Recent content by pradoblivious

I am not going to be in town after all :frown: and I'm super bummed about it

I will! thanks for the ping!

do I need a tlca membership to attend? (I've already pre-registered)

The tc is stock, but I have already re-geared the diff front and back to 5:29. At the moment I'm at around 2800 rpms at 70mph, when I'm going down-hill with a tailwind and can reach 70. I feel like I'm already so deeply geared that bumping the tc another 10% is going to push me out of the...

build thread here I recently replaced the egt probe and moved it pre-turbo (pics in the link). From what I can tell, my egts read about what everybody else's do (too danm high). I have boost, oil pressure, and third-party water-temp gauges. I make about 8psi of boost wide-open. After 10...

I see cruiser parts sells a drop-in aluminum replacement for the lj78. Anybody have any experience with this rad? Anybody know if I can get a shround with fans with it? Aluminum Radiator LJ78 LJ77 LJ with Automatic Transmission [16400-54850-A] - $449.99 : CruiserParts, Toyota Land Cruiser...

My off-brand NPR alternator is still goin strong. The 13bt idles a little too low for it, so it sometimes stops charging when I'm at a light, but other than that it's been doin great. My build thread with part numbers and pics is here: Validating browser… -...

Pft. What's my "professionally" swapped 13bt's excuse then? I've been thinking about an r2.8 for a while now, but unfortunately my automatic trans is non-wife-negotiable. I've been reading over the very sparse 1kd swap threads and scratching my chin though.

You could at least take a second to lament universal entropy in general and maybe shake your fist at the clouds like the rest of us Heresay! Every Toyota drives forever and is immune to mechanical failure of all kinds.

Oh man! Just catching up on the thread, sorry to hear about your engine trouble.

Oh hah. I see what it is. Well.. It'd still work pretty good as a jerry-can mount

Experimenting with some jack-mounting options. I've had this spare tire mount sitting in the shop up here forever.. I think I picked it up at a junkyard. I probably oughta do a proper rear bumper but it just looks so classy with the stock bumper imo. I just have the jerry can up there to go to...

Recently re-located the EGT gauge to the top of the steering-column to make room for a ham radio, which is something I've wanted to get in this rig for a really long time. Meanwhile, we are back on the road with a working 4wd woot woot. Some pics from new-mexico and wyoming:

Holy crap the clunk is fixed. It was in the TC and wound up being a combination of the shift fork, shift fork shaft, and the front drive hub sleeve as @AirheadNut predicted. Pics below.

I've often wondered about that. In my current setup, when things get hot the hose-side of the radiator is WAY hotter than the far-side. Who made your custom rad? Would you recommend them?