Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Some time ago I swapped the two diff/housings, Booster/master cylinder and brake lines out of an 82 BJ40 into my early 73 FJ40 to gain front disc brakes and a balanced system and it worked well. I just had to space the booster 100ml out from the fire wall to clear the stiffening fin.

Gaz...

Yeah, thanks DRS, Spectre off road have em for about us$84 but the freight cost was too high and also the waiting time..So I was looking to get one locally.. Also I was after a set of early blinkers from CoolCruisers at $94 and the quoted freight was over $100... Jesus.. I cancelled that..

Thanks ...

THanks heaps Ray, great response and photos.. I just though, we have USA 4x4 here in melb, will give em a go too..

Your rig is looking great..

Cheers mate....

Ha, I bet that got your attention...

Sorry boys. Im looking a bikini top for my FJ40.. Can anyone recomend a manufacturer or some one who would stock them in Aus preferably melbourne..?

Thanks in advance..

Gaz...

Two good offers there.. Aus dog or Hotlux00... consider going the disc brake front option and pick up a rear full floater rear and re kit them both and you're sweet....

scotto wrote:My second favourite 40.
(24meg)

Which one Scotty, my old green one???

Completely wrecking it?? hmmm dont think so mate, dont be jealous that at the age of 18 i can afford a better 40 than yours will ever be and same as shorty forty mate yours might have alot of mods but you still wouldnt get over $4000 for it plus it looks like a shitter anyway which doesnt help ...

Not only that, many of them came with a REAL LSD, which actually works. But, if you drive a Toyota, I expect you've never experienced the benefits of a working LSD. [/quote]


Except when ya beef em up by 30 thou....

Mate..Those springs are stuffed, sagged and shagged... get yourself some newies.
Dont fart around with extended shackles til you get your springs right...


My opinion based on years spent building and re-building fj40's...

Regards Gaz...

G'day boys... noice trucks you've all got there....

My old '73 40...
2f bored out 60 thou.
Front disc brake conversion
Reco head (thanks Rob)
Reco carby (Allens Carbys)
Re-built dizzy (Preformance Ignition Thanks Rob)
New petrol pump, gaskets and all sundry gear (Bursons Thanks Dean)
New Radiator ...

I've done this before... The chain keeps jamming and clogging up with mud and rubbish when used horizontally..
I now carry a 1 1/2 ton lever action chainblock with about a 2mtr lift which has got me out of the s**t many times...

Nobody has mentioned yet how much your turning circle is stuffed up.....

Thanks Troy, I've got some Castrol LSX 90 in the shed for my rear lsd so great I dont have to buy any now...

Please excuse my ignorance but what diff oil do you use with an Arb Air Locker.

Thanks in advance...

Yes, I dont think it was actually that cheap to do it that way, but I was able to do it over a period of time as I blasted, prepped, and undercoated each panel..... the paint is still ok after 5-6 years apart from bush scratches.
there's a couple of shots of it in 3rd rock members rides...(must ...

Go out tonight and find yourself a good/bad graffiti artist...

I rattle can painted my entire 40....looked good..

Swerve wrote:If you want to send me some pics on email and I'll post them for you

just PM me for my email

Steve

Thanks Steve, I am surrounded by some clever computer poeple, 3rd rock mates, and my lovely lady. I'll see if she trusts me with her camera.

Ha ha very funny Eddy, I started my own intro as a 40 driver on 3rd rock the same way and I possibly do have some alcoholic tendencies as well.

Hey Swerve thanks for posting up, I had a quick look your links and re-build thread this morning.. Very good... Great info. We will read it more ...

G'day all, I have to declare I am a fj40 driver. But a mate of mine, Mark (after breaking his leg badly twice on dirt bikes) has decided to put his very nice G60 middy back on the road. He is in the process of fitting a Gmh 308 into it and we have just got him a nice second hand soft top for it at a ...

Its a process of elimination, do the simple bit first.
Bleed the whole system, then try it out....
If no joy, check your rear wheel cylinders for free operation, and go on from there....

Good luck

gday Gaz,

you might get a bit more help here in regards to this query:
http://forum.ih8mud.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8

cheers,

IP

Thanks boys for the answers. And yeah Andy,(Ironpaw), I didnt recognise you at first by your Outers avatar, but thanks for that link to Andrew Farmer in NZ, I will ...

Hey boys, can anybody help with with this question please.....



Thanks, Gaz.

3rd Rock 4x4

G'day all. can anyone help me, is a 155 'F' motor head interchangable to a 2F motor?????


Thanks Gaz.....

Ol'40 on 3rd Rock

Hey , can Dumdunce or any one else in the know shed some light on this??

Cheers Gaz

Ol'40 from 3rd Rock

I read a year or two back in a US 4x4 mag that there was a particular year model cruiser (NON US) that had a really strong box and transfer. They stated the month/year that it was from but i cant remember what it was.
Can someone confirm or set this straight. Is it true or not, if so what models ...

These people are very good.

Victoria Differentials & transmissions,
1 Cochrane st
Mitcham 98745268

He used to own a 40, now owns an 80

cheers, Garry

Do you really want water and mud gushing in those air scoops?

Check out page 3 on this topic " fj40 front hub assembly build up" the diff/axle housing is out of a '82 bj40 into my '73 fj40.

Last christmas I fitted a 2f out of a 60 series into a 1973 f 4 speed 40 series. the input shaft is the same, 10 spline, no problem. A 2f 4speed should be the same in a 60 or a 40.
My problem was, I didnt get the rear engine mounts and r/h clutch slave cylinder with the motor. So I had to swap over ...

Matt, great sequence of photos and commentry except for that shot of me with my nose in the fridge again. Many thanks for your guiding hand with the re-building of my front diff, swivel hub, disc assembly. I was progressing slowley with this project until the need for spare parts for your Vic winch ...