Reworking Coyote 1973 fj55

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61twpw said:
For the rear brakes, I used calipers from an '86 4Runner. The brackets were from a seller on eBay. They needed some "adjustment" to work since they were for '79 and newer . I ended up having to use rotors from a '79 Chevy 1/2 ton. The fj60 rotors wouldn't fit over the axle flange.
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A picture of this rear setup when you can would be great, just realizing as I type...front 4Runner calipers or rear? ( did they even have rear disks in 86? )

Thanks!
 
PS pump is a saginaw unit. S10 hydroboost is the brake booster/master cylinder set-up. The 86 4runner calipers are from the front. They are the same as the fj 60 front calipers. Will post pics of rear later.
Does anyone have a fj40 drag link they want to part with? Maybe a direction to a vendor? It's 17 1/2" long and goes between pitman arm and center arm.
 
Checked redline online and didn't see one. Got the correct one from same vendor. It was my screw up, didn't realize 40's and 55 drag links were different. Same tie rod ends, but oh well. Long learning curve sometimes.:) Dug around in my storage container and found a stash of metal I had forgotten. It's been in there almost 4 years, but I now have materials for power steering pump bracket and power steering gearbox bracket. Slowly coming together.
 
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scrapdaddy said:
A Dead Head huh.....:smokin:
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After spending a couple of hours soaking and heating the tie rod and relay rod to remove tie rod ends, I called it quits and ordered new ones. Coyote's getting quite the makeover, but it's needed to be safe on the road. Keeping old iron on the road sometimes requires opening the hood and pouring a bucket full of money in.
 
I had heard tale of the hibbies of missury. Well dip me in doo, they do exist!
 
Minor set back today. Got ready to put calipers on, new fj60 ones on the rear conversion. The Chebby roters I need to fit on the axle are too thick to fit the calipers! Duh again! I happen to have a set of dana 70 adapters that will fit chebby calipers, and a set of chebby calipers. All should play well together, just not staying all Toyota like I hoped.
Rest of steering components sholud be here Monday, so maybe by mid-week the front rebuild will be done. I must really enjoy these challenges, otherwise why do I keep trying to go forward?
 
One thing I learned on my old 40 build, write it all down. I had so much junk yard stuff on it, could never remember what I used. Do what it takes!
 
I've already started a spiral notebook for just that reason. Hopefully someone will benifit from my documentation. My 3 and 6 year old grand daughters already talk about driving dad's bumpy truck (fj60) and grandpa's wagon ( Coyote ).
 
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The caliper brackets I have are weld on rather than bolt on. So far everything I have modified is a bolt on, just in case someone someday wants to take it back to stock. Can't imagine why anyone would want to go back to manual steering and drum brakes though. My conundrum is whether to weld the brackets on, or drop more cash for a set of bolt on. I'm leaning to the weld on and someone else can cut them off if desired. Do not forsee selling in next few years, but who knows? Never thought I'd sell my diesel converted Town Wagon, but I did. Here's a picture of it.
 
A firefighter in Denver area traded his trail rig 40 and cash for it. Not sure exactly how I had a lapse in cognition that resulted in the sale. Took three years and all my overtime $$ to build it. The 1978 fj55 is getting a cummins conversion, so I think that had something to do with it.
 
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