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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. :)

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...

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.

In the meantime, ill be dripping some of my "background quality" photos over the next month or so while this repair occurs. If anyone wants the full quality shots just DM me. :)

Already have contacts on 2 separate 3B engines. :bounce: Have the truck going in for diagnosis Thursday. I told the shop to take lots of photos! I’ll share the findings of the failure, and hopefully how it happened (or if I caused it!)

That was also my first thought . Problem is the center of the drum is not centered between the 2 horizontal rollers. It sits lower so it will give you a very steep angle upwards and the cable will strive the roller cradle. Not good offcourse. By...

Just finished installing one on a HJ61 -'88 It is a HJ60 winch so now i have 5 gears out and 1 gear in :) . Wonder if it possible to just order the internal wormgears of a late model and replace them so it will be 5 in and 1out ?? Rebuild an...

I brought my Sony A6100 with me and so I have much better quality photos than my garbage iPhone pictures. But those will have to wait until I get back to my place and am able to go through them and edit. I’m just doing a photo dump here for now...

Just outside Haines is the Chilkoot park where there was phenomenal bear watching!

Pics of the old sad 60 and me catching the Alaska marine highway to Haines AK!

Then came the long drive down into Skagway Alaska. I found my first 60 series down by the water at the ferry terminal. It was in a pretty sad state however. Old and cool geo markers from British Columbia.

Then Atlin to Whitehorse Yukon

Then all the way up the Stewart Cassiar hwy to the Yukon for the first time! Then back around to Atlin BC I tried to visit the old mine town of Cassiar but it was blocked by hoardes of old equipment blocking the way. My first time in the...

When I got to Bella coola I found an old FSR to go up and spent the night at the summit. That was a hard beating on the truck. 4LO and pulling hard in 2nd gear all the way to the summit. I leaked a bit of transmission fluid on the way up due to...

the drive out to Bella Coola was a long one but was well worth the trip. I made a nights stay at Tatlayoko lake too. Wonderful spot to camp. I quickly realized that a month was not enough to see everything. I needed 2 months or 3! The road...

Well I’m “back” from my Alaska journey and there is good and bad news… The good news is that I made it all the way to Homer AK! The truck ran flawlessly all the way there and was a comfy ride with the new suspension, even on the major frost...