As no one has said this yet, it is a LOT easier to put in a manual tranny in against the 3F-E than is it against the 1FZ-FE. Tempering against CDan's email earlier, the 3F-E has no PHH problem nor as many HG issues (and I bet it's a lot more than 3-4% that was earlier posted).
If I were to ever buy another 80, it would be an FJ80 and I'd have an H55f or H41/2 + part-time xfer slapped in there (and figure out some way to deal with the speedo, etc) desmogged. That's not going to happen, but that would be my vehicle of choice for here in AZ & Mexico trips. Part of the reason I had a 3F-E put in my 40.
If I were to ever buy another 80, it would be an FJ80 and I'd have an H55f or H41/2 + part-time xfer slapped in there (and figure out some way to deal with the speedo, etc) desmogged. That's not going to happen, but that would be my vehicle of choice for here in AZ & Mexico trips. Part of the reason I had a 3F-E put in my 40.