Installed pedal box and steering column support. Can someone confirm if this is the correct placement of the upper and lower halves of the support?
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That's what my '76 FJ40 looks like.Installed pedal box and steering column support. Can someone confirm if this is the correct placement of the upper and lower halves of the support?
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My daughter was supposed to do a Girl Scout camp this summer up north of Magic Mountain off the 5 but it was canceled due to the ongoing presence of mountain lions in the camp area.Things are changing here locally, mainly because the entire forest around town has been burned by seven major forest fires dating back to 1977. Back when I was growing up, all you ever saw were an occasional deer on the highway. Now we see deer in the yard almost every day, a coyote a couple of times a week, bobcats in the back yard, bears in the backyard and at the elementary school, and a mountain lion now and then (in broad daylight).
No wild boars, though. But we have seen javelina twice in the median and on the shoulder of I-40 between Albuquerque and Kingman. We didn't realize they were that far north.
Is that a FN FAL? If so, how do you like it? I'm tossing around the idea of a .308 AR vs a FAL
Vapor lock is a common theme with 40’s, have to let my ‘76 cool herself off in hot weather before restarting.put on some trail miles over the weekend. came pretty close to not going due to a vapour lock issue. so glad i went anyways
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Scary what some have done, given that tack welds are prone to cracking.Swapped my leafs from front to rear and rear to front. Cruiser had a bad squat when purchased from PO. Leafs were on wrong ends. Looks appropriate now. Still need to flip shackles however I couldn't because driver front shackle bolt is welded to the inner shackle plate because it's to close to the power steering box to get a nut on the backside. No worries I'm planning shackle reversal or at minimum different shackles period. I like the HFS from ccot but would probably have the same clearance issue without shackles reversal. Either way it's much more level now. Has any one else ever seen this or have any other ideas. I was thinking a thinner nut might clear.
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I have seen two tarantula hawks this spring. They are not supposed to be found north of Nevada.Things are changing here locally, mainly because the entire forest around town has been burned by seven major forest fires dating back to 1977. Back when I was growing up, all you ever saw were an occasional deer on the highway. Now we see deer in the yard almost every day, a coyote a couple of times a week, bobcats in the back yard, bears in the backyard and at the elementary school, and a mountain lion now and then (in broad daylight).
No wild boars, though. But we have seen javelina twice in the median and on the shoulder of I-40 between Albuquerque and Kingman. We didn't realize they were that far north.
Drove it into town to go to the pharmacy today; felt a funny but small rhythmic vibration at 65 mph, like a wheel weight had come off. Shrugged and kept going, until one of my BFG KM3's de-laminated. Limped home at 25 mph; didn't want to change a tire on the narrow shoulder of that Farm-to-Market road.
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I had liked those tires until today; guess I will try something else this time.
good to know I’m rolling on some ticking time bombs
Thinking a WTH call to BFG Tire Inc is in order! Damn scary…… and I’m running the KM2 versionDrove it into town to go to the pharmacy today; felt a funny but small rhythmic vibration at 65 mph, like a wheel weight had come off. Shrugged and kept going, until one of my BFG KM3's de-laminated. Limped home at 25 mph; didn't want to change a tire on the narrow shoulder of that Farm-to-Market road.
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I had liked those tires until today; guess I will try something else this time.
I'm glad I went with the Yokos for my new tires instead of these BFGs 2 weeks ago. Glad you're ok!
To be fair, those tires are more than 12 years old; don't know how many miles 'cause my odometer has been broken (again) for a long while.
But I've never had a name-brand tire come apart like that before, no matter how old.
Yep, conditions, design, and usage make true life vary widely, but tires age out and should be replaced with a greater sense of urgency than pretty much all other components. 5 years is a good rule of thumb.Five years for anything destined for pavement beyond residential speed. Or, at least, that's how I roll. Tires, batteries, winter-driven-engine-oil, and hydraulic fluid, once they get dirty, I've got my money's worth with them, regardless of mileage.
Glad that you are alright, and the Cruiser too.
Yes, and I love it - probably my favorite rifle ever. A joy to shoot; very little recoil, accurate. If you get an old military surplus one (like mine) you ought to have a gunsmith check the head spacing; some of these old rifles were used pretty hard. DPS/Panther used to make new ones; not sure if they still do.
The downside to them is that you are pretty much limited to iron sights. The dust cover on the top of the receiver is just a piece of stamped steel that slides off to field strip it; not heavy/stable enough to support a scope mount. I have heard of purpose-made scope mounts for the FAL that replace the dust cover, but have never seen one in the flesh and would be leery of them. So if you want a scope or any optic on your rifle, the AR platform would be far superior.
For anything else where iron sights will do, the FAL is a great rifle IMO.