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Okay! We picked up this beautiful beast, 3x factory locked last September right after SAS for a song. Needed lots o love as she had a hard breakup from PO The list was long! But we are ready and willing! @Mesa Woman is always a great partner to...

"The ratio of work to Landcruiser time is too big" 🤣

Back from the off road test loop at the cabin. Confirmed 4WD, low range, and cable difflock functions. I pulled the roof rack off to reduce drag. The Kimberley is a fat gal.

Just got back from the shake-down loop. She's slow like I rememberd. On the other hand, the journey IS the destination. The trailer is just over 3,000 pounds. That's a big ask of a 3.4 liter turbo diesel.

I got the Cruiser back today and the top turned out amazingly well. I can’t wait to hit the road.

Speaking of chaos, finish going on the front side. God this part is maximum suck

I ended up using my tube jig to cut various angles in some scrap pieces of PVC tube. I used them on the very ends of the protractors until I got a perfect fit. I mark the tubes in relation to the protractors and the copes on the ends to ensure I...

Today I worked on this tube. (Front Crossover) Took me a while to get the copes accurately cut for a good weld joint.

I finally got my two A-pillars bent up and fit up. Man what a challenge this cage is for me. I did manage to build a matching mirror image pair. I used spacers and bungee cords to hold them in position. Some magnets and whatever else I had laying...

I scored a set of OG steelies for the pickup today. The tires are brand new 31”s and will go onto a 2nd Gen 4Runner I’m cleaning up to most likely sell.

I partially gutted the interior today. I am unable to slide the seats forward to get to the rear bolts as the mechanisms are frozen, so I ripped out the carpet from the front to see how bad the rust is, and it’s worse than I originally thought...

I reworked the stock seats. All new foam. Heather pads and leather kit from LSseats.com Also added a custom panel from @plaidwagon

Loaded up the rig on the crawler hauler and headed out to Sante Fe on Saturday of last week. Partial group shot. You can really see how low the truck is next to a Can-am defender on portals and 35s. Did a lot of fishing. View from...

Headed to Cruiser Outfitters tomorrow morning for a fresh clutch and a reseal between the transmission and transfer. I've had a gear oil migration from the transmission to the transfer for a long time and I'm tired of monitoring it to keep from...

Part 8 - On the last day - from Rubicon Springs to Cadillac Hill to Tahoma staging area. (cont) Cadillac Hill - the obligatory group photo (my lens isn't wide enough to capture everyone in one frame) We made it! (photo by Hannah) This is...

I gotta be real careful what I monkey with on the new router. She's still got less than 100 hours on it. I've already had a few questions for tech support where they told me "technically, yes. But, say goodbye to your warranty" My machine is...

Playing with the accuracy settings on the machine control can also have a huge impact on actual cycle time. If the machine is struggling to get up to speed, especially on roughing passes, loosening the machine settings will make a huge...

It's my acceleration curve that's killing things. It just can't get up to speed. I regularly annihilate plywood at 17m/min with a half inch 2 flute. But it takes more distance than I had to get up to those speeds. The machine is pretty...

Bracket going in next. Going to try and weld it tomorrow, field test it next weekend and should be good to go by August 👌

New machine doesn't like all the up/down. I need to tweak some settings. This is 4½ hours on one map, just to rough things out. Should've been done in about 2 hours.... grrr This might be the last year for these maps. They are so much...

Had a great time with my son on the Cruisers and Company run. Johnny Pryor saved my ass wrenching on a borrowed steering box from Ken Hanna and we made it thru and the 9 hours home. These photos are a few of what I could grab and mostly my sons...

Lower left is going in for now and the lower right is what I am going to use to build a mold for putting new foam rubber on the top one which will eventually be the fully restored one. If it works out well then j will have a way of pouring new...

Looks like I don't HAVE to move my ECM. I might see if there's enough slack in the harness for a higher location though.