What did you do on your 70 series today? (21 Viewers)

[OGBeno]

Are you hunting the 23x1.50mm LH tap? I found a local source and bought a few. It's been 20 years but I think the tool shop is still in business. The RH is far pretty easy/inexpensive, it's the LH that nastly. I think I paid $200 in 2002 time frame. That's what, $500 now?

I’ve got one Kurt. Was just wondering what method the poster used.

 

[Felde]

Passed the mandatory technical inspection (TÜV HU AU)
No findings.

Now that everything is approved to work, I can take it apart again
... to make sure it doesn't work only now, but for the long run...
I started The Knuckle Job.
LH side came nicely apart this evening.
What a mess.
Tomorrow is cleaning and then reassembling.

 

[dcruiser666]

Got these installed today, "mann" are they nice! I only drove with them for about 45 minutes but I actually felt decompression in my back after. I'm not a big fan of aftermarket mods, especially really expensive ones, but I was getting to the point of not being able to use this truck anymore with my back problems.

For the install, I was never able to find off the shelf adapters to mount them to the suspension seat bases but Sire Custom Performance in Inglewood, CA did a great job fabricating them for me. I was worried they would be a little high but the seating position is perfect.

At some point I can provide photos of the adapters they made to anyone else who is trying to do the same thing. They are very rigid and compact.

 

[robmobile73]

Got these installed today, "mann" are they nice! I only drove with them for about 45 minutes but I actually felt decompression in my back after. I'm not a big fan of aftermarket mods, especially really expensive ones, but I was getting to the point of not being able to use this truck anymore with my back problems.

For the install, I was never able to find off the shelf adapters to mount them to the suspension seat bases but Sire Custom Performance in Inglewood, CA did a great job fabricating them for me. I was worried they would be a little high but the seating position is perfect.

At some point I can provide photos of the adapters they made to anyone else who is trying to do the same thing. They are very rigid and compact.

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Seat's look great. Sorry If I don't get the picture well enough. What are the "adapters". Is it a seat adapter to bolt a different suspension seat base to a 70 series, or a whole seat ? .........I put a alternative suspension seat in my BJ73 and it is quite tall the way I did it. I bolted the new suspension bases onto the factory fixed seat mounts.

 

[dcruiser666]

Seat's look great. Sorry If I don't get the picture well enough. What are the "adapters". Is it a seat adapter to bolt a different suspension seat base to a 70 series, or a whole seat ? .........I put a alternative suspension seat in my BJ73 and it is quite tall the way I did it. I bolted the new suspension bases onto the factory fixed seat mounts.

Thanks. These are factory suspension seat bases and the seat track width on the scheel-mann seats is much wider than the Toyota seat. The adapter bolts to where the old seat tracks did and then extend out to meet the scheel-mann sliders.

The inner bolt is where the factory seat mounted to the base before and you can see the piece of metal extending out for the scheel-mann seat.

 

[FJ73Texas]

Got these installed today, "mann" are they nice! I only drove with them for about 45 minutes but I actually felt decompression in my back after. I'm not a big fan of aftermarket mods, especially really expensive ones, but I was getting to the point of not being able to use this truck anymore with my back problems.

For the install, I was never able to find off the shelf adapters to mount them to the suspension seat bases but Sire Custom Performance in Inglewood, CA did a great job fabricating them for me. I was worried they would be a little high but the seating position is perfect.

At some point I can provide photos of the adapters they made to anyone else who is trying to do the same thing. They are very rigid and compact.

Do you think Sire Custom Performance will fabricate and ship what they made for you? I want a drivers side seat but always hold off because of the suspension base issue.

 

[FJ73Texas]

Australia must be going through some major labor issues right now. I ordered some Kaymar bumper parts (just small stuff) since the local US Kaymar vendor does not carry or sell parts for the Kaymar bumper and it is taking awhile to get the order processed. It is being blamed on staffing issues when I asked them about it.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Australia must be going through some major labor issues right now. I ordered some Kaymar bumper parts (just small stuff) since the local US Kaymar vendor does not carry or sell parts for the Kaymar bumper and it is taking awhile to get the order processed. It is being blamed on staffing issues when I asked them about it.

Similar issues at ARB.

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

I need replacement panels for the troopy, everything is out-of-stock on the Australia sites.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Australia must be going through some major labor issues right now. I ordered some Kaymar bumper parts (just small stuff) since the local US Kaymar vendor does not carry or sell parts for the Kaymar bumper and it is taking awhile to get the order processed. It is being blamed on staffing issues when I asked them about it.

I think the world is going through labor /material ssues

We have delays out of Australia, Japan, Middle East and certainly the US.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Similar issues at ARB.

What part are you waiting on? ARB had a rough 2020/2021 but warehouse stock/availability levels are back to regular as of late. We have more ARB in stock than ever.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

What part are you waiting on? ARB had a rough 2020/2021 but warehouse stock/availability levels are back to regular as of late. We have more ARB in stock than ever.

I’m not privy to what parts they are seeking but the folks at Odd Iron are having very little luck with ARB’s Jacksonville warehouse.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I’m not privy to what parts they are seeking but the folks at Odd Iron are having very little luck with ARB’s Jacksonville warehouse.

Copy, we pull out of both SEA and JAX regularly, both are as good as pre-pandemic for our stock order fulfillment as of late. That said we sell from our in-stock inventory and then do weekly stock orders to refill, we can often weather a month or two of backorders before we can't fulfill our common stuff. If relying on any manufacturers warehouse to fulfill, it's going to always be rough and the last two years highlighted. Toyota themselves has had major parts delays, stuff we could normally get in 24 hours has been 3-5 days. H55F's were backordered a month or more earlier this year, we had stock so we kept chugging but I've never seen such delays out of Toyota.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Australia must be going through some major labor issues right now. I ordered some Kaymar bumper parts (just small stuff) since the local US Kaymar vendor does not carry or sell parts for the Kaymar bumper and it is taking awhile to get the order processed. It is being blamed on staffing issues when I asked them about it.

I had to order some replacement parts and accessories for the Kaymar on my BJ74. I could swear I ordered through Ward @ LRA but perhaps they quit doing small parts? Or I'm mistaken and I ordered direct from Kaymar, I know we've done that on the past between Outback Proven and LRA offering Kaymar stateside. Outback Proven used to have a pretty legit collection of small parts in their Las Vegas warehouse. I suppose they sold all that off when it closed.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Copy, we pull out of both SEA and JAX regularly, both are as good as pre-pandemic for our stock order fulfillment as of late. That said we sell from our in-stock inventory and then do weekly stock orders to refill, we can often weather a month or two of backorders before we can't fulfill our common stuff. If relying on any manufacturers warehouse to fulfill, it's going to always be rough and the last two years highlighted. Toyota themselves has had major parts delays, stuff we could normally get in 24 hours has been 3-5 days. H55F's were backordered a month or more earlier this year, we had stock so we kept chugging but I've never seen such delays out of Toyota.

Odd Iron is a small shop and doesn’t have the where-with-all to inventory large quantities of ARB products.

 

[FJ73Texas]

I think the world is going through labor /material issues

We have delays out of Australia, Japan, Middle East and certainly the US.

True....... I just wish it would be over already.

I had to order some replacement parts and accessories for the Kaymar on my BJ74. I could swear I ordered through Ward @ LRA but perhaps they quit doing small parts? Or I'm mistaken and I ordered direct from Kaymar, I know we've done that on the past between Outback Proven and LRA offering Kaymar stateside. Outback Proven used to have a pretty legit collection of small parts in their Las Vegas warehouse. I suppose they sold all that off when it closed.

I did reach out to LRA and was told no but I didn't speak to Ward. My guess is that they only ship complete kits which is understandable. I try to support local vendors before going direct. LRA seemed to be the only US vendor so once that door closed, I had to go directly to Kaymar.

 

[FJ73Texas]

According to Outback Proven's old website....they were partnered with the owner of Kaymar? Too bad they are gone now. Seems to be a short lived business partnership.

Outback Proven, a new Australian-owned company, is joining the US overlanding market with the goal of providing the very best 4x4 equipment from “The Land Down Under”. Directors, Brad McCarthy of MAXTRAX and Rod Jackson of Kaymar 4WD Accessories have joined forces to create Outback Proven.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

According to Outback Proven's old website....they were partnered with the owner of Kaymar? Too bad they are gone now. Seems to be a short lived business partnership.

Yes, they were partly owned by Kaymar, Maxtrax, Lightforce? and perhaps one other Aussie manufacture. So all of those Aussie companies formed a US company with Ben Meadows (now living/working for a major bullbar manufacture in Aus) so they could share freight to the US, warehousing and distribution. It worked out great as a retailer/installer of their products. We could have stuff really quick generally. A few had done Kaymar previous to Outback Proven and we purchased and imported complete bumpers from them in the past when US distribution wasn't spooled up. In the end things didn't work out. All great folks, I'm still in contact with Ben, Brad and a few others.

 

[dcruiser666]

Do you think Sire Custom Performance will fabricate and ship what they made for you? I want a drivers side seat but always hold off because of the suspension base issue.

I'm really not sure, this is the first time I've done business with them. Give them a call though and see if they'd be interested, I can go over there when I have time if they agree and just want to copy what they did for me. The owner is really cool and friendly, remind him he made the seat adapters for Sean's 70 series suspension seats.

 

[Supra88]

Installed a new throttle choke cable on my hzj77 today since the PO sheared off the original one. The knob doesn't seem to fit on to the shaft end. The OD of the shaft is about 5.0 mm, whereas the knob ID is about 4.5 mm. What am I missing? Do I have a defective part?

Knob: 78402-60030
Cable: 78410-90K00