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[Living in the Past]

@Living in the Past
When I put the H55 in my 83 FJ40 back in the 90s, I used the original H42 shift cane. I simply flattened the knob on the end enough to put the neoprene cap on and it worked perfectly.
I believe any '81-'84 H41/42 cane can be made to work.
Yes, all the RHD 40 series shift canes have that bend in them to clear the transfer case shifter.
Of course, if your 40 is an '80 or older then you'll need the cross member and the transfer case-mounted hand brake from a 45 with split case.

I'm aware of the crossmember and other items needed. Twenty five years ago got heavy into the early Land Cruisers. 2013 for reasons for not worth going into I moved on. Last ten years I started collecting 8/80 plus items most which are from Australia. Still have pallets there needed to figure how to get them shipped. For the crossmember 10/82 the design changed because of the longer H55F which the front driveshaft was now lower at the crossmember. It's groove got deeper. Interesting a member pointed out to me that the 8/80+ FJ45 and HJ47 did have a hand brake on the rear axle in a general market incomplete built vehicle. But it still only had a four speed like other long wheel base which was because of the torque tube behind the transfer case. The five speed also changed the PTO, shift lever moved to the front side to clear the torque tube with a five speed installed. 8/80+ four speed skid plate you can just cut the front section off earlier ones where the crossmember is. All the mounting bolt holes line up. Five speed is a different story. Those and the transfer case shift levers are harder to find than the 40 series H55F top cover.

 

[Chamba]

I'm aware of the crossmember and other items needed. Twenty five years ago got heavy into the early Land Cruisers. 2013 for reasons for not worth going into I moved on. Last ten years I started collecting 8/80 plus items most which are from Australia. Still have pallets there needed to figure how to get them shipped. For the crossmember 10/82 the design changed because of the longer H55F which the front driveshaft was now lower at the crossmember. It's groove got deeper. Interesting a member pointed out to me that the 8/80+ FJ45 and HJ47 did have a hand brake on the rear axle in a general market incomplete built vehicle. But it still only had a four speed like other long wheel base which was because of the torque tube behind the transfer case. The five speed also changed the PTO, shift lever moved to the front side to clear the torque tube with a five speed installed. 8/80+ four speed skid plate you can just cut the front section off earlier ones where the crossmember is. All the mounting bolt holes line up. Five speed is a different story. Those and the transfer case shift levers are harder to find than the 40 series H55F top cover.
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Beautiful stash!! I love those 82-84 shift covers too with the raised centre so you can clear the H55: great score! Mine at least has that, though the hole is moved aft of course.

If you're keen to sell an H55 40 series transfer case linkage and shifter mechanism that's complete, I would really like to buy it from you. You can PM me. Mine has the 60 series transfer case shifter of course.....with a crazy series of bends in it, which is why it is so short in the cab.

I would also love a 40 series shift cane, but unless I find a 40 series top loader when I'm back in Australia this northern summer, I'm afraid it'll be too awkward being 4" further aft.

Yes, at least in Australia, the 45/47 H41 always had the hand brake on the split case. The H55 in the 40/42s had it on the axle. I never saw a 45/47 in the wild in Australia with the H55 which came stock that way, so I'm not sure whether they had the hand brake on the axle or not in that configuration from Arakawa; I would imagine they did on UEA 45s.

Several of my mates put the H55 in their 47s, but they also got a 40/42 rear handbrake axle at the same time; none of theirs came with the H55.

 

[Living in the Past]

Beautiful stash!! I love those 82-84 shift covers too with the raised centre so you can clear the H55: great score! Mine at least has that, though the hole is moved aft of course.

If you're keen to sell an H55 40 series transfer case linkage and shifter mechanism that's complete, I would really like to buy it from you. You can PM me. Mine has the 60 series transfer case shifter of course.....with a crazy series of bends in it, which is why it is so short in the cab.

I would also love a 40 series shift cane, but unless I find a 40 series top loader when I'm back in Australia this northern summer, I'm afraid it'll be too awkward being 4" further aft.

Yes, at least in Australia, the 45/47 H41 always had the hand brake on the split case. The H55 in the 40/42s had it on the axle. I never saw a 45/47 in the wild in Australia with the H55 which came stock that way, so I'm not sure whether they had the hand brake on the axle or not in that configuration from Arakawa; I would imagine they did on UEA 45s.

Several of my mates put the H55 in their 47s, but they also got a 40/42 rear handbrake axle at the same time; none of theirs came with the H55.

H55F was never a factory option on the 40 series long wheel base. Even the incomplete long wheel base that had the hand brake on the rear axle five speed was not used. Have an interesting story about trying to trade a Land Cruiser stamped bezel for a 40 series H55F top cover. Person was in Australia and part was coming from rural Queensland by barge. Took at least a month. During that time searching on the net couldn't find a any 45/47 with a factory install H55F so obviously never made the trade.

In my parts in Australia I have this. Came out of an 83 HJ47. Inspection cover is for a four speed.

Not sure if I'll use on an 82 tub I have or use it a pattern to form the hump in front of the inspection cover. I have taken a lot of pictures over the years about ways to use later Land Cruiser parts to install a H55F into a 40 series. Not sure the current cost for the 40 series top covers since I have a couple already. There is a different cover coming out of Pakistan made from a four speed cast iron cover. Those kept the tower the same lever and still use the four speed inspection cover. Only thing is 5th gear is above reverse and to the left of 1st gear.


Only complete transfer shifter setup I have came with this.

A few years ago was a discussion on Mud about using parts off another Land Cruisers to move the transfer shifter forward. This piece of the shifter did most of it. Unfortunately would have search to find out which vehicle is was used on. Believe it came off 70 series.

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I also have two different style of 70 transfer case shift levers. One was a better fit.

 

[Chamba]

I wish I could recall how I did the transfer case shifter on my 83..... but I can't recall. It looked very good though. I think I cut and welded the cane, but I'm not certain. I did have a 40 series top loader which I'd gotten in Australia.

Just took the 43 for a spin with my son.
The list continues to grow..... the good part is the H55 shifts beautifully through all 5 gears and reverse. The transfer case shifts nicely as well. So the internals feel very good.

The bad part is that going over about 45 mph is frightening. It tracks terribly and the wheels have to be turned straight after turning rather than pulling straight. I tightened the bell crank and the drag link at a bit, but no noticeable improvement. The Chinese tie rod ends have tons of slop, so I'll get a new set from @cruisermatt. I've also got a set of shims from Spector I've had for probably 20 years. I'll put those in to tilt the axle down a bit: the tracking feels like it does when you put longer shackles on the front with no shims. Hopefully that will help that. The steering damper looks to be original but was cleaned and painted. My hope is that the damper is really sticky and causing the issue of the wheels not returning to centre.

I'm feeling quite disappointed with this 43 to be honest. My hope of enjoying a Cruiser again that I didn't need to be restore are gone. This is definitely a project car; I just paid finished prices for it. I'll get her there, but it's not really what I wanted to do at 55 years old.

The one motivator for me to keep going rather than selling it on BaT and cutting my losses came from my son today while we were driving it and he was getting nervous with how it jumps from lane to lane: he said "this is not a good truck right now dad. But I like the length of it. It's like Lexie (our old '84 LX) and the Scrambler had a baby. We'll make it cool."

Let this be a lesson to anyone silly enough to buy sight unseen: caveat emptor. I saw the warning signs, but I ignored them; blinded by the vision I wanted to see rather than seeing what was so obvious. And perhaps even more to the point: third world 'restoration' standards are no where near first world standards.