Goodness, @roma042987 - that thing is beautiful!
Builds Tucker and Roma's 75 FJ40 Restore (1 Viewer)
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Inspirational detail, awesome 40!!!!!! Sorry about the roll over.
teleskier
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So now I have a 1hz on the way for my 40...
teleskier
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So I see you fabricated these mounts and then shortened them to clear the radiator connections later. I have 2 questions about placement of the motor. I am about to do this exact setup.
1) It appears that the fore-aft positioning was set in a certain sequence. You first put the H55 on a 2f flywheel cover with the frame ears attached to set the position for the new frame crossmember. Then, with the H55 position fixed, you swapped the 2f flywheel cover for the 1hz cover and dropped the 1hz in. The front motor mounts on the 1hz were then mated to the new fabricated frame motor mounts to set the position. Did I miss anything? The angle of the motor looks like it is set based on radiator clearance from the fan.
2) Did your friend John ever get around to fabricating these front motor mounts that are the correct height?
He did not because the mounts didn't work as planned. They were fabricated with the tub off the frame. When we went to install the tub the engine was tilted up too much in the front.
In hindsight here is what I would do.
Fit the trans as I did front to back except use a late model cross member that will tilt the engine. 6/85 up 60 cross member modded or easy to make a custom one. The slant will give more clearance between bell housing and firewall at trans tunnel.
For frame mounts I'd make custom. You'll want tub in place and engine will be fairly level when back of valve cover to firewall clearance is correct.
Radiator: highly recommend making a new support as I did. This will make life much easier and make for a cleaner install. I also fitted a 12ht fan which is slightly smaller diameter.
Hope that helps
In hindsight here is what I would do.
Fit the trans as I did front to back except use a late model cross member that will tilt the engine. 6/85 up 60 cross member modded or easy to make a custom one. The slant will give more clearance between bell housing and firewall at trans tunnel.
For frame mounts I'd make custom. You'll want tub in place and engine will be fairly level when back of valve cover to firewall clearance is correct.
Radiator: highly recommend making a new support as I did. This will make life much easier and make for a cleaner install. I also fitted a 12ht fan which is slightly smaller diameter.
Hope that helps
Also Tucker's hz came from a 105 so his block side mounts were different from the much more common 70 series block mounts that was one of the reasons we didn't further pursue making additional sets. Along with the fact that a tilted cross member would be better.
Secondly depending on which year 40 series you will be installing it into something to be aware of is that with the transmission mounted as high as we had it required modifying the trans tunnel significantly. However if it's going into a 79+ tub a taller trans cover is available.
Just a brief update. We had California push-pull inc. make some custom cables for the cable locked thirds. We took some rough measurements and sent them the factory 60 series cables to use as a guide and they made these custom. Got them installed this weekend. I was pretty pleased with the outcome, super clean and much easier to access than the cable locker knob in my 40.
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The cables are super heavy duty and entirely weatherproof.
Which series top cover is on your H55F? What transmission is the shift lever from? Did you fabricate the transmission cover? It sure looks custom.
40 series top cover on a new h55. New 60 series lever I modified and custom tunnel cover I made. Everything is covered earlier in the thread.
Gorgeous build. What year is she?
thank you January 75
Very nice work. So sad about previous build but you got right back in the saddle, simply awesome!!!!!! You inspire all of us.
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Keeps getting better and better.
tucker74
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Great truck, always hated the later rubber shift ball that Toyota sells for the H55 on vintage trucks. I picked up this one form CruiserCrap.com for mine:
I got my -6 JIC to M16 and M17 adapters from Orme Brothers.
Paint sticks to it great and no special steps. In my opinion it provides an extra layer of protection.
