Bacon Across America—road trip Summer ‘19 (1 Viewer)

[RUSH55]

Yeah, you pretty much have THE package going on with everything (except the 3spd). Power steering would be a great upgrade.
Maybe a touch of height with the 33” skinny’s, and you pretty much have what everyone wants. Tasteful upgrades with a nearly bone stock appearance.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

I’m on the lookout for a 60 with a blown motor/smashed roof/whatever.

Bellhousing?
Tranny
Tcase
Driveshafts
Diffs
Complete knuckles
PS box
PS pump
Maybe AC parts

All of those individually would be more than a wrecked truck I bet.

 

[wngrog]

I’m on the lookout for a 60 with a blown motor/smashed roof/whatever.

Bellhousing?
Tranny
Tcase
Driveshafts
Diffs
Complete knuckles
PS box
PS pump
Maybe AC parts

All of those individually would be more than a wrecked truck I bet.

@Wile E Coyote up in Kentucky had the perfect donor last week. Chad Wiley on Facebook

 

[riderjgs]

I’m on the lookout for a 60 with a blown motor/smashed roof/whatever.

Bellhousing?
Tranny
Tcase
Driveshafts
Diffs
Complete knuckles
PS box
PS pump
Maybe AC parts

All of those individually would be more than a wrecked truck I bet.

Bought a $500 K1500 to harvest the TBI for my replacement 5.7. Have sold $2200 worth of other parts off of it. Buying a donor vehicle can work well.

 

[J Mack]

I’m on the lookout for a 60 with a blown motor/smashed roof/whatever

Might want to think about relocating the motor and putting a mechanical fan on your 55 if you find the perfect 60 donor vehicle

 

[J Mack]

Naps taken by River: infinity

I think you're doing it wrong.
I guarantee you River did not take a nap when he was riding with me, in fact I don't believe he even had a long blink the entire trip.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

I think he said “I was not ready for that!” After the little stroll through the desert

I think you're doing it wrong.
I guarantee you River did not take a nap when he was riding with me, in fact I don't believe he even had a long blink the entire trip.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Little “body work”

Have the correct Toyota paint thanks to @J Mack

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Just put Toyota wires, plugs, cap and stuff on her. First time ever buying OEM got a sweet Cruiser Outfitters shirt too!

.... on the old distributer cyl 3 and cyl 4 wires were swapped!?! It hauls ass now I swear! It was a quick trip in the rain with no hood on, but I swear it hit 75mph pretty damn quick. Don’t think I ever hit 75 on the way home at all. I -could- be going crazy?

Could it even have run with essentially 2 cylinders misfiring??? We were passing folks going up mountains like that!

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Little “body work”

Have the correct Toyota paint thanks to @J Mack

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LOL. We had a set of those exact chairs. Bought them at Gayfer's annual warehouse sale back in something like 1990. Comfy.

 

[wngrog]

Wow. Surely it gets some signal swapped like that. You would have heard a 2 cylinder miss.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

LOL. We had a set of those exact chairs. Bought them at Gayfer's annual warehouse sale back in something like 1990. Comfy.

We inherited some from my in laws and my parents! Lots of flex!

Wow. Surely it gets some signal swapped like that. You would have heard a 2 cylinder miss.

Right?? It stumbled 2-3 times under a hard load and downshifting coming off the interstate twice, but I thought it was a fuel issue at the time. And that was over 2,200 miles. Idles and cranked great every time.

Need to put my hood back on and drive some more. Maybe I’m crazy, but I swear the wires were wrong. Dunno.

Pulls like a freight train though!


One of the shocks broke because it was installed wrong. Looking at some Doetsch maybe. Just measure and they have about 30 different styles.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

 

[J Mack]

First time ever buying OEM and posting pictures of the part online.

You are well on your way to being a full-fledged member of the “TFBPPTC” now you just need a picture of a baggie with a Toyota part and factory sticker and you’ll get the decoder ring!

FYI, if you want them to teach you the secret hand shake you’ll need a picture of the ever elusive NOS ultra-hard to find Toyota part.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

I like the tag! Got ours registered yesterday. Started to go pig-centric as well but went back to something I had years ago when we actually lived in Alabama.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Wearing out the ole Visa card today

Should steer, stop, and ride like a new (FJ60) pretty soon!!

Need to work on my 80 and get her sold.....

 

[wngrog]

Yeah. Best use of an 80 is to sell it

 

[Godwin]

Yeah. Best use of an 80 is to sell it

Cannot disagree but I'm with ours for now.

 

[cruiserjunktion]

Easy now. The 33x10.50-15 KM3 measures out 30.5” mounted. Pass.

Check out my thread in the wheels and tire section on Steel Wheels. The 16” I just did were nice and cheap.

Of sticking with 15” wheels my Maxxis Razr 33x10.50-15 are 2 FULL inches taller than the KM3.

Deo’s 255/85-16 KM3 are proper sized so it’s not all KM3 they are too small

I recently installed a set of km3 33x10.5 on stock wheels and there is no way they measure out to 30.5”. I’ll get the camera, string and tape measure out again next time I see that rig.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

I'm rather partial to my 80.