Hey we have a small group locally here. Looks like you work on a base, which one? I work on the Norfolk Navy base. Our section in the clubhouse VA/NC- Mid-Atlantic Toyota Land Cruiser Association
Picked up a 77 FJ, with pics
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Cool, I'll check you guys out. I'm not in the military any more, my wife is a DOD employee and works on base. The sticker on it was left by the seller, I guess she forgot so I took it off and disposed of it for her. I think her husband is a sailor or something.
I'm in Suffolk, Va; the Norfolk area. I do wheel Crozet a lot, and plan to take this up there although I probably won't beat it up hard at first. That step/rocker panel behind the front wheels looks like it might need to be removed and armored up.
Again, thanks all for the warm welcome.I did read some FAQs before I posted so I get the greeting. I appreciate all the advice and I will look in to it.
Yes the tail pipe does exit the rear, I'll look in to moving the exit to the side at an angle maybe.
I will look behind the diamond plate and check it out. It's just screwed on with self tappers so not sure what's going on there, but the inside of the tub sounds solid when I hit it. It might be because the tailgate is diamond plate and they just wrapped it around the corner to make it match, but that would have been a dumb idea. Actually the tailgate is pretty neat, hinged at the bottom with two recessed latches at the top kind of like a tool box lid.
So I'll read up some more on stuff like the axles, I just thought the birfields wouldn't take much more than 33s.
As for the fan, I get that people wire it so it can be switched off for stream crossings. I guess what I meant is that it is wired directly to the battery and not switched to run with the key on. I have to turn it on everytime I start it and off when I shut it down. Kind of a pain, but not like I'm complaining or anything.
That's cool, I'm a few hours away from you in Amherst Co., not to far from Crozet though. Were in Crozet do you go? Have you ever been to Shoe Creek? That's a pretty good trail to go wheeling on.
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Ya I've been to Shoe Creek quite a few times, not much to it. Mostly I go to Oak Ridge (Lovingston) when there's trail rides there, and a group of us go to GWNF near Harrisonburg once or twice a year. Then we'll throw in a couple trips to Crozet and mix in an occasional run to Rausch Creek and Uwharrie.