On the FJ40 front, it will go tomorrow to the garage for a little general check-up and for replacing the waterpump. I finally decided myself to replace the current one (last changed in 1977) and as my very specific euro-spec setup isn't...
the last drive to the beach before I pulled the engine.
Taken with a little point and shoot ricoh Gr1s and some Harman 200 color film (new film that came out this year)
Think I might pick one of these up. I have a cheep light but need a tac...
One of the last pieces of the puzzle for the engine! I received my choke cable from city racer. I purchased the later one with the little bicycle cable connector (cant remember what thats called). It seems to be fantastic quality. I purchased...
Taking the top off was a hint to my next big project. Its been a full year since I started looking into getting a soft top. I decided to focus on the engine swap instead and putting the soft top on the back burner. Rachael (my wife) says I need...
I Apologize for the vertical quality of the video
Well this happened this past weekend. Its a winner! super stoked. I had to adjust the clutch slave pushrod a couple of times. I need to hook up the 4x4 vaccume actuator line. and the temp gage is...
One more update today - Big news the fj40 moved under its own power for the first time since December. I needed to clean up stuff underneath and decided it was just as easy to move the land cruiser 10 feet by backing it up using engine power. but...
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I'm squatting this section as there isn't one dedicated to the Hiace, mechanically it's closer to the 1995+ Hilux/Tacoma/4runner/T100 but wasn't seeing myself squatting the dedicated section of one of those models and my Hiace is...
For all of you wanting to follow the Hiace build, the thread is live and I just brung it back from Switzerland: 1992 Hiace 4wd Firetruck - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/1992-hiace-4wd-firetruck.1336328/
PS: some new things on the FJ40 are...
Didn't want to trash my Heritage Wheels on the trails so I bought a wheeling set. Decided on these rebound pros. 17" diameter also gave me a little more sidewall which I think will be nice on trails. Added 285/75/17 bfg K02. Slight rubbing when...
Got to use some of my recent mods on a quick trip to the San Juans. As usual the mountains did not disappoint. The 200 is an amazing machine. Poughkeepsie, Corkscrew, Imogene, Ophir and US Basin this time. Mrs loved it as I knew she would.
White rim was pretty amazing. My brother is into Rovers. Before our trip he spent a ton of time prepping his Discovery for this trip. It's very modded out. He joked that the reason he has 5 Rovers is because they're going to break down so he...
Still waiting on rear spacers - likely they won’t go on until after Singapore.
Ran up to Spokane/Coeur d’Alene to buy a VE-pump motor, hopefully can get this stabbed in place in the next month or so once I’m back. Since I’ve got a few days...
Also yanked the narrow c&c dually rear end for the full width Dana 70, yanked the 3rd out of the old diff and cleaned it all up and stabbed under the truck.
Power steering gearbox reseal is underway while I wait for news from the machine shop. the steering box on my truck is bleeding all over the place. I got one of the last few seal kits in the world from what I can tell. Rock Auto has a Gates kit...
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Sent my lifters to Delta Camshaft in Washington last week. They've got a good core cam they'll grind for me and also resurface my lifters. The guy wanted to verify exactly which cam I needed, so we got that squared away. Sounds like he...
Yeah absolutely. Rough cost on just rebuilding - and doing labor ourselves like we do - it’s about apples to apples. But really man, you got the Avenue for going to a 12HT. Do it and never look back!
@HemiAlex i get your point on rebuild costs, the 2F ain’t gonna be cheap, and I have no doubt you’ll do this deal budget style while also doing it right, but I dunno man … what I’m paying for the 2F rebuild is like 50% of what I’m seeing core...