Builds What did you do to your Land Cruiser/Toyota/Lexus 4X4 this week? (3 Viewers)

[Saddletramp]

AC clutch bearing was making a lot of noise, with the help of @medtro we were able to tip the compressor enough to get a angled snap ring plier on the snap ring then a puller to remove the pulley.

Not a difficult job with 4 hands. Quiet like it should be. Many thanks to my friend Jackson and to Alvis @Cruddz ( he happened to have the correct bearing in his parts stash).

Back up and running with new tires too, ready for some holiday wheeling

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

Horseshoe area

The back way water crossing to Sheeps Bridge is unpassable. Pictured below is the first crossing that I found out the hard way is hood deep.

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

I have no idea what that means! Time to do some internet research, eh?

So you can do this at 50 mph
- Note to self stay off the computer when traveling in unfamiliar areas

 

[Mattman]

I installed some LandTank caster correction plates and 6 new Toyota OEM front control arm bushings. The tire scooting that was there when making slow sharp turns is gone. I feel a definite improvement over the OME caster correction bushings. Also welded up a broken exhaust hanger.

 

[OffRoadScott]

For sometime I have been having a really low idle issue. Today I replaced some vacuum hoses and made sure the ones under the intake manifold were still connected. With the LC sitting for awhile I had to jump start the LC. Once I got it jumped I messed with a few things. The major one being the throttle cable, I adjusted the throttle cable as it was really loose. After the LC had warmed up completely I adjusted it so the idle was 650-750 RPM without the AC on, with the AC on it jumped to 800 RPM. The real test will be tomorrow AM when I try and start it again. Fingers crossed!!!

 

[Funner]

AC clutch bearing was making a lot of noise, with the help of @medtro we were able to tip the compressor enough to get a angled snap ring plier on the snap ring then a puller to remove the pulley.

Not a difficult job with 4 hands. Quiet like it should be. Many thanks to my friend Jackson and to Alvis @Cruddz ( he happened to have the correct bearing in his parts stash).

Back up and running with new tires too, ready for some holiday wheeling

Have not seen any holiday wheeling threads.

 

[DSRTRDR]

project of the day on the 80 and the LX was: feed weedwacker line down the sunroof drain holes . . .

Michael insisted on washing the trucks after we went wheeling on Saturday, which is when we discovered both of the A-pillars leaking into the cab on the 80

and today we did the same thing on the GX - but it didn't solve our problem: we get water coming in at the top of the passenger A-pillar and dripping into the passenger footwell from below the glovebox right at the A-pillar, too

the sunroof drain does drain, but we don't know where the additional water comes into the cab - anybody have an idea where we should look ?

 

[Saddletramp]

I’ve got out of town guests until Monday afternoon so looking like a New Year’s Eve run might be in order @Funner you game ?

 

[DSRTRDR]

Have not seen any holiday wheeling threads.

we went out on the 26th Bulldog Canyon December 26th

 

[OffRoadScott]

For sometime I have been having a really low idle issue. Today I replaced some vacuum hoses and made sure the ones under the intake manifold were still connected. With the LC sitting for awhile I had to jump start the LC. Once I got it jumped I messed with a few things. The major one being the throttle cable, I adjusted the throttle cable as it was really loose. After the LC had warmed up completely I adjusted it so the idle was 650-750 RPM without the AC on, with the AC on it jumped to 800 RPM. The real test will be tomorrow AM when I try and start it again. Fingers crossed!!!

Well good news. Today I have started and let the LC warm up 3 times without jump starting it and it drops down to 700-750 after warming up completely.

 

[medtro]

and today we did the same thing on the GX - but it didn't solve our problem: we get water coming in at the top of the passenger A-pillar and dripping into the passenger footwell from below the glovebox right at the A-pillar, too

the sunroof drain does drain, but we don't know where the additional water comes into the cab - anybody have an idea where we should look ?

Check for windshield leaks.

 

[Relix]

Drove out to the end of Fort McDowell road and explored a bit with a dude in a white 200 series landcruiser I met at the Chevron in Fountain Hills.

 

[cooziecup]

Did the spare tire “lift” today. All went well until I discovered PO’s bent tire lowering rod. Seriously, was pretty easy to do. I ended up with a limited set of M8-1.25x160 bolts (which I used for the lowering mechanism), so relied on 1/4”x6” cap end bolts for the rest. Actually worked pretty well! Two 36” x 1/2” tube steel cut to 5”, a series of 1/4” washers, and some corresponding nylock nuts.
The lowering mech threads worked great with M8-1.25x150mm bolts.

 

[DSRTRDR]

Check for windshield leaks.

yes, thanks for the suggestion - did that already

but the water into the cab mostly comes in through the sunroof drain

 

[DSRTRDR]

Drove out to the end of Fort McDowell road and explored a bit with a dude in a white 200 series landcruiser I met at the Chevron in Fountain Hills.

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did you go up Camp Creek Wash ? - some neat rock walls there, and several side trails . . .

evidently, quite a bit of sand came down the wash with the recent rains - that "staging area" (as the Forest Service calls it) was more rocky a few weeks ago

 

[medtro]

yes, thanks for the suggestion - did that already

but the water into the cab mostly comes in through the sunroof drain

Well, check sunroof drain

 

[DSRTRDR]

Well, check sunroof drain

that's what I reported in my earlier post: green weedwhacker line snaked down both front sunroof drain holes, and they drain nicely now - but there's still water coming into the cab

 

[medtro]

Fixed power window.

 

[medtro]

that's what I reported in my earlier post: green weedwhacker line snaked down both front sunroof drain holes, and they drain nicely now - but there's still water coming into the cab

I know, which is why I suggested check windshield in the first reply.

Then you said you did that too, hence the in the 2nd reply.

 

[Arizona Jeff]

Went to Flagstaff and played in the snow...