FJ40 I call Shipwreck

[SuperBuickGuy]

paint the new PS reservoir

checking seals before reassembly

then making things easier to lower into place

PS remote reservoir

install remote reservoir

a lot of extra fittings and hose... as you will see soon

had to move the coolant reservoir

installed

I had to make my own remote reservoir return lines..
overall look

[silver_bullet]

WOW

[SuperBuickGuy]

big hole

[SuperBuickGuy]

there is where it was leaking, that upper bolt/stud

impossible to get while in the car...
I kind of gave up trying to just lift it out so I used some random bits to create a lift point

out and off


before I put this together for real, let's just check fitment

impossible to see but one of the return lines is hard against the steering u-joint

note how I cut the same line down on the old one? yeah, that's why

here's what it looks like


and then an executive decision was made
I ordered a fully remote reservoir and pump reservoir.... I meant to do this and I do have the bits from my 6.5 diesel stuff (of course, it's completely packed somewhere safe and inaccessible (or 4 hours away in Kennewick - which is the same thing)
so more to come....

[SuperBuickGuy]

PS time

mostly out and draining

I have one more night before parts start arriving for the Blazer.... shouldn't be a problem (crossing fingers, toes, and puzzles)

[SuperBuickGuy]

Repairs, continued
apparently my wires self-air gapped

easy enough to fix

success

and plugged another hole

it also fixed the fan - not sure what broke the wires but easy fix

onto the PS pump
disassemble

assemble with the correct reservoir


I'll swap the pump Sunday

[SuperBuickGuy]

Looks like something I'd do! Which means you're doing it all wrong.

is there any other way to do it?

[DanStokes]

Looks like something I'd do! Which means you're doing it all wrong.

[SuperBuickGuy]

sometimes you guess and you have a spare part... other times
FJ40 fan motors are $438.00. This was $42.



yes, I'll have to modify the base plate and make a vent cover for the top but otherwise, it will work.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Usually, when I start getting to the "rebuilt it, it wore out and needs replacing again" I send it down the road.... yes, if someone offered me stupid money, I'd take and build another but until then, I fix.
better pump, it's high pressure and, according to Borgeson, designed for what I'm doing

of course, it doesn't come with the right oil reservoir - and that just came in


So, once I replace the turbo and turn up the fuel on the K5, I'll get back to this major fix... then back to the Buick

[SuperBuickGuy]

As many know, I'm ADD level at focus, so I don't just work on one thing at once. While the Buick is getting some hammer love, it was time to start on the repair list for the '40
Apparently a 20 year old air hose only lasts another 10 years in an engine bay.... pretty sure I got my money's worth

replaced with FI high pressure hose

then dug the new PS pump (with the wrong housing) out and realized the last time I used my PS pulley puller the puller did not survive.... that will likely be next

[Monster]

No rest for the weary...

[SuperBuickGuy]

repair time - I used to drive an hour or more to go snow wheeling, now I simple drive my property... love it... but with driving comes finding repairs needed.

1) air compressor - this hose now has an additional hole in it



2) everyone seems to complain they don't have low fan, I don't have high fan



and

3) ditch light doesn't light

[SuperBuickGuy]

I either fixed it or I didn't

then fun of getting the serpentine belt on


I don't know - hopefully I slowed it down. One thing is the fluid was red - PS isn't red, there is atf in the air compressor pump but it doesn't look like it's leaking. it's a manual transmission without a cooler - so there is no other red fluid...

ah the joys

[SuperBuickGuy]

I think I found the leak... that stupid hose - we will see, tightened and dried off - let it leak for a day and see


hmmm... maybe this would a good idea