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Coming from the backwoods of East Texas I thought I had seen it all when it came to "Backwoods Engineering"..... but I was wrong!

we were 15-20 miles from the trailhead when he discovered the limit of his axle. broke right at the spline so we used a cutoff wheel and took out a hunk so there wouldn't be any heat build up or other issue then had to hold to tire in. def knew...

the only, and i mean only valve cover gaskets that we found would work are the blue felpro. make sure you haven't warped the covers from over tightening, use the torque spreaders or whatever they're call and tighten to specs and no more. oil...

You know that if you’d mentioned you needed grease i could have helped you out lol. Still had the grease gun in the 40 from our Wyoming trip

I'll definitely take you up on that! It's drivers side on this engine. I don't know that it's not the valve covers as well, but it's a bad enough leak that I think rear main is likely. I have gaskets for the valve covers, so maybe I just swap...

also Seth, what side of the engine is the dipstick on? if memory serves me right if on the drivers side it's usually a 2 piece pass side is usually a 1 piece. you sure it's not the valve cover leaking, sbc are notorius for that and it looks...

Seth, when you have time bring it out and we'll put er on the lift and get it ship shape again. shouldn't be to big of a job, let me know

I took my dad out for his first trail ride in my FJ40. He's visiting from Michigan and my 40 never seems to be 100% mechanically sound when he's here; this trip was no exception. The rear main leak has not improved with 2 bottles of stop leak...

heck Seth, you would have fit right in lol. you missed a good one buddy. your name was even mentioned on how we wished you could have made this one. I'm waiting for Matt's and Stevens pics and stories, otta be good

Trask felt kind of bad about that hole that almost swallowed old blue lol. when he went down there to check out the campsites he started to sink in the swamp right there , he said his 42's dug pretty deep getting out of there. no backing out of...

That was fun. I lucked out on the way home, saw a small mountain lion on Skalkaho!

that was back when people knew how to laugh at stuff and take a joke

wow, it was over 50 years ago. couldn't remember if it was mad or lampoon both were great parody rags. seems like they issued an apology and retraction that was also great, lawsuit may have been dropped after that i don't remember. only thing...

Chapaquidik? sp?

Jonathan, do you remember MAD magazine? Volkswagon ran an add that showed a picture of a bug floating with the caption that if ted kennedy had been driving a volkswagon he would have been president.. I really miss those days. Veggies are...

Hey Seth, don't forget about the new cb's with fm, get one with ssb then when you're on a ridge you can go to ch 38 lower and cover n america with all the skip boys. i've also heard that you can snip a wire and also have a 10 meter. the things...

hopefully it's better, last week you def needed bug spray at goose. next night at sawtooth lake almost needed the lead belt to not be carried away. if you've never been to goose be prepared as it's probably the most scenic trip in the region...

the third night was spent at adelaide (sp) lake just past shell lake in the bighorns. great campsite and no bugs. the trail really begins just past it and is a loop trail. it's a dandy with go arounds that are challenging. recommended trip if...

yea, but the axle broke at the splines, c clip was fine. Sam had a buddy in casper trying to find an axle but couldn't find one so it was trailered home. had about 15 miles of trail with a bunch of winching to get him to the trailhead. around...

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looks like i'm going to have to bring the 40 instead of sams 55. decided it made more sense for him to drive his 55 back to casper so he only has to get his pu back there. his trailer hauler lost the transmission, friggin 10 speed gm...

Go where there are trees lol. This was last week, for once I wasn’t “that guy”

as i recall it's easier than mccarty, just pay attention and don't and don't put a tree limb thru your windshield like some idiot did that we all know did lol.

And this little piggy went wee wee wee all the way to MY home!

We can bend the rules for a 55 for sure. Perhaps we may even have more than one piggy join…