After buying a LC I have long desired ('91 FJ80) a few weeks back and getting most of the baseline basics checked off, I finally got it out for good trek. Nothing hard core. Just a few nights of camping.
What a great camping rig!! With the seats pulled it has massive cargo space.
I do have 2 questions...
1) Although the temp gauge looks perfect (dead center) and all the fluids are good I feel quite a bit of heat radiating up from under the shift area, once the truck starts working. Enough heat so the plastic casing around the shift and the parking brake get quite warm to the touch. Is this normal? Or the sign of an obvious problem? Bad tranny? (Holding breath). My shop took a look at the transmission fluid and said it looked good.
2) Quite a bit of the dreaded white smoke on start up. I had the block checked and my shop said it tested v well (no hydrocarbons in radiator). Assuming they are right and the HG is in good shape (I hear on the 3FE it can go and go) what might cause this? The exhaust system needs an overhaul so maybe that?
Thanks, as always, for your thoughts...
EDIT: Down to 2 questions and sorry about the IMG tags in this post. Can't seem to fix.
What a great camping rig!! With the seats pulled it has massive cargo space.
I do have 2 questions...
1) Although the temp gauge looks perfect (dead center) and all the fluids are good I feel quite a bit of heat radiating up from under the shift area, once the truck starts working. Enough heat so the plastic casing around the shift and the parking brake get quite warm to the touch. Is this normal? Or the sign of an obvious problem? Bad tranny? (Holding breath). My shop took a look at the transmission fluid and said it looked good.
2) Quite a bit of the dreaded white smoke on start up. I had the block checked and my shop said it tested v well (no hydrocarbons in radiator). Assuming they are right and the HG is in good shape (I hear on the 3FE it can go and go) what might cause this? The exhaust system needs an overhaul so maybe that?
Thanks, as always, for your thoughts...
EDIT: Down to 2 questions and sorry about the IMG tags in this post. Can't seem to fix.
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