MrMoMo
That's not rust, it's Canadian patina...
Folks, looking for some assistance here...
1985 BJ60 LG MK
JT3BJ60G5E0012727
857FB41K052H55F
In a post turbo install power fury last fall, I managed to push my 29 year old drivers side engine mount to the point of failure. When this happened, the massive amount of torque in the turbo'd 3B was unleashed and my fan found its way into the shroud. Needless to say, my fan is currently sans-blades...
Truck still ran fine, no overheating at all, but to be on the safe side - I'm wanting to put a replacement blade on. Figured i should also replace the engine mounts, so that has been done. While I was in there, I am also having the rad re-cored, it looked like it was about 33 seconds from catastrophic failure. Might as well do the hoses too. Since it was all apart (you know how it goes) I am also replacing the belts, and since I had the belts off, I spun the idler pulley, and holy crap that bearing is totally shot. Might as well re-build the power steering pump and replace the lines as well. Hey look, that intercooler should fit there....
So online I go to see what I can find. Rock Auto has been pretty good to me, the engine mounts worked nicely, so I figured I'd check if they had the bearing and fan.
They list two bearings for my year/engine, but before ordering, I decided to check the measurements, since they list two sizes. Well, guess what. Mine didn't match either one of them. Called up Canadian Bearing, and they had what I needed in stock for ~$15. Done, fits.... FYI, For me it was a 6302DU.
No listing for a fan blade, but I checked http://www.toyodiy.com and found the part number listing there for my year is 16361‑41070. This somewhat seems to match up, as I can still find 41070 on what remains of my fan. However, when I search this part number further, it seems that this blade fits the engines with no fan clutch, which does not look the same. For example, here;
http://www.kopex.com.tw/autoparts/fanblades/toyota7.htm
ToyoDIY also cross references this fan blade number to;
1990 - (no end date) FJ/FZJ/GRJ/HDJ/HJ/HZJ/KZJ/LJ/PZJ/RJ/VDJ7*
So one would think it to be easy to find. Other than Toyota ($$$$$) none of the local jobbers seem to be able to get this. (Or the rad hoses)
From the part number, and what I have seen online, it is a 410mm diameter fan with 7blades and 4 bolts. Of course, all the listings for the fan blades that LOOK like mine, have a part number like 16361-610xx, which says to me they would be too big...
Here is my concern... I'm hesitant to order any parts for my truck with this many mis-matches. I put my VIN in at ToyoDIY and it says no record found. (Huh?) I'm wondering if someone has swapped a different year engine into my truck, (where, under 2cm of hardened muck do I find the engine serial#, and would it do me any good?) For reference, I went out to my parts truck. It's an '85 and looks basically the same (clutch fan, same rad, same rad hoses) but all the searches I have been doing come back with the same results if I put the year in as '85!
I really don't want to pay $135 for a plastic fan blade, let alone if I can buy one one fleabay for $22 shipped. Worst case, I can pull the blade from my parts truck, but I'd rather keep that intact for a future project...
Thoughts?
And now a few pics to keep the "this thread is useless without pics" comments away...
1985 BJ60 LG MK
JT3BJ60G5E0012727
857FB41K052H55F
In a post turbo install power fury last fall, I managed to push my 29 year old drivers side engine mount to the point of failure. When this happened, the massive amount of torque in the turbo'd 3B was unleashed and my fan found its way into the shroud. Needless to say, my fan is currently sans-blades...
Truck still ran fine, no overheating at all, but to be on the safe side - I'm wanting to put a replacement blade on. Figured i should also replace the engine mounts, so that has been done. While I was in there, I am also having the rad re-cored, it looked like it was about 33 seconds from catastrophic failure. Might as well do the hoses too. Since it was all apart (you know how it goes) I am also replacing the belts, and since I had the belts off, I spun the idler pulley, and holy crap that bearing is totally shot. Might as well re-build the power steering pump and replace the lines as well. Hey look, that intercooler should fit there....
So online I go to see what I can find. Rock Auto has been pretty good to me, the engine mounts worked nicely, so I figured I'd check if they had the bearing and fan.
They list two bearings for my year/engine, but before ordering, I decided to check the measurements, since they list two sizes. Well, guess what. Mine didn't match either one of them. Called up Canadian Bearing, and they had what I needed in stock for ~$15. Done, fits.... FYI, For me it was a 6302DU.
No listing for a fan blade, but I checked http://www.toyodiy.com and found the part number listing there for my year is 16361‑41070. This somewhat seems to match up, as I can still find 41070 on what remains of my fan. However, when I search this part number further, it seems that this blade fits the engines with no fan clutch, which does not look the same. For example, here;
http://www.kopex.com.tw/autoparts/fanblades/toyota7.htm
ToyoDIY also cross references this fan blade number to;
1990 - (no end date) FJ/FZJ/GRJ/HDJ/HJ/HZJ/KZJ/LJ/PZJ/RJ/VDJ7*
So one would think it to be easy to find. Other than Toyota ($$$$$) none of the local jobbers seem to be able to get this. (Or the rad hoses)
From the part number, and what I have seen online, it is a 410mm diameter fan with 7blades and 4 bolts. Of course, all the listings for the fan blades that LOOK like mine, have a part number like 16361-610xx, which says to me they would be too big...
Here is my concern... I'm hesitant to order any parts for my truck with this many mis-matches. I put my VIN in at ToyoDIY and it says no record found. (Huh?) I'm wondering if someone has swapped a different year engine into my truck, (where, under 2cm of hardened muck do I find the engine serial#, and would it do me any good?) For reference, I went out to my parts truck. It's an '85 and looks basically the same (clutch fan, same rad, same rad hoses) but all the searches I have been doing come back with the same results if I put the year in as '85!
I really don't want to pay $135 for a plastic fan blade, let alone if I can buy one one fleabay for $22 shipped. Worst case, I can pull the blade from my parts truck, but I'd rather keep that intact for a future project...
Thoughts?
And now a few pics to keep the "this thread is useless without pics" comments away...
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