Recent content by Major Tom

This week, I’ve been working out of town on a tree survey and decided to take the Lexus and do some camping at the tract of land and a state park. It ran good and tent setup was quick. Next up is to build a cargo box for my tools and camping gear.

Rooftop tent setup.

Here’s the link to the adapter he used. The link shows what transmissions it will work on and spline count. You may want to give Axis Industries a call, they would know for sure. https://www.axisindustriesusa.com/toyota-hf2a-to-jeep-23-spline/

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I was planning to buy a prinsu roof rack but looked around and had plenty of scrap aluminum laying around. I decided to buy the prinsu side latches and build the rack. I mocked it up with scrap wood to get the dimensions. The rack was built from 2”x2” and 1”x2” tubing. End caps were 3D...

I’m running the dobinson ims shocks right now.

Roof rack build

I put the sumo gear in with the stock 4:10’s. I didn’t like it and added the 3:55’s later. If I did it again, I would just use the 3:55’s first and only add the sumo gear later if needed.

I've been using Grok as a resource on my Cruiser build. Grok said I have a "Cummins Cruiser Ecosystem" I ask for an explanation. Here it is..... From Grok... “Cummins Cruiser ecosystem,” in my book, means the complete, self-contained universe you’ve built around that one truck that lets it...

What happens when you tell grok you put a 12v Cummins in an 80 series. I have a rolling heat rejection monster according to grok… 🤦‍♂️

The old 180 cfm Gardner Denver compressor (with a John Deere motor) is all it took to wake up the harbor freight sandblaster. It took longer to pour the coal slag in than to actually blast it. Next up is some tractor paint.

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