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1979 LANDCRUISER HELP
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:14 am
by EDDY
hi every one i have myself a 1979 landcruiser bj40 and in it it has electric hubs that have shit out and now my 4wd dosnt work i want to no if i can take the electric hubs out and put manual ones in with out changing the front axle?
and will i have to put in a new transfer case
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:09 pm
by wopass
heya mate
never knew any of the 40 series came out with lekky hubs
part them off and pop some AISIN free wheeling hubs on, piss easy and no you dont have to change the axle
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:10 am
by oldblue
I didn't know that electric hubs can out before 1990, only seen them on 70series, you learn something new every day
If its the carbon brush's that are knacked, I can convert the hubs over to a manual type.useing your own hubs.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:39 pm
by EDDY
wopass wrote:heya mate
never knew any of the 40 series came out with lekky hubs
part them off and pop some AISIN free wheeling hubs on, piss easy and no you dont have to change the axle
WILL THIS MEAN THAT I WILL HAVE TO CHANGE MY TRANSFER CASE? IT ONLY HAS HI 4, NEUTRAL, AND LO 4, ALSO WILL STANDED CRUISER HUBS DO THE SAME JOB?
land cruiser
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:48 pm
by coxsy
why should you change tranfercase's when it 's the hubs that are your problem
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:24 pm
by EDDY
because it is set up so wen u pull a switch out on the dash it engages 4wd and when the switch is in your in 2wd
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:57 pm
by oldblue
The switch is probley there to controll the transfer case when going from 4WD to 2WD. This will have nothing to do with the front freewheel hubs.
The only fuction of the hubs is to lock the front axles to the wheels.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:59 am
by rake
You should have 2 switches on your dash. 1 for the hubs and 1 for the transfercase. If you change out your electric hubs for manuual ones which I would recomend anyway it should not effect your 4 wheel drive except you will have to get out of the truck to manually engage your hubs. The transferr case has an electric switch which engages a solenoid to bring you transfer case gear into gear via a vacuum switch which should be high up on the fire wall inside the engine bay right infront of the driver.
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:08 pm
by EDDY
THANK FOR THE HELP EVERY 1
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:30 pm
by skid
take a pic of your truck.
we wanna see this for ourselves, coz we never seen a 40 series with electric hubs
take pic of switches too
we just pic whores who wanna see everything new about 40s
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:45 pm
by EDDY
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:09 pm
by wopass
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:21 pm
by skid
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:48 pm
by EDDY
its a jap import i think and 24 volt
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:52 pm
by niblik
jebus...
how rare?!?!?!!! almost worth fixin it for the museum...!
almost...
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:55 am
by muddy
You may have a whole 70 series front axle? It looks like it has different front springs with the axle centred so it's a little further forward than normal.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:44 pm
by MNC
Can't be that uncommon. My old green truck had the same setup. Was an 81 Jap import (from memory).
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:08 pm
by EDDY
pritty shaw 1979 was the first year the electric hubs came out
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:04 pm
by cornfarmer
I had a 1980 BJ40 with the electric 4wd setup . I have never heard of them crapping out but after 28 years I guess they wear out. Try get another set might get another 28 years out of them!
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:16 pm
by oldblue
To my learned friends, We are getting confused about Electric hubs and Electrically controlled 4WD switches.which has nothing to do with the hubs
Electric hubs came out in 1990, on 70series.
These red 4WD switches came out on Jap imports, in conjuction with a H2 and L4 gear lever.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:22 pm
by cornfarmer
Yeah im pretty sure the hubs on the early BJ40s are permantly engaged on the front axle, and all the switch does is sort the transfer case out.
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:55 am
by EDDY
oldblue wrote:To my learned friends, We are getting confused about Electric hubs and Electrically controlled 4WD switches.which has nothing to do with the hubs
Electric hubs came out in 1990, on 70series.
These red 4WD switches came out on Jap imports, in conjuction with a H2 and L4 gear lever.
so manual hub will solve this problem
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:38 am
by oldblue
Tell use again, the problem.
In your system The front axle is a fixed drive, so if you don't have 4WD then its got to be in the switching system, which controlls the vacum diagrahm. or the vacumn side .
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:01 pm
by rake
Try switching your vacuum hoses on the transfercase around to see if you have 4wd. Don't touch any of the switches/knobs and if you have 4wd then it is definiatly your electric over vacumn solenoid switch.
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:28 pm
by SMOKEY
I'm with oldblue on this one. Looks to me you have the standard from factory fixed drive plates on the end of your stub axles, these drive flanges where removed when people fitted free wheel drive hubs. From new they had a cap on the end like a wheel bearing cap. DON'T throw your drive flanges away they are sort after as a spare to fit if ever you blow a freewheeling hub
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I WAS WRONG ONCE,-------- DON'T THINK IT WAS THIS YEAR,
FITZY.
Re: 1979 LANDCRUISER HELP
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:29 am
by EDDY
HAY GUYS HAD ME CRUISER OUT FOR A RUN A WEEK OR 2 AGO AND IT SHIT OIL ALL THREW THE CAB IT SEEMS IT CAME FROM A HOSE ON THE PLUNGER UNIT AND INTO THE BACK OF THE DASH AND ITS NOT CONECTED TO ANYTHING. DOSE ANYONE KNOW WHAT ITS MENT TO DO OR WHAT ITS MENT TO CONECT TO.
CHEERS EDDY
Re: 1979 LANDCRUISER HELP
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:51 pm
by Bubba
Jeez and these guys didn't believe you, they thought you were full of shet
Goes to show the old dogs can learn new tricks aye!
