Not may red one. I have not had it out this year yet. I did buy a set of half doors from Garfield Auto for a great price that he had laying around!
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Is Mark taking on additional business ? EdI stopped going there after Pat and Mark left. Mark is now doing work on my 60 at his house out near The Crown. He has a lift. I had a Cruiser Outfitters suspension kit drop shipped right to his house last month. Leaf springs, shackles, everything. He cranked the swap out fast at $50/hour. He’s gonna help w/ a de-smog next. I need to get everything tight before SAS#5.
He has always done great work on my 60 and his rates are better than you can find anywhere.
I haven’t seen the red or green 40s you mentioned. Lots of FJs cruising around though.
Taking the 40 to Mark this Thursday. Guessing the rear main seal on the engine crankshaft has failed and have a good leak and I'm well beyond doing that type work. Will replace everything related to clutch and associated parts while it's torn down. edHe is.
Mark Michalski
231.492.5614
Your 60 looks great, first time I've seen it around the area. Mark gave me some good news, the oil leak is not a rear seal. Last fall prior to putting the 40 away for winter I had Garfield Auto drain and replace every fluid in the vehicle, engine, trans, cooling, difs, transfer case. Shortly after bringing it home a engine oil leak began. I took the 40 back to Garfield Auto recently and they said the rear seal was leaking and replacement was appx $ 1200+. This is why I went to Mark for a second opinion and found the oil pan drain is leaking and a easy fix. Garfield Auto must have messed that up last fall when changing the oil and than threw a high price repair at me. So, Garfield Auto is off my good shop list. EdHa!! I’m dropping off there as well - follow up on the de-smog and valve cover needs attention.
Do you know what he did to fix the drain plug? Mine was seeping when I bought the truck and no combination of new plugs/washers helped so I ended up using RTV - which works, but just feels wrong.Your 60 looks great, first time I've seen it around the area. Mark gave me some good news, the oil leak is not a rear seal. Last fall prior to putting the 40 away for winter I had Garfield Auto drain and replace every fluid in the vehicle, engine, trans, cooling, difs, transfer case. Shortly after bringing it home a engine oil leak began. I took the 40 back to Garfield Auto recently and they said the rear seal was leaking and replacement was appx $ 1200+. This is why I went to Mark for a second opinion and found the oil pan drain is leaking and a easy fix. Garfield Auto must have messed that up last fall when changing the oil and than threw a high price repair at me. So, Garfield Auto is off my good shop list. Ed
Do you know what he did to fix the drain plug? Mine was seeping when I bought the truck and no combination of new plugs/washers helped so I ended up using RTV - which works, but just feels wrong.
Great to hear about Mark, I'm pretty sure an engine rebuild (if I'm lucky just top end) is in my future so I'm looking for options - I figure it would be worth the 3.5hr trip for someone like Mark vs shops around here that have zero experience with 2Fs.
1985 FJ60. It’s a mini-80.....
Work is never done... Mark ordered a carb rebuild kit and we’re going to do that next. Still working kinks out from de-smog. Also lost my AC yesterday. I’d really hoped to get new front seats in before heading to Ouray CO for SAS. Those 2 round trips I did last summer to CO in the original seats were hard on the back.
That silver 1st Gen Sequoia that’s in there is mine too. I tore the passenger side front door handle off the car and he’s trying to fix that.
A buddy of mine saw this one in TVC last week. I haven’t seen it yet in person, but we need to figure out who our new friend is!
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