Recent content by Guitarbld

I just talked to Jim C (tlc) because he seems knowledgeable and recently rebuilt a carb for me. Supposedly, the head was shaven, and valve job 5 years ago but I really don't know, I've heard a lot of stories about unethical repair people just replacing the gasket and not doing the work. But I...

Valve Job and resurfaced head in 3/2016 I noticed the other night that it took a while for the thermostat to kick on. Today, I noticed white smoke from tailpipe and coolant was about 1/2 gallon low. Thinking blown gasket or cracked head??? The oil appears dark but not cloudy (but that's only...

HE finally went with the 185606 on the rear. They were a couple of inches longer than I needed, but they fit and I've been driving with them for a couple of months. Pretty pleased with them. I installed them myself by jacking the frame up as high as possible without lifting the wheels. I...

"I recently put Bilstein 5125 (062518) on the front of my stock 1970 FJ40 (0 lift) and they fit great. In an earlier post someone had recommended running the 062518 on the rear as well. I'm about to buy the rear shocks and was looking for feedback from anyone who is running these on the rear of...

How did it end up? Did the side panel line up properly? What year is your Truck? Mine is a 1972 FJ40... The pictures on the website look different than the panel on my truck... The pictures that you posted looked different than the ones on the website. Maybe that is a stock photo and they have...