TLCA TLCA Rubithon 37 Huft’s Thursday Breakfast Run 2025 (3 Viewers)

[Pipsqueekspire]

I cant tell but i highly suggest a rear antiwrap bar . Ruffstuff has a good one .

Done!!

 

[Rockstar34]

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!

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Wow! That thing is sweet! Hope you get the bugs worked out and we get to see it in person.

 

[peesalot]

You'll be fine. Alot of those shake down, double checks is a great idea, run down to south lake, when you get to the hair pin at end of ridge out of emerald bay come at it a little fast in 3rd and let off, if that orion is gonna pop, thats one spot where they like to do it. check steering arms, and dline bolts, if its a first run it wouldnt hurt to put some run around time and before trip, drain tcase fluid, 2 reasons, the orion on break in will have some silver dust which is good to get out and I like to check the interior case bolts. You are gonna love the 5.3, 4500, 4:1, 4.10 combo IMO.

 

[Brav]

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. You should be fine, except for PS as mentioned. I would get an aftermarket cooler and fresh fluid in there if I were you. I ran it last year with 35s / stock fluid and my pump was SCREAMING by end of day 1.