swapping running gear - series 3?

[Jimmy]

mad idea, but is it possible to swap out all the running gear of series vehicle for more modern deisel vehicle parts? i love the series three but want a more driveable vehicle? maybe a a hilux or or a small 4cyle deisel of some type.

I always thought just dropping a 200Tdi and gearbox in was ideal, but you are still left with trans case, old diffs and drum brakes, which to me seems like a limitation.

maybe swapping the running gear of a disco in full and shortening diffs is an option? or perhaps just different diff centres in the series diffs and a disc break and power steering mod?

over to the brains trust?

[goingbush]

I had a LWB Series 2 with FJ40 Front & Rear axles & was a REALLY easy conversion.

My ideal project would be a series 2 swb body onto a 90" cut/shut rrc chassis /running gear

barring that I would, while you can still get a cheap one, buy a rusty BJ70 and install BJ70 complete running gear into a shorty.

you get a 4cyl turbo 13bt 3.4 l diesel which are bulletproof, a 5 speed & bulletproof transfer case and 4.1 final drives with discs on the front.
they are the last leaf sprung model before toyota coils so easy to install into a series 2.

[Jimmy]

what about a 109 though? could the toyo gear still work?

[banjo]

Ive seen a LWB body droped onto a landcruiser chassis & running gear.Aperntly it went on fairly easy..

[Jimmy]

now thats an interesting idea.... what type of crusier?

[goingbush]

what about a 109 though? could the toyo gear still work?

Heres one I prepared earlier


Early 3.7 LandCruiser Front & Rear end , this one has a P76 eng RRC Gbox/TC.

[shorty943]

Heres one I prepared earlier


Early 3.7 LandCruiser Front & Rear end , this one has a P76 eng RRC Gbox/TC.

Aawe, that's cute.
Did it take you long to train it to roll over for a belly tickle?

[BigJon]

Heres one I prepared earlier


Early 3.7 LandCruiser Front & Rear end , this one has a P76 eng RRC Gbox/TC.

I have most of the bits stored to do that to my IIA 109. Toyota axles, Rangie gearbox, spare 3.9 engine (still in my RRC, but will be coming out). I hope to not park it like that once I am done though!

[Slunnie]

I have most of the bits stored to do that to my IIA 109. Toyota axles, Rangie gearbox, spare 3.9 engine (still in my RRC, but will be coming out). I hope to not park it like that once I am done though!

This is very close to what my ute is.
SeriesII 109 tray, 3.9, ZF/LT230, LC60 axles. Its a good conversion, but needs a bit of modding to the chassis and body to work, its basically setup like a Stage1 now. Actually, the Stage 1 chassis is a much better starting point for it all, by a long shot. I would however recommend with all of this a conversion to a LC60 Power steering also as it makes that part a lot more straight forward.

[shorty943]

On a more serious note than my last post.

This thread has given me some food for thought about my '79\109 panelvan now. I have been told the old Land Cruiser FJ45 transfer case is a seperate unit, anybody know if this is correct?
If so, that fixes my dilema about grafting the old Landy case onto a Daihatsu 5 speed gearbox. ( Will have to run 2wd until I get that sorted.)
Only thing of concern then is, can the old S3 front and rear axles cope?


BTW, Slunnie, nice I like it.