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Dang, I thought lug nuts were to hold the motor in place. My crank pully isn’t nearly as sexy as yours but it has a sort of body-piercing-thingy going on with it. And it’s still on the motor and running 😂...

Fellas, I am at my wits end. With a new reflex gasket I'm still getting a racing engine with brake cleaner at #6 at the top stud location. Do i need to source a different intake manifold? I used a home made smoke tester that had smoke coming...

A few more. Do not want to add too many. We are thinking about doing an article in TT to gain more interest again The Virginia Diner and the Atlantic ocean at Kill Devil Hills NC. The diner is in Wakefield , VA. The peanut capital of the world!

@brian, 10 years ago.

A few pics from yesterdays adveture

Final parts took about a week to arrive. Quality is a+

The more I dig into the harness, the more issues I find. At this point, it’s getting a partial rewire. Intake is off, multiple connectors being replaced. One thing I decided to add was an auxiliary fuse box. After looking through a ton of...

Obviously someone with more money than sense. Should have told him his muffler bearings were bad and can only be found in Japan. Plus they were special order. Guessing no matter what you told him it cost he would have said order them.

I am excited @dogfishlake just let me know that my roof rack is on the way!

so, I'm cleaning up this hub and notice a stud broken off right at the top of the hole. I then looked at the others and sure enough right across there was one broken off half way down . Gosh I literally drilling and tapping broken...

I did cruiseroutfit and Marlin seals a couple of yrs ago. I'm happy with the results.

Right on, we'd love to help!

We would love to help @ Cruiser Outfitters. Assuming you're still running drum brakes, this is the kit you need https://cruiserteq.com/4x-5x-series-knuckle-rebuild-kit-fits-1958-9-1975-4x-5x-series-drum-axle/ All Japanese parts, Koyo...

It sounds like you need to find or download a FSM.

I guess I need to rebuild my knuckles on my 9/74 Fj40. I remember grease on the shoes way back then. So, can anyone offer a reputable place to order a rebuild kit? there are so many vendors maybe you guys that have recently gone through this...

This was a FJ45 we had in the shop this week.. The owner bought it on BAT (it lived an "easy life" in Yemen!), rolled it off the semi, went straight to a fuel station, put most of a tank in it, then drove it home where it prompty died in his...

I’m finally at a new chapter of the resto and thought I’d share. PO welded 1/8” sheet metal over the rotted metal that resebles the Frankenstein monter. I estimate an addition 200 pounds of extra weight in the rear. I weighed it before and will...

It rode shotgun like a boss

So the one on the East coast moved a little. @Land Shark picked this up from me and took it to Fall Crawl at the Cove this past weekend. It road the trails in his 40, then road in my FJ45 race car #4573. It then came back to Richmond with Land...

Well, over 4 years later, a cross country move, moving everything from multiple storage units, and a death in the family, this build is now going to continue. I no longer have the cruiser shop (pole barn 30 x 50) and am back to building in a 24...

I had a rare opportunity to remove several of these from my collection of seats and want to share how I did it. @jembourbe was spot on about needing to expand the lips, (front & back) but I couldn't do it w/o breakage. Once I practiced on a...

The clouds and the green desert were a refreshing sight. Fun little day trip. Stopped and had a burger at the bar on the way home.

Spotted this guy checking out my truck. After that, Pat did some needed body work after the flex test with new tires.

Took the fake 45 up to the Big Reef Mill. It's about a 90 round trip from my house. My friend Pat took his newly acquired GX470 out to test it off road for the first time. Weather was perfect. Got rained on alittle on the way to the bar...

Do you remember back in Post 9 when I asked about a melted yellow wire going to the gauge cluster? Well I have been rolling around for 16 years with both a mystery behind my dash and non-functional gauges. I told myself I’d do little projects so...