FJ60 Noob here. After reading through countless threads on the stumbling, sputtering issue, I'm quite honestly overwhelmed.
My LC is an 86. It was garage kept and barely run the last 10 years. 173k miles. The carb was just rebuilt.
It's been running like a dream the last 3 weeks. Yesterday out of the blue, it started hesitating and stumbling in 3rd and 4th gear on flat while throttling.
I took it to a local mechanic today and had them give it the once-over. They drove it and couldn't replicate the sputtering. Based on their report:
-low transmission fluid
-missing breather from valve cover to air cleaner
-hose at water outlet kinked
-P/S hoses, lines: seeping a little
-Clutch fluid level - a bit dirty
They didn't do any work outside of mentioning the above.
Appeared to be riding great and 20minutes into my drive home, it nearly stalled out driving up a hill. The mechanic did say for an extra $140, they'll do an engine diagnostics check if it happens again.
Any recommendations on next steps? I don't want to run up a tab at numerous mechanics telling me they can't replicate the problem. I'd like to do the work myself, but truly have no idea what to do here.
Any recs would be greatly appreciated.
I noticed a disconnected wire here: (not sure if that has to do with anything)
My LC is an 86. It was garage kept and barely run the last 10 years. 173k miles. The carb was just rebuilt.
It's been running like a dream the last 3 weeks. Yesterday out of the blue, it started hesitating and stumbling in 3rd and 4th gear on flat while throttling.
I took it to a local mechanic today and had them give it the once-over. They drove it and couldn't replicate the sputtering. Based on their report:
-low transmission fluid
-missing breather from valve cover to air cleaner
-hose at water outlet kinked
-P/S hoses, lines: seeping a little
-Clutch fluid level - a bit dirty
They didn't do any work outside of mentioning the above.
Appeared to be riding great and 20minutes into my drive home, it nearly stalled out driving up a hill. The mechanic did say for an extra $140, they'll do an engine diagnostics check if it happens again.
Any recommendations on next steps? I don't want to run up a tab at numerous mechanics telling me they can't replicate the problem. I'd like to do the work myself, but truly have no idea what to do here.
Any recs would be greatly appreciated.
I noticed a disconnected wire here: (not sure if that has to do with anything)