[fishontro]

Rumor is true, I did get rid of my CJ-7. I moved on to a rig that can haul the whole family with plenty of room for camping gear. I have a decent 2004 Tundra, and am not ready to tear it up.

This WILL NOT turn into a rockcrawler, I want to keep it street able and reliable.

PLANS:

- Get it to pass smog, and register it.
- Overheats after 30 minutes or so, may have to replace radiator and head gasket.
- Drive it.
- For peace of mind, I will need to go through the axles. This includes brakes.
- Throwout bearing is noisy, replace it.
- Check clutch.
- Replace cheap stereo and cheap center console that came with it.
- Replace carpet, may rhino line the cargo area.
- 33's. Whether it be shackle lift and AAL, kit, or SOA.
- Fab up some rocker guards and front/rear bumpers.
- 2 low t-case.
- Possible roof rack with fancy lights.
- Keeping an eye out for FJ62 third members.

This is the starting point, I know how it is, it will grow.

Pics are on the way, may have to remove the old CJ photos.

Wish me

This post has been edited by fishontro: 31 August 2010 - 04:12 PM

[rwilley]

fishontro, on 31 August 2010 - 04:06 PM, said:

- Keeping an eye out for FJ62 third members.

Congradulations on the step up to a LANDCRUISER .



If you are putting a lower T-case in why are you wanting to change gears.

[fishontro]

rwilley, on 31 August 2010 - 06:23 PM, said:

Congradulations on the step up to a LANDCRUISER .



If you are putting a lower T-case in why are you wanting to change gears.

No new t-case needed.

From what I read over at MUD, all I have to do is cut a gusset on the shifter assembly, which blocks the T-case from going up into 2 low.

Free mods rule.

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[rsc71]

fishontro, on 31 August 2010 - 06:27 PM, said:

No new t-case needed.

From what I read over at MUD, all I have to do is cut a gusset on the shifter assembly, which blocks the Tc-ase from going up into 2 low.

Free mods rule.

just remove the shift gate braket...2lo

[tfpets]

I think you may get stuck on the first item on your list! That's why most cruisers get a SBC! Good luck! LOL!

[mwilley]

What is wrong with your T-Case? You want it to shift into 2-low? If you get stuck and want to see what a FJ60 T-case looks like, I have one sitting out on the floor in the shop, you might be able to get an idea how things work from that.

I am not sure what your carpet is like in your FJ60, but I have the entire carpet set from the FJ62...you can have it all. It might need cleaned, but it is in good shape.

I might also have a CAT if you need it....and some other exaust stuff, but the FJ62 has the 3F engine.


Cheapest Place to get a Throw-Out Bearing. I am going to be buying one in the next couple of weeks as mine is noisy and I am going to replace it when I replace the engine on my cruiser:

http://www.jtoutfitt...74qknorbcbemap1

[fishontro]

My case seems to be in good working order, I just made 2-low happen on it last night. All I had to do was either remove the shift gate bracket as rcs71 stated, or bend it out of the way.

One item is checked off the list! yeah.

I would really like to see what you have gong on with that FJ62. Let me know when a good time is.

[fishontro]

Tease pic.

Waiting for the subscription to renew, then more to follow.

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[mwilley]

In the evenings or Saturday you can come by anytime.

If you decide to buy new springs, and go with Old Man Emu springs or something, keep me in mind as I want to get some more FJ60 springs.

[rsc71]

looks pretty clean and some blinging wheels

[bzmarsh]

fishontro, on 01 September 2010 - 06:30 PM, said:

Tease pic.

Waiting for the subscription to renew, then more to follow.

That's a sweet rig. Envy envy envy

Get yourself a free Photobucket account, post your pictures there, and just link to 'em using the "Insert image" icon in the post editor here. You can do as many as you want, free.

Now, no more excuses. Get the pics up!

[fishontro]

bzmarsh, on 02 September 2010 - 12:14 PM, said:

That's a sweet rig. Envy envy envy

Get yourself a free Photobucket account, post your pictures there, and just link to 'em using the "Insert image" icon in the post editor here. You can do as many as you want, free.

Now, no more excuses. Get the pics up!

I tried, for some reason I can't upload to photobucket anymore, read that Mozilla may be the problem.


The blingin rims are my winter set for the Tundra, looking for something else for the FJ60.

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[rsc71]

fishontro, on 02 September 2010 - 02:14 PM, said:

I tried, for some reason I can't upload to photobucket anymore, read that Mozilla may be the problem.


The blingin rims are my winter set for the Tundra, looking for something else for the FJ60.

i see you found my for sale tread also got a set of 10" 15s alum alcoa style but would want like 125 for that set

[fishontro]

So, let me go back to the beginning a bit...

The first few drives where interesting, the steering felt very loose and it had some tracking issues. I looked over the usual culprits and found nothing out of the ordinary. This is why I swapped the fancy Tundra wheels on, to see if I had a bent or unbalanced wheel. So, I start taking the stockers off and found that the lugs where at "maybe" 20 lbs of torque...lame. It drove wonderful with the Tundra wheels on it.

I took it for a drive out to Cone Groove and it got really warm when I got there, upon turning around I heard a tire hit the leaf spring, so these rims have just a tad to much backspacing. But, I still need to get home, with my wife and baby on board.

Heater on full and throttle down, figure I need as much air flow as possible to keep the temp to stop climbing. We made it home and hit every red light possible.

SMOG attempt ONE:

I now know about the cooling problem, but thought I'd give it a a shot anyway. I need a place to start as far as what numbers are high and I may get lucky and pass. Well, it overheated during the 2500 rpm's for 3 min.

Smog tech thought I might have a bad head gasket and actually sniffed the fumes coming directly out of the radiator. We both watched the smog machine, ambient it was at 20, then it jumped to 70 when over the radiator. Bad news, exhaust is getting into the cooling system. And it FAILED the smog.

HC (PPM) at idle needs to be under 150, I'm at 370

CO(%) at 2500RPM needs to be under 1.20, I'm at 1.95

No idea how to fix it. IDEAS?



So, last night I was bored and got the choke cable working properly again. Figured in the morning while it's still cool out, I want to drive this thing some more before the temp tags run out. It did great for 30 min. then, there it goes toward red. ABORT drive, get home!!

So, what I have learned, the stock rims and tires are fine, just needed more torque. And, it still overheats.

I usually am not that intimidated to tear into a project, but those vacuum lines have me very leery of a head gasket.

[mwilley]

Tim, I am not an expert on smog stuff, but I was reading quite a few sites about smog issues.

http://www.hondacarf...st-results.html

There are several things that might be the problem. If you have a coolant leak, or bad head gasket, the coolant being burned could cause the high HC. If this has been a problem for a long period of time, it could have caused the CAT to go out, which is why your carbon monoxide level is high. Also, carbon monoxide is created when there is not enough oxygen during combustion. I hear that the 2F engine was notorious for valve guide seals going bad. This will cause you to burn oil, which would throw your HC level up higher, and could cause issues with your valve guides not letting enough air into the chamber during combustion. An easy test would be to pull a few spark plugs to see if you were burning oil, or it they are too clean.

Again, I am not an expert, but these could be some places to start.

[Billy D.]

doing a head gasket is not that bad. you can use tape or get a numbering kit and mark each hose or wire and it's point of connection. But if and when you do the head gasket have the head checked for cracks, make sure the head does not need to be surfaced, and also pour some water into the intake and exhost ports to see if the valves are still sealing. at this point you can change the valve stem seals too. if the head is cracked I have a place back east that is real reasonable on rebuilt heads.

[mwilley]

Billy D., on 04 September 2010 - 09:20 AM, said:

doing a head gasket is not that bad. you can use tape or get a numbering kit and mark each hose or wire and it's point of connection. But if and when you do the head gasket have the head checked for cracks, make sure the head does not need to be surfaced, and also pour some water into the intake and exhost ports to see if the valves are still sealing. at this point you can change the valve stem seals too. if the head is cracked I have a place back east that is real reasonable on rebuilt heads.

Hey Billy, who is this place you speak of?

[mwilley]

A few web sites for you:

http://www.cruisercorps.com/

http://www.coolcruisers.com/

http://www.man-a-fre.com/

http://www.sor.com/

http://www.cruiserparts.net/

http://www.jtoutfitters.com/

http://www.rockymountaincruisers.com/

People might add to this list....

[fishontro]

mwilley, on 04 September 2010 - 08:03 PM, said:

A few web sites for you:

http://www.cruisercorps.com/

http://www.coolcruisers.com/

http://www.man-a-fre.com/

http://www.sor.com/

http://www.cruiserparts.net/

http://www.jtoutfitters.com/

http://www.rockymountaincruisers.com/

People might add to this list....

This post makes me feel really good, as I had 6 of those 7 bookmarked already!! This builds my confidence on my research ability. I've only had Cruiser interest for about a month.

I do have to thank Mike for almost everything to convert my interior from brown to gray. I don't know if I will do it yet, as I am missing some very key small components. i.e. column and steering wheel.

If I don't use it, I will split whatever I get from it with you.

You guys have to many FJ62 thirds, I can help you with that.

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[fishontro]

Painted grille, mirrors, bumper, wiper assembly and side vents. Black of course.

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