Decided to move on from Land Cruisers (for now) and focus on some other things in life. Spending most of my time in Argentina/LatAm, back school, health stuff, the usual.
I'm definitely forgetting a bunch of stuff. As I remember, I'll update this thread. But here's what I can remember for now...
All prices are BEFORE shipping
- 70 Series, old grill, corners. No cracks, no plugs, decent shape just dirty.
$50 for pair
Truck-Lite 27270C-MP
7 inch round lamps
https://www.quadratec.com/products/97009_8100.htm
$300
Saw this today. It's marvelous. It's about as good as it gets. This is what Toyota should have built. It's FTE is a spectacular powerhouse yet appears very drivable (only rode passenger).
A hose is usually enough to get most of it out.
If it's actually clogged you can use something like OTC6043 to blast agitated water in there. Requires shop air.
If anyone is curious; there's a bit of a setback outside of Ian's or my control. We're working on it though.
Good news, I'm back in Utah. Bad news, the weather is s***. Maybe I can talk @cruiserdan into letting me roam around the museum next week to get my Cruiser fix. Assuming the wind...
Very nice rig. It's in phenomenal shape too. Great base for a build.
Out of all the states I've delt with DMVs in, Utah is by far the best, especially the Farmington DLD and DMV. I was just at the DLD in Farmington yesterday, in and out in 20 mins with my new license. If I was at a Boston DMV...
The cost of buying an auto HZJ and swapping in an H151, H55 or even an H152 MAY be net positive vs buying a manual HZJ if you do the work, sell the left over parts and source the new parts yourself. If you're paying a shop, just find a manual.