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My passenger front door has been a little difficult to open for a while. Last week the outside handle stopped working and the window would not go down very far. I pulled the inside door panel off and found the rod that is supposed to connect the outside handle to the latch mechanism...

One more HP After an hour and a half of going nowhere but down, a rancher saw us from up on the main road and stopped to help. He had a hi-lift in his truck and a horse in the trailer. He unhitched the trailer and tried to get close enough to pull us out. He made it to about 150 yds to where...

Left the hi-lift at home This was a family camping trip to the Black River in eastern AZ. Mid week we decided to go to the nearest town 25 miles away for supplies. I had driven this section, right out of our camp site, the day before without much problem. This was not intended to be a...

My 60 failed emissions last month. I did not think that I could get it to pass myself, so I asked locally for mechanic recommendations. Fellow mudders here in AZ gave great encouragement. I did a minor tune-up and found that the vacuum advance was seized. I was able to fix that for free...

Passed! Thank you all for the encouragement. Last weekend I replaced the wires, dist cap and rotor (plugs were done last year). When I had the rotor out I was looking close at the vacuum advance mechanism. I tried to move it, like it would when a vacuum was applied. It didn't move. I...

The cat is the original one. Plugs are new. I'll do/get done the rest of the basic tune up and change the oil, as well as inspect all of the vacuum hoses this w/e. I've had trouble with vac hoses in the past. I Should have checked these before getting tested. I'm still looking for a...

My 87 FJ60 failed emissions today. 2.13 for the loaded CO test (1.20 is the limit). Does anyone here have a recommendation for a Tucson area mechanic? Thanks!

I just had mine done locally through a machine shop for $225. So $200 sounds like a good deal. Mine was really messy when it came out, due to leaking for the past 2 years and a lot of dirt roads, so marking the mating points would have required a lot of clean up time. Also, any markings you...

Thanks for all the advice everyone. Yes, it would have been fine if the air intake was routed to a drier place, even it that first section was removed. And that is what I’m going to do for now. It also would have been fine if I took it slow. I was not sure of how deep the mud was and wanted...

It was a perfect day for 4 wheeling this past Saturday. My wife’s uncle and cousin were in town from Wisconsin and my wife’s brother came down from Phoenix. I decided to take our out of state family and my brother-in-law into the Santa Rita’s southeast of Tucson. The roads were pretty fair...

Hltoppr, Do you mind sharing how much they charged? Also where did you find the OEM seal kit? I've got a leaky steering box that needs attention and have been considering replacing mine with one from http://www.buy-steering.com/ They had the lowest price I could find, but a bit to steep for...

I took my 92 Previa their 3 years ago for a leaky valve cover gasket. Also had them adjust the valves and change the plugs as longs as they had the right front seat out (which is necessary in order to get to the top end of the engine in a Previa). It was a bit pricey, but I was satisfied with...

I've got a really leak power steering box on my 87 FJ60. It looks like one can spend a mint replacing one from SOR. JT Outfitters has rebuilts for $500. I just stumble upon http://www.buy-steering.com...

second try. A tiny bit smaller.

In the Santa Rita's, south of Tucson, near Rosemont Camp on Christmas Eve