Hi guys, A soon as I tell my drinking buddy that I am working on an old TLC, he says "I have an old Land Cruiser!"
After a few more 'ritas, we hatch a plan for me to earn some $$ by getting it running again. It has been sitting in a barn for four years, which is about 20 years less than mine had been sitting. I have been spending most of spring break working on his heap (no compression) and his FJ40.
I rebuilt the carb, a Weber 32/36 series with an electric choke. The engine runs great, but I don't know how to appropriately get the choke wired up. Any ideas? The PO had the choke wired with a jumper coming off of the ignition-to-coil wire straight to the choke. Does this seem like it would work correctly? I am skeptical, but the current owner claims to have driven this rig regularly before the electric gremlins stopped it from running altogether.
I am using the diagrams from post #21in this thread: https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/259386-1971-fj40-wiring-diagram-2.html
I don't see anything for electric choke in the diagrams, and I am pretty sure that the choke knob in the dash (with cable clipped off) was for a manual choke, like my '67 has.
Anyway, I hope the picture was big enough for you all. I'm sure I'll ask for more help as I chase the random wires down (next stop: aftermarket turn signal/hazard switch + non-functioning headlights).
After a few more 'ritas, we hatch a plan for me to earn some $$ by getting it running again. It has been sitting in a barn for four years, which is about 20 years less than mine had been sitting. I have been spending most of spring break working on his heap (no compression) and his FJ40.
I rebuilt the carb, a Weber 32/36 series with an electric choke. The engine runs great, but I don't know how to appropriately get the choke wired up. Any ideas? The PO had the choke wired with a jumper coming off of the ignition-to-coil wire straight to the choke. Does this seem like it would work correctly? I am skeptical, but the current owner claims to have driven this rig regularly before the electric gremlins stopped it from running altogether.
I am using the diagrams from post #21in this thread: https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/259386-1971-fj40-wiring-diagram-2.html
I don't see anything for electric choke in the diagrams, and I am pretty sure that the choke knob in the dash (with cable clipped off) was for a manual choke, like my '67 has.
Anyway, I hope the picture was big enough for you all. I'm sure I'll ask for more help as I chase the random wires down (next stop: aftermarket turn signal/hazard switch + non-functioning headlights).