Is this right?

[pb4ugo]

The wire....I traced it up into the engine compartment, then underneath the firewall, and into the top of the bell housing...

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radio antenna

 

[Rochfort]

radio antenna

Thnx!!

 

[Rochfort]

Not sure what you think is crooked. It might be easier to see if the vehicle was sitting on a flat surface.

Yeah ...need to get it in a hoist...

 

[Rochfort]

Fluid of some sort leaking too

Oil pan bolt.

 

[peesalot]

The front shaft angle looks proper. The rear is out of phase and the front might be too. Meaning you need to remove one end of drive shaft and pull slip spline apart and reset so the ears on the long part are in the same plane as the ears on the short part.

 

[Rochfort]

The front shaft angle looks proper. The rear is out of phase and the front might be too. Meaning you need to remove one end of drive shaft and pull slip spline apart and reset so the ears on the long part are in the same plane as the ears on the short part.

Great tips, thanks man!

 

[Rochfort]

The front shaft angle looks proper. The rear is out of phase and the front might be too. Meaning you need to remove one end of drive shaft and pull slip spline apart and reset so the ears on the long part are in the same plane as the ears on the short part.

Here's mine, compared with my buddy's rig (2nd pic). Same model, year.

 

[peesalot]

Yours is out of phase, your buddy's is in proper phase, yours needs to look like his. Do you see what I am refering to ?

 

[rainingagain]

Yours is out of phase, your buddy's is in proper phase, yours needs to look like his. Do you see what I am refering to ?

You are close, off by a spline or two maybe.

Yours...

It shows a little better in your first pics.

 

[Rochfort]

Yours is out of phase, your buddy's is in proper phase, yours needs to look like his. Do you see what I am refering to ?

Yup

 

[Rochfort]

Yours is out of phase, your buddy's is in proper phase, yours needs to look like his. Do you see what I am refering to ?

Yours is out of phase, your buddy's is in proper phase, yours needs to look like his. Do you see what I am refering to ?

...there's a noise at the bottom of the engine, at the back. I think it's a knock, the crank or something. But I wonder if it's the U-joint?
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[Living in the Past]

The exhaust is rather low hanging, exposed to damage.

That is correct routing of the exhaust. But believe it's been replaced. This style ran 12/75-1/79. Unless it changed and can't find a listing the pipe had a weld before the flange. Can see the weld in this 10/75 cruiser. Where the flange is it has a goofy clamp setup.

The wire....I traced it up into the engine compartment, then underneath the firewall, and into the top of the bell housing...

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Plug looks like an antenna plug for the back of a radio.


You can do rod bearings with the engine still in the engine. Is this cruiser still in Columbia?

 

[Living in the Past]

Probly. I haven't gotten under it yet. I was halfway through the engine rebuild when my mechanic died of cancer. Never got to the bottom end, (there's a knock), we just did the top...don't know what the hell to do now.

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radio antenna

Hadn't read the second page. Agree it's an antenna plug.

...there's a noise at the bottom of the engine, at the back. I think it's a knock, the crank or something. But I wonder if it's the U-joint?

Does it knock while idling or just when driving?
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[Rochfort]

Hadn't read the second page. Agree it's an antenna plug.

It idles fine, quietly.

Hadn't read the second page. Agree it's an antenna plug.

It idles fine, quietly. Driving is when the circus starts...

 

[Rochfort]

That is correct routing of the exhaust. But believe it's been replaced. This style ran 12/75-1/79. Unless it changed and can't find a listing the pipe had a weld before the flange. Can see the weld in this 10/75 cruiser. Where the flange is it has a goofy clamp setup.
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Plug looks like an antenna plug for the back of a radio.


You can do rod bearings with the engine still in the engine. Is this cruiser still in Columbia?

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Yes! In Bogota...
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[Living in the Past]

It idles fine, quietly.

It idles fine, quietly. Driving is when the circus starts...

I would suggest pulling the rear driveshaft and phase it. But while it out lock the front hub and find a quiet place and test drive it. A life time ago I had a Ford van I replaced the clutch and did not know about having to phase the driveshaft. Couldn't figure what I messed up with on the clutch. Luckily was a simple phase the driveshaft. Before removing the driveshaft try moving it in all directions and look for movement.

Is this a FJ43? How about overall pictures of the whole vehicle.

 

[Rochfort]

I would suggest pulling the rear driveshaft and phase it. But while it out lock the front hub and find a quiet place and test drive it. A life time ago I had a Ford van I replaced the clutch and did not know about having to phase the driveshaft. Couldn't figure what I messed up with on the clutch. Luckily was a simple phase the driveshaft. Before removing the driveshaft try moving it in all directions and look for movement.

Is this a FJ43? How about overall pictures of the whole vehicle.

Hey thanks man
Its a project, haven't gotten under it yet, I started with the engine and worked back but my mechanic died suddenly....just did the top of the engine. I've changed tactics, th engine can wait till I find a new guy, meanwhile I'll start on the underside.
Pics, yes...
I bought it cause the paint wasn't bad. Good paint 3 to 5 grand which is what I paid so - I bought the paint with the rest thrown in. Haha...everything in place and everything worked. Faded, old, but original.
Some back alley mechanic did some sh-t but nothing fatal. In Colombia people look for the cheapest solution, not the best solution. Guy did my muffler, did it wrong, ugly, ut it works. And he put in some mounts free of charge that were missing so - didn't gave the heart to take it back.

 

[Rochfort]

I would suggest pulling the rear driveshaft and phase it. But while it out lock the front hub and find a quiet place and test drive it. A life time ago I had a Ford van I replaced the clutch and did not know about having to phase the driveshaft. Couldn't figure what I messed up with on the clutch. Luckily was a simple phase the driveshaft. Before removing the driveshaft try moving it in all directions and look for movement.

Is this a FJ43? How about overall pictures of the whole vehicle.

Yes, 1978 FJ43. I'm in Bogota Colombia.
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[Living in the Past]

A side picture would confirm but believe you have a 79. The bib on the front grill and round corners on you ambulance door look 79+. Is the gas tank under the passenger seat or under the body? Here is my 79 can see the seam under the ambulance doors. Believe yours have been repaired.

I am not knocking your 43. I would buy one in your condition for the price you paid. If you had paid ten times that would have expected better. See plenty of South America imports in worse shape and a paid a lot more than you did. Here in the US after 67 only model Toyota imported was the FJ40 and no mid wheel base 40 series were ever imported to the US by Toyota. In

 

[Rochfort]

A side picture would confirm but believe you have a 79. The bib on the front grill and round corners on you ambulance door look 79+. Is the gas tank under the passenger seat or under the body? Here is my 79 can see the seam under the ambulance doors. Believe yours have been repaired.
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I am not knocking your 43. I would buy one in your condition for the price you paid. If you had paid ten times that would have expected better. See plenty of South America imports in worse shape and a paid a lot more than you did. Here in the US after 67 only model Toyota imported was the FJ40 and no mid wheel base 40 series were ever imported to the US by Toyota. In

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Gas tank under seat, yes.
Here's the Sideview.
Also, the green rig is my buddy's. Gas tank is in a different place I believe.
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