Project Dane ish
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Seeking higher vistas
A couple of years ago I put an aluminum radiator in the FJ60;
Here's my post from July 2014 in the FJ60 Tech area (gotta love the forum search function):
It is a Champion radiator, bought from 'patriotcooling' on E-bay. $179, free shipping. Part #EC1213. Arrived in four days (not counting Sunday), and was well packaged and protected.
Fit and fasteners all matched perfectly with exception of uppers, they were off by 1/4". Easily remedied.
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Going to rhino line the underside only, or the whole thing?
It sounds like the project is coming along nicely! I can't wait to see the end result.
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Fitzgerald
Hey! Where'd the mountians go?!?!?
Man, lots of progress already. Looking good!
That Warn Zeon didn't burn up because of that mud hole or the weight of that FJ40. It burned up because it wasn't being provided enough voltage and current capacity from your electrical system. With my Warn M8000, I've drug my heavy 4,650 pound XJ sideways out of snow banks, and drug Travis' heavy 100 series out of the snow, and drug that FJ40 all the way up a hill out of Slaughterhouse.
8,000 was enough, bigger alternator or more RPM was the key. Can't blame the winch. 
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That Warn Zeon didn't burn up because of that mud hole or the weight of that FJ40. It burned up because it wasn't being provided enough voltage and current capacity from your electrical system. With my Warn M8000, I've drug my heavy 4,650 pound XJ sideways out of snow banks, and drug Travis' heavy 100 series out of the snow, and drug that FJ40 all the way up a hill out of Slaughterhouse.
It was a cheap VR8000 not a zeon. But point taken. I had it hooked directly to battery so not sure a bigger alternator or more RPMs would have made a difference? I don't know squat about electrical systems but did follow the install instructions direct to Battery. Should I have done it differently?
Straight to the battery is the thing. A bigger size battery, additional battery, more revs, and/or larger alternator will all help. I have been thinking of picking up the Toyota hand throttle kit for my 80 for this reason. More revs during winching will help, too. They make them for the 40 series, too...
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That Warn Zeon didn't burn up because of that mud hole or the weight of that FJ40. It burned up because it wasn't being provided enough voltage and current capacity from your electrical system. With my Warn M8000, I've drug my heavy 4,650 pound XJ sideways out of snow banks, and drug Travis' heavy 100 series out of the snow, and drug that FJ40 all the way up a hill out of Slaughterhouse.
Vic's 8274 would not budge my 40. If I remember it right We had to hook up two winches and a shackle to get it our of that hole. Was worse than it looked. I think there was an underground spring and sink hole
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Back to the story. I decided to rebuild the carb to see if I could improve performance. While at it I replaced al the old dry rotted vacuum hose. The 1978 2F engine with federal emissions took 36 feet of vacuole tube. I used the FSM and watched Pin Head You-Tube on how to rebuild the carb. Problem is the FSM does not show the 1978 carb and the rebuild kit I purchased had parts for multiple years. Also Pin Head had one mistake in the video that cost me several hours messing with a tiny spring. Lots of little parts in the original AISIN carb Amazing what a mechanical device could do for low speed vs high speed, cold vs hot, and altitude. Got it all back together but it didn't really seem to make a big difference to performance.
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Back to the story, Went on a club run to the Gulches in 2013, Noticed before the run that my brakes were kind of spongy so I bled them and that seemed to help. Could not get up Long Water rock was about 3/4 of the way up and came to a stop. Put my brakes on then my foot went to the floor board. Luke said my eyes got pretty big as I started rolling backwards. Lucky for me a jeep clue had put up a retaining wire which prevented me from rolling off the cliff. Replaced brake master cylinder problem fixed while at it replaced the front rotors, clappers and pads. Lesson learned don't go wheeling unless you can stop when you want to.
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I'm heading up tomorrow to test drive but expect it will be two weeks before I get final delivery. Hard to be patient.So, is it ready to go?
Looks great!