Well, I guess my love affair with the Toyota Land Cruiser started out by actually wanting a mini. When I was 14 years old (that's 24 years ago) I went hunting with my dad and his buddy. He had a 4runner. I was young so forgive my oversight but that 4runner seemed to be able to go anywhere. My dad's buddy was pretty red neck (although enlightened enough to have a Toyota) so it was a blast just getting to where we would start hunting. So I have always had my eye out for a Toyota 4x4.
I got a little sidetracked for a while on Mercedes G-wagens but I came back to the true calling in April 2006 when I found 'MUD. In January 2007 we had enough money together to buy an FJ60 and we needed one. At the time we lived in Davis, CA and we drove home to Oregon a lot. We needed a 4x4 to make it over the mountain passes in the winter. Our little RAV4 with front wheel drive wasn't cutting it. So I found a 1984 smurf blue FJ60 on criagslist in Sacramento. The thing was pristine. There was no rust. The paint was in great shape. People keep asking me if it has been repainted. It hasn't although now I have put a few big scrapes in it. It just had an exhaust leak at the EGR pipe.
Here is how it looked after I bought it but before I did anything to it.
I took it on some fire roads and made a "deep" water crossing (for me at the time with open diffs all by my lonesome.)
I also take my dog to work with me so the Land Cruiser is a good dog hauler.
Oh, one of the first things I did was get a new driver's seat. I have back problems and I couldn't actually drive the Land Cruiser with that crappy worn-out driver's seat. I got a Corbeau seat that I love. It really gives my back some good support. It's a little hard getting in and out of (just a little) but once you are in, you are nice and snug.
So the first thing to fix was the EGR exhaust leak. I hadn't worked on trucks since high school and even then I wasn't very good at it. But with the help of everyone here on 'MUD and a couple mechanic friends that I found locally through 'MUD I was able to tackle this task. Although it took a while to get it done. For the EGR fix, I got the SOR stainless steal EGR pipe. Well, they sent me one that was two inches too short. That was a little frustrating. They finally corrected it after about six months of waiting. Here is my write-up of my EGR fix -
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/145265-notes-egr-pipe-replacement.html
I got a little sidetracked for a while on Mercedes G-wagens but I came back to the true calling in April 2006 when I found 'MUD. In January 2007 we had enough money together to buy an FJ60 and we needed one. At the time we lived in Davis, CA and we drove home to Oregon a lot. We needed a 4x4 to make it over the mountain passes in the winter. Our little RAV4 with front wheel drive wasn't cutting it. So I found a 1984 smurf blue FJ60 on criagslist in Sacramento. The thing was pristine. There was no rust. The paint was in great shape. People keep asking me if it has been repainted. It hasn't although now I have put a few big scrapes in it. It just had an exhaust leak at the EGR pipe.
Here is how it looked after I bought it but before I did anything to it.
I took it on some fire roads and made a "deep" water crossing (for me at the time with open diffs all by my lonesome.)
I also take my dog to work with me so the Land Cruiser is a good dog hauler.
Oh, one of the first things I did was get a new driver's seat. I have back problems and I couldn't actually drive the Land Cruiser with that crappy worn-out driver's seat. I got a Corbeau seat that I love. It really gives my back some good support. It's a little hard getting in and out of (just a little) but once you are in, you are nice and snug.
So the first thing to fix was the EGR exhaust leak. I hadn't worked on trucks since high school and even then I wasn't very good at it. But with the help of everyone here on 'MUD and a couple mechanic friends that I found locally through 'MUD I was able to tackle this task. Although it took a while to get it done. For the EGR fix, I got the SOR stainless steal EGR pipe. Well, they sent me one that was two inches too short. That was a little frustrating. They finally corrected it after about six months of waiting. Here is my write-up of my EGR fix -
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/145265-notes-egr-pipe-replacement.html
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