Recent content by lcwizard

Fortunately the eight I've owned since the 90s never had that issue. Out west they're kinda worthless with the stock tank, considering the MPGs, anyway. Last time I tried doing a week in Canyonlands with a stock tank and two 5 gallon gerrys, I had to cut out 3/4 of my desired itinerary.

Remember when Land Cruisers weren't put together with plastic buttons, snaps and push to connects?

Scepter for water, Wavian for gas. I'm old and patient so I don't even lift the gas cans to refill. I swing the carrier arm out and use a shaker siphon. Takes a couple minutes but I assume, if I'm filling from a can in my tire carrier, I'm on vacation anyway. Fortunately a 60 and 40 have their...

Some more of the Moss Wash trail

Took the 60 on a trip down Moss Wash to the old Gold King Mansion. Right up there with Hole in the rock as a favorite trail. Technical rock crawling, steep climbs, butt puckering shelf roads, and elevation changes from desert to pine forests

I'll do them on site for a build. I use a Saginaw box in the mix. The old Coupe DeVilles had the large bore saginaw. Same piston as the one ton truck box. You can turn 37's on asphalt at 4psi with one finger at a standstill

My take on that

I doubt you'll see issues with a truck that never sees boulders. Every frame made will twist at least a little when you get to rough terrain. Early Jeeps were among the worst. I did a lot of frame boxing on the CJ series in the 80s and 90s. You could lay their bare frame on the concrete and lift...

In all the years of beating the piss out of 60s ( about 5 of them) I've never lost a radiator, aluminum or brass. I have had frame failures. Front shackle hangers on all five. Front shock towers on two. Rear forward spring hangers on two. Cracks in the core supports where they met the outer...

you can always reinforce the core support

these kinda things are made in China. China isn't interested in building a product that they can't sell large numbers of. I would bet there are few if any 60s in China to use as a template since, at the time of the 60 and 62 production, China was a poor third world nation with very little...

ADHD and freeway driving in LA style traffic may not be the safest combination.

That's pretty obvious when you start messing with what they do offer in their little square screen

If you have your stock spring available you can measure the main leaf, eye to eye. Compare it to the new leaf pack's main leaf. The difference + or - ( hopefully plus) will be the length you add to the shackle, assuming your last setup worked. A average 4" lift spring is generally two inches...

Given the MPGs that the Sniper delivers compared to a GM throttle body on the same motor, I'd guess the Sniper is programed rich. My 5.7 throttle body in my FJ60 delivered a constant 15~16 highway, 35's 4:88s and 1000 lbs of accessories. I replaced it with a Sniper 2 and I'm struggling to get...