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fjwagon said:Thanks.....I think I will slap this set up on the 45 wagon I thought I had most of the hard hardware but the more I read, I'm thinking the shaft that comes from the PTO going back to the PTO gear box is not the same length or is it as the fj40. I think the PTO hardware was removed off a 76 fj40.
78-FJ40 said:O.K., this may be a dumb question, but here goes. I have a 78 with an in-dash choke. Can that be used as a hand throttle?
fjwagon said:If I remember correctly this option is for a PTO set up. Can you take pics of braket. I'm curious as to how it is attached.
trainrech said:Rationalize all you want. All it takes to shut off conventional cruise control is a tap of my foot, which isn't directly involved with any of the tasks mentioned above. I'm comfortable with your setup as you are in California and I am in Kansas.
wantatlc said:well it depends on a few things. My Choke was disconnected as the new after market Chevy 350 has a 4 barrel carb on it that does not require the Choke use anymore as it is now electric. SO, with a limp Choke cable and knob availble that runs right out the firewall and was just tied out of the way, it was possible for me.
So, for you, as I see it:
1. do you have a Choke and the cable availble that is no longer in use?
2. Does your carb have an attachement at the throttle point?
if so, I do not see why not, unless I miss something here. but I do not know the 78 setup.
78-FJ40 said:What I meant was that when I pull the choke it revs the engine. The more I pull it, the more it revs. What I'm wondering, is if the way that the choke revs the engine is different then if a hand throttle is hooked up? Will it flood a warm engine or is the choke simply sending more gas to the carb like a hand throttle?
Degnol said:I believe that the only difference would be whether it is a 4 speed or a 3 speed. The 4 speed transmission is 4"? longer than the 3 speed so the PTO shaft would be about that much longer/shorter. So if you are going from a '76 FJ40 to a 3 speed 45, you will need to shorten the output shaft on the PTO, that is.
Ed
fjwagon said:......I heard someone a while back converted the 3 speed shifter to accept a 4 speed tranny....
Horsehead said:I don't know what ya'll do in a panic situation, but I usually hit the brake and the clutch when something happens, unless i have to power through an obsticle. In either case, a hand throttle will be negated if used as a cruise. I don't see the big deal.
honk said:...the FJ55 had a two piece driveline with an intermediate trunnion mounted bearing at the split mounted to the side of the frame at about where the firewall line comes down.