I hit a snag tonight that I should have known about in advance - spent most of the day cleaning/prepping/painting the FJ60's skid plate. Then it hit me - I temporarily installed the donor FJ62's exhaust system for the 3FE break-in, and one of the exhaust pipes crosses under the frame rail right near the back of the skid plate. Big time interference! I don't want to cut up my newly refurbished skid plate for e temporary fix. It looks like I'll break in the engine then take it to the custom exhaust shop to have them re-do the exhaust from the 3FE manifolds to the FJ60 catalytic converter to eliminate the exhaust pipe that crosses under the frame rail. It'll be a lot cleaner installation, then I can bolt up the skid plate.
I don't want to do any off-road driving until I have a skid plate, so it looks like I'll be bringing my '76 FJ40, wearing the FJ55 grille. And no, the FJ40 isn't green either.