2F serial number info... (6 Viewers)

[tatat]

1978 FJ55 info
VIN FJ5585594
Engine 2f 245933

 

[Hugh Heifer]

Check out Post #68 <--- THIS IS A LINK

Link is broken. Where is the data?

 

[subzali]

Link is broken. Where is the data?

Dang, Martian's external link is broken. Have you pm'd him? He just took the numbers folks had posted up and graphed them; probably take a 1/2 hour to recreate it.

 

[shipmag]

Sure would like to see that graph to checkout an engine before i pull the trigger to buy it.

 

[myquestoyota]

Check this out

https://www.sor.com/catengine.sor

 

[subzali]

Dang, Martian's external link is broken. Have you pm'd him? He just took the numbers folks had posted up and graphed them; probably take a 1/2 hour to recreate it.

Okay, took me a little more than a 1/2 hour, but I started recreating this Excel spreadsheet. I have not finished going through this whole thread yet, but will update as I can.

2F Serial Number Info spreadsheet <--CHECK OUT THIS LINK



It's interesting that it doesn't appear to matter whether the engine went in a FJ43, FJ45, FJ55, to the US, NZ or to Saudi Arabia, they are pretty much linear. So potentially, engines cast on either side of mine could have ended up halfway around the world. It also looks like the engine casting # and FJ40 VIN #s cross at some point (about May of '78), meaning 2Fs were being built a lot faster than FJ40s, since FJ40s had about a 185,000 unit head-start on the 2Fs. So between FJ43s, FJ45s and FJ55s (and forklifts?) an additional 185,000 units were produced in about 3 years...

 

[Hugh Heifer]

 

[Birdmon]

Late to the game but here goes:

1983 FJ40
2F 61040
VIN JT3FJ40COD3365294

 

[subzali]

Late to the game but here goes: 1983 FJ40 2F 61040 VIN JT3FJ40COD3365294

That is not the block serial number it is the part number. Look at the flat behind the distributor, it will have a stamped number.

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[Birdmon]

Gotcha Subzali. I thought I was missing a digit. I thought I read that the serial number was on driver's side and my distributor os on passenger side. Must be a left drive vs right drive thing.

 

[subzali]

2F Serial Number Info spreadsheet <--CHECK OUT THIS LINK

I just finished going through the whole thread and uploaded a new spreadsheet with all the info from this thread. I included usernames, locations, and vehicle types as well in case somebody is interested at comparing serial number vs. location or serial number vs. vehicle type. It still needs a little cleaning up (some folks misunderstood the assignment, and I had to guess at some of the production months) but at least it's up to date with all the raw data.

 

[Vae Victus]

I just finished going through the whole thread and uploaded a new spreadsheet with all the info from this thread. I included usernames, locations, and vehicle types as well in case somebody is interested at comparing serial number vs. location or serial number vs. vehicle type. It still needs a little cleaning up (some folks misunderstood the assignment, and I had to guess at some of the production months) but at least it's up to date with all the raw data.

You can note mine as clearly not an original engine as the number is out of sequence.

 

[fredtastic]

Bj40-350000

 

[Rhodesia]

Hello from a new owner!

I'm am extremely proud to say I am now the owner of my 1st FJ40 and am living in Auckland, New Zealand.
Engine # 2F-187248
Frame # 253514

It actually says " Land Cruiser FH " on the plate attached to the firewall, any idea's?

I'll post some pics up as soon as I figure out how to.

Good to meet you all and I hope to pick your brains for a lot of advice as I'm planning on a complete strip down to bring her back to her former glory.

Kind regards,

Rhodesia.

 

[shipmag]

I didnt see my 76 or 74 on your spread sheet here it is again. Here is my tag of my 76 FJ40 FJ40-228015 engine is 101979 If my memory serves me right the manufacturing date is 08/76. I

 

[kator1]

blo

So I have an '79 fj40 with a block number of 863625 but my understanding is that it is not original. Any idea what year it is from?

Thanks

 

[subzali]

I updated the file some and cleaned it up. Still have some work to do but everything lines up a lot better now:

2F Serial Number Info spreadsheet <--CHECK OUT THIS LINK



kator1, it looks like your block will be from sometime in 1985 or so. This post didn't catch on the FJ60 forum like the FJ40/55 forum, so data from the 80s is pretty limited still...

 

[DeltaT]

Good job! Looks good. Thanks.

A little correction on row 223:

Username: DeltaT
Location: Canada (not Europe)
Date: Jun-84
Engine #: 8401658 (add to list)
Frame #: 810366
Model: FJ40

 

[subzali]

Good job! Looks good. Thanks. A little correction on row 223: Username: DeltaT Location: Canada (not Europe) Date: Jun-84 Engine #: 8401658 (add to list) Frame #: 810366 Model: FJ40

I looked at that one but that engine number doesn't make sense. There weren't 8 million 2Fs made

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[DeltaT]

I did some digging and found a picture. Maybe the last digit is just a smudge? That would make the engine # 840165
That would make sense no?

I could double check but it is way to cold out (-14F as we speak)