Welcome to the forum. There are a few of us in this area. You might want to check your valve clearances. If they haven't been checked in a long time the valve cover gasket and valve cover bolt grommets may be old and hard and start leaking oil after pulling the cover off so you should have a new set ready. Also the chain slider on the swing arm may be worn out so I would check that to make sure you dont rub a groove into the swing arm.

 Now the clock is working, but only when the ignition is on. When the ignition is off, the clock doesn't work. And another effect, when the ignition is off for a few minutes and I'm gonna turn it on, the clock, it's resetting itself to whatever, 12 o'clock.

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Good afternoon, everyone.

On my FJ, the dashboard clock recently stopped working. My initial thoughtquote author=MarioR link=msg=218874 date=1777238283]

Good afternoon, everyone.

On my FJ, the dashboard clock recently stopped working. My initial thought was that the LCD had failed, so I pulled the LCD from another working dash and swapped it in. However, after reinstallation, the clock still doesn't work. The backlight is on, but the LCD itself remains non-functional. It seems like there's an electrical issue somewhere. Does anyone have any ideas on where I could source a solution? Thanks!

Howdy from N NV. Just picked up an 86 FJ 1200 yesterday. Runs decent, everything seems to work. First thoughts are new chain, sprockets and tires. Where else should I start?

Good afternoon, everyone.

On my FJ, the dashboard clock recently stopped working. My initial thought was that the LCD had failed, so I pulled the LCD from another working dash and swapped it in. However, after reinstallation, the clock still doesn't work. The backlight is on, but the LCD itself remains non-functional. It seems like there's an electrical issue somewhere. Does anyone have any ideas on where I could source a solution? Thanks!

Garth, please add (1) 2XL gray short sleeved to my order...

Thx!

Pat

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Quote from: T Legg on April 24, 2026, 11:23:51 PMThe kickstand pivot bolts develop deep grooves over time . The holes in the kickstand that the pivot bolts go through get elongated and oval shaped at the same time. The centerstand will begin to hang low when in the up position.
  I think RPM still has the pivot bolts.
 

I'll take a look at that and try raising the rear wheel a bit.
tks folks.

With your '86 FJ unfortunately the only way to get the rear end raised is with a length adjustable aftermarket shock......
(unless you get a 89/90 relay arm and convert your '86 shock linkage over to the dog bone style linkage...then you can get the rear height where you want it by the differing the length of the dog bones)

By now, after 40 years, your stock '86 shock is sacked out so you want a new shock anyway...so bite the bullet and get an adjustable length shock. Getting the back end up and transferring more load on the front tire results in a very definite enhancement in handling.

This shock upgrade is the most expensive mod you will need to do on your FJ.

Cheers.  Pat

Quote from: Pat Conlon on April 25, 2026, 04:02:28 PMI don't log in and log out of this forum.
 I log in, then bookmark the site logged in, when done I leave....when I want to return then just return to the bookmark.

I was still logged in just now and the site is loading as it should.
I don't want to log out though. lol

Quote from: T Legg on April 24, 2026, 11:23:51 PMThe kickstand pivot bolts develop deep grooves over time . The holes in the kickstand that the pivot bolts go through get elongated and oval shaped at the same time. The centerstand will begin to hang low when in the up position.
  I think RPM still has the pivot bolts.
 

I'll take a look at that and try raising the rear wheel a bit.
tks folks.

I don't log in and log out of this forum.
 I log in, then bookmark the site logged in, when done I leave....when I want to return then just return to the bookmark.

Is anyone else experiencing this?
It's been doing it since I joined and when I click on the log in icon I get this every time.
I have to go to the register an account page and fight with the captcha and when I get that right and click on log in..it works.
Very frustrating.