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Maybe. Try loosening the 3 big screws on the striker, it'll move a little bit. You can get to the hinge bolts easily enough if you need bigger adjustments

Take the 14mm cap off that sits above the fuel inlet. From there, You can tap on the float needle with a paper clip to make sure gas is getting into the carb. If the truck will run on the starter fluid, and fuel is getting into the bowl, then...

Found some Chevy Cobolt seats. Had them reupholstered, rails modified and installed. Wow, what a transition! I can slide back further, recline, sit higher for better visibility and they really update the interior. Next I need to get a center...

I wonder if @pardion has one...

I have now been baptized by grease and dirt. I am one with my Troopy. Learned a lot, cleaned everything up, put it back together and much to my surprise, IT ALL WORKS!! What was most surprising is how much resistance was in those fronts...

Cruiser Outfitters usually has the real OEM Toyota headgaskets and knows how to ship them.

Got the ARB twin mounted up and plumbed

You are my spirit animal.

Toyota also sells brake lines, several threads here list part numbers and lengths.

I see. IIRC Mark A. Used to sell brake lines, you could talk to him. Also, what brakes are you plumbing?

More Rubithon carnage repair; somewhere on the way in the PS taillight went out..seems the little folding shovel that I keep in that corner bumped into a wire and broke it. I was able to perform a trailside repair in camp with the spare piece of...

Traditionally, I'll just take an old brake line into my local speed shop or Parker store or even some Napas and tell them how long I want them.

No. Deleting the oil cooler will have no impact on compression or sparkplugs. Many people remove the oil cooler with no problems associated.

Meh.

And even more is better. Same thing on the other side

But that's what I like most; the juxtaposition of little bits of bling amongst all the redneck tech

Two thoughts right off; call Georg, see if he has something that might help. Maybe try Alcan? Back in the day, I had my FJ55 rear leafs re-arched with a leaf or two added at my local Blacksmith/spring shop...

Put on the PS scuff plate. Had to remove the old one to do so. Drilled out a few screwheads and pried it up. 50 years of spilled drinks and whatnot glued it down pretty well. Chipped out the glue with a wood chisel, color matched the interior...

Figured it was time to fix some of the Rubithon carnage. Looks like I scraped some paint off the rear driveshaft, might have bumped into a rock or something. Fortunately I had 1/2 a can of color matched spray paint. Fixed it.

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Don't know how that could have happened...

More lipstick on a Pig, Shiny bling that I could not resist when I saw a pic. Scuff plates. I have not had a DS scuff plate for about 20 years. OEM were made of wafer-thin recycled beer can and I have clumsy feet. Found these from @TRAIL TAILOR...

Here's an old waterpump I've run on my 2F block. About 6", maybe 6 1/4" to the flange.

Because a floor pan is hard.and I have to replace the ghost of a body mount too. Scuff plates are bright and shiny and I haven't had one for longer than I've had the hole in the floorboard.