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Wow, I hope, at least, it is dry at your place. 36C (97F) here in Greece today, which is high enough for June. Cheers, Demetrios

Thank you for sharing this part number.

Two guys who know Land Cruisers inside and out, and are as honest as they are knowledgeable. My experience with them was fantastic.

@svsisu, thank you for the comment. @NismoR32 My recommendation would be go for the fzj75 that nolen has, it is in the USA land, you can try it anytime you want, there is a thread about it, and I have more documentation when I got it before...

My success with the turn signals didn't last very long. I still had intermittent problems with a few blinks and then a solid indicator with no flash at the signals after a period of good function. This random occurrence made me believe that the...

Electric. You need to be careful. It may scratch it. I don't usually work on junk that matters if it's scratched under the new rubbers

I'm back in the shop. The trip to Colorado was superb. 500 miles of trail riding and lots of time with Red.

Spent the last few nights ordering parts; combination of UAE, USA, and Yemen (believe it or not). Owning a 55 I am absolutely amazed at how many parts are still available. I guess it's because so much interchanges with the 40. I'm even having...

I have kept my eyes open for a late model ('79+) Troopy the entire 3 years I have been living in Saudi Arabia. Not long after I got here I found one on the side of the road but in hindsight am glad that I could never get in contact with the...

Fieldwork in the Red Hills of south Alabama . No window tint, no AC, didn’t die.

The Dakota digital install is complete except for the programing set-up. The only hiccup was the issue of the turn signals only blinking once and then the indicator arrow just staying lit. The hazard flasher worked all signal lights and the...

After considerable time researching fuel tank leak repair on the internet, which as usual yielded a ton of misinformation and a bit of real info, I decided that the only sure way to repair was to weld the tank, no JBWeld or SealAll for me. As...

The silver lining, I guess, was that, as usual, everything got to be cleaned, de-rusted, painted and generally taken care of. I did all of the grinding outside under the awning of the 60 as I had just taken a day to do a long overdue shop...

So, drain the fuel, drop the rear driveshaft, remove center section of the tailpipe by disconnecting 2- 3 bolt flanges, disconnect fuel sender wire through access panel behind the seat, remove fill and return hoses from fuel pump, remove 3 fuel...

I did however manage to severely complicate the install. When I initially routed the speedo wire. it came up shorter than I wanted at the control box. No problem, reroute by drilling a small hole in the backing plate and adding a zip tie lower...

Been working on the wiring for the Dakota Digital. In my setup, the control box goes in the glove box with 2 groups of wires that feed it. One group from the cab that picks up ground, fuel sender, right and left turn signals, high beam, and...

I pulled my cluster out of the Saudi 45 to install a Dakota Digital. So I have this available if it helps someone.

OEM Toyota when available then City Racer

I have Dobinsons with all of the overload springs removed. MRR shocks. They still need weight back there for pleasure 😎

Your only solution with oem set is to be a true contractor. Before shipping this truck to you, I had the chance to load it with tiles or a project and dang this still has some little stiffness.

I remember you guys as well, CD. Liam and Keaton set the fashion bar pretty high there by styling in their cowboy boots and shorts. I peek in here at the Elf Barn periodically. Thanks for the kind words, hope you guys are doing great as well.

@DickM great work here! We met on Owl Creek Pass at SAS 2! My boys still remember you! Hope all is well!! Sub’d.