I'd love to have a 73 series III and nothing wrong with redundancy.
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I almost bought a 2nd one but thought I'd be crazy doing that. Guess NOT! haha. parts store here we come!With regards to filtration, growing-up my stepdad had a '73 Series III Land Rover (I know...I know), he was a stickler about clean fuel, would always run two glass filters in series, just cause. Now I have the same disease...
I've had a couple of 55 tanks boiled out and coated over the years. Ran about $100 or so at the local radiator shop. You might try just running it for awhile and seeing how long the new filter lasts and just change them out a few times. If the tank isn't too bad, most of the sediment may eventually flow out and be caught.Well, I think a boil out and maybe put in a coating to seal the rust if the tank isn't rusted through might be cheaper. There are no new FJ55 OEM tanks that I know of, so either aftermarket big tank ($) or a used rusted OEM tank. I'd work with what you have and use a clear fuel filter then monitor the filter for crud.
It's da BEERBtw, just took a 45 min run across town and back to the brewery (La Cumbre) for a kegerator refill and she ran like a CHAMP!
I don't think a little bit of ethyl alcohol would hurt most coatings at all. Ethanol will pick up more water and crud in an old tank and send it to the fuel filter as water is slightly more soluble in ethanol than regular gasoline.I have heard that the ethanol content in our gas does a number on coated tanks though.
Looking at the crud that came out of the filter seems maybe some plastic went in the tank at some point. My way of thinking would be to address the issue and have the tank boiled out, looked over and then treat the inside. Then you know the problem won't show up again. I'd go so far as replacing the fuel lines too. It just seems like good maintenance. I bet there's sediment in the fuel bowl, too.
Your ready for the pig party, need another stock rig this yearIn the hunt for the suspension creak, I finally dragged the pavement queen onto some dirt today and I think I may have truly experienced the bad-assery that is a Pig! It was just some dirt trails that look like a lot of 4 wheelers hit close to my nieghborhood. Nothing too intense, although there were a few spots that articualted the suspension and pushed it WAY farther than I have ever pushed this thing. Some sections had holes on one side of the trail with bumps on the other. A few big mounds with pretty sharp angles I wasn't sure I'd clear. No worries at all! Man, this thing felt GREAT! Not creaking or complaing a bit! I have the stock springs on there with just some 32's...changed the shocks recently, but other than that, pretty much stock. Damn! I'm impressed and have a fat grin on my face! I think the truck does too! Pigs need to get dirty...who knew!
As for the creakiness, I got the spring bushings in and attempted to knock the shackle bolts out and replace them today...I quickly realized that is going to be a wrestling match! Bit the bullet and bought some new greasable shackles from man-a-fre, thinking I might jack these up pulling them. Did some reading and have some ideas how to get em out...torch and maybe one of the portable hydrolic presses. Hopefully that will do it!
Well, I'm stupid...not that everyone hadn't aready figuered that out based on this thread! I went to HF to buy a hydrolic portable press thing today to push the pins out on the shackles, but they were out of stock, so I went out to give it hell by hand at lunch with the torch and hammer! Turns out the shackles are not stock but are a 2 piece unit with both pins welded to one side and then a removable plate on the other. All I had to do was take off both nuts (which I didn't do yesterday) and hit it with a hammer a few times. lol! Took me 30 minutes to do both sides and I didn't even have to take the wheels/tires off. hah! Anyway, the bushings in the spring were a little crusty but the top ones were pretty decent. They likely were replaceded back in 2012 when the current overhaul took place. I sort of doubt this is the source of my noise. Either way, it has been a little shifty when I hit the brakes, so I'm guessing this should help that a little and if not, at least it's piece of mind and one less thing to worry about! Bonus is I already ordered a set of greasable shackles so I know how to put those in real quick now!In the hunt for the suspension creak, I finally dragged the pavement queen onto some dirt today and I think I may have truly experienced the bad-assery that is a Pig! It was just some dirt trails that look like a lot of 4 wheelers hit close to my nieghborhood. Nothing too intense, although there were a few spots that articualted the suspension and pushed it WAY farther than I have ever pushed this thing. Some sections had holes on one side of the trail with bumps on the other. A few big mounds with pretty sharp angles I wasn't sure I'd clear. No worries at all! Man, this thing felt GREAT! Not creaking or complaing a bit! I have the stock springs on there with just some 32's...changed the shocks recently, but other than that, pretty much stock. Damn! I'm impressed and have a fat grin on my face! I think the truck does too! Pigs need to get dirty...who knew!
As for the creakiness, I got the spring bushings in the mail and attempted to knock the shackle bolts out and replace them today...I quickly realized that is going to be a wrestling match! Bit the bullet and bought some new greasable shackles from man-a-fre, thinking I might jack these up pulling them. Did some reading and have some ideas how to get em out...torch and maybe one of the portable hydrolic presses. Hopefully that will do it!