Engine diagnosis help in Denver? (FJ40)

MDH33

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No. That's the next endeavor, or at least a soft top. Any ideas where I can find one dirt cheap?

I have an old Bestop soft top you can have. The rear window has split along a seam, but some duct tape would fix it temporarily. It's missing a couple of small pieces for the bows but I'll see what I can do. Do you have doors?
 

MDH33

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No problem. I'll try to get the missing parts located and let you know.

Here's a pic of my 40 with that top from a couple of years ago. It works fine with hard doors too:

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Azrael

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Got her to pass emissions with flying colors (on the second try) this morning. The first time through, they couldn't test it, because the idle was too high. Looked under the hood, and the throttle return spring just didn't have enough tension, so I cut a couple mangled coils off one end reattached, and went back through. I was suprised with the numbers I got, too. Much lower than I expected. I don't know them off the top of my head, but CO levels were around .5%.

Also, while I was in the waiting area, I ran into an RS member. I didn't catch your name, but I'm sure I'll see you around.

Got a good test by driving it up to Silverthorne this afternoon. Was able to keep up with traffic nicely. I think it actually has a bit better power than my old Tacoma did with the 4 cylinder in it. I did, however, forget just how much a n/a engine lags on that drive.
 

subzali

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Sweet! :thumb:
 
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