My weekend: ( CROSSPOSTED to my Baseline Build Thread which has all of the photos at post #69)
Full Front knuckle rebuild
Front Wheel bearing replacement (x2)
Front spindles replaced (x2)
Birfield replacement (x2)
Calipers replaced (x4)
Rear...
Back from MOAB and got some testing done and wanted to share some stuff.
First, I know this is taking some time but I'm engineering a lot of stuff and doing so simultaneously so while it looks like I'm jumping around it's all intended to...
After having our first kid, the 70 series landcruiser ute that my wife and I had built to tour Australia in was rendered quite useless, so we set about looking for a replacement for it.
I didn't want to sell the ute as I was quite attached to...
Took my parent's mint '92 HDJ80 to yesterdays Offroad-Day at the Toyota Collection Cologne.
First time I touched that car since losing my father to cancer last year. It brought back so many great memories of traveling and wrenching, laughing and...
….drove another ~200 miles into NM sacaramento mnts through some rocky desert to experience completely different topography and weather. Boon-docking yet at another undeveloped property.
Looks good, but I would go to 24' wide.
Why
well you will always put stuff in that space between the garage door opening and the wall. first it will be just some windshield washer fluid and then it grows, then comes a shelf and in short order you...
Was putting my ‘92 back together after a deserved full paint job. Clear coat was starting to fail after 32 years. I made new door cards and upholstered them while the 80 was at the paint shop. All that’s left is repainting the front bumper...
Thanks for that tip. That just might work for this. The TurboLamik needs two wires from the paddle shifters, up and down. Looking at some aftermarket paddle shifters, they just need power and ground. That could very well be the path to having...
Parts arrived. They fit up nicely to the Dodge 8HP75. Will be doing a fit check on a block and a transfer case this weekend and then set a date for the install.
Whoa thats too bright ooofff.... Ouchy, If I change mine over it will be to the amber/orange that BMW used in the 80s-90s or like most Pontiac's from the same time easier on the eyes at night.