My 60's got problems

[cruiserhunter]

THanks for the info ya'll have given me and the info you will be giving me here
I've got an '86 fj60 and it's having some problems

1: She runs really hot. On any long drives I regularly have to stop to add coolant and drive with the heater on full. I have found that I an leaking from my the weep hole on the water pump and will need to replace it. After replacing the pump, are there any other relatively inexpensive things i can do to make her not over heat?

2: The speedometer cluster has died a couple of hours ago. What should I look at first to determine what is wrong. and what is the likely culprit?

3: I saw an ac conversion kit to make elderly ac run with r-134 coolant. It was really cheap. It had the lube, new o-rings and brass fittings. Does anyone have experience with this type of kit? and does it work?


Thanks everyone
Patrick

 

[Jim_Phillips]

This may help with problem number 2..

TJK recommended this to me when I had a similar problem:

'Remove the cable at the back of the transfer case (pull the cable to disconnect from the head, then back it out with a reversing electric drill), clean it with white (lithium) grease, and reinsert it. Bet that fixes it'

... it did

Cheers, Jim

 

[60wag]

When you do the water pump, replace the thermostat with BOTH upper and lower gaskets. Might as well take the radiator to a shop and have it pro flushed. If you're still having hot problems, look into replacing the fan clutch. Don't use a generic universal cheapie - get an OE Toyota.

 

[swank60]

There's a thread on here about converting the AC a few weeks ago - might do a search for it. I think that everyone's AC is going out at the same time...

 

[thorvald]

I used the cheapo walmart a/c converter kit on my 80 and so far so good. Had it in for a year now. Only really need a/c in wyoming for a couple months anyways
I believe theres risks involved, but the price was right.

 

[jl]

There not all going out at the same time, everyone is trying to turn them on at the same time. It's just starting to get hot, summer is a week away

 

[jjbodean1970]

thor,

i just did the conversion using the wally-world $34 a/c 134 conversion kit, too. it was actually recommended and installed by my technician, who is ase toyota certified, he had used it on his 87 4runner about 4 years ago. so far so good, been about 2-3 weeks since the conversion, and i'm on the AL Gulf Coast, where it's hot several months out of the year.

jeff

 

[Pskhaat]

134 will never be as good as good ol' 12, but it'll cool.

 

[RustyNailJustin]

Fan clutch is a good step after Tstat,water pump,rad flush, made mine over heat, replace with toyota ome and no more problem.

 

[cruiserhunter]

Thanks for the help everyone.
I'm gonna try the Wally-world A/C conversion kit. Alas, first I must find out if I have a leak, but after that it's all wally world.
I got a new thermostate and both gaskets and will be replacing them in a day or two.
I am short on money so the water pump will be purchased next friday (Payday) an that weekend I will put it in.

Thanks for all the suggestions...I hope I will be able to help all of ya'll soon.

Have a good one.

Patrick


1986 FJ60, 33 inch BFG, OME 3 inch lift and custom front and rear bumpers
hoping for rock guard and a runnin' A/C for this hot humind Austin days