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Build Matubrembrem’s OJ60.06
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Gearboxes are in!
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Motor woes. I got to drive the truck around a couple times during the last two weeks. First drive I noticed the motor was a lot “noisier” than the old one. Sounded like loose valves and I figured since I hadn’t set them hot yet, that was the culprit. I got the valves dialed in hot, yet, the noise remained. Weird. Poked around with an auto stethoscope and heard some awful sounds around cylinder 5-6 area that could only be described as metal impacting metal. Pulled the spark plugs, rocker assembly, pushrods and inspected the inside of the cylinders. No smoking gun. Spark plug from cylinder 5 was a bit oily compared to the rest but nothing crazy. And two pushrods from valves 4 and 5 were very slightly bent. I putt around town a bit more and get the carb adjusted nicely, but this noise is just nagging me. Finally, My father in law and I do a compression test and boom low compression on cylinders 2,5 and 6. SOB! He suggests we retest and do a little redneck trick to try and determine if the rings or valves are the culprit. Squirt about 5ml of oil in through the spark plug hole then test. Thought being, if it’s bad rings, the oil will help to seal it up and compression will increase. If it’s the valves expect no change. After administering oil and testing compression did increase. Bummer. At this point, I’m thinking I either run it as is, til I can save for a 1HD-T and cross my fingers it doesn’t die before that or pull the motor and tear down the bottom end, find the cause of the noise and refresh with new rings and bearings.
that sucks, i'm assuming you've not put very much mileage if any on the rebuilt one. i just skimmed thru the thread, didn't study it. what i'd be asking myself is, is my heart set on that dizel? if the answer is yes, start saving, scrounging, stealing(not recommended)
for it n run the 2f till it pukes. just curious, how were the numbers in relation to the others?
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I bought the motor rebuilt which, in hindsight, was a mistake. Live and learn. I’m hesitant to spend more money on the 2F because i’m certain I want to convert this truck to diesel. I’ve been back and forth about which motor though.that sucks, i'm assuming you've not put very much mileage if any on the rebuilt one. i just skimmed thru the thread, didn't study it. what i'd be asking myself is, is my heart set on that dizel? if the answer is yes, start saving, scrounging, stealing(not recommended)
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Tested after a drive around town so the motor was warm.
Test 1: 145, 115, 135, 125, 105, 105
Test 2 with 5ml oil: 155, 130, 150, 140, 120, 115
Test 1: 145, 115, 135, 125, 105, 105
Test 2 with 5ml oil: 155, 130, 150, 140, 120, 115
yeah, if that were mine, i'd flog it till it puked. just don't plan for long trips with it
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Installed new front leaf packs and 4plus u bolt flip kit front and rear.
I had a first gen 4Runner with a supposedly rebuilt transmission. I lost the transmission oil out of the transfer case. I'm not sure if the breather was plugged or they had the seal backwards. But it was quite the expense. The bypass hose does seem like a good idea, even though I'm not 100% convinced either way yet.
Quite the story with this rig! I regret selling my 60, but at the time the reasons for selling it made sense.
Quite the story with this rig! I regret selling my 60, but at the time the reasons for selling it made sense.
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Little update. Back in May, I dropped the oil pan to make sure nothing catastrophic was goin on with my “new” engine. I didn't find anything. No metal pieces in the pan, everything was tight, crank looked good. Cool. A couple people I trust and have WAY more automotive experience than me, have listened to the truck and suspect the noise I’m getting is from a wrist pin so I’m going with that.
Fast forward to now, I’ve taken the truck on some 300+ mi trips and its been solid. The noise is still present, and gets louder or quieter at certain rpm and load conditions. I’m getting around 13mpg, adjusted for tire size, on long trips and around 11mpg, mixed driving. It is still slow as ever on steep mountain grades but keeps up with traffic on flatter highway just fine. The underdrive gears are awesome, great ratios for the 35’s. Feels peppy in 1st and 2nd. No gear whine in high range and the low range sounds about as loud as the old gear set, to my ear.
I’m getting a bit of tire rub, mainly on the passenger front, and the new OME packs feel a bit soft compared to my old ones. I ordered an add a leaf for the front packs so that should fix it. I also replaced my old, rusty muffler with a cheap glasspack and it sounds pretty sweet. Couple of poser shots.
Fast forward to now, I’ve taken the truck on some 300+ mi trips and its been solid. The noise is still present, and gets louder or quieter at certain rpm and load conditions. I’m getting around 13mpg, adjusted for tire size, on long trips and around 11mpg, mixed driving. It is still slow as ever on steep mountain grades but keeps up with traffic on flatter highway just fine. The underdrive gears are awesome, great ratios for the 35’s. Feels peppy in 1st and 2nd. No gear whine in high range and the low range sounds about as loud as the old gear set, to my ear.
I’m getting a bit of tire rub, mainly on the passenger front, and the new OME packs feel a bit soft compared to my old ones. I ordered an add a leaf for the front packs so that should fix it. I also replaced my old, rusty muffler with a cheap glasspack and it sounds pretty sweet. Couple of poser shots.
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I replaced the exterior lighting on the truck with LED’s using the list in this thread:
forum.ih8mud.com
I used the “natural white” 67-NW12-G option on the reverse lights and running lights and I think they look nice. I’m not a big fan of the blue hue most of the cooler LED’s have.
Bought the LED flasher relay from odd iron off road. Works great. Cruiser trash also sells a modified OEM relay.
FJ60 LED Light Bulb List (Interior and Exterior)
I just swapped out all of my old light bulbs in my 1986 FJ60 Landcruiser for some LEDs from Superbrightleds.com. Instead of writing up an excel sheet list here's a shared cart with everything I got that you'll need...
forum.ih8mud.com
Bought the LED flasher relay from odd iron off road. Works great. Cruiser trash also sells a modified OEM relay.
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They are very bright
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Soon…
Are you finally doing the diesel swap?
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Yes
following
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Dialed in my caster angle. I ended up with a 4* shim in the front and none in the rear. Steering is stable, light, and return to center is a bit faster. Having a shim in the rear was causing some vibration and noise at highway speed due to the pinion angle being wrong.
hoho! nice one!!
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Been chipping away on the 606. Cleaned and painted the block. Swapped to a rear sump pan. New rear main seal. Checked out main bearings and crank. Pinned cam gear. New valve guide seals. +30% valve springs.
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Getting very close to stuffing this in the 60.
