Have you ever seen a 76 FJ40 with full time 4WD?

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WOW hummm hey guys look at the pocket diagram.. I just don't know what to say
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'74 UA FJ said:
He was lying to you. Most(all?) 40s came to the U.S. with drive flanges which were changed out for locking hubs.
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??? Lack of (un)locking hubs doesn't make a rig Full Time Four Wheel Drive. With a part time T/C (standard on pre-FJ80 Cruisers) you can have the front hubs and still not have the front driveline engaged.

We're talking about Full Time transfer cases here.


Mark...
 
the other lever hole? PTO lever?
 
No that's where the cable goes that locks the tranfer. It needed a little work so was removed. It's fixed now but since it's not being used leaving it out along with the front drive shaft. With the tranfer in the open postion and no front drive shaft no can just hot wire and drive away. The side of the transmission does have a cover for a PTO. Not sure what transmission it is looks to small for a H42.

John
 
very cool and very odd...somebody needs to contact and get more info from toyota ...i think :)
 
Mark W said:
??? Lack of (un)locking hubs doesn't make a rig Full Time Four Wheel Drive. With a part time T/C (standard on pre-FJ80 Cruisers) you can have the front hubs and still not have the front driveline engaged.

We're talking about Full Time transfer cases here.


Mark...
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You're right. I wasn't thinking about the transfer case.
 
Living in the Past said:
No that's where the cable goes that locks the tranfer. It needed a little work so was removed. It's fixed now but since it's not being used leaving it out along with the front drive shaft. With the tranfer in the open postion and no front drive shaft no can just hot wire and drive away. The side of the transmission does have a cover for a PTO. Not sure what transmission it is looks to small for a H42.

John
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Stumbled on to this looking for something totally unrelated. ;)
Love it when I learn a totally new fact about these trucks. :D

John, did you buy this vehicle? Got any pics of the transfer case/transmission? Any other pics of it at all?

I bet you are you waiting to restore it and then show it off! :doh:
 
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This one could be a FULL TIME 4WD but I doubt it. It looks like it sold here in the country so it shouldn't be to hard to find out. There's a good chance this is a part time 4WD that has the vacuum 4WD shifter and the high low on the floor. I have a FSM back from the early seventies that show this setup. The lever on the left is for the PTO even thought it has something printed on the knob. The thread pattern on the knob is the same as the pre 8/80 tranfer knob. I only know of the two FULL TIME 4WD FJ40s here in the country but for the amount of work that went in to setting them up I'm sure Toyota made more of them.

John
 
Living in the Past said:
This one could be a FULL TIME 4WD but I doubt it. It looks like it sold here in the country so it shouldn't be to hard to find out. There's a good chance this is a part time 4WD that has the vacuum 4WD shifter and the high low on the floor. I have a FSM back from the early seventies that show this setup. The lever on the left is for the PTO even thought it has something printed on the knob. The thread pattern on the knob is the same as the pre 8/80 tranfer knob. I only know of the two FULL TIME 4WD FJ40s here in the country but for the amount of work that went in to setting them up I'm sure Toyota made more of them.

John
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need pics of the thrany
 
The pics Johnny just posted are not of a full-time cruiser. That is a part-time case with the FD knob on the dash (not pictured) and a PTO unit.

You can see the glove box plate says "FD" not "Diff Lock", and the "extra" lever in the floor says ?-N-W, no L-N-H.
 
Coolerman said:
John, did you buy this vehicle? Got any pics of the transfer case/transmission? Any other pics of it at all?

I bet you are you waiting to restore it and then show it off! :doh:
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I didn't see this post until JohnnyC brought this old tread back to life. Yes I did buy this cruiser. Until this month it was sitting out in my driveway in a not-so-great area. Now it is parked safely away in a garage. The picture I have of the tranny/tranfer are to good because of the cameria flash. If I could find my shop light I could probably get some better pictures. I'm not really keeping it a secret, just waiting to see if the vender (RTO?) who is suppose have the other do an article in the Trails.

John
 
amaurer said:
The pics Johnny just posted are not of a full-time cruiser. That is a part-time case with the FD knob on the dash (not pictured) and a PTO unit.

You can see the glove box plate says "FD" not "Diff Lock", and the "extra" lever in the floor says ?-N-W, no L-N-H.
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I don't read japanese but the label on the glove box has H-N-L. Your right about the FD, that does look like Front Diff Lock so perhaps this had a viscous coupling....... looks like their were two full time 4x4 versions???????

Text on the RHS also reads in three sections 1 - seems to cover H, 2 - covers FD, 3 covers L.


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Yeah, I was referring to the PTO knob saying "?-N-W" (indicating it was not a diff lock).

I see nothing here to suggest it has full time 4wd, and or a viscous coupler...

This is just a vacuum shift truck.
 
those darn JDM vehicles...they like to throw us all off :)...maybe not all

and like to throw some for a loop it seems :)

a lil help from a fellow mudder just translated ...and yes it is 100% not a full time 4wd rig



very odd to see in itself...a 1978 bj with a vacuum shift...old school ...nice :)


oooooohh well ...back to my research :)
 
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