Recent content by UZJ40

Making progress on the 62 - After getting the 80 body off the frame, I was able to put a laser on it to assess the damage. It was about 2" over to the driver side from the front shock towers forward. You can see the black Sharpie line on the left frame rail that should follow the seam. Not...

Mike, here's a trailer I built from scratch a few years ago... we really enjoyed it and got a lot of use out of it. You might see an idea or two in it that would work for your build. Good luck! Looking forward to seeing the progress -...

Good call.... last time we were on Rubicon, we saw an XJ pulling a trailer. They were not able to finesse at all, they needed speed to make it over some obstacles. It was entertaining for us to watch, but looked pretty exhausting for the driver.

That really was a fun weekend... about as much fun as you can have hanging out in a parking lot all day then a KOA in an industrial area at night! The award was well deserved and really fun to watch you win! The next meet up will definitely be off road.... Sand Hollow hopefully!

Congrats!! Well deserved, your truck is awesome and it's obvious a lot of hard work and planning went in to it. Looking forward getting my copy!

Made some headway over the last 48 hours. What a messy job, but we got it done.... There's something strange about pulling a vehicle into the shop knowing its the last time it will ever drive. Its way different than just buying a motor online. You have something that's been driving around...

Shameless plug for those that don't get into the 60 section - A new thread for the beginning of a new project.... but for the wife this time. 60 on 80 frame with iForce 5.7, for anyone that's interested...

My first post ever in the 60 section, and it's the beginning of what will be a fairly in depth build. My wife love's 60 series, so this build is for her. She wants to have her own rig to drive on and off road, so many of the decisions on this one will be hers (she actually prefers the square...

After putting on some hard miles on the 45 at SAS this year, I realized I rattled one of my hood pins loose. I took the remaining pin out and there was no evidence of Lock Tite on it, so definitely user error on my part. @SMG promptly hooked me up with a new one though, so I'm back in...

Awesome build! Great job on everything....

Just wrapped up another amazing trip.... we joined the SAS 10 gang in Ouray CO for the past few days. We had a great time and we got to meet some Mud members I've been wanting to meet in person for years, as well as say hi to some I haven't seen in a long time. Thanks to all that made us feel...

I was getting some pulsating in the front brakes and steering wheel when stopping. I determined the front left caliper was a bit sticky, which caused that rotor to warp. I guess one of the nice things about having this on an 80 series chassis is being able to get parts from Toyota fairly...

Well, I haven't driven the 45 much since Moab. I hopped in it the other day to take it for a quick spin and smelled raw fuel. After popping the hood, I could see fuel seeping out of the fuel line going to the fuel rail. I tightened the clamp... it helped but didn't fix it. So, I cut a...

Sold.... thanks MUD!

Sold.... thanks MUD!