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MACE, I figure you are talking about putting the drivetrain together.
I do plan on a couple of assembly parties too. In fact let me show you my first put together that I'll need to do again since I didn't get the torque converter installed all the way in.
This is the piolet hole on the flywheel. I picked up a new diesel specific torque converter and it came with some installation instructions. Said to sand off the rust that can form here and grease it so that's what I did.
Poured in 1 quart into the torque converter like instructed. I thought this would go fast but it took a little time for the fluid to sink in.
Slid right on but I don't think I got it lined up quite right because it sticks out too far to mount on the flexplate.
This is the other part that needed to have the paint removed/sanded and lightly greased so that when I actually do pull the TC in with the bolts it won't get hung up in the piolet hole and cause unwanted vibrations.
I'm sure there are more elegant ways to mount your tranny to your engine but I just grabbed some blocks to get the tranny high enough and lowered the engine to thread some bolts. It was a little interesting because that adapter on the back of the 4bt has an 8 degree tilt so by sitting on the tranny I was able to tilt it a little and get the dowel pins lined up to get the bolts started.
Here's a cummins 4bt bolted straight up to a 4L80e auto tranny.
There was a little more light left that day and I couldn't just leave the engine and tranny hanging out in the open so I wheeled the hoist over to the FJ60 and threw it in. Don't get too excited yet, (even though I was) I still have to make motor mounts and all that stuff but at least it gives me an idea for clearances and placement and it makes my feel like I'm getting things accomplished. I'll definitely be pulling it in and out two more times.
Underside shot. I've got the blocks under there just for extra precaution. I lifted the back of the tranny up to see about clearances in the tunnel.
Other side
I'll have plenty of room for the starter even if I come over some.
Firewall space. BTW I coated the firewall and the tunnel with Spectrum Firewall. It is designed for heat areas and I'm planning on running the exhaust over the tranny like another local 4bt FJ60 did (it turned out good) so I figured I'd need a good coating to help reflect the heat off the exhaust. It was a pain to apply with a gun so I ended up slapping it on with a paint brush.
I thinned the Spectrum spray a little and got the gun dialed in and used up the rest of the gallon I had. I am really liking how it turned out. More of a wavy smooth finish rather than a 80's splatter painting. I'm going to get another gallon and put it all in the interior and maybe shoot some in the doors and rear panels.
Down to two pedals now. This coating is before I got the texture dialed in and is more splattery than how the rest turned out. It will get recoated and will smooth out.
Cut some holes in the dash because this is where the gauges will be going and I need to route the wires and hoses.
Got the instrument panel back together after the painting. So it and the gauge pod are the same texture and should compliment each other once installed.
Boost, pyrometer, and tranny temp gauges. The are autometer's sport comp line. I decided to get the reflective lighting to match the other gauges and hopefully they won't stick out too much at night when lighted.
Wife called me at work today and told me I got a package in the mail. That makes coming home from work even more exciting.
We'll have to see what showed up.
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Congrats on the progress!
