craigslist HJ61 Factory Cable Lockers, Winch, and 5 Speed

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Hi, it is the owner of that HJ61 here. I think I am in the process of changing my mind and keeping it anyway. I hadn't been driving it very much lately (with two children under 3 years old), and my wife was (is) planning to go back to school so I thought it would be the financially responsible thing to do to let it go. Now it looks like it might be another year before the "back to school thing", and after spending a weekend camping with it, I am kind of falling back in love with it . . . (although I did bend the power antenna for the THIRD TIME . . . I am becomming more profficient at replacing the antenna mast, but I still haven't learned to press the "lower antenna" button before driving past a tree branch).
 
77cruiser77 said:
might I remind you how much a PTO winch, 12HT mated to a H55F, and cable lockers run for alone separately "IF" you can find them? The cable lockers alone are viewed as the best system Toyota came up with to lock a diff and are nearly impossible to find. If anything the rust should either be looked at as worth fixing for a rig that is not commonly set up or viewed as the ultimate donor rig since you may not need to feel too bad cutting up a pristine cruiser.

If I had the space more than the money I'd buy it myself and use the parts to build up my 40 and stretch the frame to make the ultimate HJ45 (Or would that be a HJ48 with a 12HT?)
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Already have the FJ45 that would take the drive train. Even have a later FJ45 FF axle with the hand brake, plus the correct long splined locker axles front and rear. Missing only one thing, money:frown:

I am curious are these the stock wheels for this rig? I have a coupled of sets of these wheels and the tie rod ends don't clear my 89 FJ62. I don't have the LC 91-92 80 series wheels which I believe are 10 for off set but the mini ones that say 8. Is this Milimeters? If so 2MM still wouldn't clear with any weights on the wheels.:meh:
 
I assumed that they were not the factory wheels, but I don't know because they were on the vehicle when I bought it . . . I just knew that my previous HJ60 didn't have them.
 
Alan's truck probably has spacers on it. It wouldn't take much for them to clear. 1/4" is about all it misses by.

I think you should keep the truck for a while longer Alan...then sell it to me when its 25yrs old. I've been looking for this exact truck for along time and would love to own it someday.
 
Alan C said:
Hi, it is the owner of that HJ61 here. I think I am in the process of changing my mind and keeping it anyway. I hadn't been driving it very much lately (with two children under 3 years old), and my wife was (is) planning to go back to school so I thought it would be the financially responsible thing to do to let it go. Now it looks like it might be another year before the "back to school thing", and after spending a weekend camping with it, I am kind of falling back in love with it . . . (although I did bend the power antenna for the THIRD TIME . . . I am becomming more profficient at replacing the antenna mast, but I still haven't learned to press the "lower antenna" button before driving past a tree branch).
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Good call! Try to hold on to it.. That truck is rare! Mb.
 
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