Recent content by royal cake

Had some friends that wanted to check out Cerro Gordo ghost town this weekend. We lucked out and had good weather, then did some driving around in Alabama Hills. But the 40 isn’t so happy right now; seem like I lost a little vacuum somewhere so that’s something I’ll have to look at when I get...

Seats look great! I have been slow to keep up on MUD the last few months but trying to catch up. My drivers seat probably has some springs that need attention as well. Nice work

Not sure who let me know it was the right one, but the 90311-99001 was correct for my engine.

Tether it to the truck- what witchcraft is this?? We live in a wireless world now... hahaha.

Nice work! That reminds me to go check my rear hatch hardware. I know I get a rattle from back there and that's a good candidate. Although I haven't left my gas cap (yet), it has come close before. I leave it on my rear tire and one time pulling away I heard it fall off, thankfully. Sounds...

Good job- I like the safety slippers!

Looks like I fished the backing plate from the other side when I had it all apart. But still you could shave off the sides of the plate so it could be fished through. Maybe I’ll make a little hole in it to tie a string so you can prop it back up against the seal then put the all thread in. Maybe...

Ohhh gotcha yeah- I was thinking you meant the seat the bearing sits in in the outer axle. My fault. 😆 Yes did the inner races.

No just the seals and bearing. I have some pictures of it here- https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/1969-fj40-father-son-build.1257027/page-2 Now that I think about it that back piece to my tool may be cut on the sides so it’s not a full circle, then you can poke it in then turn it once you’re...

I believe I still have this tool I made if you want to use it… But now I’m trying to remember how I got the piece behind the bearing 😂

Early in my build I forgot the brake pedal adjustment per the service manual and it was locking up the brakes. I second the suggestion to check that.

Have you tried really advancing it? Like just keep going to see if it gets happier. Like better idle, better vacuum. Then worry about pre ignition later. Just a thought

It’s funny cause I obviously knew my hood opened up all the way to rest on the top, but I always used the prop instead. When off-roading with @65swb45 I asked for his assistance on adjusting the carb and he said something to the effect of “well first raise your hood up all the way” haha. I...

Made it up to south lake and cruising around. Everything seems to be running good; glad to be out of the heat of Bishop.

Super cool! Was just thinking about some other places to go; that's nice it's pretty close. Good tip about going during the week. I'm headed to the Eastern Sierras on Thursday, hopefully all goes well.