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Builds What did you do to your Land Cruiser/Toyota/Lexus 4X4 this week? (17 Viewers)
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The link goes to this page on my computer. I bought it from 4 Wheel Parts, no shipping fee.
NeVrDun
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Thanks to Murf for giving me some guidance on some possible ways to remedy vapor lock, specifically isolating heat from my duel exhaust that runs right next to the fuel line.
Got the exhaust manifold and exhaust pipe wrapped today and they went on pretty easy.
Got the exhaust manifold and exhaust pipe wrapped today and they went on pretty easy.
splitshot
Head cook, Bottle washer, and Peace keeper.
That stuff works, I got tired of replacing the starter in the "Duke" because of the headers baking the bushings. 
splitshot
Head cook, Bottle washer, and Peace keeper.
Interesting day fixing the intermittent misfire on the daughters 4runner. Plugs, wires, and coil boots... This would have fixed it, but in my ultimate wisdom I did a complete service. Oil, filters, etc. After all this was done, it would just crank, fire and die.
My bad is the tendency to Google things before I walk away from a job. (There is a lot of threads out there about replacing the fuel filter and subsequent issues after)..
2 hours, later after checking pressures from the filter to the fuel rails, I discovered I forgot to plug in the last coil wire
My bad is the tendency to Google things before I walk away from a job. (There is a lot of threads out there about replacing the fuel filter and subsequent issues after)..2 hours, later after checking pressures from the filter to the fuel rails, I discovered I forgot to plug in the last coil wire
Living in the Past
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Interesting day fixing the intermittent misfire on the daughters 4runner. Plugs, wires, and coil boots... This would have fixed it, but in my ultimate wisdom I did a complete service. Oil, filters, etc. After all this was done, it would just crank, fire and die.
2 hours, later after checking pressures from the filter to the fuel rails, I discovered I forgot to plug in the last coil wire
Which 4Runner is this? Thought your wife drives a 99 2WD Limited and you drive a 2001 4WD sport? Your daughter's 4Runner got totaled.
Please tell me the old Dodge pickup is gone and neither your wife or you are driving it.
Just a thought experiment on Rusty's Wraps, with no personal experience. One would think there are metal exhaust shields with an air gap that'd do a better job keeping heat away from sensitive parts. The fiberglass wrap, and I am guessing here, probably raises the temps of the header and related plumbing to points that might be well above design specs. Thermal expansion being what it is, it also seems like it can really stress mounting studs, bolts, etc. Then again, maybe the glass radiates heat better than the metal does; would need to look up the emissivity numbers.
Yep : glass radiates heat better than steel, unless the steel is really rusty, then its a push.
Emissivity Coefficients of some common Materials
Yep : glass radiates heat better than steel, unless the steel is really rusty, then its a push.
Emissivity Coefficients of some common Materials
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Move two Land Cruisers out of sun by adding ~800sq/ft of covered carport. I now can have covered parking for even more Land Cruisers.
NeVrDun
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The thought experiment is a good one to work through for sure. About 18 years ago I used to be in the Air Force working at Luke AFB in the sheet metal shop (repairing the structural members of aircraft). We would often do repairs to the titanium heat shields around the F-16 jet engine after-burners. Also in those days I had a 76 fj40 with a chevy 350 conversion where the starter got the brunt of much radiant heat. I fabricated a custom titanium heat shield and waala... no more starter heat soak inoperability.
Fast forward to the present day and I am dealing with a similiar issue of radiating heat problems.
I did contemplate building some titanium shields again but resorted to the method that has worked for way too many motor heads from the yester-years.
One of my current problems that i am battling is vapor lock. Isolating the heat from the exhaust and keeping it away from the frame rail where the fuel line runs is paramount at this point. Hoping these titanium (basalt fibers) wraps will work as advertised.
TexAZ
NEW???? It's BETTER than new!!!
Move two Land Cruisers out of sun by adding ~800sq/ft of covered carport. I now can have covered parking for even more Land Cruisers.
Making room for the new 200?
lcgeek
Glad to meet you!
Move two Land Cruisers out of sun by adding ~800sq/ft of covered carport. I now can have covered parking for even more Land Cruisers.
Looks great and functional. By chance did you need to permit that?
Anything permanent needs a permit
Living in the Past
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But if it can be unbolted it's not really permanent. Had a friend put up a structure like this. Neighbor complained about smelling gas. They got in a argument and she turned him in to the city. Only issue the city had was the electric for the lighting was in conduit making it permanent. Undid the conduit where it tied into the structure and ran a cord that plugged into a outlet. City was happy and he was able to keep the structure. These structures are kind of a grey area.
splitshot
Head cook, Bottle washer, and Peace keeper.
Well the wife needs the truck for her job, and the daughter needs to get to work.Which 4Runner is this? Thought your wife drives a 99 2WD Limited and you drive a 2001 4WD sport? Your daughter's 4Runner got totaled.
lcgeek
Glad to meet you!
Thanks for the details, I had shade structures could be grey area, thus my questioning.
Living in the Past
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This was in Phoenix years ago. My friend moved to Globe years ago. Being a grey area not sure how it would go today. Did put aa she up at our cabin a few years ago. Coconino County allows buildings up to 200 square feet without a permit. Improvements like power and water would require a permit if a permanent part of the structure. Did have certain set backs from property lines depending if on the street side or not. Also set back from other structures. If you bolt it together and becomes a problem could take it down and pull a permit. Personally would find out ahead of time. Cities counties all have their own rules.
While technically not on my rig, I did disassemble an F250 bumper after work today to get the Warn M12000 out from behind it. The dude wanted to sell it but didn't want to oull it off himself. 100 bucks and 45 minutes of my time and I've got a project winch to play with.
It rotates freely and is complete, minus the cable which is destroyed. I need to charge a battery to start testing it to see if it's got controller, solenoid or motor problems. I'll likely tear the whole thing down and clean/inspect everything. It's going on an ARB bull bar and I'm considering a synthetic rope and offset hawse. I know ARB recommends against that, but does anyone local run that setup with a synth. rope that wants to share their opinion?
It rotates freely and is complete, minus the cable which is destroyed. I need to charge a battery to start testing it to see if it's got controller, solenoid or motor problems. I'll likely tear the whole thing down and clean/inspect everything. It's going on an ARB bull bar and I'm considering a synthetic rope and offset hawse. I know ARB recommends against that, but does anyone local run that setup with a synth. rope that wants to share their opinion?
Homemade? Or is that an existing cabinet that you dropped in?
12”x12” universal steel access door. You can buy them at any hardware store like Home Depot or an electrical or plumbing supply store. I bought mine from a plumbing supply store in chandler for 14.99. I am sure there are other ones to choose from. I needed it for a household projects but did not use it. Had it sitting on the tailgate when the idea came to me. I might glue the carpet from the hole I cut out to the front to make it a little more of a secret hiding spot. It was a 15 minute job with a jig saw just don’t cut the control rod that connects to the tail gate latch. Cheap and easy my kind of mod
