650,OOOkms and counting.

[arnott1t]

nice refurbishment of a great old BJ. Thread like this are nice to see…

 

[cruisedeisel]

I like putting time and effort in rather that paying and slaving for someone else.

 

[cruisedeisel]

Just bought a fairly nice tire package for $320 can. Going to put them on this truck in the am. My back is killing me these days and mounting the tires myself ain't easy on it.

 

[cruisedeisel]

235/85/r16

 

[cruisedeisel]

Starting to look kinda decent for a landcruiser with Alzheimers.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Dude this truck is the bomb, seriously. A guy on fb recently posted a pix of his 62 with 750,000 miles which is darn awesome too.

 

[cruisedeisel]

Dude this truck is the bomb, seriously. A guy on fb recently posted a pix of his 62 with 750,000 miles which is darn awesome too.

Miles eh? Thats ridiculously high but so am I

 

[cruisermatt]

Miles eh? Thats ridiculously high but so am I

 

[cruisedeisel]

Bumper time. Lets see if I can do this with scraps lying around.

 

[cruisedeisel]

Not too bad for a half days work. Another fly-by-design brought to you by yours truly.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

It’s awesome. Definitely dig the recycle, restore, reuse way of making things work. Keep it real!

 

[FJACS]

There’s so many nice diesel cruisers on the island. I’m always jealous.

 

[cruisedeisel]

Not bad for using up all the scraps in the metal pile. Plus a 40 dollar piece for the side wings.

 

[FJACS]

I assumed you were building a front. That looks good. The step down is a nice touch.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Agreed. I dig it too. Really sweet. Not overkill but still totally protective to the chopped rear quarters.

 

[cruisedeisel]

I assumed you were building a front. That looks good. The step down is a nice touch.

When I bought the truck there was this massive train wrecker bumper on the front. I was just thinking about cutting out a bit of a gul-wing out of each lower side.

 

[cruisedeisel]

So it all started when I heard this clunk going around corners

 

[cruisedeisel]

How to remove 35 year old rusted and seized rubber bushings. Drill the crap outta them.

 

[cruisedeisel]

Unfortunately The only spare springs I had consisted of some huge over loads. And well the shackles were prettty much pooched so....

 

[cruisedeisel]

Don't forget you can't drill out the frame side so I lit a fire and went and had lunch.