After I got everything buttoned up on my cruiser, I noticed a coolant leak coming from the heater area (nice little stream of coolant on my passenger floor board area. This was nice considering I just finished rebuilding the cooling system and had everything working right.
I was wondering if later year heaters will bolt in with enough shifter clearance in the older FJ40s. I have a 67', it was originally a 3 on the tree, but later converted to floor shift and its pretty tight when I'm in reverse (the shifter hits the heater). Last night I took apart the lines and pulled the heater. I'm thinking I'll go heaterless for now and install a couple cut-off valves and cap the lines (the PO removed the original cut-off valve). With summer coming up, I shouldn't need one for a while (especially since the mufflers below my floors boards provide int. heat as well ;p).
I may just install one of those Mojave units from Flex-a-lite. But, if I can a heater that looks original and works well that would probably be a better option and cheaper.
Thanks for any input!
I was wondering if later year heaters will bolt in with enough shifter clearance in the older FJ40s. I have a 67', it was originally a 3 on the tree, but later converted to floor shift and its pretty tight when I'm in reverse (the shifter hits the heater). Last night I took apart the lines and pulled the heater. I'm thinking I'll go heaterless for now and install a couple cut-off valves and cap the lines (the PO removed the original cut-off valve). With summer coming up, I shouldn't need one for a while (especially since the mufflers below my floors boards provide int. heat as well ;p).
I may just install one of those Mojave units from Flex-a-lite. But, if I can a heater that looks original and works well that would probably be a better option and cheaper.
Thanks for any input!
