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TRAIL TAILOR said:
G,

Few people ever get to see the NL's. They are magnificent. More trip pics please.

J
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Will do, I get too excited in what I'm doing to take pictures, I'll try to slow it down and get some good ones.

On a side note, it was cool this morning and the truck would not start, took 2 minutes of cranking to get it going.

Turns out 3 of my glow plugs are shot. I brought 2 spare. Now I need to try and source another one. One of the plugs actually exploded. I don't know what to do about it. Does anyone think it will cause damage to the cylinder?

 
So after many months I finally got around to sorting pictures of my Yukon trip.

The trip was over 15000km or roughly 10000miles. The truck had an intermittent rad fluid leak (went through about 8L of coolant overall) and blew 3 glow plugs. But was flawless otherwise.



Having a quick lunch break


The awning was worth every penny. It allowed us to enjoy many fires in the rain, kept us nice and dry.


This is the start of the Canol Road in the Yukon. I wish I had the time and equipment to run it.


This was a trail into the woods we followed while hunting for some grouse


Every campsite in the Yukon is gorgeous, and they cost like $15 a night with free firewood. Best camping on earth
 
For the second half of the trip we drove down from the Yukon to BC and I picked up my wife in Vancouver at the airport. My dad my wife and I toured through BC and met up with some members on mud to talk cruisers

Jonathan is a proper enthusiast, I have never seen a bj74 before, it was great to see what they are all about. He is a wealth of knowledge and I really like his approach to the hobby.
I also met up with Jzilla, but was too invested in conversation to remember to snap a pic.
 
Its been great to go through the land cruiser pictures. The Truck has gone through alot of changes the last 7 years, but I still have the same blue stove



I like these 2 pictures alot, The first was taken on Newfoundland while waiting for the ferry, The second is on Vancouver island. Basically the bookends of Canada. We have now been coast to coast in the truck.

An this final picture is my wife and I at Lake Louise, same place 8 years later
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Wow!! Amazing adventure and memories for a lifetime. It was a real pleasure to meet you and family.
So glad the truck lived up to the Land Cruiser reputation. If you still looking for the coolant lines let me
know. J
 
Gengis said:
its still early days, but i guess you will put in a firm steady stay on the turbo? It sits a long way from the engine, and what with the law of the lever and all that good stuff.
G
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I actually did not even consider that. I was much more concerned with the exhaust and intake location.
I guess I will support the turbo with the exhaust and intake. Hopefully the manifold welds will hold. If it fails I will just buy an extreme bends manifold. I just like making things myself
 
I have a leak between the tranny and transfer case. So I decided to tackle that.



I decided to clean 34 years of gunk off of it. Only took 2 hours, we'll worth it




And then I found the problem. The seal was stiff as Plastic.



I just want to give a quick praise to the terrain tamer rebuild kit. It's complete. Now the case should last me another half million kilometers
 
G, You can expect a call in April. I have to do that exact repair. I can only imagine it was made easier by
removing it from the truck. Did you need any special tools or was it pretty straight forward?
Did you take any more pics? J
 
Yeah I think most of us that have never had the tranny touched need that job done. Good to know the Terrain Tamer kit is complete. Something else on the To-Do list for me.

While you had everything out did you replace the tranny mounts? How about the clutch fork boot? Clutch slave and Master?
 
cruiserpilot said:
G, You can expect a call in April. I have to do that exact repair. I can only imagine it was made easier by
removing it from the truck. Did you need any special tools or was it pretty straight forward?
Did you take any more pics? J
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Hey J,

This t-case is kind of the job that will never end. I thought I was going to have it buttoned up a week ago, but nope.

It's a fairly straight forward job, I would strongly recommend removing the trans from the vehicle if you are unsure of everything you are doing.
As far as special tools, you need a gear puller, I bought one but it did not work. So I resorted to brute force and ignorance. A press would have been very nice for this job.
Also you need a few big sockets, 36mm being the biggest. And an internal bearing puller.



This little guy was a bugger to get out without the special tool. I used a pencil grinder and cut him out.

The most time consuming part is cleaning everything.

I accidentally bent / broke the vent on the bellhousing, so I need to buy a tap and replace it with a hose barb and a line up to the firewall. Which I would recommend anyways, the stock breather is kinda crap.

The only true mistake I made was trying to get some bearings off I was hitting the gear with a hammer. It resulted in a few chipped teeth on the gear. I wasn't hitting very hard and I was using a brass hammer, but those gears must be really high carbon steel.

Here are some more pics of the chaos. I need alot more bench space



 
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gregnash said:
Yeah I think most of us that have never had the tranny touched need that job done. Good to know the Terrain Tamer kit is complete. Something else on the To-Do list for me.

While you had everything out did you replace the tranny mounts? How about the clutch fork boot? Clutch slave and Master?
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The clutch slave is original and so is the master, but unless they break I am not touching them. The bj60 has a vacuum assisted master cylinder for the clutch, makes it so easy to modulate.
I have not looked into replacing the transmission mounts, but that's easy enough to do at a later date if necessary.

I replaced the slave cylinder boot when I did the drive train swap a few years back, as well as the transmission input seal and the clip for the clutch fork (I have seen them wear and fail, big job for a really cheap part)

I try to keep the "while I'm at it" to a minimum. My truck is no show truck, it gets driven. So I'm far more concerned with functionality over appearance. But everything you mentioned is a good idea
 
Broken gear teeth? That sounds super significant. Does that mean you now need to buy a new gear? Would you be willing to add a pix of the broken part? I'd really appreciate a visual.
 
Gary, post a pic of the gear. I did the low range kit on mine two years ago. I did replace some gears.
I don't get home until April, but if I get home and have the same gear available, it's all yours.
 
NeverGiveUpYota said:
Broken gear teeth? That sounds super significant. Does that mean you now need to buy a new gear? Would you be willing to add a pix of the broken part? I'd really appreciate a visual.
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Now you guys really have me second guessing myself, I just filed down the sharp jagged broken part and slapped it all back together. Here is a pic of the worst part



I figured at least 90% of the tooth was still their so it should still be strong enough. Unfortunately the breakage does appear to be on the front side of the gear, the side that is driven.

Let me know what you guys think, should i replace it?
 
Yeesh. I'm def no one who has any experience but those edges seem pertinent to how they then bite into the opposing gear. If it was me I would be apprehensive.
Can you hold the gears together and move them w/ your hands to see how they'll act reinstalled?
Sorry just read that you said 'side that's driven' not sure man, your call... what's the worst that could happen? ;)
 
Remember who's talking here too... a girl who rebuilt her crank keyway w/ jb weld.
 
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