I'll get that part number for you guys shortly.
A quick update: lots of good on the new 43, some bad. Rust-wise, she's mostly what I'd hoped: Very nice frame, body nearly perfect. Front doors are perfect, rear doors are good with a bit of work having been done to the right rear door.
I've sorted out several electrical issues but there are a few left to deal with. The wiring harness appears to be from a newer car, perhaps a Hilux. So I'm goining to slowly correct all of that.
The coolant leak is because the wrong lower hose was used and it's far too short. So I've ordered all the hoses and the A/C equipped lower radiator hose union pipe to correct all those issues. The heater was hooked up very poorly and incorrectly, so I'm rectifying that as well.
The low pressure line for the power steering was installed by Rube Goldberg himself and is leaking steadily. So I'm fixing that today.
There was no grease in any of the zerks, so that was an easy fix. A goodly account of play the the steering wheel was mostly sorted adjusting the bell crank and drag link at the steering box.
The rear pinions seal is leaking and there are no washers on any of the plugs on the diffs or gear boxes. So I'll sort all of that when I put synthetic geat oil in all the boxes.
Lots of missing parts: the spring and limiter on the right vent widow are missing. Thus it swings in the breeze. The hardware for the door limiters are missing so I'm be looking for that.
The hand brake is hooked up, but doesn't work a bit. I need to adjust it, and perhaps pull the drums to see why this is. Given how the rest was set up I won't be shocked if it's done incorrectly.
The worst item so far seems to be the transfer case: it doesn't seem to have been put together using any gaskets, just sealant. So it's leaking slowly and steadily.
But to add to the fun, the drain plug was a epoxied closed..... so a rebuild will be forthcoming. This is not something I've got time for right now; though I've rebuilt numerous H55 and split cases in my day.
I thought I would order the Man-a-fre H55/transfer case abs swap them, then sell my core. But I think this may wind up being a job for
@cruisermatt
Seeing all this now, I'll be looking at all the hubs to make sure the nuts are properly installed and that there actually gear oil in there and not lard or candle wax.
So I'm still happy with the truck, just not happy with what I thought would be a driving project. Again, the risks of buying sight unseen. Would I still have bought it if I'd seen it first? Yes, I think I would, but I'm not sure I'd have been willing to pay what I did. I still think I got a fair deal. But it's not a great deal, which I originally thought it was. I plan to keep this long-term, so I'm not trying to make a profit here. But I don't want to spend what I would to have the FJ Company build one for me. I've got two kids in private school abs that's the priority right now.
I really didn't want to do a build thread..... but it appears now that I will have to.
