Wow those things were pretty much gone! I bet that oil press. was almost nothing at that point. XD

You could say that... they would rattle a little till the engine got up to temp. The crank was still standard by the way.

hehe awesome.

Not as bad as some I've seen.

I had a 1979 Chevy LUV truck that I bought with a mechanical oil gauge.

During initial startup, the gauge would read a good 40 PSI. But as the oil temp warmed up, in a matter of minutes, it would fall down to zero at idle.

I thought it was the gauge.

As I'd be driving, the motor would sort of... slow down, then speed up, just ever so slightly. If you weren't a mechanic you might not even notice it.

It wasn't until I blew a head gasket thousands of miles later that I decided to pull the oil pan and have a look at the bottom end...

Total carnage. The lower literally had zero oil pressure at idle with at- temp oil. The slowing of the engine was the engine beginning to lock up, then free up again.

Ironically I put thousands of miles on it cross country (it was during a trip to California I could feel it slow down) before it blew a head gasket. It ran fine, with no noise before that.

Good thing I was using synthetic oil or I would not have gotten the mileage out of it that I did.

Also discovered that the Isuzu G180 4cyl engine has massive lower end bearings, thicker than even the famed 22R engine (Which I have in my RV and love...)

Her bearings are wore out for sure, but they look like a good wore out, removed from a well maintained and not abused engine.

no big scratches so most of that was due to the super fine grit the oil filter misses plus start-ups, start-ups are what murder bearings if the oil is adequately filtered.
i have a 2.3 ford that had bearings just slightly worse than that. no rattle at all on startup. i currently have 450,000 on that motor after I last overhauled it. its due to be pulled and torn down just to see where its guts are, i suspect cracked piston skirts, simply because ford plus cast pistons plus 450,000 miles.. its showing no issues but id rather check than figure out its developed issues via the death rattle .. ;p

Yep my poor toy has had a hard life... but it is paid for so it's worth fixing so I'll have it a few more years.

When I first put together mine (a one ton with a steel flatbed) I pulled into a weld shop and a smartass employee said "jeez, your truck would fit in the BED of MY truck!".

i replied "and exactly how many more payments do you have on YOUR truck??"

in the interim, that buttwipe has had at least 3 Furds, all of which have been total rustbuckets and money pits.

I know about money pits when it comes to cars and trucks... one of the reasons I stay with the older stuff

A fine, fine piece of machinery... unfortunately no longer part of my ARSEnal :(

Well mine is still running well so far

Rust--and the inability to tow a big trailer safely--became the issues :/ A newer 5.7L Tundra with sufficient tow rating was out of my price range.

The only Ti-yote-r engine that impressed me more was the 2F. What a beast!

Yep had one of those in my FJ45 and it did very well.

Ah, you had the pleasure as well! I had a 40, either a 77 or 78. Gawd what a beast! Would pull the stink out of a skunk. Again, rust was its downfall :(

If I had money to burn, I'd probably invest in a Hino 600, set up as a hauler :) Would be nice to throw a few dollars towards West Virginia...

I had both the FJ40 and the FJ45 the 40 had the F2 engine with a 3 speed and my 45 had the early F engine that later was replaced with an F2...

i always heard it called the 2F, but whatever... :)

1975–1987 – 4.2 L (4230 cc) 2F

my favorite was the sight glass on the side of the float bowl. can't ever recall seeing that before, though a Hart-Parr has flip top lids!

many of the asian cars I've had were that way. The FJ45 I had had a really early engine in it again it was built in 1967 my 40 was a 72

Huh. Maybe I just never noticed. Though really, I didn't have many carbureted Jap cars...

All of mine were and are carbed

Is this me, or does the new spinner looks like it's been made from Chineesium™?


Also, old carb cars, and DIY maintenance? Hope i woun't sound wrong with this, but it seems to me, some ol'gal got skill and kicks to go

Nope they are OEM made in Japan. Yep my Toy is pre EFI and yes Dad wanted me to be able to work on my own stuff. I grew up around old airplanes, old boats and older cars.. My first car was a 1962 Ford and that was in 1975.

I bless his soul, and have huge respect for you both.

Thank you, I never thought he was anything special growing up. As I got older I found out he was a rather special man and well respected in the many fields he worked in.