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Awesome, looks like your well setup. Acquiring parts but not sure if I’ll have my steering box rebuilt with a 105 sector shaft. At the very least I’ll have a spare stock box.
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TLCA TLCA Rubithon 37 Huft’s Thursday Breakfast Run 2025 (4 Viewers)
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AgentOrange
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You gotta post at least a couple pics so we know who to look for out there!
Here's a few!
Cruise Moab 2025, Poison Spider run with Cruisers & Company.
My 80 when it grows up.
AgentOrange
TLCA #28372
Looks like you're gonna have fun out there with Doug and the rest of the run. That's a good set up!Here's a few!
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Cruise Moab 2025, Poison Spider run with Cruisers & Company.
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My 80 when it grows up.
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Just got back from a test drive after installing a lunchbox locker in the back of the 40.
The last pic is me! I was the poster child for Cruise Moab this year.Here's a few!
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Cruise Moab 2025, Poison Spider run with Cruisers & Company.
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My 80 when it grows up.
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Different wheels and added the KC since that pic was taken.
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Nice! Our 80's have met then!
I'll be mostly the same just with 37's. Woohoo! One of my 35's just had the tread peel off last Thursday. Guess Moab took its toll on that tire. They are done.
The lights in the arena make my truck look way better than it actually does.Nice! Our 80's have met then!
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That’s wild about the tire! New shoes incoming! What did you go with?
The new Toyo RT Pro's...took a while to arrive at a shop in SoCal. I had hoped they would arrive before Cruise but didn't happen. Its all good...i'll have them soon enough.
is the 40 going to be on the trail this year?
I chimed in earlier but didn’t give a proper introduction.
My name is Rocky (KK7EKV) I live in Kalispell MT. My good friend Jed and I will be trailering my Red 1969 40 down for the breakfast run.
Neither of us have ran the rubicon but are very excited to get this opportunity.
My 40 (LeRoy) has a heart transplant with a 3FE and H55 trany that the po had done when I purchased it. Since then I’ve put a 3” lift, 35’s, 5.29’s front & rear, arb lockers front & rear, birfs, disc brakes in the rear, sliders & 4plus bumpers. Recently added low gears in the transfer case as well as advanced adapters dual sticks. Can’t wait to meet everyone and do some wheeling together!
Doug I have your chirp file down loaded on one of my uv5r and ready to go.
Trying to plan out our road trip down and allow enough time. How long does it take to get to the trailhead from south lake?
My name is Rocky (KK7EKV) I live in Kalispell MT. My good friend Jed and I will be trailering my Red 1969 40 down for the breakfast run.
Neither of us have ran the rubicon but are very excited to get this opportunity.
My 40 (LeRoy) has a heart transplant with a 3FE and H55 trany that the po had done when I purchased it. Since then I’ve put a 3” lift, 35’s, 5.29’s front & rear, arb lockers front & rear, birfs, disc brakes in the rear, sliders & 4plus bumpers. Recently added low gears in the transfer case as well as advanced adapters dual sticks. Can’t wait to meet everyone and do some wheeling together!
Doug I have your chirp file down loaded on one of my uv5r and ready to go.
Trying to plan out our road trip down and allow enough time. How long does it take to get to the trailhead from south lake?
just about 2 hours...
you'll want to top of with gas at Fresh Pond Chevron, it s few miles past Ice House road.
you'll want to top of with gas at Fresh Pond Chevron, it s few miles past Ice House road.
Also take into consideration that they are doing road work and have delays up to 40 min .
FFDawson
Dirt Head
First time rubithon attendee, first time rubicon driver. Been wheeling a long time in various Toyota vehicles, trails like gold lake, snake lake, Sourgrass, Moab, Baja... but this is my biggest set of tires yet, and the biggest set of rocks I've tried to drive over!
Built this rig over the past year or two from bone stock, with a major chunk of the work completed this spring. I've got one solid shakedown run up in the Mendo national forest under my belt, but would like to take it out on some rocks before rubithon... so far everything's working and holding up nicely.
To do list:
Wire my lights
Delete front sway bar
Considering removing rear bumper for the trip. Have plans for a nice low profile steel bumper, but won't get it done in time for rubithon...
Freshen up power steering fluid. PS system is all stock...
Aaaand a million other little items
That's it! Can't wait to meet everyone and get to wheeling!
View attachment 3906061Time for an introduction here. Name's Anthony, out of Penngrove, Sonoma County. Rig is a '94 80. Factory 3x locked, 37's, slinky, icon, delta suspension. Bellfab bumper, winch. RCVs in the front, 4.88 and regeared part time T case.
First time rubithon attendee, first time rubicon driver. Been wheeling a long time in various Toyota vehicles, trails like gold lake, snake lake, Sourgrass, Moab, Baja... but this is my biggest set of tires yet, and the biggest set of rocks I've tried to drive over!
Built this rig over the past year or two from bone stock, with a major chunk of the work completed this spring. I've got one solid shakedown run up in the Mendo national forest under my belt, but would like to take it out on some rocks before rubithon... so far everything's working and holding up nicely.
To do list:
Wire my lights
Delete front sway bar
Considering removing rear bumper for the trip. Have plans for a nice low profile steel bumper, but won't get it done in time for rubithon...
Freshen up power steering fluid. PS system is all stock...
Aaaand a million other little items
That's it! Can't wait to meet everyone and get to wheeling!
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Nice build, on the power steering, adding a cooler and using synthetic hydraulic fluid helps a lot, (higher boiling point). A 12” aux fan on the passenger side helps the a/c and low speed stuff, (use a god spal pusher fan, cheep ones don’t last..). See you at the springs…
Likewise! Thanks. Currently rebuilding the entire front end and adding a lift to my 3/4 ton dodge which will be the tow rig for the trip. Hopefully I can get it completed with time to spare.
I haven’t bumped into him, we don’t have a Safeway in Kalispell but there’s one in whitefish about 7 miles north. He a fellow cruiser head?
Ok quick intro since I’m 99% sure I’ll be there.
I’m Michael. I live in Tahoe not too far from the exit of the trail. This will be my 5th run on the Rubicon. 3rd time with Doug. Normally I go with my younger son but after months of working on the truck with me, he got an opportunity to go to a week long camp he can’t pass up so I’ll be with my older, less truck enthusiastic, son Logan. It will be his 2nd run.
Over the last 6 months I’ve take a fairly stock FJ and turned it into a monster I’m not sure behaves properly yet. It got a SOA on 60 springs and axles. It’s on 38s. Powered by LS 5.3 with an NV4500 and 4:1 Orion Tcase with 4.10 diffs and ARB lockers. This was all done by my son and I with very little experience. Lost of advice from Valley Hybrids. I hope it holds up!
Today it ran for the first time! We pulled it out and around the block. Once we figured out that it works we put the cage back on and took it for a little spin on a local trail and promptly overheated. After my wife rescued us I figured out that I had the fan on blow and not suck. Quick wire swap. Now that it sucks it’s running cooler. I already found a fuel leak, lost a bead lock bolt and found a loose shackle.
Many more test drives required!
I’m Michael. I live in Tahoe not too far from the exit of the trail. This will be my 5th run on the Rubicon. 3rd time with Doug. Normally I go with my younger son but after months of working on the truck with me, he got an opportunity to go to a week long camp he can’t pass up so I’ll be with my older, less truck enthusiastic, son Logan. It will be his 2nd run.
Over the last 6 months I’ve take a fairly stock FJ and turned it into a monster I’m not sure behaves properly yet. It got a SOA on 60 springs and axles. It’s on 38s. Powered by LS 5.3 with an NV4500 and 4:1 Orion Tcase with 4.10 diffs and ARB lockers. This was all done by my son and I with very little experience. Lost of advice from Valley Hybrids. I hope it holds up!
Today it ran for the first time! We pulled it out and around the block. Once we figured out that it works we put the cage back on and took it for a little spin on a local trail and promptly overheated. After my wife rescued us I figured out that I had the fan on blow and not suck. Quick wire swap. Now that it sucks it’s running cooler. I already found a fuel leak, lost a bead lock bolt and found a loose shackle.
Many more test drives required!
I cant tell but i highly suggest a rear antiwrap bar . Ruffstuff has a good one .
