This regards my 1988 FJ62 with original 3F-E engine.
I've been running through the electricals trying to determine why the engine cranks beautifully (and I smell gas so I believe it's not a fuel pump issue) but I get no firing. No sparky at plugs; no voltage at igniter wires as they enter the...
Looks as though I'll be taking the Heavy Hauler - 32' gooseneck - back home at the end of this month. I will NOT have room for a full vehicle, but might be able to assist in the way of parts. As I've written just moments ago, also am looking for assitance in getting our FJ62 from Utah to...
As I've gotten no help from family in getting our FJ62 (which also I still MIGHT consider selling there....) from there to here, can anyone suggest any assistance? Thanks in advance....
First: This most definitely is a First World Problem, in that the '88 62 I have just bought is so close to dealer-showroom perfection that I have to search really hard to find little problems.
I have been able to amass a very small number of them, though, and here's one:
The driver's door...
SOLD - 16 MARCH. Thanks to all for your interest and input.
Where: Wickenburg, Arizona
How much: $18,000
Who: me
When: well, that one's easy...
Why: I just picked up a truly spectacular FJ62 - will be posting about it later
What: OK, read below
A Cool Vanilla 1985 BJ70, Canadian-spec'd...
Strange thread title, strange post.
I have on hand a Ford 300cid, aka 4.9L. Carbureted and, although these bulletproof engines have a reputation of being one of the finest gassers ever produced in the USA, this one is - perhaps - even better in that it's d*mned close to out-of-the-box new...
Question from the FroznChozn -
100 degrees warmer than what it is here is starting to sound awfully appealing. Jenny's mom lives near Cave Creek area. Is there ANY wheeling available in the lands north of Cave Creek? Looks to me like the Tonto Nat'l Forest...but am just going on a...
I have a near-impossible time killing the 3B with the so-called choke pull. It's a new cable - no out of the ordinary friction inside the cable - so I don't know if it's the round-Robin-Hood's-Barn voyage the cable takes, or something else. So:
1) is there a non-cable rod linkage that can...
200 miles to town - each way - means that I do virtually all the plumbing, electric, construction and mechanical work around here. Occasionally I get in over my head, however. Perhaps there is a Mudder with enough plumbing background to give some direction here?
I need to alter fairly...
After the success of the 12V Titan TW12 Group Buy recently, I know there is at least a small number of 24V owners who have a similar interest. Duncan has written to inquire how many 24V winches he might consider have made up.
So.... have at it, folks.
Full disclaimer: if I find something...
Here is an open apology, as I let down quite a number of folks - one who wanted me to bring a vehicle to Alaska; one who had sold it; and a third who (still???) is babysitting it.
I was absolutely at the weight limit of my 14,000lb trailer, and at the pulling power of my '08 SuperDuty F-350...
My 30' gooseneck is pushing me to SLC via KC MO this coming week (end Feb). That's I-80 / I-71 / I-70 / I-29 / I-80 (gotta do it that way - rats!) Effectively empty to there; after SLC I'll be hauling some yellow metal to Alaska (I-15 through Pocatello - Great Falls - Calgary - Edmonton).
Ho...
Can someone run down the differences amongst those-numbered military trailers, specifically with respect to their good and bad points for on- and off-road trailering with our rigs?
And any other similar small-bodied open-box trailers, as well -
thanks!
This morning's email includes one that contains this:
"....a sweet little TR4A just waiting for the
final touches that I know you would look "smashing" (in the best
of British way) driving - just the sort of red sports car every couple look good in!
Well, even at the right price - I'm...
Time to start hauling out The Good Stuff.
It's been snowing non-stop here for the past 72 hours, and we're up to about 7" now. Not a huge amount, but we're unlikelyto have above-freezing temps for the next six or so months.
I am hosting a film-shoot next week, so have had to do some...
All right - not the engine, but...
I have one heckuva dead short. I have melted to puddles of nice shiny lead BOTH the neg post on one battery and its joined posi post on the other one.
Jenny and I went out at 10pm last night to try to photograph a grizzly that has been hanging out on...
More or less. Has anyone an informed opinion? BJ40s...42s...and on up the line.
It sure seems my Elsie is a Very Large Percentage of all the BJ40s in Alaska:doh:
Newby Q#1: What are the alternatives for rear bumpers? My BJ40 has nothing other than cut welds where some things used to hang.
I see there are aftermarket double-tube bumpers, but i also see - Mophisto's "new" BJ40 from Panama, for example - a double "U" set of mid-mounts, bracketing a...
Alaska Ranger here, from The Heart of The Alaska Range -
here - if it takes - is a pic of my 1980 BJ40.
I'm a newbie not just on this forum, but also with, after all these years, a Land Cruiser of my own. So....am hoping all you nice folks, plus the rest of you, will be able to bear with me...