Recent content by GreaseMonkey

I got into the brake situation that I created last week. Man, leaky drum brakes are messy! I ordered 2 new wheel cylinders from @cruiseroutfit and the nifty OEM brake adjuster tool from @Racer65. That tool is smaller than I thought it would be, but it makes adjusting those things easier...

It was a rollercoaster of a day, and bittersweet. I took off work, and arrived at Discount Tire as they opened at 8am. The goal was having the new OEM rims and Kenda Klever RT 33x9.5R15 on the truck for the car show at the local Toyota Dealer, along with the OEM hubcaps. So right off the bat...

@RedOx the internet is full of debates about using GL-5 in the transmission/transfer case. The short version is the claim that GL-5 is not safe for "Yellow Metals" which would apply to synchros in the transmission apparently. Time marches on and a lot of GL-5s claim to be "Yellow Metal Safe"...

Finally finished the fence I've been building and got a break from all the rain so that I could start into painting my new factory rims. The black primer that came on it didn't seem adequate enough for the backside, so I went ahead and hit that with some Rustoleum Professional Gloss Black...

You know how FedEx has started taking a picture of the completed delivery? That is cool I think. Especially when the driver lets you get in on the pic. I was home when my Kenda Klever 33x9.50-R15s were delivered: Now they are stacked in my other shed and once I finish all my fence chores...

Gotta love it. Yesterday I ordered, and today I picked up, these beauties that I stacked in my parts shed: Now I am one step closer to joining the 3rd Brake Light Mod Squad. :) Highly technologicafied MUD research has indicated that for '78 the insides should be black and the outsides grey...

Work Smerk, left that gig at 11 am and came home to finish up my head gasket install. Every one was goofing off with a Christmas party, and I wasn't hungry, so I just left. But I got everything buttoned up! I finished the actual head gasket install about a week ago, then got the manifolds...

Oh no sir, I appreciate all questions and feedback because I love learning more about my 40! I hope one day to have a nice shop with even nicer tools inside it, but for now I am typically crawling around in the dirt and cursing the sweetgum balls that unfailingly end up jabbing me between my...

Those plugs are E3 "DiamondFire" plugs, and I have not really run them. They were available from the local O'Reilly Auto and I needed something quick just to troubleshoot the issue, which I initially thought was just a miss-fire. I have been running the OE Denso U-Groove plugs this whole time...

I didn't think to do that this time, but I checked it when I put it together 3 years ago. I just cleaned every surface with a razor blade and scrubbed it all down with alcohol, then made a mess with compressed air, then scrubbed some more with the blade and more with the alcohol, rinse and...

@pb4ugo was absolutely right, nailed it! I blew the head gasket! Not sure why I thought it was the valves, maybe because I know they aren't Toyota, but they are still fine. Great info too about when you have no compression on 2 consecutive cylinders it is likely the gasket, I had not thought...

Oh man, yeah hopefully, I didn't see oil/water mix so I ruled that out, but if it was just between the cylinders. Man that would be nice! And also maybe why the Toyota gasket costs $200? Going to order Toyota head gasket and valve stem seals (those leak too, even though they were replaced...

What I've managed to do to my LandCruiser this last week, apparently, is burn several valves, at least on cylinders 2 and 3. On feeling the miss, I changed plugs... if only it had been that simple. It was running perfectly until it didn't. I don't know what I have done to cause this, I...

That cracked me up, YES! I didn't realize that when I was making decisions, it was more like, this was the bike I did well on when I was racing beginners mens category back in the day, so I'm not ever getting rid of it, but I want to upgrade. Also, 29ers are too tall. Sorry everyone, but that...

Sweet! I'm in the process of updating my 2001 Trek 4300. New 100mm fork, 1x12 drivetrain, hydraulic disc brakes, custom paintjob etc. I knew LandCruiser guys were all cyclists! LOL