Dekeman

That must sound terrific.

Finally fix the chronically leaking exhaust pipe flange gasket on exhaust manifold. No matter what I tried it always seemed to start leaking. Sometimes sooner some time later, some people might think this is extreme but I was over it. Yep , Man...

Closed on 20 acres so spent some time to cut in a road to get the HJ back there. Chainsaw decided to bitch out so I used a bunch of snatch blocks, my winch, and that Japanese deisel to just pull trees out of the way.

I took off my wheels and painted them black. They only came primed and they had faded a lot. Also took off the spare tire carrier and basket to grease the spindle they open on. (apparently my iphone takes too good/big of pics so having trouble...

Took advantage of an 82F mid-April day in Chicago to wash the truck.

Akuma is a roller again. Frame back from powder, 80 axles with Eaton elockers, Dobinsons IMS suspension. NEXT UP-- LS3 EROD and custom built 4L65E install. Jason TT

Has not left yet. We decided to have the roof repainted and once I go pick it up I’m going to add rear shoulder belts then ship it off

Sold?? Congratulations. Hope it went to a good home.

shameless plug, but my 60 is much nicer than that and is also for sale. I am open to negotiations on price. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/1983-freeborn-red-fj60.1334841/

@Jason YY Agree with the above assessment of mileage and dormancy. I bought a 60 with 124,000 miles on the clock that had been sitting garaged for four years. I trailered it home and guess what? It had 2 quarts of oil in it instead of 8. Lots of...

As someone who went through the same journey as you OP, I went the 60 series route. Some things I learned: 1. Do not compare a 60 series to a modern vehicle. You will likely be disappointed. 2. Test drive one. Test drive will likely make a lot...

Rented a wet vacuum and finally got around the cleaning the seats and taking all the old oil/grease and Manitoba dust out of them. Let me tell you, what a freaking difference. Feels like a new truck now. BEFORE :bounce2: AFTER :bounce...

Then went out cruising with @BittersweetInfamy! First time cruising with another LC.

You will want to get inside the birfs just to check the bearings anyway. Rebuild kits are not that expensive and lots of tutorial here. Dirty job, but pretty satisfying when complete, and not as complicated as it looks.

Power steering gearbox reseal is underway while I wait for news from the machine shop. the steering box on my truck is bleeding all over the place. I got one of the last few seal kits in the world from what I can tell. Rock Auto has a Gates kit...

cleaned it up and took it to calgary to get my 1hdt rebuilt. FINALLY!! i hope to have a leak feee motor for a little while!!

Your battery is dead. Replace it

Replace your s***ty old battery terminals with some good ones and then come back if you still have a problem. Will I promise this is the issue? Nope. But you really need to put some good brass marine style terminals (with crimped on lugs) under...

Took the old girl up to my buddies hunting cabin to hang out this weekend. She fits in right at home in the woods of Appalachia!

Back to Phoenix and still for sale. I lasted so long in Wisconsin the Arizona plates didn’t even expire. 😂

Drove this yesterday. HJ61 with 12HT, slush box, FF rear, etc. etc. Short drive, actually nothing more than launching and pulling out a boat :lol: , but enough to have me thinking about a 12HT swap for the 2F. I've ridden in it and even with...

31s will have less unsprung weight and seeing these trucks are slow enough as is..... On the other hand, what @wngrog has done to many trucks is hard to beat: Yokohama geolander m/t 235/85-16 = 31.73" 255/85-16 = 33.07" or 255/85r16 Cooper AT’s...

Great documentation. Watching.

I’ll get back to old work later. I mentioned the future in the last post… So the bearings didn’t thrill me. It’s a 2F though, they seem to want to keep running despite all odds against them. But I also recently did a compression test. Top dry...

Pull off that mad-hatter plumbing and replace with OEM. Check the parts diagrams to see what you need. See how hard it is to remove the fitting from the case, use heat if it's stubborn, careful of fire with that grease. Doubt it has a permanent...