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[bdyer12]

I’m pumped Roma is on the way up this weekend, secured all the parts, everything is ready. Should be driving by Sunday if all goes well

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Awesome Bryan!!! Sooo cool. Good luck.

 

[bdyer12]

Well I had a few set backs with parts but thanks to Jim Johnson in Texas and Steve at ebi I have everything. I pulled the motor today, I still can’t believe how clean this truck is being 30 years old. I had a moment of just rebuild the 2f and keep it as is.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Pic should be the definition of clean in Websters. Throttle shift link boot looks as new from factory. Clearly mint.

 

[boerboel313]

That's what my 1984 Fj60 looked like when I got her in 04 with 48,000 miles on her.
Too many mods to want to list

Great looking rigs brother, nice find

 

[boerboel313]

Where did you find it?
How many miles.?

 

[NookShneer]

View attachment 1561509 View attachment 1561507 View attachment 1561506 Well I had a few set backs with parts but thanks to Jim Johnson in Texas and Steve at ebi I have everything. I pulled the motor today, I still can’t believe how clean this truck is being 30 years old. I had a moment of just rebuild the 2f and keep it as is.

Looking forward to your impressions of the 12ht coming from a 2f. Down the road I'm thinking it's between a 12ht and R2.8 for me so looking forward to watching your progress and thoughts.

-Dave

 

[bdyer12]

Where did you find it?
How many miles.?

it came out of OR and it had 266k on it.

 

[bdyer12]

Looking forward to your impressions of the 12ht coming from a 2f. Down the road I'm thinking it's between a 12ht and R2.8 for me so looking forward to watching your progress and thoughts.

-Dave

My plan was to put the 2.8 in this truck, but after I bought it and got it home I decided to keep it all Toyota. I even thought hard about rebuilding the 2f. But after many conversations with Roma, CD and Jim(TX) i am going the 12ht route because it was an option for this truck. I have a non-Toyota drive train 62 with the GM motor already so this made since for me. I drove Roma's truck for about a day with the 12ht. My impression was that it had enough additional power over the 2f that interstate driving/hill climbing was not a struggle and you get twice the fuel economy.

i will say that cutting off engine mounts that have a fresh looking factory paint job hurts my soul though

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

The 2.8 does seem interesting but the design obsolence basis (the run time components are designed for before they fail) in this motor is yet to show itself. We know how Mr.T thinks of design obsolence...solid. Jury is still out on the 2.8. Chinesium components are the worry.

 

[bdyer12]

Got the old mounts removed and new ones installed

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Like how you preserved the old mounts for someone to reuse later should they choose. Clean install. Love the workmanship. That rig with 12HT will be amazing.

 

[bdyer12]

Finished welding in the new mounts today but also putting everything that came off the truck in a box, old mounts came off clean

 

[bdyer12]

A little shop organization to make sure I have everything prior to the install

 

[CenTXFJ60]

View attachment 1565450 View attachment 1565449 A little shop organization to make sure I have everything prior to the install

Looks awesome Bryan. How did you get those cross-over pipes so clean looking?

 

[bdyer12]

Just an update motor is in, fit’s a little tight to the fire wall but i think everything should work fine. Now i just need to start at the back and work my way forward to hook everything up. All seals are replaced and valves were checked everything seems to be good.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

That looks great Bryan!!

 

[CenTXFJ60]

Looks good Bryan. A good fit test is to make sure you can get the valve cover off. I ran into an issue and had to modify the metal lip on my firewall. This was a different cover (coaster bus) than you have so I replaced it with a cover like yours.

 

[bdyer12]

All I have left is the wiring and ac lines

 

[bdyer12]

I will say this is a lot easier than an LS swap. It is nice when you just bolt up factory parts