Big T's 77 FJ40 resto thread

[Big T]

I also need some help idenifying some wires.....these run underneath off the frame and by the transfercase.....not sure what they are for and they are just laying there.

Let me know what you guys think.....also Matt like I said I will snap a shot of that little adapter thing.

 

[thecrazygreek]

Yellow with red stripe is fuel. White with black is ground.

Solid green is running lights... IIRC

 

[Big T]

So this is the little valve that is being blocked by the adapter plate for the carb....again not sure what it is for if I remember correctly I think it had a vacum line that came off it then to the carb???no sure.

I also wanted to show a few pictures of what else I have been able to finish. I have almost one side completley done with almost all of the front grill and emblems done. I think it looks pretty sharp just need to get the other side finished. Thanks for the help today.

 

[subzali]

Lookin' sharp T!

That little thing is the gas filter, and yes that's where it goes. If you have a Haynes manual, check page 88 for how it's supposed to be hooked up.

EDIT: here's the image you need T:

 

[SteveH]

Great progress - keep the photos coming.

 

[JADCRUISER]

clean resto !!!

 

[bsilva132]

Best pic of the adaptor plate/heat shield I could find of my 78 2F before it was desmogged and intalled in my 74. You can kind of see the ovalish hole for the vac fitting

 

[subzali]

A couple variations of the insulator plate that would work with a gas filter:

Wow, it looks there there were a lot of variations for this item:

I think this one is pictured upside-down, and I don't think it will work (similar to the one you have):

 

[Big T]

Cool thanks guys for the pictures of that shield.....that helps alot....im guessing I have the wrong plate then. The one I got from Dallas does not have that slot for the filter in it. Any other ideas????? How I can get that plate to work?

 

[bsilva132]

You could just drill a ~1/2" hole in the shield where it goes and replace it later on when you find the correct one if you want.

 

[Big T]

You could just drill a ~1/2" hole in the shield where it goes and replace it later on when you find the correct one if you want.

My only hesitation to this method is ruining a perfectley good factory adapter plate. I would hate to do that.

 

[Big T]

Here are some pictures like I said I would post of the finished head liner on the top. Hopefully the pictures do it justice. It looks pretty good. A couple of wrinkles up in the back corners but cant ever be perfect on a headliner.

Also I need some help on what I think is a check valve coming out of the fuel tank.....not sure where it runs to. The old fuel line that is in it is completley rusted out and not sure where it goes to now???

Let me know what you guys think.

 

[subzali]

T, are you going to be smogged when all said and done?

For now you can plug that port on the intake manifold, but that is a vacuum source for some of your smog components so you'll need to have it eventually, with the correct adapter plate. Go to Classic Cruisers in Salida and pick one up, or Rocky Mountain Cruisers in Denver might have one you could go pull. They were just having a garage sale a couple weeks back.

That check valve is for the EVAP system, and that tank is the vapor separator. Don't break any of the plastic nipples off that the hoses connect to, you will probably not be able to fix that. From the check valve, the vacuum line runs to the charcoal canister. You really need to get an FSM I think the Haynes shows it too though ;p

 

[FJsnoozer]

I believe that check valve runs througha small hole with a rubber gromet in the floor of the body under the filler neck. It then runs along the body outside the frame rail where it comes up and attaches to the large canister that is mounted to the inside of the fender near the firewall. On your fender you will see two bolthole where the canister attaches. That canister is about 3.5 inch diameter by 6-8 inches, or at least that's what she said.

 

[Big T]

That canister is about 3.5 inch diameter by 6-8 inches, or at least that's what she said.[/QUOTE]

Aint that the truth. : )

 

[Big T]

Need some help identifying some holes in the dash.....some I think are PO holes.

 

[thecrazygreek]

The top one is brake system warning light, the others are for your confusion. The middle arrow is a PO mod... The bottom might be for a throttle for PTO, but seldom seen. One to far right is too blurry to see, but prob factory for choke me thinks...

 

[Big T]

I thought some of those were from the PO....Got to love some peoples work. Now the brake warning light looks like a black plug almost right?

P.S. Sorry for the stupid questions.

 

[Cruisertime]

Awesome build man!!! I love this color.

 

[subzali]

T, on our '77s the brake warning light/fasten seat belt light/blank is a rectangular guy that sits on the bottom of the dash on the left side (in the spot pictured below, but the EGR light is instead a blank lens):

Here is a picture of my '77 dash, where you can see there will be some black plugs in some of the holes:

There should only be two holes between the choke knob and the instrument cluster bezel. They both should have plugs in them on a '77. One is left over from the brake light on earlier models, shown below. The other I'm not sure what it's for (where the mic holder is in the pic below)?