Ooooooh... got a part # on that Pimp!!!??? I'll give you $101... 
Builds H55/Splitcase into 02/79-40 Series (1 Viewer)
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LP's 40 series H55 top plate:
(you can see BJ 42 wrote in paint pen on the top)
Top plate that comes with the H55 when you purchase them new from Toyota:
The shifter cane tower is roughly 3" rearward compared to the 40 series top plate...
Thanks Steve. I'm actually not too concerned with the shifter location with the 350, but was hoping it might be a bit lower so I am CERTAIN not to have to make any tunnel adjustments.
pbgbottle
Forum Lifer
if ya could still get it ,it should be
top shifter plate #33102-60090 Australia and other general counties
82-84 bj42,46
82-84 fj40,43
top shifter plate #33102-60090 Australia and other general counties
82-84 bj42,46
82-84 fj40,43
Ooooooh... got a part # on that Pimp!!!??? I'll give you $101...
matt.mcinnes
2F-ETI
How are things going?
matt.mcinnes
2F-ETI
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The H55 and split case are in, I have just ran into a couple other little snags...nothing to do with the H55....just a bent front axle housing.
I will update this when I get a chance.
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Took it down the road today at 70MPH....
Cruises right along.
I will get more pictures up of the cross member, new exhaust/headers and of the modifications that I am currently doing to the tunnel cover for the shifters....
Josie'sLandCruiser
Stop calling it a "FJ."
Hi All:
Very cool, Steve!
What do you think of the H55F versus the H42 after driving a FJ40 with both?
How would you rate this tranny swap on the "banana" scale?
Thanks again for sharing - great thread!
Alan
Very cool, Steve!
What do you think of the H55F versus the H42 after driving a FJ40 with both?
How would you rate this tranny swap on the "banana" scale?
Thanks again for sharing - great thread!
Alan
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
Hi All:
Very cool, Steve!
What do you think of the H55F versus the H42 after driving a FJ40 with both?
How would you rate this tranny swap on the "banana" scale?
Thanks again for sharing - great thread!
Alan
Alan-On the banana scale, swapping a 4 speed for a 5 speed with a t-case rebuild is not that hard. Maybe a 3 on a bad day. It is time consuming, just not that hard.
In a 40, things are complicated by the cross-member and e-brake, but there is no machine work or really difficult/impossible problems.
It isn't needed in a 40 though, I mean, how fast are you going to go? It's a perfect compliment for a 60.
matt.mcinnes
2F-ETI
Great to hear, so how did you over come the hand brake drum.
love to see the crossmember
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So here are some update pictures…sorry this has not been kept current. I am getting my ass handed to me at the shop and in front of the computer is not the first place that I think about being when I have a moment of consciousness….
The 60 series frame brackets only required the driver side holes to be modified. So I elongated them with a carbide on a .250” die grinder, and then welded the other side of the hole closed, and ground it flush again. The passenger side fit like it was meant to be there, and really, this whole thing went very smooth considering what I had been told, and even if I would have had to modify/narrow up a 60 series cross member piece, it would not have been that big of a deal, and could be done without a lot of screwing around.
The 60 series frame brackets only required the driver side holes to be modified. So I elongated them with a carbide on a .250” die grinder, and then welded the other side of the hole closed, and ground it flush again. The passenger side fit like it was meant to be there, and really, this whole thing went very smooth considering what I had been told, and even if I would have had to modify/narrow up a 60 series cross member piece, it would not have been that big of a deal, and could be done without a lot of screwing around.
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I had to plate the frame where the 60 series frame cross member pieces were going to be welded to the frame, so that I could get sufficient welding surface area to ensure that they remain attached for many years. The center piece (black in color) is a 40 series specific part that a friend in AZ sent up to me. (Thank you Rick! ) I used .250” thick material to plate the frame.
) I used .250” thick material to plate the frame.
