Your feedback is appreciated—creating a SuperFSM (1 Viewer)

[mechanist]

I love this idea. The TIS site is great, but cost prohibitive. It would be nice to have something intuitive like TIS but without the high price tag.

I second the request for an intuitive torque-spec reference.

 

[nextuniverse]

Thanks for all the great feedback. Based on the replies it seemed like general indexing and searching of the PDF was some low-hanging fruit I could do with minimal effort as a stopgap to the SuperFSM.

I obtained two scanned copies of the FSM. One was assembled in one file, but missing quite a few sections, and is not searchable. The other is a zip of numerous folders and PDF partials. Text was searchable.

I took the partials and combined them into one file. The partials set was missing the intro section so I extracted that from the other FSM copy. I removed a lot of redundant pages from the partials set. I don't have the print FSM so I wasn't sure what order the sections came in - so I put maintenance first, and the rest are alphabetical.

As a poor-man's table of contents, I went through the whole document and made bookmarks at every section. Make sure you have the bookmarks pane open in your PDF viewer. (Screen shot #1)

When doing a search, the results list will also show what section each result comes from. Here, I'm searching for 'throttle body'. (Screen shot #2)

One last thing to note, you'll only see PDF bookmarks in a PDF reader or an image viewer such as 'Preview' on the Mac. It won't show in very basic image viewers or the browser.

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Here's the compiled FSM, 1994 FZJ80

Enjoy

 

[Wayne]

nextuniverse, you're awesome my man. Thanks for your great contribution to the Mud community, "I love you man."

 

[izzyandsue]

Very awesome! Loaded both to my dropbox and now resides in my iPad books, search function works great. I have the 96FSM, this one will be a great addition. Thank you for all your pain being our gain.

 

[08720]

I'll "+1" the EWD content because so many have the print FSM but not a EWD. I bought one awhile ago & it's gold to me - I wouldn't sell but have made scans for people before.

Seems like the EWD isn't scanned like the FSMs but I bet I'm wrong.

I have a copy of BirfMark 1996 EWD. Should be able to track it down if you wanted an electronic copy.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Dude..... What? That was so fast! I can't wait to look at it on my computer.

Thanks!!!!!

 

[BlueCruiser84]

So just downloaded it and it's perfect. That's all I need. I wish I was good at dem der kumpooters.

 

[kruisinkid]

sorry i never shared before, but i made the 80 FSM with a clickable table of contents and converted it so that it is fully searchable within acrobat reader, certainly from a desktop/laptop, clickable TOC works on an iphone/pad too. i have the 40 FSM for 75-80 also with linked TOC. PM me if you would like it emailed to you. i will also try and get a google drive link or other setup.

EDIT: try this link from my personal server:
http://kodiakklub.com/fsm/fsm_fzj80_96_1.2.pdf

edit again: be warned, its 38MB

edit again: if link opened in browser, the TOC links work. i have the latest acroat reader installed on a windows 7 laptop.

 

[kruisinkid]

in the subject of this thread, my deepest desire is just an app for iphone that shows all of the diff parts diagrams that can be downloaded from a parts site like village toyota or other. i just dont know any app languages....yet.

 

[nextuniverse]

Hey everyone, just an update. As a first step in this project, I've prototyped a Torque Specification Lookup that's now available online. Would love to hear ideas/thoughts/suggestions/etc. Thank you!

Torque Specification Lookup
CruiserTools.com

 

[goshenite]

Well you are about as handy as a pocket on a shirt! Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

 

[NLXTACY]

Offline searchability!!!!

iPhone app or xls would make this killer.

 

[NLXTACY]

Oh and version for 96-97 cruisers

 

[retrofive]

Oh and version for 96-97 cruisers

But none of those LXs!

 

[NLXTACY]

Boo

 

[phoenix60]

[QUOTE/]Torque Specification Lookup
CruiserTools.com[/QUOTE]

This is killer handy.

 

[NLXTACY]

It would be killer handier as an app

 

[math]

I don't want to be a buzzkill but you might want to make sure you're not accidentally committing copyright infringement. I'd hate to be using the site and then have Toyota sue it offline. I don't think you're doing anything wrong, but I am not a lawyer.

Edit: Who are we kidding. I love being a buzzkill.

 

[blkprj80]

I think the best thing I ever saw was when @DARKNESS took an exploded view diagram and pasted the torque values on the picture(s). Man, what a time saver!

Front Axle Cheatsheet

If you could incorporate something like that into your SuperFSM it would be great!
I love the work so far. The torque table rocks, but I didn't see valve cover or head cover torque values. I don't believe these are actually directly specified in the FSM, but that would be a handy addition/update.

Keep up the progress!
<-- For your hard work

 

[Chris FJ80]

The FSM in TIS for my 2006 LX470 has the torque values on the diagrams just like above. VERY convenient