From the photos, it appears that the bracket will provide access to the York's "piston down side" access hole (engine side) for less oil throw if one were to add a vent on that side. If that's the case, I appreciate it.
Ditto on PHH and radiator seam, I've been there and done that too. I've also had slow seepage/evaporating leaks on the small hoses (3) that go to and from the intake/throttle body and all 9 (8 +PHH) that comprise the heater/climate controll......what were they thinking ?
I use the non-CARB Wedco mounted sideways and haven't had any leaks. I do have some Scepter water cans I picked up used from the local Army/Navy surplus store. While there, I noticed several others with the seam ripped out. I can't imagine what it would take to rip the seam out of one of those...
We were 4 up for our trip from SoCal to Deadhorse, AK so almost everything went on top. We took the middle seat out and put the cooler there. Thats an African Outback rack with Double Jerry Can Holder. The white carrier is an "X-cargo" we got about 15 years ago from Sears and migrated it from...
I've had mine for 3 or 4 years and had problems with the drivers side occasionally losing contact on the headlight. I cleaned it up and greased it several times. It finally melted (from heat generated by poor contact) and I replaced it with a new pigtailed connector I got from some place on...
I've had 2 yellow tops and both failed at 2 years or less (1 at a time). I still have a red top thats been going for 5 years. Because of the yellow top failures, I converted to Odysseys and haven't had one fail yet (2-1700s in the LC, a 1200 in the Heep, and a 545 in the Harley) - all fairly new...
A 6 qt spaghetti pot from Walmart works as a 5 and 10 lb propane tank mount. I removed the handles and drilled holes in the bottom and mounted 2 on my roof rack. They are black aluminum so they won't rust.
No wonder the plug looks so familiar. Mine that failed was aftermarket on my heep...I think it was from radiator barn and I haven't had a chance to see what the OEM one looks like yet on the Cruiser.
Anyway, assuming the plug is the same as mine, a standard 3/8 bolt should work. Replace it...
I had the same thing happen on my "not so cruiser". The plastic threads had degraded from temperature and time and the plug popped out in the parking lot at work after a weekend of wheeling - would have been a lot worse on the trail.
I try to upgrade when parts fail. I replaced mine with a...
I've had one of these on the back of my heep for a lot of wheeling with no issues
http://www.man-a-fre.com/parts_accessories/Australian%2022%20litre%20water%20container.htm
I just teflon taped the spigot and soaked it once with baking soda water when new to remove the plastic taste.
IMHO, deep soft sand is the one thing I have found that MTRs are not good at. I wouldn't bother changing them out (because they are so good at everything else) but just be aware you will bog down in soft sand. Low pressure (18 or so should be good enough), low range and spinning the steering...
I recently put in a pair of Odyssey 1700s into dual Toyota OEM battery boxes (discussed in depth elsewhere). The mods for the Odysseys consisted of;
1. slightly hogging out battery box cable holes to make up for shorter battery (you could also put a spacer under the battery)
2. put a couple of...
I ended up with what looks like what Dan is describing as the dealer chrome wheel add on. After a couple of the cheap center caps (with wire clips) lost themselves, I replaced all 4 with grey OEM ones a while back (from SOR I think). Now I have 1 good original looking wheel (was the spare) and 4...