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NLXTACY said:
The lines of communications have begun.
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that's the one i told you about during our phone conversation yesterday. i just bought some parts from the same seller and he's a straight shooter. best of luck dude!

let me know if you decide to build the t-case onto the back of the h55f yourself. i have a couple of extra cases and can make you a copy of the factory manual on how to rebuild the split case. :cheers:
 
Good to know. I am going to try and get everything ready to go to have as minimal downtime as possible. So I'm sure I'll be bugging you Georg. Thanks!

Gonna send you the SOA info I have to see what you think.
 
no longer feelin the pain, BUT the joy

whew... after reading your jk rowling novel, I feel like I know you personally, joey. glad to hear things are finally smoothing out. after gettin' a beat down like that, you never gave up!!! you've earned your laurel wreath & you got one helluva an understanding wife - props to her too! for a fellow 'cruiser-laureate' like yourself, we should take votes & comments for your new FJ60 sig line.

we (you, spike, me & other so cal MUD peeps) should get together to celebrate your journey :clap: I'll buy you & your :princess: the first beer!

I'm also gonna give jerry (enterprise import svc) a call first thing mon a.m. - this friggin heat wave is killin me :bang:
pm when you can

all the best-
jz
 
Ok well some updates. I had the carb rebuilt by Mark at Mark's Off Road, here's the write up:

Oh and that alternator issue? Get this....

I finally check it tonight after I install the carb. The battery is holding at around 12.4 but the alternator only produces 6v at ~600 RPM and only 12v at ~2000 RPM. So the truck is starting no problem but if I turn on anything electrical, the voltage drops back down to 6-7v. So ok I figure no biggie, I'll bug Georg about sending me the spare he has. Meanwhile I go take my son and grab some food. While I am driving the CHARGE lihgt keeps coming on and stalls everytime I have to slow down or come to a stop. OK. So I gun it home to keep the RPMs. I keep the RPMs up at the stop light. As soon as I turn the corner of my street... SMOKE starts billowing out from under the hood of my truck. DAMMIT!!!!

I turn off the truck and coast into a parking spot. Pop the hood and let the smoke clear out. Its not an oil fire. Its smells like burning plastic. I inspect. Can't find anything obvious. Then I started smelling to see if I can find the culprit. At this time I am thinking that I ROYALY screwed up the carb install. But I couldn't have. It was too easy. Too cut and clean.

It was the alternator. I checked the back and the whole thing was black on the back side. I smelled it. OH YEAH, there it is. Thats the culprit. I yanked off the alternator and it sits on my bench. Then I started testing the electrical system to see if it friend anything. I turn on the lights. Check. Warning lights. Check. Annoying seat belt buzzer. Check. One by one I check the fuses. Check and check. I check the alt cables to see if there is any burned spots or warm wires or if there is even any continuity. All check out fine.

I may have dodged a bullet and my issue is JUST the alt.

So uh Georg, when you get this if you could uh, help a brotha out ;)

Oh and I have your carb core!! It just needs to air out before I can ship it.
 
NLXTACY said:
Ok so tried to find info about Morton's. Found nothing. Do share!
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The stuff he used was called Morton Defender, which is a two part epoxy. The two part epoxy takes scrapes better, but doesn't deal with impacts as well as the rubber style bedliner sprays. If he had to do it again, he'd do the epoxy style on the exterior, and use the rubber stuff for the inside of the bed.

There's two ways to apply it, either rolling it on (similar to what Dylan did to his lower panels on his 60, though I think he used a different product), or spraying it on. We sprayed his on. The two-part epoxy didn't require breathing apparatus, but just the same, you didn't really want to be downwind of it. He got a shutz(?) gun, which is used for spraying bedliners, but to screw it onto the jars for the defender, the bottom part of the tube had to be filed down a bit. The gun was something like $20. We had just a touch too much wind which affected coverage, and you really want to be spraying this with it HOT out, as the epoxy won't cure as fast with it hot, and will blend better.

It took something like two gallons to do his pickup - an 85 xtra cab hilux - inside the bed, and the entire outside. His truck has rubber mats inside from the factory, so the inside was left alone. I think he said it cost somewhere between $100-150, but am not quite positive. He just searched online and found a place that sold it with free shipping. We didn't do any serious prep work other than scuffing the paint, and body work (rust repair) that was bare metal or bare bondo got a coat of etching primer. The badges (Toyota, EFI, etc) he used a dark grey can of rustoleum hammered to paint somewhat to match the texturing.

Morton is owned by US Chemicals and Plastics, based out of Ohio somewhere. He said their tech line was very helpful. He had seen a CJ done with herculiner but didn't like the way it turned out, and a friend used gator guard, but gator guard had a very rough texture for some reason, so he stayed away from it.

Don't have many pictures of the truck in its current form, but a frontal shot is available at http://www.punk.net/~kevin/mortonhilux.jpg
If you came along on the FJ-45 run earlier this month, it was parked next to my rusty green 60 along the creek. I can try to get some better pics if you want, PM me your address.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Next time, nag me :grinpimp:
 
orangefj45 said:
replacement alt is in the mail.......
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georg you truly are a generous man,i'll meet you at the swap meet come oct.11.AWESOME MUDDER. john
 
Well I got the alternator from Georg and I used this as an opportunity to teach my wife how to change it. All I needed to do was to break free the bolts and I talked her through 100% of the rest. Its cool. She is really interested in car stuff and is always looking for ways to help out and learn. It took her all of 25 mins to remove the old and replace with the old (er...new to me :p )

So it works fine. Taught her about the battery and the charging system. Taught her how to use a voltmeter. Everything was going extremely well.

Then we go for a test drive. Drove around the block. Started hearing a nasty noise. Pulled over. Checked the belts. It sound like the belts were slipping. I checked the alt belt and it was fine, good tension.

Aha, the smog pump belt is too loose. Hmm, how did that happen? We didn't even touch it. Well that was because the smog pump completely seized. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh this just keeps getting better and better.
 
wow, nothing but good luck with that rig, huh?!

i don't remember if that was the original smog pump off the rig or not. i might have one at the shop, will take a loo for you tomorrow. if not, then i'd highly recommend getting one rebuilt with the oem parts, not the aftermarket junk.

also, make sure you clear all the debris out of the smog hoses. it can and will work its' way into the engine possibly causing major engine damage. seen it before.......
 
orangefj45 said:
wow, nothing but good luck with that rig, huh?!

i don't remember if that was the original smog pump off the rig or not. i might have one at the shop, will take a loo for you tomorrow. if not, then i'd highly recommend getting one rebuilt with the oem parts, not the aftermarket junk.

also, make sure you clear all the debris out of the smog hoses. it can and will work its' way into the engine possibly causing major engine damage. seen it before.......
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Good to know. I am thinking I will just get a cheap used one at Spectre and call it a day. I'm trying not to go too nuts with the engine stuff because my wife and I have been talking back and forth about doing an engine swap. She wants to do it , I don't :p
 
Great thread. Had I posted up a similar story, there probably would have been a massive pile on and cut-downs.

orangefj45 said:
ps: the parts donor departed this earth yesterday, along with a bunch of other scrap. amazing how much money you get for scrap these days, almost makes it worth the trip to the recyclers'.
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As for this photo...

Aside from it being all Cruiser (sort of), it is just wrong in so many ways. 40 pulling a trailer with a 60 carcass on it... FJ "Cruiser" being the most built up... Just an Cruiser existential mind-***.
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Tofudebeest said:
Great thread. Had I posted up a similar story, there probably would have been a massive pile on and cut-downs.



As for this photo...

Aside from it being all Cruiser (sort of), it is just wrong in so many ways. 40 pulling a trailer with a 60 carcass on it... FJ "Cruiser" being the most built up... Just an Cruiser existential mind-***.
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haha, that's my hj47 troopie towing the trailer. if you saw a couple of other rigs in the shop, you'd feel better.........
 
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