Build 1971 FJ55, "Bucky"

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Great build. This is where we are heading with our Project Homework.

Looks like a good driver that you don't sweat the small stuff and keep enjoying it.

Long live the Bucky's of the world.
 
PabloCruise said:
I like the original name - Zeppelin.
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Hindenburgh might have been a good name in keeping with the Zeppelin idea when you brought it home.... but not sure that would have predicted such good results.
 
Chamba said:
Hindenburgh might have been a good name in keeping with the Zeppelin idea when you brought it home.... but not sure that would have predicted such good results.
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roadstr6 said:
Well, I won the WCW wrastlin’ title today. My opponent:
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I am going to need to pull my t-case here soon. I have a spare case that I am going to install I think. I may even rebuild it.... Did you need to use a puller to get the case off? and how hard is it to wrestle it out in a 55? I seem to remember last time I pulled a tcase the drive train was outside the vehicle.
 
Roastchestnuts said:
I am going to need to pull my t-case here soon. I have a spare case that I am going to install I think. I may even rebuild it.... Did you need to use a puller to get the case off? and how hard is it to wrestle it out in a 55? I seem to remember last time I pulled a tcase the drive train was outside the vehicle.
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I did not need a puller. I was able to muscle it out laying on a creeper. It's not a super heavy case (guessing 50-ish lbs?), but the uneven weight distribution makes it a challenge to deal with working from underneath. If I did it, so can you!
 
roadstr6 said:
I did not need a puller. I was able to muscle it out laying on a creeper. It's not a super heavy case (guessing 50-ish lbs?), but the uneven weight distribution makes it a challenge to deal with working from underneath. If I did it, so can you!
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Perfection! thanks! I am sure you will see how it goes on my build. Pretty sure I have a bad nose cone bearing for the front output. hearing a-lot of noise in 4wd more so than it was. Like I said I have a spare outside the engine that I can use.
 
Sometimes a floor jack a block of wood and a few good ratchet straps will give you a good shot at a solo removal without too much drama.

If the work can be done on the jack/block/strap combo it can make it easier to align and push back in. That isn't always possible depending on what needs replacing.
 
For my Orion, I made a ugly butt functional cradle that fits on my regular floor jack. It makes removing the transfer for one man job otherwise the Orion’s pretty heavy.
 
roadstr6 said:
I did not need a puller. I was able to muscle it out laying on a creeper. It's not a super heavy case (guessing 50-ish lbs?), but the uneven weight distribution makes it a challenge to deal with working from underneath. If I did it, so can you!
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It helps if it is nice and slippery w/ 90W sprayed all over the outside!
 
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roadstr6 said:
Some PO long ago removed the under-the-truck spare tire carrier. I decided to fab up an interior mount to hold the spare safely. I used some flat stock and some 1” square tube. A couple of J hooks and wing nuts and:

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Yeah, I know it would not impair my rear view as much if I had mounted it on the driver’s side, but I can see out just fine and the passenger side location may help even out the cruiser lean.
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with this do you have a picture of the set up? how was it attached to the body?
 
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