DickM

Got a replacement ignition control module from DUI under warranty. It has silver color rings at the attachment points hopefully indicating a different batch from the gold ones that have a failure history.

Zero fun!

This is our first fzj79 with a stock winch and e-lockers. Those trucks with 1fz-fe got too expensive locally in Saudi, to the point that a 2006 with 500k km can cost me around 30k here!!!! And you have to deal with any 500k km surprises. "That...

Two more landed today. Stories when I can undig from being gone 2 weeks

Land Cruiser photo from the archives. The Red Hills region of south central Alabama is known for its slimy slick roads after a good rain. This is the mud build up on my FJ60's tires from driving on a public county road in the Red Hills. Four...

I can talk about how much this project was a downhill for me, but after seeing those texts from the owner and Nolen's touch, I felt better. Still, I am broke from this project, just because my mom says so, like I am here working to get those nice...

Man I love your posts on here. Not self promoting, just living the land cruiser dream. Love it!

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...

Welcome First thing i'd be removing is that front bumper

Bowden cable is the term. You can find generic Bowden cable kits online, or with some DIY ingenuity you can make one out of bicycle/motorcycle/moped stuff. Bikes use them for brakes and shifting. Buy a cable and some housing and cut both to size...

I got lucky and just happen to be looking in the right place at the right time and bought an oem stamped bezel for the 45. It came off of a 1963 fj40 and had the right patina and character to match The Milk Truck. I think it fits the truck...

Some progress. Still waiting on hawse fairlead with flip up license plate holder, disconnect switch and cables.

Almost

Finally, a true October sunset

Beautiful

Got the rebuild parts for the 8274, and finally got around to installing them and all the newly cleaned ones that have been anxiously awaiting assembly. Very straight forward job as there is a bunch of info here and Youtube video info on the web...

Took a drive around the Turnagain arm and spent my Birthday in Hope. Some cool pull outs and camping spots along the Hope rd.

Don't worry, in a few years of driving it, most of the stuff you fixed once will do you a favor and let you fix it again. :D

The red 60 build for @WSOPgold2012 is washed, polished and ready to log some test and tune miles when I get back from our trip.

I completely understand as my own 2 FJ45’s that are currently for sale aren’t listed here either. Mainly because I wasn’t interested in the “back in the day that was a $5k truck”. I was just thinking about it from the aspect of this site has...

My first instinct was “jeez, 31k?!?” Then I read the description and realized how much of a deal it would be. GLWS @Lifelong40Fan

That's a lot of work in short time! Rivets do look factory but that is just the steering box mount. The steering box could have been swapped on the factory mount. I'd strongly consider an ARB or other selectable locker for the rear unless it...

Took the 60 on a trip down Moss Wash to the old Gold King Mansion. Right up there with Hole in the rock as a favorite trail. Technical rock crawling, steep climbs, butt puckering shelf roads, and elevation changes from desert to pine forests