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I went eventually with a Rhino Rack and a 2500 lbs winch and some aluminum profiles to winch the 18ft Hobie Tandem Island with ease onto the roof. A bit more involved to setup, but it works great. Zero heavy and awkward lifting and risk of...

Ahhh…just what I needed to make my gunwale brackets work! Ih8mud never disappoints for solutions to all of those random little problems

make some spacers out of sprinkler tubing. Yakima-Thule — Gamiviti - https://www.gamiviti.com/yakimathule

Not the most recent photo, but you get the idea

Before and after

The Oregon FJ55 license plate Cruiser is way nicer than the Nevada truck.

Yeah, that treatment is….different

Showed up 2021 "ran when parked" in '97. Needed absolutely everything except a body lol Current day '24 after replacing/restoring anything I could get my hands on.

Just about there filling out the missing tool parts for my late model FJ40 - latest addition being the correct yellow handled screwdriver. Forgive the incorrect jack handle (it’s a later model Toyota part - keeping my eye out for the brown cast...

Finally, got that bastard…cheater bar did the trick. And TOP quality penetrating oil.

A couple of solid rigs in the deck this week

As other said, they're aftermarket wheels. If they are 8" wide they would be interesting and I would hold on to them. IMO, 10" wide wheels are too wide. It looks like they might have 1/4" spacers behind them, which is not uncommon for wheels...

@65swb45 brings up a good point, and reminded me of what modifications I had to do to a new exhaust that was installed when I initially purchased my 40. In the photo below, you can see how the mechanic had the exhaust run a little more than 45...

@wngrog knows this one

All finished and initial torque settings done. Will check after a few weeks. Greased up and double checked everything. All in all, good experience but those pins…they are Satan’s spawn. Never want to do that again. Right now, 3” raise and...

I finally got my fj40 engine swap done as of Sunday/Monday No more leaky worn out SBC now it has a beautiful 2f. Its running and driving! I apologize about the vertical video quality.

A bit of routine maintenance: Changed air and fuel filters. Also, the vent window latch plates had been painted over. So, scraped off the paint and polished them a bit. And added a pair of heater hose hangers to side cover courtesy of...

Free! Free at last from the shackles that bind you!!! I’ll probably/hopefully be dead in 43 years and the next owner will be posting this same thread on mud because I’m the A-Hole who put OEM back on. Good luck generation double C. Knowing this...

Just small stuff: Painted the rear heater pewter since it came to me in black. Also replaced aftermarket fuse block with a NOS fuse block from Mark's Of Road.

The help here is really unbelievable, the shear volume of it. I'm on some land rover forums no comparison.

I concur wholeheartedly. I’ve been on several forums over the years for various things and even stumbled upon a different site somewhat geared towards TLC’s and this one is by far filled with generally kind, knowledgeable and helpful folks. I’ve...

I love it when I’m faced with an issue on this truck and someone is posting about it at the same time. This thunk has been driving me crazy - thought for sure it was something in the steering column or transmission tunnel. Then it mysteriously...

Heyo! just learned about this group today. I live in Sautee Nacoochee which is close to Helen. Lifelong Yota 4x4 owner. I have a 73 Fj43 that I’ve been Retro-Modding > @Houseofyotas. Looking forward to meeting sometime down the road. Cheers!

Checkout eBay and get your pocket book ready!

Thank you all for the great expert tips - even the ‘put a wrench on it’ one! I’m happy to say the winner was soaking it with a penetrating oil and then using an easy out. Couldn’t have been easier. I hope one day I’ll have this kind of expertise...