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I'll need some time to recover before doing the rear - serious respect for your progress underneath Sandy!Happy to have inspired you! It’s a satisfying job.
Did you have to move the crossmember?Sandy is getting closer to driving again. Time to order driveshafts for the H55
Johnny was kind enough to come lend a set of hands to help me muscle it into place.
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Did you have to move the crossmember?
Did you have to move the crossmember?
No he didn't. It all bolted right up, as expected. The 2F bellhousing (that he has) is paired with his crossmember, same as the 3F bellhousing (on the late fj60 2Fs) is paired with the late crossmember. The H41/H42(long and short)/H55 all have the same bellhousing to mount distance.
The crossmember had to be unbolted to get the trans out (duh) but not moved fore or aft in the truck.
Ok so the way I’m understanding then is as long as it’s still the same stock (came with that specific truck) bell housing and crossmember then I shouldn’t have to move my crossmember? My 60s also a pre 85 so I’ve been kinda stalking to see how it all goes.
No he didn't. It all bolted right up, as expected. The 2F bellhousing (that he has) is paired with his crossmember, same as the 3F bellhousing (on the late fj60 2Fs) is paired with the late crossmember. The H41/H42(long and short)/H55 all have the same bellhousing to mount distance.
The crossmember had to be unbolted to get the trans out (duh) but not moved fore or aft in the truck.
Ok so the way I’m understanding then is as long as it’s still the same stock (came with that specific truck) bell housing and crossmember then I shouldn’t have to move my crossmember? My 60s also a pre 85 so I’ve been kinda stalking to see how it all goes.
I'm considering having Charlie's injectors cleaned before I resinstall them. I wasn't going to do it, based on the marginal performance improvement I've seen from others who've posted their experience. I may have changed my mind after cleaning the exterior yesterday. I sprayed some contact cleaner in the inlet and wiped it down and was surprised at how much crap was in there. I was also surprised at the trouble someone took to create turbulent inlet flow; no wonder these things are so expensive.
Anyone have any recent experience with an injector cleaning service in Charlotte? I'm not really so concerned that I'd postpone the head reinstall for this, so if I can't find a shop in town, I'm going to call it good as is.
He wants $22 a piece for the cleaning and testing service, which seems high to me.
I have no concerns about taking them to a diesel repair shop, but other than trolling the internet (or the I-85 service road), I have no idea where to look.
Man! That looks so much like my bench top right now with my 715cfm Holley torn down.Tore my carb apart to start on my desmog while waiting for my driveshafts to show up. Hit a snag when I realized my choke shaft needed replacing. Seems to be another supporting argument that the shop that did the work on this truck for the PO really didn't do a great job on anything they touched as everything is needing to be redone or doesn't look to have been done correctly.
Waiting on that now. Going to get going on the desmog this week.
Still need to try and get the 2nd main jet removed that someone stripped trying to remove last time.
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That's exactly right. The trans will bolt into your truck as is, but you need to change the driveshaft lengths and t-case shift linkage.
Awesome Thanks JohnnyThanks for correctly answering his question. I completely misunderstood it and though he asked if you had to "re"move the crossmember.
As Johnny said the crossmember location stays the same. Let me know if you have questions about parts or the swap in general. I did a lot of research before I did mine. Parts needed off the top of my head.
For a pre-85 truck
- Longer front driveshaft
- Shorter rear driveshaft
- Transfer case linkage and shifter from a later truck or Trail Tailor's linkage kit.
- Clearance bell housing for H55 (easy to do)
Parts you'll need regardless of truck year
- Longer transmission/t-case bolts
- 5th gear oiler cup
- H55 shifter and shift knob
- H55 transmission
- Transfer case rebuild kit (good to do while you're in there)
- Clutch kit