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Was always planning on getting the rig running myself and then taking it over to Georg’s shop for a thorough inspection. I made an appointment for a heavy tune up and cooling system refresh and few other things. Took the day off work and decided...

Thanks to @FJ60Cam for letting me pluck a Hi Po head out of your stash. I was able to hit the gym, my favorite restaurant Las Tortugas for a $50 lunch and grab the head drive home and stab it by 6:30. 💪 Pro Tip if you are putting a head on...

And now the freshly epoxy primered tub heads back to the Fab Shop (ie "Jail" as the Body Shop guys call it) for fitting the shock towers and determining if OEM or tube fenders will work/look better, before paint.

Shifter handle first test fit and ramble..

while waiting on a few things to come in for my steering/suspension, I decided to take more stuff apart. Turns out my NV4500 is fine-ish.. what I thought was it being broken was the shift tower bolts all having fallen out... no wonder it was...

Next issue.. pitman arm hardware would contact the leaf spring at full flex preventing full steering. Also had no room go higher without notching the frame. So, design a 4130 sheet metal double sheer pitman arm to raise the heim joint approx .75"...

New proposed ram-mount.. (heim is just a temp spacer). Ram cylinder moving back and up about 1.5” each way. New clamp and lower profile tabs and having up on top of the axle will keep it from rubbing the housing. The other issue was the AC...

Moved to the back corner lift out of the way.. part of the hold up from working on this truck (or any of my other cars is available shop space. One of my teachs had to take a bit of a leave for the month so I jumped on the opening to use his bay)...

After I installed the ram-assist I started breaking the upper knuckle hardware every other trail ride.. I've had these keyed steering arms from Front-Range on the shelf for about three years now. Time to finally install them. I bought them...

1st pic shows lower shock mount as I set it up when I first did the SOA in 2018, 2nd pic shows new arrangement mockup 3d printed, I am going to drill a hole in the knuckle gussets I made to be the forward tab. this will prevent the lower shock...

Can't really tell in this pic but there's a huge gouge in the tie rod from the drag link end hitting it. 2nd to last pic shows where the outer shackles rubbed the leaf springs at full flex and they were grinding away on each other. Last pic, one...

mic check, mic check. Things are happening...

Upgrade time…

@OlYellr added these great mirrors to his 40 and I just hate that no matter how tight I make mine, at 55-60mph they move. So, I changed them. Initially shipped the actual mirror in July (been a while so I don’t even remember) and the arms just...

Good call. All clean. I will get this one checked or find a good one.

You can get away with it, but on a a customer car? Get the head checked/cleaned at a machine shop.

Well I'm sure this is common but I've never seen it. Piece of head gasket left the chat and it was a straight pipe for the exhaust. I can't see any issues with the head itself so it looks like I'll be able to simply add a new OEM gasket and...

We did a 40 almost exactly how you are describing last year, minus the shackle reversal, we used an off the shelf Marlin high steer kit with pre made linkages. It all worked well. We started with an FJ80 pitman arm but switched to a Trail Gear...

Its rolling again. Pretty darn happy with the result. Now to finish up the tcase spacer and get the drivetrain dropped in. Then load the back with 500# of concrete and try to get a true rear flex out. These are 34.8" diameter tires and no...

Its been a minute. Finding a roofer at a decent price took a while. Its going to be 15’ min tall. It willl span the entire concrete slab 60’L and 40’ W. I am also extending the awning by another 30’ which I will gravel in to park the Hitachi...

It was 6 pm and it had taken us two hours to get to the point from the good road so we decided to head back out so we would be closer to civilization today for our trek back to Vegas. We made the return trip in 1.5 hours because we were going...

Day 7 had us back on the ferry off Fogo, including another iceberg. I would have loved to stay on the island for a few more days. It was one of the coolest spots we visited. Our camp for the evening treated us to the best sunset of the trip!

Day 6 brought us to another ferry over to Fogo Island and some very cool hikes.

Day 5 brought us to Twillingate and another free camping area on the water.

Since I'm waiting I try my hand at restoring the dash. I've watched lots of videos on the topic but have never actually done it. I get to work cleaning up the old cracked dash. Note: use a heat gun to soften the vinyl and it will cut instead of...