To anyone; I have a ?72 FJ40 Toyota Landcrusier. It?s all stock, with a straight 6 and a manual 3 speed. The transmission is going and I want to put in a new 4 speed or 5 speed. I will eventually want to put in a new 6-cylinder engine. I would like to replace the transmission first, then when I get more cash replace the engine. How would you advise me in doing this? Cause if I first do the transmission is there only certain transmissions that will work? What about conversion kits? If I get a new engine will I have to get a new conversion kit? Would it be better to get the engine and transmission all at once keeping everything the same manufacturer? Roughly what will these cost me?<br>Thanks for your advice.

what a lot of people like to do is to mate a latter model 4-speed (Cruiser) tranny with the earlier 3-sp transfer (a transfer case that was originally mated to the 3-sp tranny). The 3-sp. transfer has lower gears in it, thus making the gear ratios a little better. What I would do in your situation is to save up and buy a newer (post '76) 2F motor at the same time as you buy (post '76) transmission. This will save you both time and money. As far as the cost goes, well, I suppose that all depends on what kind of deal you can score where you are. Hope that helps a little bit. For (a lot) more info on that sort of a thing go to <a href=http://lists.off-road.com/~tlca/ target=new>http://lists.off-road.com/~tlca/</a> and check out the archives. You'll find more info there than you probably ever wanted to know. Take care,<br><br>-ben

Are you going to replace the engine with another 236 straight 6 (like stock)? Or something else? If you're certain you're going to replace the engine, I'd do the whole thing at once - make sure the (new) engine and transmission work together and swap them both out at once, instead of finding a new tranny to fit the current engine, and then trying to fit a new engine up to it. <br><br>Peace,<br>Jake