Recent content by John Armas

I finished the "Oh s*** bar" and got it installed. Installed the skid plate. Put the hard top and doors on. I had to install flares for tire clearance. Changed all the fluids. Aligned the front end. Ran through the whole vehicle checking all the nuts and bolts. Pretty much ready for the trip to...

I ordered all my ARB fittings etc. from West Coast Differentials in Sacramento. If they don't have it in stock they can have it dropped shipped to you. Great company to work with.

Almost ready for Moab. We are leaving April 22. I got the wheel and tires on. I stripped the old rotted headliner out of the hard top and siliconed the holes the previous owner had put in there to mount his CB and antenna and cleaned it all up. Installed the CB and antenna. Rebuilt the front...

Here is a before and after of the old Land Cruiser. The only thing I was able to save was the lockers.

Here are some pics of the axle from my old LC that burnt in the storage fire and the lockers . Savable? We'll find out. I didn't take any pics of when I got done rebuilding them. But everything cleaned up, sealed up and looked good. Worth a shot.

The roll bar turned out nice!

Well, I've made a bit more progress on the Land Cruiser. The exhaust is done and I've been able to drive it around a bit. A few small issues to work out, small coolant drip, valve cover leak, but all in all, I am very pleased. The motor is STRONG! REALLY STRONG!!! Once warmed up it idles down to...

I finished up the winch today. I mounted the solenoid box in the engine compartment. I wired in the operating toggle switch in the dash. I can still use a remote if need be. I think I am going to add an arming switch though.

Vavoline ZR1. It is a mineral oil with a high zinc/phosphorus content.

Well, It has been A long time since I posted any pictures of my progress. Between the fires in our area over the summer and work, I hadn't had much time to work on it. But I'm back on it again. The goal is Moab in April. I still have A lot to do. But it runs, drives, stops, all of the important...

I got my battery box done and the fan mounted. If this thing runs cool enough with this set up, I'll tidy up the fan brackets. I can only hope. I mounted my MSD in the glove box. Started to wire everything and spent more money with Summit....uhg....I'm at the point where I'm getting hundred...

I Finally got motor/drive line bolted in. It was a good day!

I finished plating the front cross brace around the hole for the steering box. I also cleaned up the frame and started to paint it with por15.

Do a stop test at a very low speed. You might find that they are ok. Sitting without the motor running the pedal will be low. I ended up putting inline residual valves in my 70. They brought the pedal up dramatically.

I finally finished mocking up the drive train and steering. Pulled everything and welding all the motor/transfer case mounts as well as the steering box mounts etc.. Working on plating/strengthening the front cross member around the cutout for the steering box now