Builds Old Landy: An HJ45 Story/Build Thread (2 Viewers)
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. We have a guy out there who does sand blasting so that will be our back up.
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A lot has been happening since the last post let’s start with the engine. We installed the water pump and injection pump, water pump, lifter covers as well as the timing cover. I have minimal pictures but here is all of it installed.
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A lot of what I did next was painting and paint prep. We sourced some AC brackets from Australia which I wire wheeled and sand blasted and hit with paint. I also did the AC pulley as well as engine lifter points, alternator bracket, oil filter housing, and the exhaust manifold studs.
Michael B
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Looks great Cowboy! BTW that’s the fuel filter mount. 
Cowboy45
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This weekend there was quite a bit of work done on the truck. We woke up early on Saturday morning and headed to the barn to buckle down and try to get Old Landy’s drive train out by the end of the day. First things first we rearranged the barn a little bit and got Landy to the middle of the barn so we had plenty of workspace to get this done. We started work to remove the bib to get complete access for when it was time to remove the engine. First to come off was the bumper and the winch. The winch is bolted to the bumper so we decided to leave it and disconnect once the bumper was off the truck. We have a chain hoist running the length of the barn so we wrapped the winch in straps and connected it to the chain hoist. This took the pressure off the bolts making the bumper easier to remove. A couple of the bolts were in the frame channel so it was a little interesting to remove but with a couple bumps and shakes the bumper it came right out. The bumper being galvanized has zero rust and the 8274 looks pretty good too. We will be taking it apart to be serviced but that will be later down the road.
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The bib was incredibly easy to remove as you just need to loosen the bolts a quarter of the way out and then it slides right off. That was set aside and then I proceeded to remove the radiator housing. *The car came without a radiator.* Meanwhile the drive shafts start to come out freeing up that side of the drivetrain from everything else except the transmission mounts. Then I disconnected the hand brake cable and removed the seats from the cab to have some more access to the trans hump. Lastly, I removed the trans boot and shifter so it wouldn't hit when everything was being removed. *Removed the transfer boot as well* We might have buckled down a little to hard that I forgot to get some pictures of the inside once the shifter and seats were removed so use your imagination!
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Now it was time for the heavy lifting. Since the engine didn’t have a head we took some old head bolts and tightened them till they bottomed out on either side of the block. *They are going through a chain.* This will provide our lifting point. Then we hooked up the engine hoist and made sure it was holding the wait of the engine. Next, we took our floor jack and positioned it under the transmission making sure it was holding that weight. Then, we slowly took out the transmission mounts. Realizing this could be very hard without an engine load leveler we quickly disconnected the engine, hooked up the leveler, and took out the engine mounts. The engine was now being supported by the floor jack under the transmission and the engine hoist. Making sure the speedo cable and emergency shut off cable were disconnected we started lifting the drivetrain out. *Most of all the hoses and cables were already disconnected when we got the truck so there was really nothing else to disconnect.* Little by little we maneuvered the engine out. The transfer stick cleared the fire wall fairly easily and the engine didn’t get caught up on almost nothing. Compared to the 1FZ’s removal I had previously experienced this was a piece of cake. Before you know out comes the engine.
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We did begin to disassemble the H engine a bit to sell some parts but didn’t get super far. We disconnected the transmission and transfer from it and removed the alternator, starter, and some other miscellaneous parts but other than that nothing to exciting! The next step is to throw the HJ47 2H mounts on this in non rebuilt 2H, H55, and Split Case from an HJ60 and put that in Landy to Mach up we’re the drive train is sitting. We are hopping the HJ47 2H engine mounts line up with the H frame mounts. HJ45 engine mounts and FJ40 frame mounts bolt in but there are usually 2F frame mounts in 40’s so looking at this as being H frame mounts I do not know if there are differences. If someone can help me out here that would be much appreciated. Anyways once that Mach up is done all the panels are coming off and getting ready for paint!
Michael B
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The 2H should bolt right in with the H47 mounts. Also Georg has the correct radiator for an HJ from Terrain Tamer. It is an OEM correct copper and brass unit.
Mike, your saying direct bolt into an HJ45 that has “H engine” frame mounts? We will check it out during our next visit to the barn. We have the original HJ45 radiator. @Cowboy45 forgot we had it in the big pile of parts we got with it.
If I recall correctly the front engine mounts are the same for the H and F motors. On the H (at least in my model year 77) the right rear mount is a weird one bolted to the inside of the frame rail. NLA from Toyota but the Aussies do make them still. Left rear is just a rubber block sitting right on top of the frame. Nothing fancy.
What I also found weird on mine was that there is no gearbox cross member and no gearbox mounts. 4H box just hangs off the back of the engine.
I see the mount to the right front of your motor is the same as my H. Your left front shows same as H and 3F motor.
Looking carefully at the first pic that H has the same on the right as mine and as I recall from the one in the container the 2H is the same.
Looking real good.
What I also found weird on mine was that there is no gearbox cross member and no gearbox mounts. 4H box just hangs off the back of the engine.
I see the mount to the right front of your motor is the same as my H. Your left front shows same as H and 3F motor.
Looking carefully at the first pic that H has the same on the right as mine and as I recall from the one in the container the 2H is the same.
Looking real good.
