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No progress, just a photo of how it sits today.
Chilean Troopy Resurrection- FJ to BJ
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Not related, but I washed the 55 this past weekend.
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is the top mounted now with the hardware? that looks great.
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Not yet, just got all the hardware last week, the grommet's showed up mid-week. I bought some hollow punches on Friday, so now I just need to make the time to do it. Maybe get to it today.
Working on the air cleaner assembly right now, drilled all the spot-welds out and removed the brackets. Trying to figure out which direction the intake should point, straight forward or angled towards the fender?
Working on the air cleaner assembly right now, drilled all the spot-welds out and removed the brackets. Trying to figure out which direction the intake should point, straight forward or angled towards the fender?
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Here's an OEM BJ42 air cleaner, so I guess angled.
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What's this bracket for? Looks like it'll be in the way of the battery tray. Don't want to hack it off, if'n it's important.
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Started working on fixing the rear doors last night. My quest to get it battened down before winter.
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MOTOV8R
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Lookin good. I think I had a spare set of rear door hinges in all stuff I sent with it.
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Finally got the air cleaner in...nothing like spending $$ on a part and then spending another 6-hours on making it work. Oh well, not much luck finding the 'right' air box. At least the BJ60 filters I bought fit it. Decided to keep the washer bottle/overflow where they are and point the intake towards the radiator, rather than point it towards the apron. It should be easier to tie a snorkel in at that angle too. AND, I think there's enough room on the driver''s side to get two smaller batteries in a single tray.
Next on the list is the electrical...not looking forward to it.
Next on the list is the electrical...not looking forward to it.
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I attempted to start it yesterday...no luck. I just used a mess of jumper cables and a couple of old batteries, no glow. I hooked it up 12v as all the relays in the box-o-wiring that came with it say 12v.
I was told by the guy that I bought the engine from that is was a 24-volt engine. Nothing in the wiring harness says 24-volts though. The box of wiring that came with it had two frame ground battery cables and the starter cable has a post on it with another cable that looks like it would go to the other positive post. Looks like it was dual battery and 12v.
I don't have any of the electrical hooked up, so no glow plugs. I did see (in one of the manuals I have) what the resistance to ground should be on the glow plugs for 12v. and 24v. so, I can check that but if they're 12v. glow plugs, is that definitive that its a 12v. starter and that the alt. output is 12v?
No markings on the starter or alt.
Next step I guess is to get a couple of good batteries mounted in the engine bay, grounded properly, get the glow plugs operable and give it another shot.
I was told by the guy that I bought the engine from that is was a 24-volt engine. Nothing in the wiring harness says 24-volts though. The box of wiring that came with it had two frame ground battery cables and the starter cable has a post on it with another cable that looks like it would go to the other positive post. Looks like it was dual battery and 12v.
I don't have any of the electrical hooked up, so no glow plugs. I did see (in one of the manuals I have) what the resistance to ground should be on the glow plugs for 12v. and 24v. so, I can check that but if they're 12v. glow plugs, is that definitive that its a 12v. starter and that the alt. output is 12v?
No markings on the starter or alt.
Next step I guess is to get a couple of good batteries mounted in the engine bay, grounded properly, get the glow plugs operable and give it another shot.
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Found a photo of the donor vehicle's VIN, plugged it into Toyodiy and it comes up as a 10/81 BJ60 with a 12v starter and alt. Also saw in one pic, prior to pulling the engine, the afforementioned battery cable, positive-to-positve, so 12 volts it is.
Are you getting fuel all the way to the cylinders?
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Cracked the tubing fittings at the injectors and cranked it over 'till fuel come out, so I assume so. bled the filter per the manual as well as the pump.
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Not much progress to report. Digging around 'mud to figure out how the glow plugs get power and found a thread with a picture of the jumper-strip that goes to the glow plug closest to the fire-wall from the strip that gets power. Remembered seeing the same jumper in the bin of left-over parts in my garage...and amazingly found it.
Bolted up the clutch slave cylinder, the vehicle originally had a USPS mounted slave, this clutch has a USDS slave. Looks like if I change out the soft line with the orginal soft line (~3-inches longer), it will all bolt-up and I'll have a working clutch.
Found the accelerator pedal for the troopy and bolted it up. Also found the BJ60 bell crank and 'throttle' cable. I'll need to make a mounting plate to attach the BJ60 bell crank and cable bracket to the 4* fire wall, and adjust the length of the rod that goes from the bell crank to the accelerator pedal, but it shouldn't be too difficult to get that working.
The stock fuel tank has two lines coming out of it, a supply and return I assume. Don't need a return on the BJ, so I need to figure out which line is the supply on the tank and block off the return, then need to plumb the supply to the sedimenter (need to mount the sedementer as well) then plumb to the injection pump. There is no 'lift' pump on this system is there? Once the injection pump is primed, it supplies fuel on it's own?
Bought a cheap Group 34 battery, need to get another one (need to sell some stuff) I liked the size of the Group 34 it as well as it's specs. Will most likely build a simple dual battery tray out of some 3/4 angle and get the batteries installed, then start sorting the wiring. I will have to extend some of the vehicle's wires to reach as the stock battery and starter were on the USPS and this set-up is opposite.
Bolted up the clutch slave cylinder, the vehicle originally had a USPS mounted slave, this clutch has a USDS slave. Looks like if I change out the soft line with the orginal soft line (~3-inches longer), it will all bolt-up and I'll have a working clutch.
Found the accelerator pedal for the troopy and bolted it up. Also found the BJ60 bell crank and 'throttle' cable. I'll need to make a mounting plate to attach the BJ60 bell crank and cable bracket to the 4* fire wall, and adjust the length of the rod that goes from the bell crank to the accelerator pedal, but it shouldn't be too difficult to get that working.
The stock fuel tank has two lines coming out of it, a supply and return I assume. Don't need a return on the BJ, so I need to figure out which line is the supply on the tank and block off the return, then need to plumb the supply to the sedimenter (need to mount the sedementer as well) then plumb to the injection pump. There is no 'lift' pump on this system is there? Once the injection pump is primed, it supplies fuel on it's own?
Bought a cheap Group 34 battery, need to get another one (need to sell some stuff) I liked the size of the Group 34 it as well as it's specs. Will most likely build a simple dual battery tray out of some 3/4 angle and get the batteries installed, then start sorting the wiring. I will have to extend some of the vehicle's wires to reach as the stock battery and starter were on the USPS and this set-up is opposite.
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Got the clutch slave and tubing mounted. Clutch works.
Made a bracket for the 'throttle' cable...IH8FabbingBrackets; not pretty, but should be functional.
Made a bracket for the 'throttle' cable...IH8FabbingBrackets; not pretty, but should be functional.
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Pictures of the bracket. Bell crank and cable came from the donor vehicle, a BJ60. Looks like it bolted directly to a flat surface. Needed to make a bracket that I could mount the cable stop (blue arrow) to at the right distance from the bell crank.
Found a longer rod (black arrow) in some parts and threaded it further down the length, then cut it to reach the 60-series bell crank position on the firewall.
Found a longer rod (black arrow) in some parts and threaded it further down the length, then cut it to reach the 60-series bell crank position on the firewall.
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And the bracket...pay no attention to the mis-matched hardware, it's what I had on hand. I put a brake on the back-side to make it a bit more rigid. Seems to work okay. I have full range of motion on the throttle/venturi air flow damper.
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Made a battery tray this past weekend. Used some 3/4" angle for the frame, a 1/2"x 1/2" square tube supports it from the vehicle's frame and a couple of 1-1/4" pieces of angle tie it into the inner fender. I added a small angle from the front corner down to the radiator frame. I haven't installed any radiator supports, so this ties the radiator to the frame on that side now as well.
Got a second Group 34 battery, now to start sorting out some wiring...
Got a second Group 34 battery, now to start sorting out some wiring...
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