Build RevISK’s ‘80 FJ40 - A Girl Named Norman

[RevISK]

I didn’t realize you have an aftermarket steering wheel.. I’ve been considering the same.

What size?

You gusto mi LeCarra? 15”

 

[RevISK]

Since I’m not doing lockers anytime soon I added these two BAF led aux lights…

 

[clrussell]

It’s not a light bar. It doesn’t count

 

[RevISK]

It’s not a light bar. It doesn’t count

Troof.
Plus I need defense against the Ford trucks on the country roads with their nuclear fusion reactors in meltdown for headlights. Yes, Ford trucks are the biggest offenders in this regard.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Ford trucks are the biggest offenders in this regard.

No truer words have been said.

 

[RevISK]

W

No truer words have been said.

What are they compensating for?

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

W

What are they compensating for?

They're trannies.

Or is it "their trannys?"

Meh, same thing.

 

[RevISK]

Just been driving her a lot. Have some work in the hill country last week and next. 1 hour to my buddies ranch where I am staying and another half to the town of Fredericksburg where we are working. Driving these winding country roads post suspension upgrade make me realize I probably do need to lose another leaf out of the fronts and the rears.
Twitchy steering makes one tired and then doubles the dangers.
Been enjoying the ride nonetheless…

Had a great 4th out in this slice of hill country heaven.

 

[POPO AGIE]

What caused that line arcing across the shot in the third photo?

It has been a while since I was in the Texas Hill Country.

 

[RevISK]

What caused that line arcing across the shot in the third photo?

It has been a while since I was in the Texas Hill Country.

Power line going across the river to the neighbors place. Arched due to the parallax artifact of a panoramic photograph on the phone.

It is really nice out here, abundant spring rains are key.

 

[POPO AGIE]

That makes sense now.

 

[POPO AGIE]

We did not get a good snow pack and the spring did not bring much snow and very little rain and is very dry up here. My place is left natural and very little turned green this year. Yesterday when I came back from Casper once I got close to home I could see one fire to the south but the two the north I did not see.
I have only used the tractor and the rough cut mower once this year and that was because of the red grass that is so flammable that popped up after some rain.

 

[POPO AGIE]

I have seen more snow in the Wind Rivers in late Aug then what we have now.

 

[sogncab]

Ford trucks are the biggest offenders in this regard.

Self solving problem. Wait a few months. They get more than a few thousand miles on them, they aren't long for this world

 

[RevISK]

Self solving problem. Wait a few months. They get more than a few thousand miles on them, they aren't long for this world

Problem is the people that keep buying them.

I theorize that the force of lumens pushed by the headlights puts out enough resistance to tax the subpar components of these trucks. It’s a lot of lumens.

 

[POPO AGIE]

Problem is the people that keep buying them.

I theorize that the force of lumens pushed by the headlights puts out enough resistance to tax the subpar components of these trucks. It’s a lot of lumens.

I have a 36" Black Oak on my Ram and sometimes forget to turn it off and had a truck lay on the air horn.. But with the wide open spaces here it really comes in handy with the wild life here.

 

[RevISK]

I have a 36" Black Oak on my Ram and sometimes forget to turn it off and had a truck lay on the air horn.. But with the wide open spaces here it really comes in handy with the wild life here.

I totally get that. My issue is the lowest setting is nuclear bright as a base option.

 

[POPO AGIE]

I totally get that. My issue is the lowest setting is nuclear bright as a base option.

I cant change the output on the light bar. But it is powered by the #1 aux switch and is not tired into the high beams so I forget. I try to pay attention to the auto hi/lo beam on the truck and if it drops the hi beam because of the sensor seeing another car or truck I try to shut down the light bar.

I do want better lights on the 40 but now the lights are better then they 40 years ago. I could keep aux lights working even after an electrician helped me wire them up. I did put modern head lights in and they may piss off other drivers more then the incandescent and Halogen lights did because they are to close together. They use to think I always had the hi beams on until it turned them on.

 

[POPO AGIE]

I totally get that. My issue is the lowest setting is nuclear bright as a base option.

Or they tail gate with the bights on. Farmington, NM and when I was working in NC and staying in VA.

 

[sogncab]

Problem is the people that keep buying them.

Uhhhh. Ford. You have to. They don't last long