My carb cooling fan stopped working a few months back (stock 1983 FJ60), the wire to the sensor was cut at the exhaust. To get to it I removed the EGR inlet from the intake manifold, fixed the wire and reinstalled. The fan worked but the truck ran like crab, getting worse every week. Sprayed some carb cleaner looking for vacuum leaks yesterday and saw that the inlet pipe at the gasket and intake manifold was not tight, I went to tighten the bolt and it is totally stripped in the aluminum intake manifold.
I'm thinking of removing the manifold and having it machined to thread a new hole. This is major for me, I am debating on taking it to a shop but they may mess it up worse than I will.
Is it that difficult to remove the carb and manifold? Should I just replace the manifold instead of having it machined? When I get in there, is there anything else I should replce since I'm there? What is the proper sequence of tightening the EGR inlet pipe, EGR valve, and the huge nut that connects the two, to the manifold? I obviously did not do that sequence correctly before, resulting in this mess now. Thanks for any advice.
I'm thinking of removing the manifold and having it machined to thread a new hole. This is major for me, I am debating on taking it to a shop but they may mess it up worse than I will.
Is it that difficult to remove the carb and manifold? Should I just replace the manifold instead of having it machined? When I get in there, is there anything else I should replce since I'm there? What is the proper sequence of tightening the EGR inlet pipe, EGR valve, and the huge nut that connects the two, to the manifold? I obviously did not do that sequence correctly before, resulting in this mess now. Thanks for any advice.
