FJ40 Restoration with a 2UZ / R150 Manual Transmisson

[JAR3289]

Tearing into the engine

 

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So many valves!

 

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Here are some pictures of the oil filter relocation. Saw this and people gave the guy a hard time, but with some machining it comes out pretty nice.

 

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Got the top end all powder coated.

 

[Skitz]

Nice!!

 

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Here comes the photo dump, it only lets me put 5 pictures per post so there will be a few. Here are some of the steering

 

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Here I worked on the calipers, some brake lines, and the steering column. The bearings for the steering column are just standard items from local Tractor Supply.

 

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Some more pics of the brake line routing.

 

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Pictures of under the hood. Radiator is custom, I believe the core is from a 1996 FJ, I custom welded the tanks on it. The air box is from a mid 90's Cherokee. The power steering reservoir and coolant bottle are from the 2000 tundra. Battery tray is custom fabed and welded. at some point in there I plumed in the clutch lines.

 

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Fitting up the exhaust, all stainless steel.

 

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Welding up the exhaust, and that is the original gas pedal, but welded the 2000 tundra connection point so it would work with the throttle cable.

 

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Custom welded roll cage, fits under the soft top no problem.

 

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Making a custom seat rack. The seats are from a 1993 Toyota Pickup. one picture of the canvas on just for good measure.

 

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Custom trans cover. Don't worry, it was in real rough condition, so I didn't destroy a good one. The shifters are from the original trans, but I did have to cut and re-weld at a different angle. The boots are from a 1994 Toyota pickup.

 

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Front drive shaft is made up of a few different Toyota drive shafts. I had to make an adapter to make the flanges work.

 

[Vossie]

Looking awesome man. Love the purple anodizing! Just a thought, my 1uz in my 45 pushes 6.5 bar of oil pressure when she's cold and even when she's warm she runs at 6 bar at full tap. You happy your oil relocation lines that are clamped on are strong enough? I also did an oil filter relocation on mine but I made up high pressure hydraulic lines for it. Just a thought

 

[JAR3289]

Looking awesome man. Love the purple anodizing! Just a thought, my 1uz in my 45 pushes 6.5 bar of oil pressure when she's cold and even when she's warm she runs at 6 bar at full tap. You happy your oil relocation lines that are clamped on are strong enough? I also did an oil filter relocation on mine but I made up high pressure hydraulic lines for it. Just a thought

Good point, I may change that now that you point that out. It should be good for the 60psi but then again losing all my oil is a bad day. Those are the same fittings on my air compressor at 120psi so in theory they should hold, if they don't loosen from normal vibration.

 

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Here is the first startup with the exhaust.

 

[peesalot]

Have you tried the steering, it looks like it will be backwards ? The caster angle as is will be scary to drive, if you shim it the pitman will not work and it will steer the wrong way anyway as is.

 

[FullyLitLED]

@JAR3289 what transmission adapter are you using? Jeezus this is sick!!!!