FJ40 on FJ80 with 2UZ

[Vossie]

Thanks! I will see how this matches up with my placement!
How high is the mount flat above the frame? how far do they extend in toward the center of the frame?
Did you offset it to one side of the other? (if so, why?)

To answer:
Will confirm measurements, but this picture shows my engine mounts before engine went in for the last time

Looks like they are not quite level in the pic, but must be the angle because they sit level IRL.

I centered them so the engine is centered in the chassis. The beautiful thing for me was with my adapter plate and my h150 gear box, my gearbox sits in its factory location with the factory cross member. So I let that be my guide when I was making up the mounts

 

[V8FJ4078]

Updating progress...
Started tearing out the interior to get to the wiring harness.

and removing everything to get transmission and transfer case out

 

[V8FJ4078]

More progress - Snowy weekends are productive!

 

[V8FJ4078]

More

I am looking for a transmission from and 2003 Land Cruiser or Lexus.

 

[jamarquardt22]

More progress - Snowy weekends are productive!
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One of my best purchases was a label maker.

 

[V8FJ4078]

One of my best purchases was a label maker.

I have one....didn't even think of that! Will go back and update some of them before I sent it off to be reworked.

 

[JohnMerk]

I have one....didn't even think of that! Will go back and update some of them before I sent it off to be reworked.

 

[JohnMerk]

I regret to inform the forum about this but
V8fj4078 is my dad, he has since passed away, i know he was a big part of the fourm and he was always on it everytime i saw, i will try to get his account for when/if i finish any of his builds that i can continue some updates but for the time being there wont be much more from him, thank you all

 

[Skitz]

I'm sorry to hear, I was looking forward to this build. I wish your family the best.

 

[PVCsnorkel]

I regret to inform the forum about this but
V8fj4078 is my dad, he has since passed away, i know he was a big part of the fourm and he was always on it everytime i saw, i will try to get his account for when/if i finish any of his builds that i can continue some updates but for the time being there wont be much more from him, thank you all

Very sorry to hear that John. The club gives our condolences to you and your family.

 

[shmukster]

My condolences to the family.
I can put out there some good things about Craig Merkey he was a great guy a real land cruiser enthusiast and did a tremendous job on his mustard 40. My relationship with Craig and his Dad go back quite some ways. I remember one winter day years ago when Craig and I were wheeling at Rausch Creek, a cold day and as we drove under ttrees we were breaking the ice from the low hanging branches. Gorgeous day- till Craig decided to go through the frog hole, got stuck and got a bunch of ice and rocks jammed uo into the nose of his starter. He had to lay on the cold ground to drop the starter and clean out all the debris. Did I mention that Mrs. Merkey and the kids were in the truck?????
Another time on one of the pig runs at Rausch a lot of the guys decided to drive through a water hole. It looked deep to me and I bypasssed it. Well Craig drove d through it and when he got to the other side opened the doors of his 40 and a whole lot of water poured out!!!!
Craig was one of the initial organizers of the Appalachian land Cruiser club, he had the cards printed up and also did a banner which I still have. He'll surely be missed on the Mud forum I know there are a lot of guys who followed his posts

 

[brian]

Terrible news and sorry to hear it.

 

[JohnMerk]

Just to keep updating this thread, I have made a decision to not continue dads project because it is just too much for me to be able to handle and it isn't particularly far enough along.

I have instead got myself a 80series (black with tan leather interior one of my favorite specs) that needs a frame swap. It had been offered to me before dad has passed away but i declined it because i knew how hard we worked to find him his frame in Ohio and I didn't have the time to source one myself. But after the turn of events I decided to go ahead and purchase the 80 and disassemble his project and use the frame. I still have the uz to use in something, maybe a pickup not sure just yet.

I'll add more to this once I pick up the 80 and start to work on it I might create another thread for it but if I do I will update this one again

 

[JohnMerk]

Well my 87 4Runner blew a fuel line on Thursday. I was planning to do a bit of trail riding with it but with a broken fuel line I had to find other options, so I finally went to get my 80 series only to find it has a broken trans line. It's gonna take a bit longer to build it out than just a simple frame swap so I will probably end up making a new thread once I start digging into it

 

[shmukster]

Keep at it John!!!!!