September POTM - FJ55TLC (3 Viewers)

[fj55tlc]

I rewound the rear winch cable and finished the wiring. It works great! I am pleased with how it turned out. It doesn't protrude too far out the back.

Also, I added in cab controls.

 

[RUSH55]

That’s handy

 

[bobm]

Like it Nice job Bud.

 

[fj55tlc]

Thanks! In my experience, a winch on the rear makes more sense than one on the front.
Now let's see what else I can get done before June.

 

[fj55tlc]

Tough day. We lost our 4 wheeling, hiking, camping adventure dog today due to a tumor. You will be missed, Cody!

 

[RUSH55]

Sorry to hear

 

[bobm]

That Sucks ☹

 

[scrapdaddy]

Sorry man, that's always a tough one.

 

[fj55tlc]

Thank you all for the support! It is all good, we gave him a good life after he was pick up from the streets in down town Colorado Springs. Tags had a California address but we could not locate his original owners. Besides we still have this one:

Although she isn't much of a hiker, she is a cross between a pit bull and a hippopotamus. And I have to lift her into the Cruiser. Oh well, on to the next adventure!

 

[fj55tlc]

I changed the oil. One less thing to do before I drive to Salt Lake City.

 

[RUSH55]

Oil change
Air filter
Fuel filter
Transmission oil
Transfer case oil
Rear differential oil
Front differential oil
Windshield washer fluid
Tire pressure (including spare)

 

[fj55tlc]

Already did all that. I may perform a valve adjustment if I get time.

 

[Ol Yeller]

progress!

 

[PabloCruise]

Tough day. We lost our 4 wheeling, hiking, camping adventure dog today due to a tumor. You will be missed, Cody!
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Oh man, sorry I misses this!
Cody looks like an awesome companion.
Tough month for our animals in here...

 

[PabloCruise]

Thank you all for the support! It is all good, we gave him a good life after he was pick up from the streets in down town Colorado Springs. Tags had a California address but we could not locate his original owners. Besides we still have this one:
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Although she isn't much of a hiker, she is a cross between a pit bull and a hippopotamus. And I have to lift her into the Cruiser. Oh well, on to the next adventure!

Glad you have this one to keep you busy!

 

[fj55tlc]

New steering stabiliser. New brackets. Finished a few little wiring projects. More to come this weekend.

 

[PabloCruise]

New steering stabiliser. New brackets. Finished a few little wiring projects. More to come this weekend.
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What brackets did you use for stabilizer? Do you absolutely need to run stabilizer?

 

[fj55tlc]

With a 37 inch tire, my opinion is running a steering stabiliser is a good thing. The one I had was stock replacement that was wearing out the bushings and had some play inside the stabiliser itself and you could feel that in the steering at times. Especially crossing a rutted road diagonally. The brackets I made myself as usual.

 

[fj55tlc]

I could not wait for the weekend, so I finally installed the weather strip on the right side doors and tailgate. Feels good to be getting some of these little projects finished.

 

[fj55tlc]

I am already packing for my trip to the pig party, but I am still getting stuff done. It has always bothered me to have an after market license plate light. So I installed the only good factory one that I had, which is a left side light. Someday I will look for the right side since my original one got smashed flat up against a tree.