Recent content by psmbfuer

Excellent progress - sounding and looking great wimberosa.

Sorry that I missed this @knuckle47, and I'm with you and often use grinding as the finer side of certain welds. Regarding wire size use, I have a chart on the inside of my machine, and also use the "Miller Weld Setting Calculator" Android App, if I'm unsure, but here are some general...

Thanks Tommy and welcome to the thread. As you said, the right tools certainly help, and a baseline set is mandatory for a given job. And for a home shop, we are in very good shape, but I have always been of the mindset to be creative with the tools that you have, and of course to judiciously...

After getting the 40 back on the road, we quickly realized that the rear bumper extension reached out into the wheel opening too far. That is what you get for using 31 inch tires in the drawings, and then upgrading to ~32s. We also still have some serious driver's side rear spring sag that...

Thanks cruisermatt

Hey Steve, I have several 2F aluminum intakes, but not certain what year 2F they came from, so I have attached pics for you to review. Let me know if any of these seem to work. And I'm likely going to keep the oil filter bracket (I believe that one is from late 60s or early 70s) and other...

Thanks @OlYellr and agreed, the discussion is the best part, so thanks to you and everyone for all the questions and contributions.

Bleed through! I had the entire front of my LX450 off to replace the radiator, front main seal, oil pump o-ring, etc., and with this of course had excellent access to the frame. (We took a break from the 77 FJ40 to get the LX freshed up for my son 16th birthday.) The passenger side frame top...

Thanks for the inputs @knuckle47 and @wimberosa - reassuring to see similar results. It's a shame that it has taken most of us decades of trial and error, researching, etc., to figure this out. And just when you think you have it sorted, the regulations and chemistry of your favorite paint...

And since the above is so long, I will emphasize that I'm leaning more toward the Mastercoat Combo - if you can get it - it is almost always sold out and I have heard good things about Rust Bullet as well, but have never used it. I'm pulling the bed off my son's pickup this weekend and will be...

I replaced all of the bolts and mounts with the Energy Suspension 8.4104 Body Mount Bushings Kit. I should say most - in the rear, I used M10 stainless bolts with the new Energy pads - the rear sill redesign needed a differently length bolt.

I don't have a very scientific answer for you, but I have been trying to defeat rust since I was quite young helping my dad on his cars. And by 18, over 40 years ago, I had my first car and continued to fight rust. By the late 80s I was using POR and it was pretty good when it stayed on, but...

I don't have any experience with the M24, but overall it is pretty much a puzzle of airflow fitment, turbo cooling, and gauges/gauge sensors (boost and EGT). My turbo was oil-only, but some have water cooling as well. Although it won't directly apply, the below pic provides an additional view...

Do you plan to intercool your install?

I'm running a Garrett GT2052