picked up my new cruiser! (1 Viewer)

[jessnbrianfj40]

I should have posted up here for some help first, but didn't think about it. I just bought my first running fj40 in downtown alexandria this monday. Got there at 10:30, looked it over for about 20 minutes drove out of the shell station on Duke Street where it was being sold from and couldn't over 25 mph. Pulled into the grocery store parking lot next door and swapped on an fj60 carb, mixed matched the vacuum lines and headed for 495 to 66 back home. Could'nt get over 55 until the exhaust blew out and then cruised at 75mph all the way home barely avoiding rush hour. I was too cheap to get a tow and too stuborn to not try and drive it home to Woodstock.

It was quite an adventure. I will get some pictures of it when I get some batteries. It's a 1980 mustard yellow 40.

Look forward to meeting some of you guys.

Take care,

Brian

 

[greytandy]

I should have posted up here for some help first, but didn't think about it. I just bought my first running fj40 in downtown alexandria this monday. Got there at 10:30, looked it over for about 20 minutes drove out of the shell station on Duke Street where it was being sold from and couldn't over 25 mph. Pulled into the grocery store parking lot next door and swapped on an fj60 carb, mixed matched the vacuum lines and headed for 495 to 66 back home. Could'nt get over 55 until the exhaust blew out and then cruised at 75mph all the way home barely avoiding rush hour. I was too cheap to get a tow and too stuborn to not try and drive it home to Woodstock.

It was quite an adventure. I will get some pictures of it when I get some batteries. It's a 1980 mustard yellow 40.

Look forward to meeting some of you guys.

Take care,

Brian

You just happened to have a spare FJ60 carb, and you swapped it out on the fly? You are good. Mustard yellow? Well, that's not Felix's. Congrats!

 

[Felix]

I think I might know which one this is. let's see some pics!

Oh, and congrats!!

 

[jessnbrianfj40]

You probably do know which it is. It was sitting right beside the road at the dixie? shell station. Had a black soft top. Felix, I am the guy that you let drive your fj40 (my first drive) at the swap meet not too long ago at IPOR.

I didn't even know if the fj60 carb would work. I've got a mess of vacuum lines since I didn't have time to see what I was unhooking. I hate emissions. Tried to sort through that stuff for 2 hours today.

I kept getting hastled by the shopping center security guard that said I couldn't work on my vehicle in his parking lot. I wasn't very nice to him because I was too stressed out about not getting stuck in the rush hour near manassas. The guy I bought it from thought I was nuts for driving it.

Pictures coming soon!

Brian

 

[Felix]

Ahh, you're THAT Brian. Cool! Nice work on the parking lot carb swap.

 

[Herb]

That reminds me of my first 40. It was a '79 that required weekly fiddling (mixing and matching...switching and swapping)with the vacuum lines to run correctly. Then, it required prayers and good mojo when I took it to the Denver emissions stations.

Great job on the carb swap to beat rush hour traffic, while being hassled by the MAN!

 

[John Smith]

That is a great story!

By any chance do you know what year FJ60 carb you used and did you have to use the FJ60 air cleaner assembly or did the FJ40 air cleaner hook up to the FJ60carb? I have heard that the FJ40 and FJ60 2F carb heights differ as do the air cleaner assembly heights. I am going to install a FJ60 carb on my 40 and need to know if I need the air cleaner assembly also off the 60.

What are your plans for the 40, resto or build up and wheel it or somewhere in between?

 

[jessnbrianfj40]

I posted some pictures up in the 40 and 55 forum. My plans now are to work on it slowly while keeping it on the frame. I just want to be able to drive it and enjoy it, mild wheeling and camping trips. As reliable as possible.

The carb I believe is from an 85. It was a donor engine I was going to swap in my last project. I tried to use the fj60 air cleaner but it would'nt bolt up to the 40 brackets. I used the stock air cleaner and it fit fine. The vacuum lines seem different though. the exhaust blew apart right at the exhaust downpipe and it was so loud I could'nt get a feel for how the engine liked the carb. I was looking around in my mirrors looking for the big rig who was pulling his jake brake and then I realized it was me. I could pull away from my dad who was following me in my 01 tacoma with the 2.7, so something worked ok.

On a downside, the guy I bought it from had the garage it was parked at do a diagnostic and it came up with a faulty vacuum on the distributor. So I pulled it to try and seem if the vacuum diaphrahm was clogged, and when I put it back in it got out of time somehow. Now I can't start it to get an exhaust put on!

Check out the pictures, I'm pretty excited!

Thanks,
Brian

 

[Felix]

Here's one to get you folks over to Brian's thread in the 40 section:

 

[Herb]

I love Mustard FJ40s

 

[John Smith]

I posted some pictures up in the 40 and 55 forum. My plans now are to work on it slowly while keeping it on the frame. I just want to be able to drive it and enjoy it, mild wheeling and camping trips. As reliable as possible.

The carb I believe is from an 85. It was a donor engine I was going to swap in my last project. I tried to use the fj60 air cleaner but it would'nt bolt up to the 40 brackets. I used the stock air cleaner and it fit fine. The vacuum lines seem different though. the exhaust blew apart right at the exhaust downpipe and it was so loud I could'nt get a feel for how the engine liked the carb. I was looking around in my mirrors looking for the big rig who was pulling his jake brake and then I realized it was me. I could pull away from my dad who was following me in my 01 tacoma with the 2.7, so something worked ok.

On a downside, the guy I bought it from had the garage it was parked at do a diagnostic and it came up with a faulty vacuum on the distributor. So I pulled it to try and seem if the vacuum diaphrahm was clogged, and when I put it back in it got out of time somehow. Now I can't start it to get an exhaust put on!

Check out the pictures, I'm pretty excited!

Thanks,
Brian

Make sure you seat the distributor all the way and be certain to check for oil pressure when you restart the engine. If it is not seated properly you will not have oil pressure. You will have to retime the motor since there is no way you could get it back exactly where it was before pulling it.

Thanks for the info on the carb!