Ive had enough of my stupid plastic tool boxes i keep in my vehicles . First i taught ill invest in some better quality tool storage systems , but i found nothing i like. keeping in mind i want tool boxs i can easily move between different vehicles, Ive mucked around with draw systems but don't...
A few months ago i did a 4wding trip in the south island , so i decided to build an aluminum water tank for my 80 series to save a little bit of space in the truck, Completely unnecessary. But when i was measuring it up and building it, i realized these sh*tty drawings would be useful to people...
I bought this thrashed 70 series a few years ago, mostly because it had 2 ARB air lockers, I want to build a decant 4wd.
It had a PTO winch and superior engineering drop shackles in the rear.
I built a new bull bar and rebuilt the winch, and made some sliders and some bar work
And a snorkel
I...
I was being an idiot again, and i got stuck with no one to pull me out backwards, so i tried winching backwards with pulleys. Too see if it actually works, or is it just a story people tell when their drunk.
This is how i rigged up my winch rope;
I didn't want to break anything, so i took...
I need to build a car trailer to tow my bush truck around on. I want to keep it narrow, to make it a bit easier to tow. And i want to keep it pretty close to the ground so it isn't too tippy with a landcruiser on it
To keep it low and narrow, ill have the wheels under the deck but have the deck...
I took the truck out on the farm for a drive this afternoon, and the rear diff s*** the bed. Im trying to work out what caused it, Its a 1985 bj73 with a semi floating rear axle, 2 ARB air lockers and 34" tyres.
I drove down a quite steep bumpy hill in 1st letting the engine do all the braking...
I wanted a set of bead locks for my bush truck but didn't want to spend too much money.
I bought 4 second hand 15x8 steel rims.
Instead of buying a weld on bead lock kit i went to an engineering shop and got 8 rings water jet cut out of 6mm mild steel sheet
I drilled the holes myself to keep...
I bought a 1978 40 series land cruiser that I am going to restore.
It has a B engine. So it will probably end up with a V8
I started by getting the axles sand blasted and painted, replaced all the bearings. And bought new 2" lift leaf springs, shocks, steering arms, brake cylinders and brake...