluster but we knew it was wack and @SNLC has been working on a replacement. This truck is just insanely tight and is a blast to drive.

Someone asked me the other what was the favorite part of the swap. I thought a little about that and would have to say the manual transmission. It really makes this truck fun to drive and I’m not sure it would be noticeably different with a gasser. I had this crazy idea to try to do a manual swap on a really nice, stock 80 series. I actively looked for a few days until I talked myself out of it.
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I have had that same thought...many times. H151/H152 5-speed mated to a 1FZ would be pretty tits.
 
Any ideas who can help facilitate a 1HD-fte 80 series conversion on the east coast. I have a clean 80 donor vehicle and a low milage fte with transmission and parts sitting in waiting
 
samc2447 said:
I have a client that has a 1FZ with H151. Can confirm it is a blast to drive. Way better seat of the pants feel than the auto. So much so I bought all the parts to manual swap my own 80.
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Where'd you source the parts? They seem to be $$$

The only issue I could think of with a manual in such a heavy vehicle is that it could create some sketchy situations off-road, like if you stall on a steep incline for instance.

I also found it hard not to constantly ride the clutch in my old Tacoma when negotiating slow sections. Maybe @mudgudgeon has some experience with this?
 
str8nm said:
I have a clean 80 donor vehicle and a low milage fte with transmission and parts sitting in waiting
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Lucky you !!!
 
SaturnAscends said:
The only issue I could think of with a manual in such a heavy vehicle is that it could create some sketchy situations off-road, like if you stall on a steep incline for instance.
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Should be able to put it low low and hit the starter and go ;)
 
str8nm said:
Any ideas who can help facilitate a 1HD-fte 80 series conversion on the east coast. I have a clean 80 donor vehicle and a low milage fte with transmission and parts sitting in waiting
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After going through this one time my recommendation would be to not get caught up in the shops geographical location. Shipping is easy.
 
jomelo said:
After going through this one time my recommendation would be to not get caught up in the shops geographical location. Shipping is easy.
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That is very true and I was going to ship it to a shop. I guess at this point I’m just trying to see what is out there as my knowledge of who could do it has ended.
 
SaturnAscends said:
Where'd you source the parts? They seem to be $$$

The only issue I could think of with a manual in such a heavy vehicle is that it could create some sketchy situations off-road, like if you stall on a steep incline for instance.

I also found it hard not to constantly ride the clutch in my old Tacoma when negotiating slow sections. Maybe @mudgudgeon has some experience with this?
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There's times when I step on and off the clutch in quick succession crawling through rocks. There's times you will slip the clutch for sure.

Stepping on the clutch climbing through rocks with lockers on unloads the drive train and let's you steer without fighting the lockers.

Gearing is more important in a manual.

A manual gives you more safety in step conditions. Stalling out can be advantageous and safer.

When doing step climbs, or descents, I deliberately take my left foot off the pedal, and plant it in the floor.
If you stall out going up hill, engine compression will help hold you on the hill. You're not relying on brakes with no engine vacuum. Pause, re-asses. If you want to back down the hill, leave the engine off, select reverse, then take your foot off the clutch, hit the starter for a rolling restart of the engine for a controlled descent and restart. Or, leave the engine off, and roll using engine compression to assist brakes.

Going down hill, plant your left foot on the floor, and LEAVE IT THERE. If low, 1st isn't low enough, keep applying brakes until you stall out the engine.
Pause, re-assess, and continue downhill with the engine off using engine compression to slow you down along with brakes. Or, when you're ready to continue, keep your left foot on the floor, hit the starter for a rolling restart of the engine and continue driving.
 
Virtually all modern competition buggies, Rock crawlers and Ultra 4 race ( King of the Hammers) cars all use automatic Transmissions. ;)

Not to said a stick shift doesn't have it's place :p

Auto have come a long ways and just work better Off Road. JMHO
 
Broski said:
Virtually all modern competition buggies, Rock crawlers and Ultra 4 race ( King of the Hammers) cars all use automatic Transmissions. ;)

Not to said a stick shift doesn't have it's place :p

Auto have come a long ways and just work better Off Road. JMHO
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Sure, a modern auto AWD with traction control can do a great job too. Doesn't change the fact that a stick and clutch is just so much damn fun! I find driving an auto boring myself, and it seems I'm not alone here. If all we cared about was getting from A to B in the most sensible, practical way, we'd be in modern vehicles on sealed roads, not taking 25-30 year old behemoths in places that in some cases, a car has no business being in the first place.

Manuals require more experience and skill to operate effectively, offroad in particular. They can perform damn well if you know what you're doing though, and all with no computers and about three moving parts. There's fun in that alone.
 
a manual will almost never leave you stranded due to a failure.
pretty easy to rebuild.
ive bump started my 80 in reverse on a slight incline within 6 foot due to a flat battery.
you drive the vehicle, the vehicle doesnt drive you. :)

i have nothing against autos, if i lived in a city i would have one. the H151 etc are hardly a barrel of laughs in heavy stop/start traffic..
 
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