I wasn't sure where to post this since my truck is a 40 series, but has the engine from a 70 series, and has a custom suspension and cross member setup. So I decided here is a good home for it.
I had just had my H55/split case rebuilt by Georg @orangefj45 at Valley Hybrids with upgraded t/case gearing. I went with a higher high gear (maybe 10% overdrive) and a lower low gearing (above 3.x:1 versus the 2.9:1 stock). I don't quite remember the actual numbers, but will edit here when I confirm them. With the low 1st gear and the 5th gear, this is the perfect ratios for the way I drive where I am either on southern californian highways, or offroad where the lower gears are nice. With 3.73s in the dffs, it should work out for all the ways I use it.
So what happened? I get the tranny back, slap it in, and drive it and for a second I think I am in four low. I realize after some playing that I should have changed the clutch while I had the tranny out, but I stupidly was so excited that I couldn't wait. So out it came for the upgraded HD clutch kit from Terrain Tamer. Since the HZ is turboed, I should have done this anyway as a turboed HZ will overpower a healthy OEM clutch, let alone what was proabably the original one in the bellhousing when I installed the combo.
So... enough typing... I forgot to take pictures of the tranny combo coming down, but will have some of it going back in later in the thread.
Tranny out after dropping it... I used a shop crane/engine hoist on the transmission, and a tranny jack under the t case. Made it very safe and stable to get out...
The front suspension is a 3 link coil over and the rear is a 4 link with 80 series front springs. Both axles are 1985 FJ60 axles. All shocks are remote reservoir Radflo. I had to pull both the custom transmission crossmember (designed to use the 70 series isolator) and the crossmember for the lower control arms to get the tranny out. You can see the suspension crossmember inside the tire with a racor I need to hook up on a custom bracket. My truck didn't have the sedimenter so this will act as a prefilter and water separator.
Oh yeah... here is the truck...
I had just had my H55/split case rebuilt by Georg @orangefj45 at Valley Hybrids with upgraded t/case gearing. I went with a higher high gear (maybe 10% overdrive) and a lower low gearing (above 3.x:1 versus the 2.9:1 stock). I don't quite remember the actual numbers, but will edit here when I confirm them. With the low 1st gear and the 5th gear, this is the perfect ratios for the way I drive where I am either on southern californian highways, or offroad where the lower gears are nice. With 3.73s in the dffs, it should work out for all the ways I use it.
So what happened? I get the tranny back, slap it in, and drive it and for a second I think I am in four low. I realize after some playing that I should have changed the clutch while I had the tranny out, but I stupidly was so excited that I couldn't wait. So out it came for the upgraded HD clutch kit from Terrain Tamer. Since the HZ is turboed, I should have done this anyway as a turboed HZ will overpower a healthy OEM clutch, let alone what was proabably the original one in the bellhousing when I installed the combo.
So... enough typing... I forgot to take pictures of the tranny combo coming down, but will have some of it going back in later in the thread.
Tranny out after dropping it... I used a shop crane/engine hoist on the transmission, and a tranny jack under the t case. Made it very safe and stable to get out...
The front suspension is a 3 link coil over and the rear is a 4 link with 80 series front springs. Both axles are 1985 FJ60 axles. All shocks are remote reservoir Radflo. I had to pull both the custom transmission crossmember (designed to use the 70 series isolator) and the crossmember for the lower control arms to get the tranny out. You can see the suspension crossmember inside the tire with a racor I need to hook up on a custom bracket. My truck didn't have the sedimenter so this will act as a prefilter and water separator.
Oh yeah... here is the truck...
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