FJ45 Fire Truck - info requested

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ajm362

ajm362

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Hello everyone,

I'm new here, but I thought I would register my new purchase and ask you guys for all the information you may have available on my new truck!

I just bought a 1984 FJ45LP-KW, which has been converted to a fire support truck in Denmark. On the manufacturers plate it states:

JT1PO FJ45 00850439
309LN11K055H41

The vehicle was converted in 1984 by a company called HF NIELSEN MASKINFABRIK in Haslev Denmark.

Does anybody know anything about these trucks and I am curious about all details you may know of??????

I am not a fire truck lover, bit I bought the truck for its low mileage (28000 km) and it has very little rust. I however intend to convert it back to its original state, including bed. Can anyone help me with some pics of how exactly this cruiser must have looked before its conversion?

Thank you all in advance for your help,
Andre
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Andre,

Your truck was one of 14 built during the month of January 1984 specifically for the
European market. The low volume serial series may indicate it was built as a cab/chassis only, without the pickup bed, for customer-fitted completion.

It will be interesting to see what it looks like if you do a full disassembly and restoration.
Lots of photos gets you more responses here.
 
Thanks Bear, nice to know.......do you also know in which factory it was built?

I believe my original truck was delivered with the bed, as there are still some remains inside the 'fire hose' enclosure. The front, floor and wheel arches of the original bed are still there, but the sides have been cut and of course the rear is not there. This what it currently looks like inside (see pic) and you can still see the original front and floor. Once I have the enclosure disassembled I hopefully have enough of the original bed left to reconstruct it...
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Back then, as now, Toyota has a number of subsidiaries that build various parts of your truck.
They originally listed your truck, along with all other Land Cruisers of that era, as being "built" at their Honsya(Honsha) plant, part of the original Toyoda works factory complex. Your truck was likely assembled at their Yoshiwara plant, formerly called Arakawa, Araco, etc..

Your conversion to a fire truck was done local to you.

HTH
 
Great find. Dont touch it! I see a few summer parades in your future.... Know any clowns?
 
Pretty sure you'll find the pump is engine driven with a clutch and throttle in front, pretty common. Probably at least a 25+ HP required pump which is why it would be driven straight off the front or rear PTO. Also it would technically be a fire engine not a truck. :D

Also cool that the original bed was used, I thought it was just the lower quarters that survived. It probably would have some value to expedition type folks if you can't restore it.
 
Thank you all for your posts! Below a picture of the dash and indeed the pump used to be driven from the engine. I haven't tried to install the pump yet, but there is a special lever on the floor inside the cabin with markings WD (wind) and UNW (unwind).
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ajm362 said:
Thank you all for your posts! Below a picture of the dash and indeed the pump used to be driven from the engine. I haven't tried to install the pump yet, but there is a special lever on the floor inside the cabin with markings WD (wind) and UNW (unwind).
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Mint interior!!! :eek:

Well, the lever that you described means there is a factory-installed side mount pto installed on the transfer case. Either that drives the pump on the front or something else - would be great to see more pics of the details - can you get under the front and show us what sort of connection there is to the pump?

The thing is, if the pump is driven off the front of the engine as another commenter asserted, then that drive shaft would be coming through the radiator and or grill, or would have to pass underneath the frame cross member. I'm doubtful either approach was used with the 45.

What's the grey plastic box on the transmission hump for?
 
I haven't hit my 10 initial posts yet, so I have already reached my quota on pictures and currently cannot post anymore.

The grey box controls a snow plough, which is currently installed instead of the fire water pump and as soon as spring arrives that will permanently be removed.

I think the PTO axle runs to the front as there is a half circle cutout at the bottom of the grill, where with other cruisers you see a clamp between the body and the chassis. On mine that clamp is missing and instead features a half circle hole.

Thanks so far for your comments..........keep them coming! :)
 
Congrats on a great truck!

Too bad nobody wanted it here, but good that it ended up where someone wants to take care of it! :-)
I might be able help you find some info on it.
I believe there's a registry for firetrucks here, I'll look in to it.
Any info on which station it belonged to?

You talked about a snow plow blade, and getting rid of it right? I might be interested.
 
Christian, sorry but the snow ploug isn't mine so I can't sell it.

So far I have been unable to find anything that would link this truck to a particular fire station. I have tried to contact HF Nielsen via Email to find out more about the rebuild, but so far they havent responded to my email. If you could find out more, that would be really appreciated. Thanks :)
 
My FJ45 is registered as a 3 seater. It however only has 2 seat belts and I would like to convert this back to 3. Does anyone have a layout or picture of how the seat belts are mounted in case 3 people would sit in front safely?

Thanks,
 
Guys,

In the original pickup bed floor there are 2 removable panels just in front of the wheel arches i.e. one on each side. They look factory standard. Can anyone explain to me what these were used for?

Thanks,
 
All,

I am considering installing new 120mm shackles in the back and 90mm shackles in the front to lift the back of the truck a bit. Does anybody have experience with how this affects driving stability when you use different shackle heights front and rear?

Thanks
 
makes no difference on the rear
on the front you will change the caster which CAN (not necessarily) change the handling.
you will notice it more with fat tires on uneven pavement.
 
Nice truck! In Australia we had three seatbelt 45's but I don't have pics to show you unfortunately. I know because I had a HJ47 and my old man had a BJ40, both with three seats in the front.

As for the extended shackles in truth it's a quick fix to saggy springs and will potentially lead to terrible handling. If you're of the do it once, do it right persuasion then I'd find new springs or have the old ones reset. Do your bushes at the same time.
 
Just checked my hj47 seat beats that I have in a box. The middle seat has an adjustable lap belt that uses the same mounting hole/bolt as the drivers seat belt receiver and the middle belt receiver shares the passenger receiver mount/bolt. So now you just need to find a centre lap belt, bolt it up and your away with 3 safe and sound. Hope this helps

Soot


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