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60 series running gear into 40

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:25 pm
by CRUZERBOY
hey guys, im postn this for a mate at work. he has a 40 series that he hydra locked at landcruiser park in the pig pen. he has now gone and bought a 60 and would like to know what needs to be done and how hard it is to swap the running gear from the 60 to the 40. any info would be great.

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:06 pm
by RAY185
What engines are in the 40 and 60?

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:27 pm
by CRUZERBOY
the motor in the 60 is diesel and he has an injected 5ltr to go into the 60. he is wanting to know how hard its going to be to put the diffs, transfer and gearbox from the 60 into the 40. any info will be great

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:06 pm
by Reddo
So he wants to put the 5L into the 40, using the box, t-case and diffs out of the 60?

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:24 am
by Tapage
Axles could be easy ( furtheremore 60 axles are more wider by 4" or so ) and the t-case depend ...

But I thought if you have all together could be easy as well ..

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:17 am
by Reddo
you will need to change where the gearbox bolts to the chassie. mine came forward about 3 inchs - needing crush tube and new plated mounts.

You may also need to cut the trans tunnel to fit the sticks, but not a great deal.

The diffs will need the perchs changing (need to come in), but there are heaps of links on here regarding that.

if its a fuel injected 5l, its going to need to be wired in, and your also going to need an adapter kit to fit it to the landcruser gearbox.......

if you use the powersteering box, your going to need to change and paly around with the tie rods, links etc etc.....

Mounting the hand brake acuator in the 40 is pretty easy, just need to drill/cut/die grind a big hole in the trans tunnel and then bolt it in....

Speedo cable is the same, so that will bolt/plug straight in



stuff like that

its not toooo hard, just time consuming and frustrating

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:37 pm
by CRUZERBOY
thanks for the advice guys. i will pass it on to our driver at work toomorrow. thanx again :)

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:56 pm
by kranked_dirt
Sorry for the hi-jack guys - Reddo, do you have any pics of where you have re-mounted the gearbox, as i need to do this to mine to fit the new motor.
Cheers

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:27 pm
by Wambat
just tell him to do what another thread is sugesting, put the 40 body on the 60 chassi, then tell me how it went as i want to do it he...