Bean! My FJ60 build and adventure

[Major Nelson]

Beautiful! Congrats on the new drive train!

Gathering parts right now for a similar swap. I'm curious what you plan to do where the choke knob used to be?

Keep us posted, I really enjoy this thread!

Regards,
Ed

I was thinking about installing a start button for the FJ60.

 

[theron]

Beautiful! Congrats on the new drive train!

Gathering parts right now for a similar swap. I'm curious what you plan to do where the choke knob used to be?

Keep us posted, I really enjoy this thread!

Regards,
Ed

No plans for the old choke knob right now, I think I'm gonna just put it back on but without the cable attached

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Absolutely love those gauges.

 

[mongoose2231]

in the place of the old choke, you can install a manual accelerator like my diesel has, for those rock crawling trips...

 

[pandasfj]

Now that engine bay looks just the way it should of from day one!...very nice. What make is that 38 gal gas tank?

 

[Barney60]

Nice build! How's the LC9 been going?

 

[drillduty]

Any updates on this awesome thread?

 

[theron]

I've put nearly 5000 miles on the new engine! Driven it from Seattle down to California and back up to Northern Idaho. I can def say it's a pleasure to drive now, it's a whole new truck and hasn't missed a lick so far


Idaho's Northern panhandle, up near Priest Lake





Sundance Mountain fire tower, ID



Gisborne Mountain fire tower, ID



A bunch of overgrown trails up in those woods, my paint loved me



Up around 6800ft





Camped out at Crater Lake one evening in Oregon



View out of the James Baroud tent looking at Crater Lake




Done my fair share of parking lot camping the past few weeks too




Camping @ 7700ft near Lake Tahoe




When I was down in California I stopped by Hollister Hills, some great hill climbs around there





My buddy Aarron, in his 1990 FJ62 joined me out there

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I love that camping kitchen setup!

 

[theron]

Biggest trouble I ran into is my ARB air compressor burned out for the second time on the trail, it def put me in a bit of a bind. A few months back I replaced the guts of the compressor since it's known by ARB that they have issues....long story short it took way too much effort on my part to get a new warranty replacement from them.

Having the compressor burn out again I figured it was time to install a second air compressor for filling up tires and running air tools if I need. Tor swapped out the bad ARB compressor with a fresh one and installed a second Extreme Aire Compressor - so now the ARB is for the locker only OR an emergency tire fill up if the Extreme Aire fails.






Also installed a 2 gallon tank underneath the truck



Plate to hold/protect the tank



Quick access air chuck on the rear bumper, loves it!

 

[opg4759a]

I also like that kitchen setup. I've been planning on using it as the base design when I build out my rear storage.

 

[esh]

Go to Home Depot or Lowes and get a pack of rubber for chair legs for your exposed air connectors.

 

[theron]

I also like that kitchen setup. I've been planning on using it as the base design when I build out my rear storage.

Yeah I love mine! I'm pretty sure Tor has a few of the same build ready to go at his shop, when I had mine built he ordered extras

 

[mongoose2231]

What a great setup. Wow is all I can say. I'm a little jealous!

 

[Oaks]

As always the pics are amazing. It seems like the cruiser is sitting a bit higher than it did at the first of this thread. Is it the airbags that made the difference or did you add something else?

 

[theron]

As always the pics are amazing. It seems like the cruiser is sitting a bit higher than it did at the first of this thread. Is it the airbags that made the difference or did you add something else?

Yeah! Front has been sitting the same for awhile now, at least since the days I added the front bumper and winch awhile back. But yep, the rear is finally sitting level after adding the air bags to help carry weight

 

[Oaks]

Yeah! Front has been sitting the same for awhile now, at least since the days I added the front bumper and winch awhile back. But yep, the rear is finally sitting level after adding the air bags to help carry weight

I love your rig!

 

[mussy]

Great thread..

 

[C130FE]

Subscribed. This is an Awesome thread. Love the pictures.

 

[ranma21]

Speechless, envy your new engine. Conversion is top notch and look stock.