BryanLiew

No, the Hilux is SFA, but there is a sealed bearing pressed onto the axle shaft so no real scope to wear the axle shaft or housing - and the bearing housing is replaceable. The down-sise is that it is even less field servicable than the SFA 60...

Last year I read all you posts about the turbo upgrade multiple times! One day I'll make it happen lol. What turbo/specs are you running now?

The 13bt does have a fuel stop lever you can manually move to shut the engine off. In this guys photo it’s labeled: full load stopper no idea what it does. It shuts the fuel off 😊. You could rig up a cable inside the cab to pull it for a...

My brother is taking care of it right now. He's going to drive it to Winnipeg in a few days.

The SF axle shafts are the same thickness as FF shafts where they go into the diff, and then get thicker as they go out into the axle housing. This taper apparently stops them from twisting, making them more prone to snapping. But the FF also...

@deckermadness I have totally seen your posts on the fj60/62 Facebook page

A stop cable is a good idea. I dont know the 13bt well enough to know if there is a mechanism to stop if from running in reverse. To my knowledge, there isn anything stopping it. Im sure alot of people on ih8mud would know the answer lol

Interesting.. the H and 2H engines will run backwards as well, the EDIC is meant to prevent it with its Low Oil Pressure Cutoff function, but when the EDIC fails Stop Cables are commonly fitted. The 13BT doesn't have any mechanism to prevent it...

you are right, the SF axle is alot bigger where is see's shear and torsion forces, so especially off-road where the axle see's impact's/large shear forces the FF could definably be stronger. It wouldn't be to hard to calculate lol. For me...

Worth it! Dealing with a c clip semifloat on the trail would not be fun

I was worried about the DIY reverse eye springs breaking on the trip, but had not problems! Also, after wheeling the 60, lower gears like a toybox would defiantly help, but not sure I want to add another thing that can goi wrong to the 60 since I...

This is a short highlight of the whipsaw trip since it to much to post here https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MDc2NzkxNDI0ODA3OTA3?story_media_id=3706860845257197685&igsh=bGpybWd0OTdsM2Q1 I had to winch in two spots. The first spot I...

This was the First small obstacle, and my first time wheeling the 60. Crawled right up like it was nothing. :)

Morning before Whipsaw we checked out Fossil Beach. Tight squeeze for the 60, but made it in and out—just a short winch at the exit. Probably could’ve crawled it, but with Whipsaw ahead I didn’t feel like risking driveline or body damage. After...

Thursday shake-down run with my brother before meeting everyone at the Whipsaw trailhead on Friday. We dropped into Harrison the hard way for night one. He clipped a rock and smashed a locking hub. Lucky for him, the 60 carries a spare on the...

Spent the week hanging out in Kamloops and wrenching on the 60. Got the 8274 wired up and synthetic line installed (good thing too—I ended up needing it). Fixed the air locker line that had melted on the turbo heat shield, and chased down a...

August 17 2025 I made it to Vancouver early on Sunday then met up with my brother and got to his place in Coquitlam. He has two 1st gen Tacomas and a grey hdj81. The access cab 1st gen is SAS'd with a 80 diff, locked and has duals(it's...

I couldn't make it to Vancouver, so I stopped over in Kamloops. My brother lined me up with his friends Andrew & Haley—bonus, they’ve got a GX in the driveway. 👌

August 15 2025 I left my Co-op early and started driving at 12pm. My first stop was regina for for gas, and I want even empty yet! On the whole trip, I got between 9.4 and 12.L/100km! My plan was to drive to Calgary, but I broke own 5-10...

Im abit late on this, but I wanted to take the 60 for Winnipeg,manitoba to British Columbia at the end of August for some wheeling, so I needed some rocker protection. This was the two days before I left. I use the old rockslides I cut of the...

I finished rebuilding the original H55F and transfer case that had been sitting all winter, and finally swapped it in to replace the BJ74 transmission that occasionally popped out of 5th gear.

The 13bt has over 300 000km and was getting about loud. I adjusted the valves which made it abit quieter. I used the specs in the toyota book.

You may have noticed in the last post the FF rear axle. I swapped the semi float out when I did the regear with hj61 FF axle!

It's been a while, but I have done a couple things since my last post. I decided not to instal later toy box for now, im still deciding if I need it. I did put 4.56 gears and new 35x12.5r15 on the old aluminum wheels.