Nice one!
Sure some of the folks in this thread may have some questions for ya:
Mountain Bikes - show/tell me how you lug yours around!
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This works a charm
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What did you do on your 70 series today? (31 Viewers)
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This works a charm
Till I make a bumper and a hitch I just gotta throw it in the back
Not sure it applies to you but it probably applies to someone out there. I used a 3-2 converter on my bj-73 with a resistor on the ground wire to drop the voltage down from 24 volts. It still did not hold up the converter burned out. Currently I have tail lights only on the trailer, drive conservatively and not in traffic when towing.
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Took these 2 out to the Toyota Beach Bash today........seems to be a pretty regular event now. There were a dizzying amount of Tacomas and 4Runners.
Interesting. Thank you for sharing. While everything is working good now I was brainstorming how to drop the voltage some to avoid this long term. I am trying to avoid a janky mess of wires as much as possible.
I finished the wiring of the kaymar led pods and tapped them into the etrailer adapter I mentioned a few posts back. Everything works well (turn, stop, backup, and tail). I also added odd iron led lights but had to take them back out because of turn signal hyper flashing. I know it is a common issue that is easily fixed but that will be another day.
My cat has seemed to take a liking to the rear cargo mat while watching me.
My cat has seemed to take a liking to the rear cargo mat while watching me.
Rob has the flashers in stock. Just give him a shout.
Where are all of the 100’s and 200’s?
New driveshafts.
Did you get those refinished in town? I'm in Santa Fe too.
I referred Bill to Ujoints in ABQ. They did all of my driveshaft work when I lived in NM.
A friend stopped by to help me get the kaymar bumper on the HZJ77 since it was too heavy for me to lift alone and insert bolts at the same time. After that hurdle, it was pretty easy to complete the rest.
Thank you to @joekatana for making these available.
@divemedic thread about installing this bumper is very helpful and recommended if you will tackle this job yourself on a HZJ77.
Thank you to @joekatana for making these available.
@divemedic thread about installing this bumper is very helpful and recommended if you will tackle this job yourself on a HZJ77.
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Thanks for that recco, @Onur. Actually, I wound up working with Santa Fe Auto Machine here in town. The rear is totally new (all Spicer) and the front was salvageable except for the slip yoke.
Eric at SFAM is excellent.
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They did my Ujoints on the LX back in the ABQ days
How do the Spicer joints hold up with the 70 series? I know when people tried to use them on the 80 series they didn't last very long.
That's a great find! One interesting thing is that when I was doing my lights, the LH turn signal was also in that RH rear corner, so I was able to get all connections in one place. But as you said it wasn't made for this vehicle so that makes sense. Love having plugs to use instead of tapping.
So far, Ive been really happy with my 24-12V stepdown converter and relays.
Yeah I found that out too which didn’t make any sense to me. lol By then I had already adapted the etrailer harness adapter and tapped into that itself. There was no cutting of the oem harness anywhere so I am happy with that. Plus I have a 4 pin trailer plug I can use for the time being if I want to.
If your boss would stop sending so many 1A orders, I would have more time to stay home (Or take vacation) and play with the cruiser.
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My rear tank never had the “stinky fuel” decal but that oversight has now been corrected.
