Thought I was hitting the jackpot with a 1994 FZJ80 with only 138K. Unfortunately my son, unfamiliar with driving anything older than a few years, drove down the freeway at 75 MPH with the windows down, three friends in the car and music blaring I am sure, not realizing it was in 2nd. The shift indicator on the floor read drive. He called me while driving it and asked if it should be running at such high RPMs 5500 at 75 miles an hour. Now...I have a new rebuild engine. The problem is the day we picked it up, my son noticed it didn't seem to have any torque from a stop. After driving it myself, I noticed it seemed to be starting off in 2nd or 3rd. After reading through the forums here, I have decided that it is likely the solenoids in the transmission. My question is, is there a specific solenoid that seems to go most often causing this problem. I know that two of the solenoids are the same part number. I read about how to test them but it was not clear to me exactly. I also read that at times they can test ok but still not function properly. I have attached the Haines page showing the solenoid positions. Any suggestions would be appreciated. After the new engine which I thought was a wonderful deal at under 4k installed...oh wait after all the other new parts it ran a bit more 6k, I am going to have to fix it myself. I will also attach a pic of my clean and bright new engine that runs like a top. By the way I am a new member. I have been following a long time but when I purchased my second land cruiser I joined. My first was my daughter fj60. Still running...
