SOLD '78 FJ40, Survivor from NorCal

[Fast Eddy]

Amazing how many views this has gotten over the months with no correspondence.

 

[Fast Eddy]

$14k

Bump. Waiting in my cool/dry garage for the next owner.

 

[Fast Eddy]

you ever fix the EGR?

So, this happened...

 

[TheHardWay]

I'm getting ready to pull my manifolds - found a raisin size hole in the ex mani. Pray for me!

 

[Fast Eddy]

I'm getting ready to pull my manifolds - found a raisin size hole in the ex mani. Pray for me!

There are some high temp putty products you could try first. ?

 

[TheHardWay]

I'm game. Can you steer me in the right direction? UPDATE Did an interweb search and found JB-Weld Hi Temp putty stick, and a good Youtube how to video, so I'm going to give that a try. Thanks for the tip Eddy!

 

[Fast Eddy]

That's the stuff. I'll have to see if I can find where I used it on my exh mani and take pics.

 

[Fast Eddy]

On the way back together in under a week? Yes. Need a stud and some gaskets.

I'd like to do the other stud too but not thrilled to tempt fate, break it off flush, etc.

 

[Fast Eddy]

Bump. I've been driving this rig around getting it ready for a trip to the smog man, er, lady. I fixed a broken port on the VCV, and finally figured out to where this port on the HIC routes.

And the bottom hose from HIC connects to the smaller (front) port on the side of the insulator baseplate.

It should have been obvious, but I wasn't seeing the port on the insulator. This connection is not in the emissions manual as far as I can tell. The rest of the spaghetti monster I was able to map to the emissions manual without too much trouble. I replaced a few crusty vacuum lines too.

The smog lady said that my crusty air intake tube was going to fail visual, so I'm ordering a new one from City Racer and then it should pass without much trouble.

$14k obo. Please make me an offer. 2 years for sale and somehow my GF still hasn't left me. She's loving the 80 though.

 

[Fast Eddy]

Looks like the long saga of the most-viewed FJ40 for-sale thread in mud history is finally coming to a close.

I'll let the buyer chime in if he wants. I'm finally going to be someone's P.O. I hope it goes well.

 

[Ocho77]

Awesome, congrats!

 

[whitey45]

Wow, definitely the longest for sale ad! Eddy, props for staying firm in your price!!

 

[Fast Eddy]

Wow, definitely the longest for sale ad! Eddy, props for staying firm in your price!!

Close enough, once I made sure it was going to a good home.

 

[cmf2424]

So bummed I couldn’t make this deal workout at my end but Happy for the new owner. They’re getting a sweet rig !!!!!

 

[HelloKitty65]

The end of an era.

 

[peterfj40]

I've been without a running cruiser for over 10 years now and couldn't be more excited to call this one mine. Thanks Ed! The new chapter in this cruiser's life will consist mostly of weekend camping trips with the dogs. I'll start a thread to share some of the adventures down the road.