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Green Bean
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Great thread. Fly rod story is pretty cool.
firefighterjed
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I was tidying up my engine bay and planning out some AC work when I noticed something interesting. My fan has a couple broken blades.
Thinking back….. I was rear ended last year which took several months for me to repair and get back on the road. I noticed a vibration at that time which wasn’t present previously. I guess this was the cause. Looked around for the reason the fan broke and found a problem motor mount. Ordered new parts from city racer. Should get to fix them later this week.
Thinking back….. I was rear ended last year which took several months for me to repair and get back on the road. I noticed a vibration at that time which wasn’t present previously. I guess this was the cause. Looked around for the reason the fan broke and found a problem motor mount. Ordered new parts from city racer. Should get to fix them later this week.
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Just realized that I didn’t document being rear ended.
I was on a rural highway and slowed to turn off in to a driveway. Just as I was about to turn I got smacked from behind. The young lady was texting and didn’t see that i had slowed. Fortunately I wasn’t at a completed stop, energy transferred into forward motion. More fortunately I wasn’t turning yet or the forward motion would’ve rolled me.
As it was I just coasted to the side of the road and went back to check on the other driver. My dog Kevin was with me and got pinballed around the interior a bit. He was not impressed. He knock the rear view mirror off the windshield and ended up mostly in my lap. My tire carrier mounts caused a tiny ripple in the tub, and one leaf spring and one bumperette were damaged. I got away pretty lucky I’d say. Other car, not so much.
I was on a rural highway and slowed to turn off in to a driveway. Just as I was about to turn I got smacked from behind. The young lady was texting and didn’t see that i had slowed. Fortunately I wasn’t at a completed stop, energy transferred into forward motion. More fortunately I wasn’t turning yet or the forward motion would’ve rolled me.
As it was I just coasted to the side of the road and went back to check on the other driver. My dog Kevin was with me and got pinballed around the interior a bit. He was not impressed. He knock the rear view mirror off the windshield and ended up mostly in my lap. My tire carrier mounts caused a tiny ripple in the tub, and one leaf spring and one bumperette were damaged. I got away pretty lucky I’d say. Other car, not so much.
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firefighterjed
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That wreck in late 2020 funded my OME 2.5” heavy springs, shocks and shackles.
I haven’t really staged a good before and after of the lift but here’s what I’ve got.
The wreck also broke the mounts of my roof rack. The rack was home built by the PO and needed some mods. I have a fly rod box that I couldn’t mount because the back of the rack was higher than the front. So i cut it all apart and put It back together at a uniform height. Lower so it’ll still fit in the garage when I get bigger tires.
Tires in these pics are 31x10.50r15 BFG TA KO2
I haven’t really staged a good before and after of the lift but here’s what I’ve got.
The wreck also broke the mounts of my roof rack. The rack was home built by the PO and needed some mods. I have a fly rod box that I couldn’t mount because the back of the rack was higher than the front. So i cut it all apart and put It back together at a uniform height. Lower so it’ll still fit in the garage when I get bigger tires.
Tires in these pics are 31x10.50r15 BFG TA KO2
John in Utah
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Holy crap, glad you came out of that OK. Seeing the damage on the other car makes me think I should put my bumperettes back on
That could have been much worse, you're lucky. Good luck with the fixes! 
Ditto! I live in Meridian. We should get in touch. Maybe some lite wheel'n.That could have been much worse, you're lucky. Good luck with the fixes!
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Nice! Yes. are you on the boisecruiserheads Google group ?
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Gathering parts to go back to a stock carb. Huuuuuge thanks to PJohnson for the OEM carb
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I got the new fan installed, new battery cables and terminals along with a new gel battery from interstate.
Took the rig on a little camping/hunting/fishing adventure.
Fishing was slow, with only a couple trout landed. There were a bunch of big white fish though.
Steady 80 mph on the freeway home. Topped out at 84 on the 31x10.5 tires
Took the rig on a little camping/hunting/fishing adventure.
Fishing was slow, with only a couple trout landed. There were a bunch of big white fish though.
Steady 80 mph on the freeway home. Topped out at 84 on the 31x10.5 tires
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I love the classic OEM white spoke wheels but I yearned for bigger tires. Sooooo time for a fun project to widen a set of OEM rims.
Full write up here: DIY wheel widening
Super pleased with the results.
Top pic has factory suspension with longer shackles, stock 6” wide wagon wheels, and 31x10.5r15 BFG AT
Bottom pic is 2.5” OME shocks springs and shackles from Cruiser Outfitters, OEM Wagon wheels widened to 9” and 33x12.5r15 cooper stt pros.
Full write up here: DIY wheel widening
Super pleased with the results.
Top pic has factory suspension with longer shackles, stock 6” wide wagon wheels, and 31x10.5r15 BFG AT
Bottom pic is 2.5” OME shocks springs and shackles from Cruiser Outfitters, OEM Wagon wheels widened to 9” and 33x12.5r15 cooper stt pros.
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Do you have a 5 speed. 84mph??? I can barely hit 75 in my 4 speed with 2f, and split case. I am leaning towards 5 speed for that reason.
Forget my post in the other thread. Just found my answer.
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4 speed H42 , 4.11 diffs, and 31x10.5 tires at the time. It was pretty wrapped out at 80, but Toyota says they’ll do it, and they do. Since then I’ve leveled up to 33x12.5. Its a whole new truck. Don’t have to shift as quick and 55-60 mph around town is way more comfortable rpms.
Engine has Weber 32-36, headers and a DUI ignition advanced to 11-12* Unknown if any PO got inside the engine at all. I have not.
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I’ve tried to implement the habit of doing one thing every day to improve my Landcruiser. This post will catch up on several days tinkering.
I’ve learned that I’m terrible at capturing “before” images. So I have to go find old pictures that show the way it was.
Coolant overflow tank and bracket cleaned and painted. New cap and hose installed.
The new clear cap really gave me some inspiration for what the tank could look like. I even bought an ultrasonic cleaner to try to get results like i saw on YouTube but I never could get the yellow tint to go away.
My battery was not holding a charge so I replaced it with an AGM from interstate. This made me notice the condition of the battery tray and cables, so I ordered an OEM tray and top bracket. New cables from Amazon and clamp from interstate battery when I picked up the battery. New fusible link from Coolerman. It was very satisfying to remake old poorly done crimp connections with better terminals, a touch of solder and some red black heat shrink. Peace of mind!
And the icing on the cake….. OEM plastic coated wing nuts.
I’ve learned that I’m terrible at capturing “before” images. So I have to go find old pictures that show the way it was.
Coolant overflow tank and bracket cleaned and painted. New cap and hose installed.
The new clear cap really gave me some inspiration for what the tank could look like. I even bought an ultrasonic cleaner to try to get results like i saw on YouTube but I never could get the yellow tint to go away.
My battery was not holding a charge so I replaced it with an AGM from interstate. This made me notice the condition of the battery tray and cables, so I ordered an OEM tray and top bracket. New cables from Amazon and clamp from interstate battery when I picked up the battery. New fusible link from Coolerman. It was very satisfying to remake old poorly done crimp connections with better terminals, a touch of solder and some red black heat shrink. Peace of mind!
And the icing on the cake….. OEM plastic coated wing nuts.
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When I ordered the wingnuts I also ordered the correct rubber grommet for the hood prop rod. No more rattles there! Painted the rod while it was off. (And didnt wait long enough for the paint to cure so I scratched it while installing. 
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Today’s project:
Install new door cards, window cranks, escutcheons and pulls.
Install new door cards, window cranks, escutcheons and pulls.
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My ABS door panels are durable, but don’t help quiet the cab whatsoever. Kudos to Steve Bennett at SMS headliners. He builds a fantastic reproduction door card. I was particularly pleased with the hardware that he includes with his product. As you can see in the picture below, they’re larger than the clips in my ABS cards. Some of the holes in my door are missing the rubber inserts for the clips. These clips are small enough to fit in the rubber inserts, yet large enough to gain traction without rattling in the bare holes. I’m very pleased with the product. Results pictured at the bottom. I asked for a dark charcoal vinyl to match the seats.
This is a great thread! Thanks so much for sharing.