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I did notice the, I believe it's the oil squirter, and it was lined up perfectly with the slother aiming dead on at the intersection of the timing gears.
I pulled the number 3 piston and there's a sticky spot at one point on the pin but nothing major. The bore is stock with absolutely NO ridge at the top on any hole, all the pistons run up and down the bore smoothly, the valves all work in the correct order and cursory measurements seem like they are all getting good lift, etc. with no valve train issues.
Everything continues to point to a stock engine that just encountered something bad. I'm still trying to figure out why there is so much carbon in this thing but apparently the PO had a penchant for fiddling with the carbs on all his cars as he went up and down in elevation during hunting trips. We don't j nm own about this one in new particular but my dad did know him and remembers that he was incessantly fiddling with the carb on his Carry-All during one trip back in the early 70'stages so maybe he wasn't as quite as proficient as he would have liked.
Dad's got some decisions to make on this as ultimately it's his money and his FJ.
I've been trying to find out more about front different on the board. This is a stock drum brake different with an integral front cover. From looking at different sites, did some front different come with a removable front cover similar to the rear? Also, for a front disc brake swap I'm leaning towards finding a 75+ front end and just swapping it out so I can keep this one intact. Is there a specific year that would have fine spline birfs, disc brakes, and a removable different cover that I should be looking for that would be a direct bolt-in?
I pulled the number 3 piston and there's a sticky spot at one point on the pin but nothing major. The bore is stock with absolutely NO ridge at the top on any hole, all the pistons run up and down the bore smoothly, the valves all work in the correct order and cursory measurements seem like they are all getting good lift, etc. with no valve train issues.
Everything continues to point to a stock engine that just encountered something bad. I'm still trying to figure out why there is so much carbon in this thing but apparently the PO had a penchant for fiddling with the carbs on all his cars as he went up and down in elevation during hunting trips. We don't j nm own about this one in new particular but my dad did know him and remembers that he was incessantly fiddling with the carb on his Carry-All during one trip back in the early 70'stages so maybe he wasn't as quite as proficient as he would have liked.
Dad's got some decisions to make on this as ultimately it's his money and his FJ.
I've been trying to find out more about front different on the board. This is a stock drum brake different with an integral front cover. From looking at different sites, did some front different come with a removable front cover similar to the rear? Also, for a front disc brake swap I'm leaning towards finding a 75+ front end and just swapping it out so I can keep this one intact. Is there a specific year that would have fine spline birfs, disc brakes, and a removable different cover that I should be looking for that would be a direct bolt-in?