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[Freeborn]

‘78 FJ40

I’m having a hard time attaching the radiator support rod on the passenger side to the battery tray.
1. Am I right to assume that the hole is threaded?
2. Does anyone happen to know what size bolt goes in there? I swear it should be a M6, but it ain’t going in.

 

[zerotreedelta]

Mine is "threaded", but via a welded on square nut on the backside (vs the mount itself being tapped) - oem/original though.

Nut is threaded for an M8.

 

[Freeborn]

M8? Man. Maybe I'm trying to attach to the wrong hole. Thanks for the info. Super helpful.

 

[Freeborn]

Mine is "threaded", but via a welded on square nut on the backside (vs the mount itself being tapped) - oem/original though.

Nut is threaded for an M8.

Hole A in the pic is where the support rod reaches, but is definitely not M8. Hole B (down on the frame) looks to be M8 and available, but the rod doesn’t seem long enough. Am I missing something?

 

[Jetlander]

Here’s what mine looks like. Rod should definitely reach the other mounting point.

 

[zerotreedelta]

Ha, beat me to it - bolts to the vertical part of the brace. (At least for a '76...no clue if they changed things by '78)

EDIT: Does look like that arm is different...so perhaps they did change things up by then?

 

[Freeborn]

Aha! That makes way more sense. Same for my '78 apparently. Looks like I might have to modify the rod a little to avoid interference with my alternator bracket. No big deal. Thank you!