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Vacation to Burbank? I’m in!Genie’s out of that bottle…
Next thing you know your getting dropped shipped wooden crates and planning a vacation to Burbank…
The data plate is on the passenger side of the firewall on my 1980 Colombian FJ43.If anyone knows the answer to this question, please post up. Is the VIN tag normally located on the passenger fender just above the battery tray?
This is a US (NHSTA, I believe) requirement. A few other countries may also adhere, but in my experience, Colombia is not one of them.Believe there should also be a tag on the drivers door jam.
Thanks Mark. I will run with that suggestion. Looking closer, I am thinking this was not boosted brakes either. Everything seems so cramped.Matthew,
based on how close the ‘rib’ of your booster is to the hump in the center of the firewall, I’m going to hazard a guess that the truck wasn’t originally designed for rod linkage at all. Run a few image searches for other non-US firewalls and see what you come up with. Come to think of it, somebody else did post recently with a jacked up carb that had a firewall that looked like it had no provision for rod linkage.
As for the lug nuts, you’re fine with what you have. I had to install longer lug studs on my 45 because of aftermarket wheels. Then I got a set of stock wheels from @HKforte and had to run capped chrome lug nuts to keep my goofy long studs covered from the elements.
Thanks Mark. I was looking at that picture in another thread yesterday. I think that the root problem is a PO added the brake booster. It throws the throttle linkage and the parking brake cable out of alignment. Trying decide if a different linkage setup gets me a smoother operating throttle or do I eliminate the booster.If you're going to try and make rod linkage work, I have parts.
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You didn’t ask my opinion, but I have one. If you’re happy with the brakes, leave well enough alone and convert the carb to run with a cable. A lot of ROW 2Fs came that way.Thanks Mark. I was looking at that picture in another thread yesterday. I think that the root problem is a PO added the brake booster. It throws the throttle linkage and the parking brake cable out of alignment. Trying decide if a different linkage setup gets me a smoother operating throttle or do I eliminate the booster.
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