FJ Cruisers of Northern California

OPG bought a 60 (title change)

So I picked up a 1985 FJ60. Figured we needed another FJ at the house to go with the FJ40 & the FJC.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on May 31, 2011 at 5:15pm

Check this link out. I can find all sorts of ways to help you spend your money.

http://www.mudrak.com/products/60doubler.html

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Permalink Reply by opg4759 on May 31, 2011 at 5:23pm

drool.

You are a very bad influence Paul.

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Permalink Reply by MarinCruzin on May 31, 2011 at 5:31pm

I concur with the Mudrak link. Gary is awesome. And he knows his stuff when it comes to any year or model FJ. Plus, while youre waiting to chat with him, u can check out the couple dozen or so FJs he always has on the premises.

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Permalink Reply by Ranger Jim on June 1, 2011 at 10:08am

Nice rig, I know where there is a parts car for these 60's if anyone is interested. It is sitting out on the coast in Stinson Beach, it's a rust bucket but it has a couple good aftermarket bumpers, badges, etc... If anyone wants pictures I took 3 and I can email them to you.

Ranger Jim

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Permalink Reply by opg4759 on June 1, 2011 at 10:12am

Hmmm I'm going to be at Stinson Beach this weekend.

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Permalink Reply by Ranger Jim on June 1, 2011 at 10:22am

Let me know, I don't have the persons contact info yet but if someone is interested in it I can get it this weekend for sure. I work out there so let me know if you want to see it, it's down a private lane. I can be out there Sat. or Sunday

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Permalink Reply by opg4759 on June 9, 2011 at 4:53pm

Well It's amazing how many fraking vacuum hoses are on the 2F engines. The suck thing is I will always have to smog the 60 so I can't de-smog it.

That being said I was having a nagging issue that as I would accelerate the 60 it would sputter like it wasn't getting fuel, but once I got to speed and took the load off it would drive fine up to 50 mph after that it was sputtering. So after using much google-fu I found a piping map of the vacuum system. It was amazing how tough it was to find. I found that 4 connections were wrong there are probably 50 vacuum connections around the engine. Once I got them corrected drivability was night and day. I was able to get up to the rigs top cruising speed of 65 mph.

It's nice having something that you don't need a EE to diagnose and correct.