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I landed a bunch of engineering work in NY so decided to work on the Volvo for a few weeks before loading up the rig up for another epic cross country road trip! My parents surprised my last minute and decided to tag along. We took 6 weeks this...

After that I took the top off and had to use it to do truck stuff while I was working on the Volvo. Now that's a driveline: After a few topless wheeling trips I found the motivation to finally replace the sliders with some metal bends I had...

Its been a while... time fly's that's for sure! Here's another brief update. I've been wheeling the poor thing a whole bunch. At KOH this year I put it on its side being dumb: Winched it back to its self and got it back over. That was fun to...

Added keepers to the trailing end of the adjustment straps. Cleaner look. Nothing flapping in the breeze. 1”, fits snugly and passed the “high speed” (55mph) test. :rofl: I’ll double tap this on the TROA thread.

Just got back into town from a 3 week road trip and I put 1500 miles on the red Land Cruiser pictured below. I also met a lot of great people, including @Ditcherman and @Tank5 in the other two Cruisers.

Thanks, they are well made, genuine leather. 👌

I got my BJ42 ~”ready” (doors, sides and roof still to do). It took 7 years.

I cut a sleeve out of 2mm tubing, and slit down the middle of that. Now to weld it all back again. Ain't no way on earth that's ever moving! And in the vehicle. Very happy with that now. Now other errant thoughts can distract me whilst...

Time to start getting this gearbox onto the back of the engine. New flywheel on. Isn't it pretty Then the clutch went on so we could see what sort of gap we are looking at for the bell housing. Measured out at various points around it, and...

One thing I paid a lot of attention to when I first did the IFS build was getting the front wheels correctly placed in the front arches. Nothing ruins a build more than messing that up in my opinion. And I think I nailed it. So, going to...

Few more from the last trip in the 40. A gal at church knows I have it and asked if I'd be willing to put together and lead a jeep run for folks at church. I said I'd do it but I'd have use my Toyota 😁😆 I'll post a few pics from that in a...

Wesley contacted me a few months back to set up some spa time for his 40 here at the shop. We've conversed for years on Mud so I knew he's been into 40s for a long time. We came up with a plan and he dropped it off yeaterday. First things...

Its been a few weeks, but I took it and a few followers on a multi-day camping trip. It turned out to be a pretty cold and rainy(even a little snow) weekend for June but that cleared out the forest and we had most places we went mostly to...

Took it for a Sunday drive with a couple of old friends.

l've found folk either come up & ask if l'm in the ute, can l take a picture of the truck or slyly do so....which l don't mind. Its the thumbs up & smiles the ute gets which makes my day.....

At work with the trailer for some free firewood

We had a hitch hiker on the way to town in the form of a rat snake come down under the passenger dash and rubbed my wife’s foot. It was quite the adventure coming to a good place to stop. Im not sure if it’s still in there but I’ve opened up...

This is a bj42 , what year fj40 do you plan to do the swap in ? You should swap the axle too , stonger front and 81-83 have the parking brake on the rear axle

Yes, it’s identical either way.

FJ40Jim on here (Jim Chenoweth) rebuilds carbs. He has a store Toyota Land Cruiser specialty parts - https://tlcperformance.com/ and has all the goodies you need to desmog your truck. He is famous for his rebuilt carbs and he rebuilt mine (set...

Check out my post #19 in this thread.

Another thing to double check is the spring center pin head diameter and ensuring it fits snugly into the spring perch. If it is smaller than the hole in the spring perch then it will allow your alignment to basically shift at will. If it is...

After having a multitude of services performed (oil change, new starter, alternator rebuilt, tires rotated, alignment, grease fittings all done etc.) we headed out to the Tatacoa Desert, a little over 350 miles round trip from Bogota. With...

Have to take the mower to the in-laws place so the 45 gets to be almost a real truck

I made a trip to Ace Hardware in Clear Lake for new bolts for the bench vise I’m cleaning up. I’m at the register and random old dude came back into the store to ask the cashier if she knows who owns the green Land Cruiser. It was a hot day so I...