76 FJ40 Wheeler Build

[Danger Noodle]

The UPS man was not too happy about the 114lb box

ECM Mount

TCM mount

P/S reservoir mount. It's a tight fit for sure.

Throttle pedal mounted.

A quick sanity check.

4X4 tailhousing swap for the 8l90.

Pan off.

Some random wizardry in there.

Old tailhousing off.

A quick pan wipedown.

Lorge boi

Mated up.

The floor just fell out, I swear!

Hump time.

 

[Danger Noodle]

Not the prettiest, but it's all hetting seam sealed and raptor lined again.

Not too non-oem looking, not like that matters much on this anyways.

Crossmember time.

8l90 tailhousing mount.

A fun fold later.

A quick test fit.

Welded up.

Anyways, radiator time.

Had to switch sides for both inlet and outlet, added in a temp sensor bung, and a 5/8 hose barb for the oil cooler outlet.

Everything drawn out on where to hack.

Cover plate #1

Cover plate #2

All done!

 

[Danger Noodle]

 

[Danger Noodle]

Going slow now that I'm only working on weekends.

Powdercoat back.

Crossmember

Installed.

Shifter back in.

Ecm

I painted the airbox an anodized blue, not sure if I like it. Might send it out to PC and get the normal silver we use. What do you guys think?

Anyways, back at school so stuff takes way longer, but now this thread is all caught up @Hulk!

 

[MountainGoat]

That is incredible.

 

[Danger Noodle]

That is incredible.

Thank you! Been a lot of work to get up to this point. I'm just glad it was a feasible swap.

 

[Hulk]

Remarkable work! Your skills are off the charts. Your 40 will be a one-of-a-kind beast!

I dig the blue myself.

 

[rover67]

No Chit thats amazing. Nice work.

I dig the Blue, Matches the other parts

 

[Danger Noodle]

Remarkable work! Your skills are off the charts. Your 40 will be a one-of-a-kind beast!

I dig the blue myself.

That was kind of the goal with this swap, something that has (as far as I know) never been done, especially in a 4x4. I've been pretty dang lucky that everything is working as well as it should.

Thanks!

 

[Danger Noodle]

No Chit thats amazing. Nice work.

I dig the Blue, Matches the other parts

Thanks! I like the blue, but we'll see how it looks fully assembled and painted.