Recent content by Ryan Towry

well, the time has come to make the hard decision. I am finally throwing in the towel on this project because it has been sitting under a tarp for too long and i dont see myself getting to it anytime in the near future with kids and life and i have decided to just keep the FJ80 and sell off the...

i had a MTB thumb shifter as a throttle set on my old 84 minitruck. I hope to do the same thing for my old fj40 when i get her running.

that looks pretty good. did they adapt to the Land Cruiser t case or did you go a different route?

you knowni had a 16' ages ago and have had a 20' for 12 years now and I honestly think it tows better. i have never had an issue with turning radius. Mine is a tilt deck though and has more of a 50/50 axle placement than some non tilt trailers with more of a 60/40 axle placement.

looks like a blast! I definitely need to get to Moab one of these days!

Thank you for doing all the hard work so i can copy it when i get to doing mine. hahaha I have a slightly more centered rear on my FF 80 though with the short side lengthened.

I would be interested in your DXF as well. We use Solid works here. I was a long time Autocad/ inventor user and switched to solid works with my latest job, we do alot of small part and machine design so it works well in solid works. Maybe we should start a Ih8mud cloud for cut files? I...

that is a nice spot, right across from Bald mt rd to get up into the trail system quick. that is a nice looking trailer. is that a triple 8K axle trailer. I would love to get soemthing like that someday. how steep is your ramp when loading incase you wanted to load a lower clearance type car...

yeah the 80 is a little on the heavy side but i have had good luck with my 37's and about 4-5psi. If you have been to rimrock/funnyrocks from Pasco you probably drive right by my house. we are on 12 about 2 miles before 410 and 12 split.

heck yeah. Maybe after I get my motor issues sorted we can meet up and go do some exploring as well. have you gotten out to play in the snow lately?

So I was wondering if you guys could help me out. I have been having a weird issue I need to diagnose. my garage is full at the moment so i have been tinkering on it outside and need some more directed diagnosis. I welded a new muffler on and shortly afterward i started having this issue. I...

this is exactly the type of setup i would like to find some day! have you ever scaled it fully loaded with the 80 in it?

you could always look the other direction and drop a 4 door tracker body on the fj80 chassis. the real question is would you rather spend all that time building and wrenching or out on the trail enjoying the outdoors?

going 9.5 in the front will push you to low pinion. but if you are sticking to 4.88's you could move to the 100 series 9.5" that has a 32 spline pinion option and a 32 spline axle shaft ability. https://www.nitro-gear.com/Toyota-9-5-4-88-Nitro-Rear-Ring-Pinion-p/t9.5-488-ng.htm

based on the picture you texted me with the missing ring gear teeth and the pinion marks on the carrier I would not put too much stock in your current backlash numbers. Like you said even handling 8 years of your driving is impressive. lol