Even though the poor old piggy has been neglected I haven't been sitting on my rear.....been working on the BJ70. Bought a complete Old Man Emu medium (3-4 inch lift) suspension system from IronPig (great price by the way) and installed it a few weeks ago. Lifted the old girl just about 4". Last week I bought a set of 16" Cragar wheels from Summit (4" backspacing) and got a set of Goodyear 235/85-16 MTR's mounted. They're similar in stance to a 33 x 9.50 but since they're 16" they have less vulnerable a sidewall as the 33's on 15 inch wheels. Even with 4" backspacing the 16" rims cleared the tie rods no sweat. She rides and handles quite well now. She now sits about 6" higher than stock with 235 tires.
Ialso installed some new speakers and a replacement throttle cable. Been trouble shooting the non-functional EDIC and found it had a bad motor. Bought a used replacement (new is pricey) and the EDIC works but the relay that controls it is AFU. Hmmmm, I'm learning about diesels. It does run quite well with the manual throttle positioning (choke) cable so for now that is somewhat of a non-issue.
Next up are new bumpers. The stock rear bumper is ugly and will be the first to be replaced. I'm planning to make my own this time around so we'll see what happens. Main material will be 2"x6" rectangular tubing (like on the pig). She's road ready and pretty well debugged now and I'm just racking up kilometers on the odometer. I've put 3000KM on her (1800 miles appx) and fuel mileage is exactly 25MPG. Not bad, eh? It's just about what Tom Humphries and Todd Oldenburg told me she'd get. I'm truly happy with the new cruiser and she attracts a lot of attention wherever I drive her. Gary S
Ialso installed some new speakers and a replacement throttle cable. Been trouble shooting the non-functional EDIC and found it had a bad motor. Bought a used replacement (new is pricey) and the EDIC works but the relay that controls it is AFU. Hmmmm, I'm learning about diesels. It does run quite well with the manual throttle positioning (choke) cable so for now that is somewhat of a non-issue.
Next up are new bumpers. The stock rear bumper is ugly and will be the first to be replaced. I'm planning to make my own this time around so we'll see what happens. Main material will be 2"x6" rectangular tubing (like on the pig). She's road ready and pretty well debugged now and I'm just racking up kilometers on the odometer. I've put 3000KM on her (1800 miles appx) and fuel mileage is exactly 25MPG. Not bad, eh? It's just about what Tom Humphries and Todd Oldenburg told me she'd get. I'm truly happy with the new cruiser and she attracts a lot of attention wherever I drive her. Gary S
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