took my daughter to make the pilgrimage to visit the greatest machine ever created by man. I swear i built this thing for wheeling, but its become the official family vehicle
Held vacuum overnight - ran for another hour or so to get out more moisture, then put two 12oz cans of R134a in this morning. AC is blowing cold, can't get vent temps because "we" broke the other thermometer, but if I had to guess it's in the 40s...
Coming up on around 23 years of ownership, and the last half dozen were more about neglect than care.....
But thats changing!
At this point I can't remember why I stopped driving it. I thought it was starting to run warm on hot days, but the last...
After way too long of a hiatus, it's time to start thing about what needs to happen here.
Its been sitting years now. Going to need brakes and figure why it had been running warm, and slightly mixing it's oil and water.
The entire cooling system...
Yes, Barnyard Cruisers is my Cruiser/parts business. I've been running it full time for the last few years. Thank you everyone for the kind words! It really means a lot. I try to do whatever I can to help people get what they need for their rigs...
@greenbeast
What are you needing? Pics, visual, etc.?
I am about 30 miles away. I get to Blacksburg here and there.
If you want a mechanical inspection I recently discovered a family owned repair shop that between the owner and his son they...
Got mine installed, and happy to say no leaks in the (super pathetic) monsoons and no whistling when going down the highway. When open I can easily reach into the back area and touch the floor, meaning I can grab anything on that side without...
I have an 83 FJ 60 that I fully desmogged 2 years ago, just went and pulled the box down that I put some items in, is this what you need?
If so you can have it. Not sure of condition but I believed it work when I removed it. Just PM me your...
While I was the first person ToyotaMatt banned/blocked, it was because he was taking advantage of the general ignorance people have of how the Toyota system works. This was over ten years ago.
I called him out on it. I got banned/blocked...
I’ve long since got over spending $18 for a $3 dollar early FJ-45 SILCA key blank that Matt initially cut on his fancy Toyota Key cutting machine. He then told me to take the key to the local locksmith and have it cut it to the lock number...
Made a spacer out of a bronze spacer out of the general hardware section..
Blows my mind, you can walk into a park store and ask for a distributor hold down clamp and they have no idea what a distributor is… so unfortunately, waiting on Amazon...
Starting off a build thread to document / journal my work on this truck. Currently at 311k miles, I've put 10k of those on myself. I bought this truck as a distraction project. It's named after my fiancee and best friend who shared the same name...
https://landtankproducts.com/products/brake-booster-pushrod-adjustment-tool
This guy gives away this tool for free, just pay shipping.
Also, go through the entire brake adjustment protocol in the FSM in order, part of which is adjusting the...