I recently bought a 2004 fzj71 here in Colombia. It's in great shape, no rust and the motor runs great. It's been a while since I owned a manual car, and my first 4x4 so I'm really learning on the go here.
My ONLY gripe with the car is that it seems to clash going into third quite a bit, and first to second feels harder than I would have expected and it's quite notchy. I feel as though when I am shifting I have to hold it in the gate for a second before it'll go in. Blipping and properly double clutching helps a little, but not always (and admittedly I'm not great at it). It's also jumped out of first and second a few times when coasting in traffic.
It's just ticked over 100,000 miles (167,000k) and I get the impression maybe the syncros could be on the way out. I am planning on putting in a heavy duty clutch in with the help of a friend who is able to source parts here in Colombia after only finding stuff back home in Australia which is going to cost a fortune to ship here.
I took it to the local dealer here (because I am still searching for a decent mechanic) and they really let me down. I asked to have all the oils changed and they gave the car back only having done half of what I asked. They said they changed the trans oil but I suspect something is a miss here. I am planning to drop the fluid out of the gearbox and trying something other than toyota trans oil. I need to check that the shifter boot isn't stopping it from sitting in gear properly or the bushings/retainers are in good shape. I may be getting ahead of myself but I am also trying to inform myself as much as possible as I go along.
Looking at the exploded gearbox on toyodiy I am having trouble identifying which parts I actually need, vs doing some searching on google. As far as I can tell, I have the h151 box (no plate on the inside of the door to identify this) but the VIN checks out with the compliance plate in the engine bay. If I just search h151 syncro kit they all appear to be for the 80 series, and the part numbers don't appear to be same. I can only see three syncro ring sets (one being reverse) where as a hzj80 with the same engine has different part numbers. I naively suspected they'd be the same, even the 73 series up until 99' with the 1fz-fe don't match.
I am guessing these aren't interchangable, but would be good to know if I wanted to buy from overseas and get them sent here...which parts I can use that are marked for a 75 or 80 series, and which won't work.
Long first post, thanks for reading this far and would appreciate any guidance here. Attached the diagram I'm working from when I enter in the VIN.
My ONLY gripe with the car is that it seems to clash going into third quite a bit, and first to second feels harder than I would have expected and it's quite notchy. I feel as though when I am shifting I have to hold it in the gate for a second before it'll go in. Blipping and properly double clutching helps a little, but not always (and admittedly I'm not great at it). It's also jumped out of first and second a few times when coasting in traffic.
It's just ticked over 100,000 miles (167,000k) and I get the impression maybe the syncros could be on the way out. I am planning on putting in a heavy duty clutch in with the help of a friend who is able to source parts here in Colombia after only finding stuff back home in Australia which is going to cost a fortune to ship here.
I took it to the local dealer here (because I am still searching for a decent mechanic) and they really let me down. I asked to have all the oils changed and they gave the car back only having done half of what I asked. They said they changed the trans oil but I suspect something is a miss here. I am planning to drop the fluid out of the gearbox and trying something other than toyota trans oil. I need to check that the shifter boot isn't stopping it from sitting in gear properly or the bushings/retainers are in good shape. I may be getting ahead of myself but I am also trying to inform myself as much as possible as I go along.
Looking at the exploded gearbox on toyodiy I am having trouble identifying which parts I actually need, vs doing some searching on google. As far as I can tell, I have the h151 box (no plate on the inside of the door to identify this) but the VIN checks out with the compliance plate in the engine bay. If I just search h151 syncro kit they all appear to be for the 80 series, and the part numbers don't appear to be same. I can only see three syncro ring sets (one being reverse) where as a hzj80 with the same engine has different part numbers. I naively suspected they'd be the same, even the 73 series up until 99' with the 1fz-fe don't match.
I am guessing these aren't interchangable, but would be good to know if I wanted to buy from overseas and get them sent here...which parts I can use that are marked for a 75 or 80 series, and which won't work.
Long first post, thanks for reading this far and would appreciate any guidance here. Attached the diagram I'm working from when I enter in the VIN.
