The Phoenician's latest activity

I can't believe it's been that long. It's come so far.

The ignore it for now kind lol. Still broken

@Hokie LX found me a sick deal on a set of 37" bfg ats not long ago. 18 months old or so, and still have the nipples on them. A set of 5 for a grand. I'm a fan. They fit the truck way better than the old 315s. After those went on I was...

She's getting upgrades

So I have done nothing to literally nothing to this truck since October when I fixed the brakes, and only driven it a few times since I picked up a more comfortable car to DD. Even though I completely went through everything before my...

Yup tracking all that. It’s been on my list of things to fix amongst other things the previous owner half assed. Steering just made it to the top of the list. Will have mechanical linkage and hydro assist.

Yup the hydraulic ram.

Thank God this didn't break on the highway. Will be changing it back to normal steering.

Best I could do on a cellphone Now I gotta fly back out to Colorado for work in a few hours. My buddy sent me this, as seen from his rooftop.

Sitting here waiting on the eclipse. Started talking to my wife and somehow we got on the subject of truck nuts. Said, she " absolutely forbids Big Red to have those stupid things on it". Since I'm a man and no one tells me what to do with my...

Yup. Took them out of the 40 and the 60. Will likely take it or if the pickup too.

One trip that stands out, was doing a section of the Pony Express, outside of Wendover! We followed an abandoned road until we hit a dead end at a USAF Laser Range! Running down the dock fighting off the mosquitoes to dive into the blue lake...

Feeling like I should come back to this build thread... Years and Years have gone by... so many versions of this 60! So I will try to stick to the highlights! I graduated college in 2017, and did some epic trips in Colorado to soak it all in...

She sounds really mean. She'll need a pusher fan added and a little bit more tweaking, but she's already running and sounding great. this is all the extra TBI crap that got deleted. The throttle body and computer are in there too.

She's getting a little work done at AJ'S YOTAS while I'm traveling. The pick up is also getting work done at Land Cruiser Specialist. I can't wait to come home.

It's probably going to need a new clutch after today.

Picked up this baby. Meet Snowball a turbo diesel 6 speed VW. The plan was to teach my son how to drive in it and then eventually swap that engine into Sushi Roll. But I'm enjoying how it drives for now so I might leave it the way it is for...

HBIM Next up was the high beam indicator module, the HBIM. I'm on my second 60 with the Koito headlight upgrade kit, and of course the problem with those is that the high beam light on the dash doesn't come on. Great kit - pretty cheap, OEM...

Anyone know where to get a driver side window motor? Can't seem to find one anywhere.

Dropped off some parts for sushi roll. She's getting the Big Red treatment. Wider axle housing, 4.88 lockers with lunch box lockers, IFS hubs, chromoly axles, upgraded brakes front and back, traction bar.... On the interior end, I'll be...

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Well it’s been a wonderful year exploring Colombia with the FJ43 and wouldn’t you know it was time for my annual inspection. So being the pro-active guy that I am, I took the Land Cruiser over to my mechanic for a pre inspection...

I'll be around, we'll meet up at some point. It hailed like crazy and had thunderstorms for a good chunk of the event. I think that's why many did not go.

I've been distracted with so many projects that I've been neglecting Big Red for a while. I intend to come back to it in full force after I'm done traveling for work. But in the meanwhile, Sushi Roll and Penelope Cruiser are getting upgrades left...

It is AJ. He did such a great job guiding everyone that his son won best driver.