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Ran the Rubicon, (end to end) we made it through unscathed. The truck performed great and ate up everything that I was willing to put her through. My goal was to get through without carnage and we did that. I bypassed the "Soup bowl" but that's...

I thought I recognized that 4Runner from somewhere. Rubithon was a blast!

TLCA Rubithon

It’s been on the back burner for a while now, i hiked NM CDT, I rebuilt one of the transfer cases, need to rebuild the other one and install the dual adapter. Waiting for back order Marlin crawler to send me one more built diff. With Yukon locker...

A few weeks ago I found this 1982, SR5, pickup rusting away in a junkyard here in rural Alabama. It has been dead for a long time, and has had the rear axle shafts, rear diff, and a few miscellaneous pieces robbed from it, including the relay...

Probably 90% of the way to a test run. Wires are all terminated, just need to get a battery charged and hook it up. I don’t have a fuel pump handy to act as a lift pump so I made a little adapter for a small “diesel” can…I think gravity should be...

What an honor for Sarah and I to attend. We loved every minute.

Good times!

I had a period of analysis paralysis over the 2nd 15 degree bend with the 25 degrees of rotation. On the first bend I rotated the tube down and did the bend. Perfect. I'm working from the center out. Not from one end to the other so I wasn't...

For my birthday and Father's day one of my daughters got me a couple of tools from Rogue Fab that I wanted. I have a couple more on the way so I can start mocking up my cage. These aren't cheap but either is tubing. I don't have much experience...

Still need to fix body panel alignment etc but taking shape.

Welp... didn't enjoy fixing the headgasket leak out the front or having to replace the cracked sleeve but she is back together and I went ahead and changed the oil since I know the engine wasn't very clean from whatever form of a rebuild it had...

Lots of updates for this thread will be coming soon, but for now here’s a pic of it as I get it loaded up to head to the trailhead for Rubithon.

Used 80-series Old Man Emu BP51 remote resi front & rear shocks. I have been running them on a Cruiser with about a 2.5” lift and they are a little short for that lift. These are the “short” version so will suit stock height to about a 2” lift...

BTW, I zoomed in to see that sweet two-tone paint and I noticed your stunned son in the background. That will be a great photo to look back on in 40 years. Ha. You can show him these two embarrassing pictures. I am guessing that this was a...

I’ve been up/through there a handful of times but never camped. I lived in the area many many years ago but I was a broke ass ranch hand living in a tent outside of town. I’ve done several of the passes throughout the years but just don’t...

Did a proper shake-down run today, no major issues. Next is figuring out how to pack the rig, it’ll be a challenge…

congratulations on your new position as Rubithon swap meet chairperson!

Sometimes you just have to make your own gaskets and when they get complex I usually make a mess of them. So bring in the lasers and be done with it.

So with the 85 ignition stuff installed I put some heat in the engine and started working to adjust the valves while she was warm. First set then rotate 360 degrees and found the oil pump splined sleeve is cracked. The attentive observer will see...

This weekends project.

Cut and shut the engine mounts to the correct angle. Finalised the manifold turbo position and welded the flange on. Test fitted the turbo to see how it sits and clears, looks bloody sexy😍 Can’t wait to get the adapter and have all this sitting...