Steeler58
SILVER Star
I've been a member of Keystone from its (new) beginning and even managed to get to some of the early monthly rides. Unfortunately, I've only been able to ride along (thanks Gary and Vince) and I haven't been able to get out to the rides lately. It's good to see the things that are going on in the club and I like seeing what everyone has going. I continue to be impressed with what has been accomplished and its fun to hear of the adventures of others. As some of you may know, I have a '72 40 that is currently my major project, disassembled, and (slowly) getting closer to media blasting the frame. I've been wanting to get out to the rides to actually participate as a driver but have been reluctant to take my pavement princess '14 FJC. While I had a great time off-road with her in Montana and Idaho last summer, she's not ready for prime time (ok, it's me that's not ready). Further, I realize that my 40 is a long term effort (to do it the way I want to do it) so my enabling better half has fully endorsed this pursuit. Ultimately, its time to get things rolling on the next chapter and devote more time to this addiction.
I'll write some more in the future about how things came to be. In the interim, I've attached a few pix of my new to me FZJ80. She's a 1997 (Dec. '96) so not a 40th or a collectors edition. It's a two owner truck that had 115,000 miles on it (it now has a thousand more). Clean Carfax and zero rust. Unfortunately, no factory lockers but I'm ok with that for now. I'll be posting things up looking for some advice. The engine bay is clean and the interior is cleaning up nicely. I have a list of things to fix but nothing of a major mechanical nature. There's evidence of grease splatter near the knuckles, the upper oil pan must've leaked a little and there's gasket maker globbed around that, and I don't like the sound of the starter. I'm guessing there may be an issue there. She ran great over the thousand miles or so from Memphis to Central PA. During the trip home oil pressure was good and temp was consistent. Oil looks clean and the cooling system fluid also looks good. It tracked well and rode better than I expected based upon everything I have read. Thanks for reading.
I'll write some more in the future about how things came to be. In the interim, I've attached a few pix of my new to me FZJ80. She's a 1997 (Dec. '96) so not a 40th or a collectors edition. It's a two owner truck that had 115,000 miles on it (it now has a thousand more). Clean Carfax and zero rust. Unfortunately, no factory lockers but I'm ok with that for now. I'll be posting things up looking for some advice. The engine bay is clean and the interior is cleaning up nicely. I have a list of things to fix but nothing of a major mechanical nature. There's evidence of grease splatter near the knuckles, the upper oil pan must've leaked a little and there's gasket maker globbed around that, and I don't like the sound of the starter. I'm guessing there may be an issue there. She ran great over the thousand miles or so from Memphis to Central PA. During the trip home oil pressure was good and temp was consistent. Oil looks clean and the cooling system fluid also looks good. It tracked well and rode better than I expected based upon everything I have read. Thanks for reading.
Agreed. Thx Greg. Final tally was two rolls and a bunch of my finest shop rags. I'm still getting complaints about the smell in the garage. Can't understand what she's talking about... thought everyone liked the smell of old gear oil.