Tigerstripe40

It’s not hard to hit 2,000 hours in a full on nut & bolt build. 1,000-1,500 hours would be pretty normal for a restoration type build. You can easily have 300+hrs in just paint. Now most the builds we do are not 40’s but they are Land...

I'd take a GX550 over a Ineos Grenadier, but I'd actually prefer the Land Cruiser J250 due to the hybrid syste, but I think that the 6th gen 4Runner Trailhunter or TRD Pro are the best value of them all. But ALL 3 of them miss the mark entirely...

I remember buying a clean, rust free hard top and doors for $500, along with a plate style tire carrier for $50 and a clean windshield frame for $100 shipped. All of that was in the early 00's (many of those part I still have). Recently, I've...

Having read through this thread, I did not see, but it sounds like the brake booster was replaced in the relatively recent past. Have you checked for burnt valves? A bad brake booster can cause the engine to run lean, esp the 5 and 6 cylinder...

It hasn’t sped up any for me, been at it anywhere from 4 to 18 hours a day for over a year with very few exceptions. Everything seems like it is hand built, hand fitted by a guy who has never done any of it before. Lots of redo. The top took us...

Is there anything great or special about the hotrods that Chip Foose builds? What about the Porsches that Rauh-Welt Begriff ruins builds? I'd consider the ICON or a Proffits Resurected Land Cruiser to be on the same shelf as Foose or RWB. It's...

No, it's not tough at all, aside from the time sink. Theres a bit of $$$ tied up in the Art Morrison chassis they use.

Is it an FJ40? No. It's an ICON, which is the spiritual successor to the Bandeirante based FJ Cruiser Prototypes TLC built back in the early 00s. I still feel like Toyota pulled a bait and switch on the FJ40 guys when we'd seen those prototypes...

Forgot to post up the finished combo ready to go into my customer’s FJ62 restomod. We also designed the transfer shift bracket, we had to shorten the linkage about 2” but the handle should come up in the stock location. Also has our plug and...

I did not bypass the victron, I just bypassed the fuse block. I wired the leads for the fridge to the feed lugs on the blue sea fuse block.

I bypassed the fuse block (theres a big fuse on the battery and another on then fridge itself) and now the fridge is pulling the amperage I'd expect.

The batt voltage has nothing to do with what the voltage is at accessory. The fridge transforms the 110 to 12v so it has to be something in the supply line, I think you have eliminated the battery as an issue. Forget all the equip. and hook...

Here's the screenshots.from the battery and charge controller.

I have the Fridge set to the Lo setting (11.1v restart) and the battery never gets below 12 volts. There is no cig plug, I snipped that off, tinned the leads and it's going directly to my blue sea fuse block. I'll check the 12v to the fridge...

I did that this afternoon, and blew out the dust on the coils. IT wasn't really that bad. The fridge sits in one of the insulated covers pretty much all of the time, but it was a great suggestion! I'll plug it in tonight, after I Get it chilled...

@Tigerstripe40 I had the same issues as you. Also keep my ARB fridge either in the 60 or 40 100% of the time. Here’s what worked for me to solve the problem. 1 hour of work & instant results. Clean the coils of the fridge: I removed the...

I looked at the trend overnight and as the sun went down, the battery voltage dropped off to 12.74v overnight and that is with no load on it (aside from whatever power the charge controller pulls when it's dark). When I looked at the trend from...

Your controller setting voltages look ok. Was the fridge's compressor actually running (as in you can feel it, or hear it, not just trusting the LED) when the temperature inside was rising above the setpoint? Or was it off? If the former...

I have been working through a problem the last little while. Here's the setup. I have 165 watts of solar panel connected to: Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/20 charge controller. I also have a Victron SmartBatterySense This feeds a 110 ah flooded...

TR4050 is intriguing. What motor is going in front of it? I'd like to see a UZ→TR4050 adapter.

Likely a 1 off for SEMA, but if Toyota actually made this, it would be pretty awesome. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62766156/toyota-4runner-trd-surf-concept-details/