that cruiser looks freakin' sharp! what harness did you use? and how many headaches came with it?
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Can t really remember now.. its a cruiser store from NC i think..
Anyways.. DONT GET ONE!.. haha.. way way way! to many headaches.. spending 2 hours looking at diagrams that are confusing are way to much.. had a friend which who was an electrical engineer look at it and said." Hopeless"
The stock one is actually the best harness by far still..
Hopefully have this done in time!
Anyways.. DONT GET ONE!.. haha.. way way way! to many headaches.. spending 2 hours looking at diagrams that are confusing are way to much.. had a friend which who was an electrical engineer look at it and said." Hopeless"
The stock one is actually the best harness by far still..
Hopefully have this done in time!
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Cruiser Update!! Crazy long drive coming up! Adventure #1
Cruiser update
Ok so i have about 6 more days before I head up North from NC to CT.
I don't own a car and I borrow one. I have my cruiser and I plan on using it!
I have 6 days to get the kinks worked out on my cruiser and make it street worthy for the 650 mile trek to Connecticut.
Right now i have been flat out and spending loads of $$$ on it to finish her up!
Engine is running really well!!!
Very happy with my 3FE! was a lot easier than thought and I highly reccommend it!
My brakes probably need a bit more work done to them.. still a little air I think.
I need to mount my soft top on .. I thought about the Hard top but its soooo rusted and leaky I don't think I will have the time to do it. I think the Soft top will be more water proof and hopefully keep the snow out..
I'm so happy I got my brake lights working.. had some major issues and am really still having crazy issues with wiring.. grounds.. they all suck.
I had all my lights working fine except for my brake lights. I tracked everything but could not find an answer.. i ended up just rigging the brake switch and ran a separate wire to the tail lights for the Brake lights.. I ended up having issues with my turn signals now but at least I have brake lights that work.. last thing I want is another car crashing into me.
Here is where it is right now.
Its going to be a crazy scary trip driving up North as a First drive. I will make sure to bring plenty of spares and all my tools..
The cruiser is not done by no means but at least its running and driving and I am confident it can drive the 650+ miles. i think I will just take my time up there. take me at least 2 days.
i will try and keep my thread updated as I drive North. I just hope it all goes smooth!
Cruiser update
Ok so i have about 6 more days before I head up North from NC to CT.
I don't own a car and I borrow one. I have my cruiser and I plan on using it!
I have 6 days to get the kinks worked out on my cruiser and make it street worthy for the 650 mile trek to Connecticut.
Right now i have been flat out and spending loads of $$$ on it to finish her up!
Engine is running really well!!!
Very happy with my 3FE! was a lot easier than thought and I highly reccommend it!
My brakes probably need a bit more work done to them.. still a little air I think.
I need to mount my soft top on .. I thought about the Hard top but its soooo rusted and leaky I don't think I will have the time to do it. I think the Soft top will be more water proof and hopefully keep the snow out..
I'm so happy I got my brake lights working.. had some major issues and am really still having crazy issues with wiring.. grounds.. they all suck.
I had all my lights working fine except for my brake lights. I tracked everything but could not find an answer.. i ended up just rigging the brake switch and ran a separate wire to the tail lights for the Brake lights.. I ended up having issues with my turn signals now but at least I have brake lights that work.. last thing I want is another car crashing into me.
Here is where it is right now.
Its going to be a crazy scary trip driving up North as a First drive. I will make sure to bring plenty of spares and all my tools..
The cruiser is not done by no means but at least its running and driving and I am confident it can drive the 650+ miles. i think I will just take my time up there. take me at least 2 days.
i will try and keep my thread updated as I drive North. I just hope it all goes smooth!
, hard to get so close yet be so far.
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Ok so lots have gone on since my last post.. To answer the previous post.. I did not take the cruiser up with me..
My brakes are posing to be a real pain in my Ass!! Still having issues with them and I cannot for the life of me figure it out! bought new Master. New Booster. New lines.. still having problems!! I have to pump the brake to get any grab on the brakes but as soon as i stop and wait a minute it will go straight to the floor! I'm guessing I may have to check the adjustment on the rear brakes again but I am just stumped.. I have adujusted everything the way it supposed to including all rods! still does the same thing.. I thought I knicked the seals in the Master so I pulled that all off and it was all perfect.
I just dont know.!!
Anyways back to my story.. I didn't get to take the cruiser up North.! but it was ok because I think my cruiser had a suspicion that it wasn't something I was meant to do.. The Job up North was not what it was set out to be... anyways I moved back and now I can take my time working on my cruiser!! I'm ready though to drive it thats the problem!! hopefully soon I can figure out my brake problems!
My brakes are posing to be a real pain in my Ass!! Still having issues with them and I cannot for the life of me figure it out! bought new Master. New Booster. New lines.. still having problems!! I have to pump the brake to get any grab on the brakes but as soon as i stop and wait a minute it will go straight to the floor! I'm guessing I may have to check the adjustment on the rear brakes again but I am just stumped.. I have adujusted everything the way it supposed to including all rods! still does the same thing.. I thought I knicked the seals in the Master so I pulled that all off and it was all perfect.
I just dont know.!!
Anyways back to my story.. I didn't get to take the cruiser up North.! but it was ok because I think my cruiser had a suspicion that it wasn't something I was meant to do.. The Job up North was not what it was set out to be... anyways I moved back and now I can take my time working on my cruiser!! I'm ready though to drive it thats the problem!! hopefully soon I can figure out my brake problems!
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So today was a very sad day. I had decided to sell my land cruiser. I ended up selling it to a exotic car dealer called Flemings ultimate garage for $14k.
I think I made the right choice of course and I hope it does go to a good family that can use it the way it was intended to.
Biggest problem I have found was I had heard how some people had a hard tone letting go of their babies but nobody had told me it was like your heart breaking.
I feel like a high school kid that had his first breakup... My heart is broken now that she is gone.
I keep telling myself "why am I doing this??" it's not for the money but more of that I am unable to support her much longer and if anything happened to it who knows how long it would be before it could be fixed again?.. I had huge plans for my cruiser, driving all through south America and up to the Oregon trail back to north Carolina. I was just unsure of how it would handle it all and I couldn't bear wrecking it.. This is the problem. I spent to much time and love into it that it became useless to me. Everytime I heard a squeak or rattle coming from somewhere I would freak out.. And that is not what a land cruiser is all about. It's about knowing that you will get home end of the day. To drive the hell out of it and know that the cruiser is just smiling.
I will miss my cruiser a huge amount. I brought new life to it and gave her a second chance and at the same time she has done the same for me. I am proud to say that I restored her to full glory...!
And may she bring years of joy to the next families that have the pleasure to own her.
I think I made the right choice of course and I hope it does go to a good family that can use it the way it was intended to.
Biggest problem I have found was I had heard how some people had a hard tone letting go of their babies but nobody had told me it was like your heart breaking.
I feel like a high school kid that had his first breakup... My heart is broken now that she is gone.
I keep telling myself "why am I doing this??" it's not for the money but more of that I am unable to support her much longer and if anything happened to it who knows how long it would be before it could be fixed again?.. I had huge plans for my cruiser, driving all through south America and up to the Oregon trail back to north Carolina. I was just unsure of how it would handle it all and I couldn't bear wrecking it.. This is the problem. I spent to much time and love into it that it became useless to me. Everytime I heard a squeak or rattle coming from somewhere I would freak out.. And that is not what a land cruiser is all about. It's about knowing that you will get home end of the day. To drive the hell out of it and know that the cruiser is just smiling.
I will miss my cruiser a huge amount. I brought new life to it and gave her a second chance and at the same time she has done the same for me. I am proud to say that I restored her to full glory...!
And may she bring years of joy to the next families that have the pleasure to own her.
Better man than me hope you always feel it was the right choice it is always a hard one to make
