Recent content by Palma

Awesome! Very relieved to hear I don't have to redo the rear. Thanks for the info everyone!

Thank you very much for the info! However this has got me very worried: "Clue, the arrows DO NOT indicate front. :)" What do they indicate then? I installed the rear springs with the arrows facing forward since I thought that was the only reasonable thing they could mean.

I'm installing my new OME suspension and I'm wondering which spring goes where. I've got the rear mounted but the front two I'm confused about. I'm guessing the driver side is slightly stiffer than the other to accommodate the extra weight of the driver, but I can't tell which is which. One is...

So I'm restoring my TLC and I'm wondering what I should do about the axles. First of all, I fear that sandblasting them would damage internal components by either abrasion or heat, and worry that keeping media from entering the housing would prove problematic. So how should I clean them...

Hey folks, I have an appointment to have my frame sandblasted in a few weeks and I'm wondering what kind of coating I should put on it afterwards. I was thinking about having it Linex'd since that's the toughest finish I know of, but my father and one of his friends claim that that will 'ruin...

I would like to get a new winch but a new WARN 8274, which everyone here swears by, costs almost $2k. My options are to buy an old 8274 or keep my current winch.

Thanks for y'alls input... It DOES work. I actually used it to pull both myself and another vehicle out of the mud the very first time I ever off-roaded (about nine months ago lol.) Anyway, I know the WARN is sacred around here, I was just wondering if anyone had seen or heard of a similar...

Can anyone ID this winch? I posted photos of it in another thread and someone said it was made from an aircraft landing gear motor, and that they made for pretty stout winches. Has anyone ever heard of something like that before? It's mounted to a really thick steel plate and mounts behind the...

Of course the uploader flips the image upside down when I post it.

I'm trying to get a new winch for my TLC and I have some questions. First of all, attached is a picture of the winch that came on my truck when I got it. It was described by the former owner as 'a boat anchor.' There was a 20ft. home extension cord wound up under the hood running power to it...

Thanks for all the well wishes y'all! I appreciate the info on the odometer. The screws on the windshield knobs ended up being bent... Wish they had made them a little heavier gauge. Some PB Blaster and careful turning with a large adjustable wrench got them past the bend, and after that they...

Glad to meet y'all! Here's a photo of it. It's a 1974. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/Atten418/IMG_0773_zps169cacd4.jpg Some of its previous owners must have been some serious rednecks judging by the crappy spray paint camo job and the bizarre electrical hotfixes I'm uncovering. haha...

Well I just figured it out. Feel free to point and laugh at the new guy. Haha. This thing is loads of fun though. I'll try not to clutter your board with too many more posts like this.

Hey y'all, So I just bought an FJ40 and this is my first time driving it. It's awesome! But my brights are on and I don't know how to switch them off... I pull and twist on the LIGHTS knob and all I get are 'off' 'running lights' and 'brights. How do you turn your brights off? I have a lot of...