My new BJ of unknown origin...

[coleman2347]

Pictures of shift linkage etc.

If I can get them up these are pictures of the short pitman arm, and the transfer case linkage installed converted from vacuum to manual and blocking plate removed. Notice the really hi tech way we jacked the body, OSHA would be turning in their grave, I love this place.

 

[coleman2347]

This is where I want to go with the color and style

I found this on the web months ago, I've been vacillating on color style etc. I think we finally locked on to the color when I found the original color was red. This is one of the coolest trucks I've found and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

 

[Roboosfj40s]

If I can get them up these are pictures of the short pitman arm, and the transfer case linkage installed converted from vacuum to manual and blocking plate removed. Notice the really hi tech way we jacked the body, OSHA would be turning in their grave, I love this place.

I was a safety mgr. for a french yacht manufacturer when I retired. OSHA would lock this country down haa haa. You should see some of the things and ways I have to work with here. There was an original Fj45 pickup in 4x4ph.com for sale. Was a really nice truck too but I believe he was asking 450,000 Php. Or something like that.

 

[Chamba]

Just got back from working on the BJ, got body jacked up off the frame and started wire brushing the frame. Took some pictures of the pwr. steering, the direct shift linkage that we swapped without the blocking plate. Notice the red panel up on the cowl, thats the original color, when I found that it cemented the decision for the color. I found a pic on the internet of what the front of the truck will be similar to when we get finished. I like the round turn signals and the round grill (bezel?) I think it ties the front together. (been watching too much Chip Foose). Also give me your opinion on putting a 2H 6cyl. in it. I found a really good deal on one complete with transfer case and 5speed trans. out of a 60 series I think. If I'm not wrong I will have to shorten the drive shaft to accomplish this but thats not too much trouble in the scope of things.

Looks like you have a Saginaw power steering setup.

The 2H is a very reliable indirect injection engine. It is not very efficient and the usable power is not that much greater than a 3B. You will have to adjust your drive shafts by about 3.5" for the 5 speed but it will be well worth it in my opinion. My HJ47 with a turbo charged 2H and 5 speed seldom got better than 17 MPG. In a shorty I would think you could get close to 20 MPG, but I doubt you'd ever get more.

If I were you, I would look for a 13bt rather than a 2H because it will bolt right in, is direct injected (not that crucial for you as it never gets cold there and you at at sea level), has very good horsepower and torque figures and is very efficient. If I remember rightly, you guys got the 13bt in your Toyota busses.

When I lived in Panama the 13BT was the most common swap to the 40 and they seemed to reguarly get close to 30 MPG with that setup.

I have a mate who lives in Thailand with a Defender 110. He has put an Isuzu turbo diesel in there and is very happy with the results. On the other hand, that is a Rover and the original engines are rubbish. You have a lot of great options with a Toyota for very strong and reliable engines which are still made by Toyota.

Looking forward to the results of this resto.

I thought OSHA was bad too - until I lived in Australia. The Aussies take safety to a whole different level from the Yanks. The Aussie safety Nazis get all flustered when they see American OSHA sites. Hell, you can't even legally ride a bicycle here without a helmet and high viz vest.

One of my friends here is Greek. His Cousin, who is an electrician, just moved here on a work visa to work in the construction industry. His Cousin was beside himself at the safety culture here. He told me that a job which would take one week in Greece took a month here because the first week of the project was always spent telling everyone what they could and could not do, where they could and could not walk, etc. He said that every day they spent an hour or so discussing safety in the morning and then an hour or two in the afternoon discussing what they could do to improve safety.

I'd love to see the Aussies up in a place the Phillipines. They'd be apoplectic.

Josh

 

[Roboosfj40s]

Yeah I have heard that about the Aussie safety regs. The frogs I mean French was the same about safety. Now here in the pinas it takes 3 times longer to get a job done than most without going through safety meeting and pre planning. It is just the normal way. Supposed to be some where at 9am they show up at 11 am and so on. Philippine clock is much different than us pale faces clocks haa haa! Chat I know...So shoot my dog and tear down my mail box lol!

 

[lostmarbles]

Re - Sidetrack on Australian Safety Regulations/Standards .......

While it may be reasonable to expect people to wear helmets and high-vis vests for their own safety when cycling in busy city streets, I agree that it's crazy to have people stopped by police and fined for not wearing this stuff when they're merely cycling down to the beach for a swim in some quiet little coastal town.

But because adopting this particular Australian safety law was something that New Zealand could do with no tangible associated financial cost (and in fact our Government probably eagerly awaited a payback of "increased profitability/jobs in helmet-manufacting) - we here in New Zealand rapidly copied and introducing these SILLY helmet laws here too.

But to get things in perspective.......

We recently lost 29 men in "the Pike river Coalmine Disaster" and I believe they'd all still be alive if our Government hadn't deliberately loosened safety regulations/monitoring well below Australian Standards to allow mining companies here to take shortcuts (to enable them to grow faster and increase profitability/employment).

Creating jobs at the expense of low-level workers safety/life-expectancy is criminal behaviour in my books.

And it really angers me to see workers in panel&paint shops in countries like the Philipines spraypainting cars without any spray booths or breathing-gear. There are educated/informed people in those countries that KNOW that when someone spends their working life in such an unhealthy environment they're destined to end their days early and usually in great discomfort/misery.

So to get things in perspective, I believe safety regulations (and the associated enforcement) are indeed necessary to protect the vulnerable.

And our societies throughout the world are worth nothing at all if we are prepared to exploit sections of our communities.



Sorry .... but safety in low-level occupations is one of my pet concerns. And I think we all have an obligation to point out safety issues wherever we can (no matter where in the world they're occuring) in order to effect change.

 

[Roboosfj40s]

Re - Sidetrack on Australian Safety Regulations/Standards .......

While it may be reasonable to expect people to wear helmets and high-vis vests for their own safety when cycling in busy city streets, I agree that it's crazy to have people stopped by police and fined for not wearing this stuff when they're merely cycling down to the beach for a swim in some quiet little coastal town.

But because adopting this particular Australian safety law was something that New Zealand could do with no tangible associated financial cost (and in fact our Government probably eagerly awaited a payback of "increased profitability/jobs in helmet-manufacting) - we here in New Zealand rapidly copied and introducing these SILLY helmet laws here too.

But to get things in perspective.......

We recently lost 29 men in "the Pike river Coalmine Disaster" and I believe they'd all still be alive if our Government hadn't deliberately loosened safety regulations/monitoring well below Australian Standards to allow mining companies here to take shortcuts (to enable them to grow faster and increase profitability/employment).

Creating jobs at the expense of low-level workers safety/life-expectancy is criminal behaviour in my books.

And it really angers me to see workers in panel&paint shops in countries like the Philipines spraypainting cars without any spray booths or breathing-gear. There are educated/informed people in those countries that KNOW that when someone spends their working life in such an unhealthy environment they're destined to end their days early and usually in great discomfort/misery.

So to get things in perspective, I believe safety regulations (and the associated enforcement) are indeed necessary to protect the vulnerable.

And our societies throughout the world are worth nothing at all if we are prepared to exploit sections of our communities.



Sorry .... but safety in low-level occupations is one of my pet concerns. And I think we all have an obligation to point out safety issues wherever we can (no matter where in the world they're occuring) in order to effect change.

I fully agree!!! I see things everyday here and always point it out to my wife. ie. Look at that guy welding with no shield or goggles (no joke) Seen this many times. Look at those men under that equipment with no jack supports etc. We all take short cuts at times and often suffer for doing so. I worked with a company years ago before OSHA was implemented in the U.S. and that place had more employees with severed fingers and limps when they walked and back injuries. That place was a death trap. I worked there until 1994 and was able to see a drastic turn around in safety and was a member of the safety committee. This will most likely all be moved but interesting none the less. Another note The Philippines are making efforts using safety nets and hardhats and fining companies and contractors for not using safety practices but have a looooooong way to go because enforcement is not widely used unless it is caught on tape or too many witnesses then it become number 1 priority.
Cheers LostMarbles!!!

 

[coleman2347]

After mulling it over

Been thinking about what you guys said and spent yesterday on this site just looking at stuff that people have done with BJ's. Even though the 2H is a pretty good deal I think I'm going for the13BT. (if I can find one) A couple of reasons, one the power is perfect and a 5 speed is really useless here. I will run my "B" until I can as it is still in very good shape. And I have already modified the transfer shift to get 2Low which I want. Many times when I go out 40kph is as fast as I can run dodging Jeepneys, trikes and such. When I go to the province's 60 to 70 kph is a good speed. Besides my asawa (wife) thinks I drive like a maniac anyway. It's hard to get used to the speeds here when 70/80mph is what you have been doing all your life. Even driving at night, headlights are optional. Somebody told the jeepney drivers that it burned more fuel to run them, no****. As for safety, I flew for 22years in the USMC and after that was QA for the feds in the states. Safety has its place but IMHO you can take anything over the line. One of the reasons I live here is the people still use some common sense, something that is becoming more and more scarce in the US. Been sick for a couple of days so will get back on track probably tomorrow with more pictures...Have a great day guys. PS, Tom I saw your BJ in one of the post and it's great.

 

[coleman2347]

Sorry for no post for a week

Well, the only thing that's happened for the last week I me being sick. We are in the rainy season now so that's going to slow things down as most of the work is outside. The only thing to report is I did order the gauges, white face that look like auto meter but are made in Taiwan. We are waiting for the engine guy to get a 13BT and he says it will be a couple of weeks. He also said he was getting a 15 but I think that is for a 5 speed. We have designed a individual braking system so you can brake the rear wheels separately, useful when coming down the mountains on the mud/gravel roads. My truck has the drive shaft style emergency brake so the individual system will be in addition to. Will post more soon.

 

[Roboosfj40s]

Wow common sense??? people must be really different down south because here in the city omg!!!! Even my asawa thinks that people here are way too uummmmm You know. She was born in Leyte anyway lol. I have heard that B.S. story about the jeepney lights too and motorcycles and tricycles. Here in Pasig you will be driving what they call hauling ass and all of a sudden a tricycle appears out of nowhere in the dark! Hope you get well soon Lee.

 

[coleman2347]

Still raining like pouring pee out of a boot

The rainy season is killing me, not a drizzle, a flood..I guess that just gives me time to hunt for parts. Latest on the engine, it seems now like the engine importer wants to use the 13BT for himself (he's a BJ40 4 wheeler) however he has a 15B (non-turbo 16 valve 4 liter) he wants to sell. We are going to find out about that today and if he doesn't want to hold us up, we will probably get that and add turbo later. Also looking for a Pajaro flip seat for the back. The information on MUD is invaluable as are the guys.
Lee

 

[Roboosfj40s]

A friend of mine offered me a 3B about 2 weeks ago for 40k but I like my 2F. expensive to run but a lot more power and low end torque. Yep it has taken be a lot of convincing to people around here that just because I am AMERICAN it does not mean I am rich! A very, very bad misconception here. If they don't give me the same price as everyone else I tell them, No deal, Keep it! Example; One guy tried to sell me a 3 speed J30 tranny because I could not find all of the parts for rebuild and finding parts for a 4 speed conversion is tough. This was just a tranny by itself for 35k Php! I told him I realize this is not the U.S. but I could get a tranny there almost new condition for $150. I bought a warranted tranny with t-case and had it installed and parking brake drum seal replaced and works very smooth and reasonibly quite for a 3 spd t-case all for 16k. Parts dealers around here are opportunist if you let them be. I know the flood stuff as well. I was here during Typhoon Ondoy and Beth and I walked for 3.5 hours just to get home in dirty boho tubig. At least I was able to put her in a boat or raft. People called me a Cowboy because I walked in chest deep water haa haa! I told them I may be 56 (back then) 58 now, but I am no pussy! Lol Take Care Lee! AIRBORNE! Or Simpre Fi in your case

 

[coleman2347]

It quit raining for a day

Good day yesterday, it actually quit raining for most of the day. We got the tub stripped, I've got the gauges at the house trying to clean them up some but it looks like I am going to have to go with new. The more I get into it the more stock stuff I want to use. My speedo is in kph only, does anyone know where I can get one of the speedo's that show mph under the kph?
We got the engine pulled and have a buyer but are waiting to see if we can get the 15B before we let the bell housing go. I read on MUD that with a few modifications I can use the stock "B" bell housing to hook up the 15B to my H41. I got a lot of pretty cool pictures ( I thought) but when I got back to the house none of them came out. Soooo today I am going over to the shop and retake all of them.
One of the things they do very well here is work in Stainless Steel, after reading about all the tubs that are re-manufactured in fiberglass, aluminum and such, I got to thinking would there be a market for stainless steel tubs, or other parts?
When I post the new pictures I will post some examples of the stainless jeeps that are famous here. Pictures to come tonight if it quits raining.
Lee

 

[Roboosfj40s]

Good day yesterday, it actually quit raining for most of the day. We got the tub stripped, I've got the gauges at the house trying to clean them up some but it looks like I am going to have to go with new. The more I get into it the more stock stuff I want to use. My speedo is in kph only, does anyone know where I can get one of the speedo's that show mph under the kph?
We got the engine pulled and have a buyer but are waiting to see if we can get the 15B before we let the bell housing go. I read on MUD that with a few modifications I can use the stock "B" bell housing to hook up the 15B to my H41. I got a lot of pretty cool pictures ( I thought) but when I got back to the house none of them came out. Soooo today I am going over to the shop and retake all of them.
One of the things they do very well here is work in Stainless Steel, after reading about all the tubs that are re-manufactured in fiberglass, aluminum and such, I got to thinking would there be a market for stainless steel tubs, or other parts?
When I post the new pictures I will post some examples of the stainless jeeps that are famous here. Pictures to come tonight if it quits raining.
Lee

The stainless stuff I have seen is built very solid and very well. I have seen many exact copies of GPW Willys and all made of all stainless. My front fenders are stainless and you cannot tell the difference in oem except with a very close examination.

 

[Roboosfj40s]

Lee I got my Speedo from a friend here Jay2000. He got it in Aussie land in perfect working condition and was in MPH but not both but you might ask him because he did have 2 late model clusters. He lives in Quezon City

Rob

 

[coleman2347]

Pictures as promised

So I went back and took the pictures. Tub is off and motor is out. Last picture is a completely stainless jeep copy, this one worse for wear

 

[coleman2347]

More Pic's

First Picture is of the vacuum shift to manual conversion without the blocking plate. Second is of the "B"engine out, note the A/C compressor and the way the PO did the belt adjustment.
Third is of and old BJ still being used to haul stuff.

 

[coleman2347]

More Pic's

First Picture is of the strange locking hub on the passenger side, I never saw one like this before so I thought you guys might have a clue.
Second is another of the frame, it's in great shape.
Third is the Power Steering Pump, anybody know what it is?

 

[JohnnyC]

cool third picture...looks like a ben-hur military trailer

 

[coleman2347]

More Pic's

1.I saw this while I was shopping for gauges the other day and thought you guys would like to see it
2. This is the engine we are putting into Michael's Hilux ( Tacoma in states) it should fly. It's a cool trade off as he is letting me use his shop and I am helping him with this.
3. This is a picture of my daughter standing in front of Michael's brother's Jeep. I know this is not a Jeep place but I think it show's how much these guys accomplish with what we in the states would not try to build a wagon with. The infrastructure I took for granted in the states simply does not exist. And frankly I enjoy being able to improvise, reminds me of when I was a kid and dirt poor and had to make do. Have things to do tomorrow but will get back on it Saturday I hope. BTW if it test runs OK I've got a 15BE coming in the next couple of weeks..Hope yall like the pic's and as usual any comments are appreciated..Lee