Build The Oddball 80 - Middle East GX Renovation

[wngrog]

Dave caught us on the way back. This as you can see is a LOW water only crossing. If there was any flow you would have to skip this

 

[wngrog]

We wound our way up and over to camp and met @Bomar with his cool Kimberly setup ate dinner and got a good nights sleep after a 10 hour, 70 mile day

 

[wngrog]

The following morning we did about 10 technical miles to the highway and worked our way back to Hot Springs

 

[wngrog]

I went to the park to say hello to a few folks at the Cruiaer Crawl but it was too hot for me to camp or chat too long so I decided to head back to my own bed with Red.

Got to see @ace7141 and his wife and grab some Tilda Bogue TShirts he printed for me. Check out his work at www.ACEOverland.com

A) those Mickey Thompson’s are nuts
B) there was no rust under that diamond plate

 

[wngrog]

The OddBall crossed 120,012 with the speedo at 12:00 on the way home. Zero issues. I have a raw gas smell I’m going to hopefully fix with a cat on the exhaust at some point. Hopefully before the Swine Party in 2 weeks

Hoots BBQ is legit.

Grabbed a Mural Monday shot for my IG page

Crossed the mighty MS at last light

The H150 5 speed behind this 3FE continues to impress.

MPG is about 11-12 on the highway running 75-80 at 3000 RPM. 8 on the trail in 4 low and 13-14 once I hit 2 lane and 2400-2500 rpm.

 

[Bomar]

Great to finally see that truck in person....such a great truck and love the drivetrain. It is how the 62 should have come to us...at least a manual trans.

 

[thatcabledude]

I went to the park to say hello to a few folks at the Cruiaer Crawl but it was too hot for me to camp or chat too long so I decided to head back to my own bed with Red.

Got to see @ace7141 and his wife and grab some Tilda Bogue TShirts he printed for me. Check out his work at www.ACEOverland.com

A) those Mickey Thompson’s are nuts
B) there was no rust under that diamond plate

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That 60 is on a K5 chassis

 

[wngrog]

That 60 is on a K5 chassis

Smokes like a mosquito machine in 1984

 

[wngrog]

 

[wngrog]

I had just left all my stuff in and on the OddBall for another trip coming up but found a leaking slave cylinder so I’m having to punt and take the 60

It’s all good. This way I got to give it a solid bath today. Parts will be here next week but not in time

 

[OGBeno]

Thought you were getting that s*** expedited yo?

 

[wngrog]

Did not go out until today. Got a full week. Ain’t gonna stress it

Thought you were getting that s*** expedited yo?

 

[PAToyota]

Those spiders were unreal! I've had a few cover my truck, but not that many live ones crawling around!

 

[wngrog]

Airing out that 3FE this morning

 

[Bomar]

Hell yeah....great motor we just got the turd trans in US.

You got the perfect combo...

 

[wngrog]

Turned 121,000 miles young on a parts run

 

[scottryana]

Turned 121,000 miles young on a parts run

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Congrats on 161,000 on the old brown 80 and congrats to you for 20 years on mud!

 

[clrussell]

On page 28, coming back for more. This is a cool rig

 

[wngrog]

Everyone that has ever owned a 3FE truck should drive this thing to see how bad Toyota screwed us with the US spec FJ62/80

On page 28, coming back for more. This is a cool rig

 

[80t0ylc]

Everyone that has ever owned a 3FE truck should drive this thing to see how bad Toyota screwed us with the US spec FJ62/80

I believe ya, but I wouldn't blame Mr. T as much as I'd blame the U.S. specs.... I mean, who were the geniuses that determined what was let in and what wasn't? It sure wasn't Toyota - they would have supplied what they were building for the rest of the world given the chance. The EPA is your target I would say.