Cabrito
I come in Peace
After a few years I finally got the whine coming from under the cruiser fixed.
I found somebody on the ih8mud site with the exact same problem. http://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/196873-fj-62-whinning.html
MUD is a great resource for land cruiser tech. I helped me diagnose my problem back when nobody but me could hear the faint whine.
When it was starting I was the only person who could hear it. To me it sounded faintly like a small two stroke bike riding next to me. I could not hear it from the passenger seat. It finally got so loud that I would have to turn the radio up to drown it out. In the end it sounded like a swarm of bees were under the car.
So more than a year later..
Here is my own Idler Shaft –
I went to Mudrak’s in Sonoma for the t-case rebuild because I know better than to do this type of work on my own.
While they were under the cruiser they took off and cleaned the transmission pan
Did a new gasket on the oil pan to hopefully fix my annoying oil leak.
Mudrak’s Rocks! Gary is super cool.
Looks great and I don't hear any whine! We switched motor oil to Redline Synthetic - also went synthetic in the transfer case and transmission. For a shake down drive we drove to Monterey and back for the weekend from SF!
The love affair with my land cruiser is back on. I think I will drive it to work today just because..
I found somebody on the ih8mud site with the exact same problem. http://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/196873-fj-62-whinning.html
MUD is a great resource for land cruiser tech. I helped me diagnose my problem back when nobody but me could hear the faint whine.
When it was starting I was the only person who could hear it. To me it sounded faintly like a small two stroke bike riding next to me. I could not hear it from the passenger seat. It finally got so loud that I would have to turn the radio up to drown it out. In the end it sounded like a swarm of bees were under the car.
So more than a year later..
Here is my own Idler Shaft –


I went to Mudrak’s in Sonoma for the t-case rebuild because I know better than to do this type of work on my own.

While they were under the cruiser they took off and cleaned the transmission pan

Did a new gasket on the oil pan to hopefully fix my annoying oil leak.

Mudrak’s Rocks! Gary is super cool.
Looks great and I don't hear any whine! We switched motor oil to Redline Synthetic - also went synthetic in the transfer case and transmission. For a shake down drive we drove to Monterey and back for the weekend from SF!
The love affair with my land cruiser is back on. I think I will drive it to work today just because..