Recent content by forrest216

Forrest216 - daddy needs a new pair of.....s***, whatever.

Here is the alt. sorry this isn't a better pic. just what i had. and here is a fantastic rendering of my control box, ala paint: The information on jon's page was/is pretty clear, even for a knownot like me. I used gardening wire to tie the resistors to the metal plate as a heatsink, once...

One goes to the Pos. terminal on the alternator(Delco-Remy 100A) and the other is grounded to the alternator mount. Field power runs through a couple resistors to the #1 blade on the alternator and is controlled by the switch box. quick connects allow for easy polarity reversal. 100% Duty Cycle!

Being that i'm new to welding, this may not have been the best way to begin, but i built a weldernator into my fj60 with lots of help from this website, and it powered my first beads(if you could call them "beads"). The welder: The control box and quick connects: The first couple beads...

yeah! x2:bounce2:

x2............not many tend to think of production and transport energy consumption. buy local and organic?

60 up in hawi I just talked to someone up in Hawi with a 60 he was going to take to the crusher, he says he wants the axles, but I was thinking of trying to convince him to let me tow it away and wrench out his axles for him, what do you think, will it be worth the time and effort to tow it...

Hiya all, I recently purchased my first land cruiser, an 85 fj60 with almost 170k, and I would like to do some things to make it simpler and better. Though i live in the tropics, I decided to strip out my A/C, since it was not hooked up anyhow. so that is done. replaced the radiator and dealt...

honaunau cruisin' Hi volcanocruiser, from coffee country.....just wondering if you picked up any more insight into possible wrecking yard/cruising resources here on the big island. want to rebuild my baby a little bit. forrest216@gmail.com

So, I bought this fj60. It had a bad radiator, I overheated it once, then parked it for about a month while working on it. got the radiator in, drove it on a couple short trips with no problems, then after a week of sitting, it would not start. replaced the fuel pump, checked the cut...

1985 FJ60 Forrest S. 168,000 mi. All stock except radiator DD (when my fuel pump gets here), lite wheelin Planning a desmog and to strip out my A/C. And the rust, oh the rust.......you'll be hearing from me again....