Information
shamelessly pilfered from: Das Grosse Toyota LandCruiser Buch Specter Off Road Catalog Toyota Trails (TLCA Newsletter) Toyota Dealer Parts Microfiche Toyota: A History of the First 50 Years Toyota Repair manuals Various 4x4 Magazines Contributors (Although they may not have
realized at the time :) Rory Arms, Paul Bech, Gary Bjork, Drew Eckhardt, Lars Gottberg, Steve
Kopito, Willam Jan Markerink, Park Owens, Marv Spector, Ian Staines,
Roy Stockman For the Land Cruiser
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Well, here goes.
I've decided to bite the bullet and try to set up the framework of a
Land Cruiser FAQ. I do not claim to be a Land Cruiser expert all I am
attempting to do is collect the knowledge that the experts on the list
have posted over time into one source. I welcome any suggestions,
corrections, or additions to this FAQ. I also welcome
"articles" about various projects (disc conversions/tranny
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Introduction
Land Cruisers
models are identified by an alphanumeric code. The code consists of
the engine series designation letter(s) and the frame desgination
number separated by a the letter "J." For example a 2 door
with short wheel base and a 2F gasoline engine would be a FJ40. There
are also auxilliary codes that follow the main model code and give
further information about the vehicle. For instance, the code
FJ40LV-KCW is the vehicle mentioned above produced between 01/75 and
07/80 with left hand drive, 4 Speed Transmission, Hardtop, Rear
"ambulance" doors, and no roll bar produced for the European
market. The extra codes are necessary because of the huge number of
variations of each vehicle offered world-wide. There were 2500
versions of the 60 series alone. All the North American & most
Australian Codes are described later in the FAQ. The only exception to
the naming convention is the 1951 BJ.
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