Owyhee Jackass

Not as Nice as adding new gear, but spent most of the weekend learning how the horn wiring works on my BJ74 to get her ready for registration again. As well as the 'additions' the previous owner had made to keep it working over the years. Good...

Spent about 15 hours in my dirt driveway swapping the original suspension for the OME kit. Things actually came apart pretty easy, much easier than my FJ62, but still a long long job. And I still made a few rookie mistakes just to make sure it...

Overlanding in Colombia

Started collecting a few photos of 70's I see in the local area. Most are 2H diesel powered, some 3F, and the ultra rare 1FZ-FE (Ambulance/Fire Dept) Some hard years of work duties have seemed to leave a few beauty scars. Some scars look worse...

The thread size is a super unique seatbelt thread. This is to make sure people don't use low quality bolts from Home Depot. 7/16 - 20 SAE You could order from McMaster or from a bunch of places online.

Got the second coat of POR15 in and then used up the rest of the Kilmat I had purchased for the doors. One 36ft^2 box did both front doors and most the rear sides. My trailer light converter box VHB tape failed and the box was laying in the rear...

Sold. I'll be back in the Land Cruiser world eventually. Maybe. For now, on to other things. 😎

Cheers

550,000kms.

wow, good job, nice first post now we need to see all the pics

Inside buildout.

I started the process of window tinting. pulled the window, tinted, new channel molding and painted the frame. 1 down and 3 to go.

got the insulation finished. all doors all sides. floor is next.

Hello everyone, I'm excited to introduce my new troopy camper, a dream realized sooner than anticipated. Pleased to meet you all.

Got it to fire up on starting fluid Saturday night. We tried several times with gas and the fuel pump, but determined that I purchased the wrong length fuel pump push-rod so we needed to find one of those. My buddy 'knows a guy', crotchety...

Saturday we got the axles bolted in and checked the fuel tank. Tank was clean, this car was originally a fuel injected variant and I'm converting to carbs, so there's a return line on the bottom of the tank that I had to plug. Also had to clean...

Pretty productive weekend on the Fasty. Air-cooled-cruiser friend came to town and stayed with me for 3 days and we got the engine, trans, axles in and got it to fire up and run for a second on gas. Woo-hoo! Friday we messed with the generator...

What he said... I may have waited a bit too long, as it was still too wet for a second coat when I went to bed and was past the 'squeaky drag, but no paint on finger' test the next morning. I did not sand, can hardly reach it one-handed, I just...

My front main seal was leaking something fierce so I replaced it. Removing the crank bolt was more difficult than on a previous engine I did. The starter trick couldn't crack the bolt, it was just bending the breaker bar against the frame. Then I...

yes if you follow instructions. wait for the first coat to get draggy to the touch (around 3hrs depending on atmospheric conditions)

Drill new holes in the spring perches to move the axle ahead 7/8”.

I've used a 1/4" spacer with stock lug nuts on my 45 for about 25 years, no issues.

So curiosity (why is is curious, curiously have the U, but curiosity doesn’t…) got the best of me. Do 17x7.5” rims fit without spacers. Yes* *(legally obligated by my lawyer team. May not work in your in your instance. If they don’t fit...

Finally coating the inside of the rockers I repaired with some POR15. Need to put on a second coat still. These little cans are a bit more $/ounce, but my quart can that I had and was half full, was rock-hard and no bueno. One 4-ounce can...