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Where is that rustic building on that trail? Looks sweet.
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Just outside of Creede Colorado! No wheeling, but really cool mining history. Called the Bachelor loop: The Bachelor Loop - https://www.creede.com/bachelor-loop
OBS fords, superchargers, manual 80s......what else is there!?
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Haha nothing else currently! This summer I did get a killer deal on a really clean 2013 Mercades G Wagon with a blown motor. I sourced a low mileage used motor and had a shop swap it in while I was in Alaska and sold it for a nice profit after. That is what really helped me justify dumping all the money in the cruiser! G Wagons are also sweet, I really enjoyed driving that this summer.
Do you mind telling where you were able to order a h152? Also, did it arrive to you with the input shaft already swapped for the 1fz?
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Land Cruiser Haven. He already swapped the input shaft
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Might as well update this thread. The cruiser runs! What a process it has been, and I owe a ton of credit to @ExpoMax to get this thing back on the road. He spent weeks this summer working on getting the new engine together and all the needed 5 speed conversion parts installed while I was stuck up in Aspen. Max is truly an expert and did an excellent job getting this thing back together.
To go over the highlights again, here are the main things that were accomplished.
I have not brought it back to Aspen due to not really being able to break in the motor due to a death wobble issue that has arrised since parking it. We for the life of us can’t figure out what it could be. It had a little steering wheel wobble before I parked it, but now it is awful. We thought maybe it was the wheel bearings that were slightly loose and we tighten them up but it is still scary bad starting at around 40 MPH and starts without hitting a bump or anything. It has a Red Head Steering box on it, and everything underneath seems tight and its all pretty new stuff down there (Iron Man panhard has been on there for a couple of years and we can't see any play, and the Delta arms have are maybe 2 years old). We are thinking it might be the tires. We did go get them rotated and balanced and that didn’t change anything, but they could potentially have permant flat spots. Discount Tire will warranty the tires if we can prove the theory by swapping tires and providing video evidence the shake goes away (which is awesome) and I am thinking I might throw 39s on it if it actually does need new tires.
I am hoping to go home this weekend and try to swapping tires with another vehicle on the front range and see if that changes anything. If anyone has any other ideas, I am all ears. Excited to get this thing back on the road and so happy with the work that has been done so far.
To go over the highlights again, here are the main things that were accomplished.
- New Toyota Short Block
- New Cylinder Head
- EGR fully deleted
- H152 from Land Crusier Haven
- Supercharger rebuilt by Jon Bond perfomance and brought back with a 2.8 inch pulley
- Switch Pro to clean up wiring under the hood and run lockers, winch, lights, etc
I have not brought it back to Aspen due to not really being able to break in the motor due to a death wobble issue that has arrised since parking it. We for the life of us can’t figure out what it could be. It had a little steering wheel wobble before I parked it, but now it is awful. We thought maybe it was the wheel bearings that were slightly loose and we tighten them up but it is still scary bad starting at around 40 MPH and starts without hitting a bump or anything. It has a Red Head Steering box on it, and everything underneath seems tight and its all pretty new stuff down there (Iron Man panhard has been on there for a couple of years and we can't see any play, and the Delta arms have are maybe 2 years old). We are thinking it might be the tires. We did go get them rotated and balanced and that didn’t change anything, but they could potentially have permant flat spots. Discount Tire will warranty the tires if we can prove the theory by swapping tires and providing video evidence the shake goes away (which is awesome) and I am thinking I might throw 39s on it if it actually does need new tires.
I am hoping to go home this weekend and try to swapping tires with another vehicle on the front range and see if that changes anything. If anyone has any other ideas, I am all ears. Excited to get this thing back on the road and so happy with the work that has been done so far.
Nice - thanks for the clarification.
I had the same death wobble and could not track it down. It was due for a knuckle job, new bearings, birfs and spindles. Wobble went away. I don’t know what was, but that is what it took for me.