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    Help broken down in Loa Utah electrical

    I had very similar symptoms a year ago including interference in cd. Engine would cut out and restart at speed. Turned out to be bad battery cable connection. No problem since
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    Safe to drive home from Moab to SLC with front end clunk?

    My 1999 100 series is now making a significant clunk when turning to the right after a trip over elephant hill. It is most common when turning right but seems to also randomly occur when driving straight every five minutes or so. It makes several clunks in a row, not just one throughout the...
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    Saving The Old Rustbucket--My 1982 FJ40 Tale

    This episode brought back memories of teaching my two sons and two daughters to drive in my 64 40 on desert roads around Moab years ago. My girls could generally outdrive their boyfriends- some of whom never even drove a stick shift. I guess it is time to take the 7 year old grandsons out-...
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    Bike Carrier options

    Unless you still have the rear seats in a mt bike fits well inside the truck. I have a 29er with a large frame and 2.4" tires which fits perfectly with the second row seat folded up. I use 2 3' cam straps to slightly suspend it from the hand holds and it only takes up about 4" of room on the...
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    Whoah! Seriously comfy bike seat! What's your best choice?

    Brooks- I've ridden a lot of saddles over the past 40 years and have settled on Brooks for road and mtn. Almost no friction and no pressure from sinking into a soft seat.
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    dash help on a '77 FJ-40

    My 76 has the switch for the PTO winch in that position. Unfortunately the winch wasn't still there when I bought it a couple of years ago.
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    The 80 Just About Killed My Family

    Just a little more information on this hill. It is actually over 15% at the steepest section- adjacent to the big mine slag heap just below the turnoff to upper Deer Valley. It is about 10 miles from my house and I have ridden it quite a few times on my road bike- it is a killer climb. The...
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    Safety driving an 80 series vs small car

    I have noticed a big difference in other drivers' behavior depending on what I am driving. The worst was when I drove our 69 VW bus. It seemed like everyone would pull out in front of me- probably hoping to avoid getting stuck behind a slow vehicle. At the time I had a lifted FJ60 and no one...
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    Do Automatic Car Washes and Land Cruisers mix?

    I took my 97 LC through the car wash once this winter to get the salt off and found that the high pressure forced water in through the sun roof somewhere. No problem during rain storms but the extra pressure in the wash sprayer let a mist in and left drops on the passenger seat (the sliding...
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    will hells revenge eat a stock 80?

    I ran this trail late last fall in my newly acquired 80 with 285's and no lift. I was very glad that I had installed the Slee sliders. They got a workout- primarily on the "new" exit trail. It was reportedly a newly opened alternate route out just past tipover challenge. It was my first time...
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    Birfield Party - Utah

    My son and I both have 80's and would be interested. We're in Park City. He has a 3 car garage. Are you thinking of a commercial type garage where several guys can work at the same time? Any proposed dates yet?
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    Power Button

    The 2nd button is very useful in some situations. My daughter, who drives a 100 called me last week and said she was stuck. There were about 6" of new wet snow and she was trying to turn around in a steep driveway. She said somthing like " shouldn't this cruiser be able to handle a little...
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    Buying New Tires - 30's or 33"s?

    I went through the same decision last summer after getting a "new" 76 40. I went with the 33x9.5 BFG's and have been very happy with them. I was planning on installing OME at the time but mounted the tires while I still had the old stock suspension. They did not rub in normal driving. I didn't...
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    02 sensor replacement LX-450

    Has anyone changed the 02 sensor on a 450? My son bought the part for his 96 but discovered that the nuts won't take a wrench. 12 is too big and 11 too small. Looks like the PO rounded them. They are different than those on my 97 LC. They are kind of bullet shaped and cover almost the entire...
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    foaming your frame?

    The PO of the 76 FJ40 I bought last summer actually tried something like this. I think he was trying to keep the snowflakes from working their way in (common in the hardtop cruisers I've had) and sprayed foam under the front overhang. It has rusted worse than anywhere else on the truck. The foam...
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    What difficult trails have been done stock

    I would disagree with the recommendation to do Hell's Revenge stock. I did it for the first time last weekend on my 80's (97 locked) maiden voyage. I put on Slee step bumpers first and BFG 285's and was very glad I did. The sliders saved me from major damage at least twice. They came back with...
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    My packages came today

    We installed Slee step sliders on two rigs recently and found that using a floor jack in addition to the jack stands made the installation go a lot easier. They are heavy, strong units.
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    My packages came today

    We just installed slee step sliders on two rigs and found that using a floor jack in addition to the jack stands made the installation a lot easier. They are strong, heavy units!
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    4 Wheeling forward in reverse gear?

    It was a 40 minute wait in line to vote. The 2 guys behind me were talking about their trucks and one said that he really missed the low granny gear in his automatic tranny when descending the pitches in Moab. The other guy- probably 60-65 years old- started talking about using reverse to crawl...
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    4 Wheeling forward in reverse gear?

    While I was waiting in line to vote yesterday I got into a conversation with a couple of guys about transmissions. They claim that it is common practice with automatic transmissions to put it in reverse while going forward down a steep slope and using the engine to brake. Is this true? Sounds...
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