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Windows both up and down. I love this rig.
What did you do on your 70 series today? (15 Viewers)
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TreadingLight
"Overlanding is Sh*t"
I took the Troopy on a cross-country roadtrip along US-50. I almost made it home without a single repair but starting in Utah the damn thing started to sound like a helicopter underwater. I broke a section of exhaust pipe off on a washboard road, right at the flange under the driver's side door.
Today she got some new pipe at the exhaust shop.
We seemed to be running a bit hot on this drive too so next up I'm replacing the fan clutch.
Today she got some new pipe at the exhaust shop.
We seemed to be running a bit hot on this drive too so next up I'm replacing the fan clutch.
jblueridge
SILVER Star
I was killing time in Frisco Colorado; an accident closed interstate 70 and the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Saw a demo of an amazing 12V air compressor. Bigger than ARB twin but greater output and cheaper.
Thor’s Lightning
Saw a demo of an amazing 12V air compressor. Bigger than ARB twin but greater output and cheaper.
Thor’s Lightning
sark
42601-60262-03
What are the details on this soft top?
OEM MWB soft top.
sark
42601-60262-03
What part numbers are involved to swap my FRP for this?
About 200 different part numbers. Maybe more. Galen has converted one. So did Wayne years ago. Not a new topic.
sark
42601-60262-03
Ok, search I shall. One day it would be great to swap to a soft top with the rear half doors.
From what I gathered the soft top parts are available new but stupid hard to locate and I believe probably around 5-6k including shipping the parts from different locations worldwide . Half doors have been nla for a long time now and a good nice pair brings a premium also .
Definitely not a economical thing to convert to .
Had a slight whining noise in 4th and 5th gear when accelerating so I drained the fresh oil I just put on the trans and tcase and low and behold the t case fluid came out with metal shavings so I started investigating……. Was doing 80 mph with this on the freeway , if this would have been anything else then a cruiser it for would have been a return trip on a triple A flatbed .
sark
42601-60262-03
Yeah that's what I've heard too. More of a "would be nice" on the doors. The soft top would be the priority, but not anytime soon for me.
To me the removable top doors are always the first upgrade because a topless 70 with full rear doors just looks silly , kinda like a dodge truck without a trailer but still proudly showing those tow mirrors while looking like Dumbo
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1989 HDJ74 FRP to FST conversion
Sometime early last year, I picked up another truck from my good friend @joekatana. It started life as a 1989 RHD BJ74. Over its lifetime, @rick_d converted it to left hand drive, dropped in a 1HDT or two, and added a few more things. It made its way to Joe, and then to me. Joe did a bunch of...
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sark
42601-60262-03
Nice! The idea of having a 1HD-FT in a 73 sounds amazing. I would need a lot of pre-requisites to get something like that done. I hope one day to have a proper lift like some of you so I could do some more advanced work on mine like that.@sark
1989 HDJ74 FRP to FST conversion
Sometime early last year, I picked up another truck from my good friend @joekatana. It started life as a 1989 RHD BJ74. Over its lifetime, @rick_d converted it to left hand drive, dropped in a 1HDT or two, and added a few more things. It made its way to Joe, and then to me. Joe did a bunch of...
TreadingLight
"Overlanding is Sh*t"
Installed the new fan clutch. Ran out of black paint though so I had no other option than to make the pulley pink, orange, and green.
Shuffled the cruisers around and temporarily added a couple more.
