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We spent 4 days in the San Juan mountains, staying in Ouray and 1 night camping in Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. I drove Jackie out there and my son drove his Sequoia. My other son and his Fiancé flew in from Austin. It took 2 days to...

I think bypassing the hardline is a good idea. Since the heater valve is mounted to the body, the short hose/hardline scheme pushes/pulls on the heater valve every time the engine torques on the engine mounts. This certainly can't help an aging...

If you're going to replace the short ~2" section of the PHH (and not do a bypass) then IME the Gates GreenStripe 5/8" ID heater hose will easily last 20+ years. It's actually thicker than the original hose. If you wanted to go further, consider...

Also, you can bend up you own lines for very low cost. It’s so easy a girl can do it!…just kidding about that, but a YouTube tutorial and simple tools can get it done. I help bend up and replace the brake hard lines on my ‘75 Fj40 restoration...

every repair items/upgrades for the land cruiser is around $1,000. I am semi joking, but i have a log/excel spread sheet of all the expenses i have spent over the past 10 yrs and i am close to $50k in just parts, and i have done 90% of the work...

Running a 15w-40 diesel engine oil in it will help clean it up with its more robust detergent package.

I've seen much worse with really good compression test results. i say try it out and see how it goes. the oil flush after you get it running is a great idea.

Beautifully said. Thanks for the perspective—I am going to continue with the head gasket job. It's better this truck gets cleaned up and on the road rather than sitting in the woods for another 5 years waiting for a full rebuild.

I’m in agreement that a full tear down would ensure reliability but there is something being given up in the form of knowledge gained through good ole experience if you jump straight into a rebuild. I’d run it as is so later on I could...

I am on part time for a couple yrs now,. I don't find it difficult as most stated on here. I have been driving RWD cars for over 30 yrs and they are just different than any 4wd or awd vehicles, and nobody in the right mind would expect a lifted...

Or, buy a couple feet of gates green stripe or even white strip hose and two constant torque clamps like Breeze offers and use this to run from the head outlet up to the heater valve eliminating one hose and two clamps and the steel pipe...

Toyota sells what you are looking for with a new pipe installed on the hose as well.

I did the same, the PSC reservoir was huge, with three ports, to allow for better flow of the fluid. Worked with Send Cut Send to design and build a bracket.

I would buy nothing from Sweeting. I have stated a few times now to go through VanCo who is also in So. Cal.

Are you using the factory reservoir where the booster return hose is tee’d into the PS return hose? All funkiness went away when I went to a PSC reservoir that had two return ports so that the booster has its own port directly to the much...

my problem with my hydro boost setup is when i stamp on pedal or try to do an emergency stop the pedal goes half way then pulses and pushes back on me. i can never do a panic stop no matter how hard i mash. the brakes grab great at first and...

Over the last 2 weeks I got a new air filter, greased the driveline and knuckles, and changed gear oil front, center, and rear. Also got the tires rotated and balanced. The next few months I will be spending a lot of time in the mtns chasing elk...

I’ve been to Brown’s camp 3 or 4 times. Fire Break five is a fun trail. Other than that on everything else is super easy or those man made crazy hard black and double black diamond trails or crushers. No thanks. CTW is an event I will go...

Cruising The Woods it at Browns camp at the end of September, it's always a fun event with great people. My one main goal is Moab next year. It's harder to find time these days, plus I've slowed down on the harder stuff. Really enjoy...

Hi baldilocks, Turning tight definitely, but even turning at half-radius feels unwell. it binds in both directions. i'll double check that when I go back outside. there is some real light clicking, not even sure I hear it correctly. Both...

Ok so I figured it out. I was going through the fuses on the dash with a test light. They all checked good. I reached over and turned the key and it fired right up. So I started looking and I noticed the 7.5 IGN fuse had a 10 amp fuse in it. I...

A binding as in it was difficult to steer past a certain point? If so, was did it feel the same in both directions? Any associated noises?

I think he's referring to the small individual steel balls (ie: not a complete deep groove ball bearing) located under the spring?? You could measure one of the remaining steel balls then buy that size from a number of vendors. Here's one...

If I ever finish my current build, I’d be interested in wheeling with you. Haven’t don’t much at all in WA or OR. Since I moved up here seven years ago I have gone back to CA for most of my wheeling with a Cruise Moab and a Rubithon event in...

We have a rough mall parking lot, they should really soak up the curbs and speed bumps... CTW at the end of the month is my goal for finishing the rear. Otherwise typical snow and high desert runs throughout the winter. Next year hoping to do...