Field work this week was 8 miles on the Choctawhatchee River and 12 on the Pea River for turtle research. Water level was too low to launch and run a jon boat so we hit the river with a canoe and kayak. Pictured is the put-in on the Pea River...
Finally checked the front end alignment, after purchasing new tires I decided that checking the alignment was a good idea. I'm using a set of the TMR alignment plates and a pair of metric tape measures. Front measurement was 1710 mm and rear...
Halle-effing-lujah, they're off.
The hi-lift jack trick worked. I just needed to get sustained upward pressure on the arms (the weight of the vehicle). When I started to rock the arms back and forth, they slowly rose up off the spindles. I'm...
The swing arms just slide down on the spindles. Remove the tire, hi-lift jack, and fuel cans from the swing arms then take the hi-lift and use it to jack up the arms as near the spindle as you can get.
A cross-member has to to be removed to...
while we are all waiting to see the vx on nolen’s trailer, please check out the GX frame/body restoration. This truck is in the usa port right now
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/b1-refreshing-gcc-fzj80-1994-gx-tan.1312463/
When you see a deer on the road ahead of you, and once it's crossed, ignore that deer but look in the direction from which it came because they often travel in groups and it's the ones about to cross the road that you need to worry about.
I've...
THESE FUTURE POSTS ARE TO DOCUMENT THE REST OF THE PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT THE TRUCK ARRIVED IN THE USA THIS WEEK... SORRY BUT NOT SORRY, enjoy.
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For the brake system, we replaced all components except...
A thought. What about a 1FZ instead of a 1FZ-FE? Go with the carbed version and keep it simple. You'd need to source an intake and carb from overseas, and maybe a head, but you would not have to deal with an ECU and the additional wiring.