1965 FJ45LV to 2002 LX470

[JackA]

Cruised up the the west end of the Mogollon Rim area. It was pretty nice with temps in the 70s and low 80s. The farther east we went, the wetter the ground seemed. Lots of standing water too. Everything was so nice and green.

 

[JackA]

We cruising north of the Payson area yesterday. Was pretty nice and even got rain on the way home.

 

[ARJMN]

All done except for wiring the winch and building a mount for the solenoid box.

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Well done. That one lived at my house for a while.

 

[JackA]

Well done. That one lived at my house for a while.

Thanks. I am assuming you are talking about the bumper. I got it from Mike J.

 

[77HesterSue]

Great thread Jack!

 

[ARJMN]

Yeah, it came from Matt in Show Low, right. If so, we carried it home from there when we picked up his 100 Series. I was gunna do what you did, but just didn’t have the motivation. Happy to see it went to goo use.

 

[JackA]

I finally cleaned up the Land Cruiser rear sway bar and swapped it into my truck. During the swap, I discovered the one rear bar mount was all bent outta shape.

 

[JackA]

Sway bar seemed to improve the on road handling alittle bit.

We headed up and ran the Sunflower mine trail this weekend. Camped up top at about 5700 ft and it was nice and cool. Definitely one of the harder trails I have taken the Lexus down. Still made it unassisted though. Good times

 

[JackA]

cruising along........

 

[JackA]

Beautiful area........

 

[JackA]

Headed home.....

 

[JackA]

Went out to explore this mine site. Pretty cool place with a decent amount of relics laying around. Did more hiking then wheeling though. Good stuff.

 

[JackA]

The whole area was covered in mines and prospects

 

[JackA]

Last weekend, the rear shock pulled thru the mount after the bushings and washer failed. Luckily it only bent the upper control arm alittle and then some cosmetic issues. Could have been way worse.

After speaking with Icon......they say I need the heavy duty mounting kit. So, I bought a couple sets to do both rear shocks. It's just poly bushings and thicker washers for the stud mount. I will have to keep an eye on these to make sure this does not happen again.

Replaced both upper links with new ones from Mr T.

 

[JackA]

After looking around the front end and seeing my pads were about done. I got all the parts and did a brake job.

 

[JackA]

Went out for a short desert cruise this morning. Shock did not fall off. So, that's good.

 

[JackA]

Did some cruising around in the North Bradshaw Mountains on Saturday. The area is rich in mining history.

 

[JackA]

Headed south for a lunch stop at another old mill site. Weather was beautiful. Trees had some cool colors too.

 

[JackA]

I finally got the rusty barnacle up on the operating table. Need to evaluate and start ordering parts for the minor rebuild install deal. Plus make it all clean and pretty.

 

[Garrissey]

Hey Jack, good work, although I am not surprised judging the way you build your 40's.

Older rigs are the best, I just hope I don't fall in love too much with 100's.