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Bring a right axle, the left will break. Whatever you bring, it will be the thing you didn't bring that breaks. Looking forward to sat phones becoming more affordable. Until then food and water and blankets for as many days as you think appropriate

The worlds 's slowest winch for the world's slowest suv

I thought that was what happened driving forward in deep snow on a 30 degree sidehill

shorter arm equates to slower steering. Take a ten foot board , rotate it ten degrees and measure the distance the opposite end travels. Now do the same with a two foot board

I found the solution to that is a hi volume electric pump with an adjustable regulator, that has a return line, mounted as close to the carb as possible. The return line keeps the fuel cool.

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You have driveshafts from two generations. The one with the external snap ring is 73 and earlier. The other, with internal snap rings will use u-joints from 1974 all the way up through the FJ80 series and first gen Sequoia. Either driveshaft can be used as long as you match the bolt pattern on...

I'm going to guess "Burbank Springs". Long gone for good reason. The bushings were odd, as I recall. Larger than early OEM but smaller than late 40s/60s. They may have been patterned after FJ55 bushings. The shackle reversal was a design by "Advanced Handling" Worked better if you reversed the...

Too many potential issues with this setup to assess here. It looks like you're in Alaska. Look up Mark Whatley in Wasilla at Cruisers Only. He's got decades of experience with Cruisers and can give you a first hand evaluation. Not positive but I think he goes by @Mark W on MUD

Started building it for the long trips.... rockers (steps for the dog) and the rear swing out. Front and camper shell rack in the works. Maybe rear Deavers

If a 9/16 (14mm) u-bolt is stretching or failing at 45 ft/lbs, it's a grade A or ungraded u-bolt and too soft for suspension parts. Typically, among suspension type u-bolts, they are grade 5 up to 9/16 and grade8 for 5/8 and larger as 5/8 and larger are usually only used on larger commercial...

The u-joints on the late 40s and 60 series are the same. There are a couple flange patterns on split cases so worst case is swap a flange at the t-case

It appears that McNamara, may still do this https://www.mcnamaradiffs.com.au/driveshaft1.html

This was done back in the 80s. The PTO was eliminated and the space was taken by an extension of splines off the back of the input gear. I can't recall the manufacturer but I thought it may have been Australian. Mark's of AU did their input for the low range 60 split case gears in a similar...

No it never broke off but the splines stripped out of the input gear and the output shaft splines were down to 1/4 height and thickness