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'78 FJ45
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The 2F wasn’t holding a vacuum.
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Pulled the PO-mangled tcase fill plug by welding a nut onto it.
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There was brief hope.
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A year and a half later, let's see if we can get this thing to run at a reasonable temperature. Hoping to take it to Lone Star Landcruiser Roundup this weekend, and I've also got some work for it to do.
Needs:
* Rig up a linkage from the throttle pedal to the weber carb linkage.
* Fix a leaking fuel line between the tank and the hard lines under the cab.
* Helicoil the threads for the bolt that goes up from the exhaust manifold into the intake manifold under the carb.
* Helicoil threads in the webber carb adapter plate.
* Seal up the Fairey overdrive housing so it'll hold some gear oil.
* Same with the transfer case.
* Hubs and knuckles.
* Differential fluid change.
Needs:
* Rig up a linkage from the throttle pedal to the weber carb linkage.
* Fix a leaking fuel line between the tank and the hard lines under the cab.
* Helicoil the threads for the bolt that goes up from the exhaust manifold into the intake manifold under the carb.
* Helicoil threads in the webber carb adapter plate.
* Seal up the Fairey overdrive housing so it'll hold some gear oil.
* Same with the transfer case.
* Hubs and knuckles.
* Differential fluid change.
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2f 180 degrees out of time?
Did a previous owner/engine builder install this cam upside down? In an effort to finally get Ichiro on the road, I'm setting the timing. Trying to set the timing. '78 Canadian FJ45 with a 2F, just like the green one at the museum. It's been running hot, and the current theory is that the...
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I drove Ichiro today. Two trips, about 20 miles total, and it didn’t overheat!
If it keeps behaving, I’ll reward it with tires and brakes and maybe the front springs off of a 1973 40. I get why they put an overdrive on this. It seems to be geared very very short.
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2f 180 degrees out of time?
Did a previous owner/engine builder install this cam upside down? In an effort to finally get Ichiro on the road, I'm setting the timing. Trying to set the timing. '78 Canadian FJ45 with a 2F, just like the green one at the museum. It's been running hot, and the current theory is that the...
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Sealing up the Fairey Overdrive, and hoping its eventual death won't be catastrophic. Georg tells me they're obsolete and spare parts are unobtanium.
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Looks like vintage 1978 to me.
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I'm re-employed after six months of "entrepreneurship", and unrelatedly Ichiro has proven to be useful and fun. So, we're investing in some professional surgery at @aljollano 's shop in Cedar Park. Ichiro should be ready for the SAS 9 event that we're not going to make this year (refer to said employment). Oh well, anyway Ichiro should be leak free and skookum for years to come! As a special bonus, Ichiro is getting the transmission and transfer case freshly built by Georg that was slated for Galen's purple 40 "Barney".
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What have I done to Ichiro in 3.5 years?
@aljollano AJ's Yotas in Cedar Park, TX:
The Lone Star Land Cruser Roundup organizers gave me the "favorite rig' award at this year's Roundup! Very grateful.
Current projects before SAS 10:
Vintage Air Gen 3
GM 1-wire alternator
Power Steering with FZJ80 steering box from Cruiser Matt
Repair the fusible link wiring & finish installing the battery hold-down
Try my 911 seats to see if they'll make Ichiro more comfortable our week in the San Juan mountains
- Flipped bezel
- LED headlights
- Fusible link
- New fuel tank * filter
- New water pump
- Pulleys & alternator bracket swapped from 1977 FJ40 "swamp thing" parts truck
- Replaced ignition switch tumbler
- New radiator & hoses
- New head gasket
- Lapping compound + power drill valve job
- Adjusted valves
- Re-built Ainsin carb
- Installed Weber 38/38 DGES when the Aisin froze solid
- Oil & filter change
- Replaced windshield
- Re-upholstered bench seats
- Extracted stuck distributor and corrected engine timing. Bad timing was causing overheating
- Steering center link, tie rod ends
- Tires
- Hammer & dolly bodywork to make the hood and roof dents a little less egregious
- Replaced the hacked-up bumper with a hacked-up bumper from my 1979 FJ40 Maria
@aljollano AJ's Yotas in Cedar Park, TX:
- Harrop e-locker installed in rear diff
- Front axle overhaul
- Rear axle overhaul
- Brake system overhaul
- Terrain Tamer elliptical springs
- Terrain Tamer shocks
- Installed "Barney's" 4 speed & differential rebuilt by Georg at Valley Hybrids for Dr. Galen here in Austin
The Lone Star Land Cruser Roundup organizers gave me the "favorite rig' award at this year's Roundup! Very grateful.
Current projects before SAS 10:
Vintage Air Gen 3
GM 1-wire alternator
Power Steering with FZJ80 steering box from Cruiser Matt
Repair the fusible link wiring & finish installing the battery hold-down
Try my 911 seats to see if they'll make Ichiro more comfortable our week in the San Juan mountains
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