Yep...perfect
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (34 Viewers)
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Yep...perfect
David70FJ40
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Where did you find those LED's for the license plate? I've looked around and can't seem to locate any the right size.
AlaskanWheeler
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@David1947, I found mine at Super Brite LEDs
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David70FJ40
Older Than Most
Thank you!
tlaporte
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Received my motor this week. Picked up my rebuilt trans and transfer case from the transmission shop. I'll start mocking everything up this weekend! Extremely Jazzed!!!
Was all stoked to have it back on the road after it being sidelined for more than a year. I got a new timing chain, water pump, and Rad put in.
When it was flashed up it sounded great other than an intermittent tap at a low idle and about 2200 rpm. After a few minutes the tap became more steady and louder. Seems to be "under" the intake and valve related. If has good power and sounds healthy, other than the unhealthy noise.
When it was flashed up it sounded great other than an intermittent tap at a low idle and about 2200 rpm. After a few minutes the tap became more steady and louder. Seems to be "under" the intake and valve related. If has good power and sounds healthy, other than the unhealthy noise.
What is the plan?
1) Pull the covers and check valve/rocker operation.
2) Touch a long rod to various surfaces to see if I can hear the source. With and without it running.
3) Pull the intake.
4) Find the problem or take up drinking
2) Touch a long rod to various surfaces to see if I can hear the source. With and without it running.
3) Pull the intake.
4) Find the problem or take up drinking
4Cruisers
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I did 1) with the sudden onset of knocking on my '84 FJ60's 2F and discovered one bent pushrod, everything else seems to work fine. I'll be back out to our place in Nevada in three weeks and will replace the bent pushrod. Keeping my fingers crossed. After our last trip out there when I discovered how (hopefully) easy it'll be to fix the knock I headed over to the local DMV office and re-registered it after ten years, and in the process got a new license plate:1) Pull the covers and check valve/rocker operation.
2) Touch a long rod to various surfaces to see if I can hear the source. With and without it running.
3) Pull the intake.
4) Find the problem or take up drinking
Hopefully your fix will as easy as mine. Based on quite a few replies here on MUD when I asked for help with the diagnosis, I believe the isssue was caused, at least in part, from sitting for extended periods of time in addition to a fuel pump failure. The fuel pump failure caused gasoline to mix with and dilute the oil in the oil pan, so the engine wasn't getting the lubrication it needed.
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As you know, I'll be buying a crate motor very shortly. Wonder if we can find someone to do a bulk deal and ship to opposite sides of the North American continent?
Very nice! What engine did you go with? My 283 gave up the ghost so I'm currently shopping.
A crate motor is outside of my budget... so I need to find a more economical option.
I'd likely buy a truck with a good Vortec & a bad fuel pump that I know of. It's likely only a $1500 truck, and the owner doesn't want to spend $800 to replace the fuel pump for a second time in three years. If he still hasn't flogged it, that'd be the way I'd go. After parting out or selling the rest of the clean truck I'd be far ahead of the $3-5g a crate motor would likely cost me here.
Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that. I'm not sure I could afford enough beer and pizza to bribe the help. Oh to be 20 again.
I'd likely buy a truck with a good Vortec & a bad fuel pump that I know of. It's likely only a $1500 truck, and the owner doesn't want to spend $800 to replace the fuel pump for a second time in three years. If he still hasn't flogged it, that'd be the way I'd go. After parting out or selling the rest of the clean truck I'd be far ahead of the $3-5g a crate motor would likely cost me here.
Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that. I'm not sure I could afford enough beer and pizza to bribe the help. Oh to be 20 again.
2fpower
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Since the car is going to be sold soon, decided to go for a drive to the park with the family.
Yeah, I'm thinking of sticking to the old, flat tappet, 2-piece seal bargain bin V8 (although they recently raised the prices). I save a lot of money since most of the parts from my 283 transfer over (intake, exhaust, flywheel, etc.). Vortec is definitely the "smart" choice but if I was smart, I would have picked a cheaper hobby
. The idea of converting to a (proper) in-tank electric fuel pump, buying a new flywheel, intake, etc. and the price climbs quickly. Even with the cost of the motor I should have the driveline back in the truck for under 3k.
I used to wind up in Vancouver for work once or twice a year until I switched roles recently. It's too bad - I could have spent a long weekend up there and given you a hand.
Would've been fun... but oh well. If it's something simple it'll be fixed quickly... otherwise I'll need to tidy up the garage and start a bigger project. Then project creep will set in and it'll be off the road for another year.
You've got a good point about flywheels & accessories... hadn't really thought about all the details that can turn it into a money pit.
You've got a good point about flywheels & accessories... hadn't really thought about all the details that can turn it into a money pit.
I priced it all out - PM me your e-mail and I'll send over a spreadsheet. I priced a replacement flat-tappet 350, a vortec, and an LS conversion.
Lots of know how on display here on Mud and I for one am dang glad for it and the help it affords... been following several of those mechanically gifted and their write ups. No doubt that @gator25 for example, might be drivin along and BANG.... transmission just up and crashes - he'd just whip out a couple a tools from the box, patch it up enough to drive home, drink a beer or two, then drop it and rebuild it in time for a nice drive the next day.
I'd sure be proud to document one of those impressive types of 'build threads' but guess our forum can also use some contributions that lean more to the stupid simple and entirely unmechanical type... just so happens I got one:
Moved to new house recently and just to head off at the pass any notion that the woman of the house might entertain the notion of 'banishment' concerning that smelly, leaking and OLD truck from a coveted garage spot in the new place I, quite wisely procured an old rug and piece of plywood (painted nice and shiny even) for the old boy's new quarters... turns out my best girl was just fine with the garage status quo - even tossed a "nice touch" bout the trouble I went to!
I'd sure be proud to document one of those impressive types of 'build threads' but guess our forum can also use some contributions that lean more to the stupid simple and entirely unmechanical type... just so happens I got one:
Moved to new house recently and just to head off at the pass any notion that the woman of the house might entertain the notion of 'banishment' concerning that smelly, leaking and OLD truck from a coveted garage spot in the new place I, quite wisely procured an old rug and piece of plywood (painted nice and shiny even) for the old boy's new quarters... turns out my best girl was just fine with the garage status quo - even tossed a "nice touch" bout the trouble I went to!
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Its a 351w stroked to 408. Lykins Motorsports built it for me. I told him what I wanted and the intended use, and he took it from there. it dynoed @ 411hp/490 ft# of torque with a good idle and should have no overheating issues. A mild build for him. Trans is a np435 out of my '70 LC that burnt in a storage fire. I was able to save the ARBs and transfer case as well, but that was it. It was Ford powered too. Starting over
