FJ40 I call Shipwreck

[Captain]

Because I know you would look here.
All is GOOD....

that is it ....

[SuperBuickGuy]

And of course found some other things that needed attention too !!
So for the unexpected extra work, all things are Good for another 49,000 miles

not sure why you're adding this to my FJ40 build page....

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to remove stuff


thankfully when I bought the hard to find seal before, I bought 2

t-case out

now that I have a lathe, I'll make this really square

[Captain]

And of course found some other things that needed attention too !!
So for the unexpected extra work, all things are Good for another 49,000 miles

[Captain]

Then New Tires Being a Smart Idiot, checked the brakes while swapping Tires and Rims.
Good Idea, rear brakes were at the end of their service life !!

[Captain]

Well my Off Road compadre......
I bought swap meet rims, sand blasted them, flat black painted e

[SuperBuickGuy]

well, $300 later and there is new, old hotness

and y'all said Toyotas cannot fly

[SuperBuickGuy]

so I didn't get much done today. beside picking up the Land Rover, installing a new microwave, and installing a drain on a water container the '40 got ignored....ish

seat base

I'm going to remove the electronics and simply use a key.

but of course to install that I need to take advantage of unexpected nice weather and haul the shell to get sand blasted


and pull the transmission from the frame so I can do some finish work on the clutch, etc


pull the tailshaft off


nothing looks broken


basically I need to hone out the seal area a bit more to get a seal installed

and for those who wonder how this happened... yeah, me. I don't know why it came out but I had it apart to put the seal in place (which is why I was looking in old pictures - to find out what seal I need...).... dagnabit all.... now you all won't think I'm perfect.... worst of all is you'll have proof.

[SuperBuickGuy]

$325 for an 80k transmission... that works. my plan is to swap then rebuild this trans and put it on the shelf....

[SuperBuickGuy]

good news is it was a Hummer transmission.... means I can replace it with a brand new part for pretty cheap... how cheap - $200 for a high mile, $1500 for brand new..... time to argue .... errr.... negotiate with a wrecking yard.




I know, I know, why don't I just find the bolt that's floating around inside:

1) it's a 'special' bolt meaning no one seems to make it

2) it's probably stuck to a magnet inside the case - and I have enough trouble already without that gremlin popping up at the worst possible moment

3) the synchros were marginal from the beginning


and.... having spare parts about (an entire transmission) is good practice (especially when they're dirt cheap)

[Captain]

WEIRD AIN'T IT !
I was thinking this Only happens in my shop.
Even was straining the barn cat's litter box too see if that they went thru the "Black Panther" !!

[SuperBuickGuy]

and while you're collecting your thoughts to respond to the missing part inside the transmission ... consider this - there are 4 bolts on the top of the transmission. All are in the same spot until I go to put it back together... now one has been changed for another bolt.... there is no one in the shop and the mice died long ago.... probably I'm just seeing the spooky action at a distance - and to think, they made a huge collider in Switzerland to prove what I just did in my shop.

[silver_bullet]

Wow...Best of luck Buddy!

[SuperBuickGuy]

So I had all these plans today... started some of it

moving dirt around and "compacting" it with my FJ40 (which looked a lot like me playing in the dirt


unfortunately
this became necessary



truly this is what I get for using used parts....

it should look like this

problem is I have no idea what it looks like together.... maybe it has a pin driven in? it's not threaded....
so I considered

call the current config 28

4L65e
is 27 1/2 (and bolts right in)


non-computer
700r4 is 24 1/2

I'm leaning away from swapping right now mostly because I don't want to put new clutches in the 4l65e or buy a computer for it.... I think just a button head came off and hopefully is now attached to the magnet on the drain.... I will drain and pray.... that said, if I do maintain the manual, I need to swap synchros because the current ones are not happy.

[SuperBuickGuy]

so I puttered around in this a day or two ago, it seems to be running fine; but I get the occasional fuel smell so I pulled the seat, again
and it it all with some air pressure and soapy water.... nothing


I tightened a return line but I dunno, if I pressure enough I get a slight smell but no bubbles... but not after tightening the line... success? dunno. If it burns to the ground at least I can say I tried....