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[Henry James the 47th]

Well today brought some new goodies. I obtained a factory locking pintle hitch off of a JDM HJ61 locally. It's a little seized up, but in excellent condition overall. I'll strip it down and get it working smoothly again of course. The issue I was first worried about though was whether the bolt pattern on the pintle flange was the same as the bolt pattern on the back of my chassis cross member. Most excellently, it fit perfectly, so that bolt spacing hasn't changed between the older trucks through to the HJ61 model anyhow.

Just for fun, I popped in into place and snapped a few pictures. My plan is to sandwich a 0.375" plate behind it and fabricate a new 2" square receiver to go below the pintle. That way, I'll have all the bases covered, towing-wise, both on and off road.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

The other nice present today was the quartet of OME shocks. I smeared some lithium grease on the bushings and popped them into the eyes with a hammer. Unfortunately, I have none of the washers, so I can't mount the shocks up quite yet. Soon though.

Thinking about painting them black too!

Lastly, a small box turned up in the mail today, and in it were some mounting washers for the pto winch kindly sent to me by another 'Mud member. These little gippers are for the bolts that mount the pto angle-iron to the chassis rails, going inside the chassis as a washer to fit against the curve of the rail. Another hard-to-find item I'm glad to have located.

Also, I have gotten a hold of an interior light and mounting bracket, along with a fuel sender cover, from a fellow in Australia, who should be shipping them out to me any day now.

Wiring-wise, I hooked up the brake fluid reservoir and the temp sender yesterday. The engine bay wiring is more than halfway complete. That leaves the glow and starter relay wiring, along with the voltage regulator wiring to complete the engine bay. Then it will be the hook ups behind the dash, the little sub harness to the fuel sender and seat belts, parking brake, etc, and lastly the completion of the main harness to the rear of the truck, which is 90% complete at this point.

Then I'd like winter to end, like yesterday, so I can get back to painting!!

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Those shocks should fit a little better than the 80 series shocks we gave you by accident.

Good to see the pintle bolted right up to the FJ45.


Rob

The other nice present today was the quartet of OME shocks. I smeared some lithium grease on the bushings and popped them into the eyes with a hammer. Unfortunately, I have none of the washers, so I can't mount the shocks up quite yet. Soon though.

Thinking about painting them black too!

Lastly, a small box turned up in the mail today, and in it were some mounting washers for the pto winch kindly sent to me by another 'Mud member. These little gippers are for the bolts that mount the pto angle-iron to the chassis rails, going inside the chassis as a washer to fit against the curve of the rail. Another hard-to-find item I'm glad to have located.

Also, I have gotten a hold of an interior light and mounting bracket, along with a fuel sender cover, from a fellow in Australia, who should be shipping them out to me any day now.

Wiring-wise, I hooked up the brake fluid reservoir and the temp sender yesterday. The engine bay wiring is more than halfway complete. That leaves the glow and starter relay wiring, along with the voltage regulator wiring to complete the engine bay. Then it will be the hook ups behind the dash, the little sub harness to the fuel sender and seat belts, parking brake, etc, and lastly the completion of the main harness to the rear of the truck, which is 90% complete at this point.

Then I'd like winter to end, like yesterday, so I can get back to painting!!

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Thanks again Rob - you and John are doing a stellar job and are THE cruiser place in SW B.C. I feel lucky to have such expertise close by, not to mention the occasional lend of a torque wrench!

 

[NTFJ45]

Been reading the thread for the first time the other night,It kept me up quite late and I had very hard time getting to work on time the next morning!! keep up the great work
I have used OME shocks for a long time and I am sure you will not be disapointed. Apart from the colour !! They are definatley bright on the eyes. But they are great on and off the road.
It is a very popular colour down here for shocks but I always do as you suggested , paint them black.

Looking forward to more soon.

Can not wait to get home from work and take mine for a drive

 

[Henry James the 47th]

A little more advancement on the wiring: put together a new sub-harness for the tachometer sender and reverse light switch. It took a couple of hours but I was able to replicate the old sub-harness in detail, with fresh connectors. The old sub-harness had a couple of breaks in the wiring sheath as a terminal end, and the wire itself was inflexible and brittle-feeling, probably from the heat.

This sub-harness emerges with a 4-blade terminal on the right side of the engine just above the starter motor. One of the two wires from the reverse switch, red with a light blue stripe, has to connect to the harness going to the rear of the truck, to the reversing lights. The other wire to the back up switch, light blue with a red stripe, connects to the main power feeding the instrument cluster gauges and warning lights.

Today I'm going to continue wiring a good 4~5 hours.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

More advances in the wiring department. Just the glow and starter circuits to work out, which is subject to a bit of a puzzle at the moment.

I ordered in a couple of parts from the local Toyota dealership, and that enabled the front shock install. As you can see, I decided not to bother repainting the shocks. I can live with the color.

in the third picture you can see the wiring loom on the battery side of the engine bay. The regulator-starter wiring is all in. Engine bay 95% complete.

The radiator guy returns from vacation fairly soon I think, so hopefully I can have the radiator in by the end of the month. I need to fabricate the screen piece at the top of the rad frame, as mine was long gone (seems a common problem from what I have seen - might be better to make a slightly stouter one).

 

[Henry James the 47th]

more wiring pictures. The last section to wire up is under the dash, the fuse panel, and the relay bus - and, oh yeah, the line out to the windshield wiper motor. I'm not sure, but it looks to me like the factory routing for the wiring and the water line is the same hole in the windshield frame, and that the wiring passes through the pocket (glove box) at the top - can anyone confirm this?

 

[Henry James the 47th]

last couple

 

[lostmarbles]

I'm glad it's you delving into the wiring that deep - and not me HJ!

Keep those photos coming.



PS. I bet you end up painting those shocks black later on (maybe once you've got her mobile)

 

[merbesfield]

HJ47, are those washers you got from Yota two different sizes? Did they all come as one package? Are there other parts numbers than what is in the pic? Are they yellow zinc in color? THX

 

[Henry James the 47th]

There are two different sizes - the one that goes to the inside has to fit over the mounting pin, and has a larger hole in the washer than the other type of washer, which goes on the outside under the split washer and nut and only need to fit over the threaded end of the pin. They don't come a package set - I ordered them individually. They are plated with a silver color - I have no idea how rust resistant they are.

The same parts would work on the back too, as the mounting arrangement is the same as the front. Each shock needs two of the washers with the big hole and two of the washers with the small hole.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

PS. I bet you end up painting those shocks black later on (maybe once you've got her mobile)

Yeah, I know. The color is garish for sure, and I am trying to ignore it. A good coat of mud would help!

 

[DanS HJ-45]

Henry:

Still looking good!

IIRC, on my Dad's 40 that's how the washer and wiring went. I really thought it was odd that the washer line went into the glove box, but that's also where it came apart and gave us access to clean the line out.

Dan

 

[merbesfield]

There are two different sizes - the one that goes to the inside has to fit over the mounting pin, and has a larger hole in the washer than the other type of washer, which goes on the outside under the split washer and nut and only need to fit over the threaded end of the pin. They don't come a package set - I ordered them individually. They are plated with a silver color - I have no idea how rust resistant they are.

The same parts would work on the back too, as the mounting arrangement is the same as the front. Each shock needs two of the washers with the big hole and two of the washers with the small hole.

I can only see the part number for the small size washer in the pic. Can you post the numbers? Thanks

 

[Henry James the 47th]

"the washer line went into the glove box, but that's also where it came apart and gave us access to clean the line out."


Helpful bit of info Dan, that tells me where to locate the check valve. It makes sense that it can be accessed in the glove box.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

I can only see the part number for the small size washer in the pic. Can you post the numbers? Thanks

I believe the part number is that same except for the last number, which is ..004 instead of ..003 in the package label where you can view the whole part number. (I don't have the label here at my house)

 

[merbesfield]

I believe the part number is that same except for the last number, which is ..004 instead of ..003 in the package label where you can view the whole part number. (I don't have the label here at my house)

Got it, thanks.

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Here's the latest pics of the wiring nightmare - I guess these are all starting to look the same, but progress is occurring. I spent about 6 hours over this past weekend hooking up wires in the cab. it goes a bit slower than I would like, and it's a matter of time, probably another 8 hours of work, until the connections are complete. I managed to get the blue group (blue, blue-white, blue-black, and blue-red), which are for the windshield wiper switch, wiper relay, and windshield washer, mostly hooked up. The water temp sender has also been hooked up to the instrument cluster.

The fuse panel and relay panel are both in place. The toughest part of wiring in such tight quarters with so many frickin' wires is trying to get the lengths of the wires right in relation to one another so that when the wires are bundled and wrapped, there are no loose loops to fold in. Mind you, Toyota didn't wire them perfectly seamlessly either, from the half a dozen harnesses I have ripped apart so far, as you find the odd little loop in there. I'm trying to get the harness as clean and tight as possible, and hoping that I haven't put the harness in a bad position where it is in the way of something else, like an air duct.

I have a large order from SOR in the mail, which includes the transfer case rebuild kit, as well as a couple of other small orders - a used fuel sender cover and interior cabin light from Australia, and a fog lamp switch courtesy of fellow 'mudder MOT in Japan. I'm also putting together an order, hopefully the last one, from Japan4x4, which should be sorted out this coming week.

Once the wring is complete, I have to pull it all out, carefully, kinda like pulling a snake from a gopher hole, and then separate all the sheet metal again so the bodywork can proceed. With the cab off, I can deal with the transfer case rebuild. I'm also anticipating that the weather will be warm enough within the next couple of weeks that I can begin painting parts again.

 

[DanS HJ-45]

I guess these are all starting to look the same, but progress is occurring. I spent about 6 hours over this past weekend hooking up wires in the cab.

It totally all looks the same.... unless someone has rewired a vehicle themselves, and then it makes more sense than it ought to.

Looks like you're making great progress there. Have you been able to test any of it yet? That was the most exciting part of my 2LT-E swap--when I finally got to start doing simple things like turn on my headlights and windshield wipers.

Dan