Saddletramp
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Cleaned and conditioned all of the leather surfaces in the 100.
Builds What did you do to your Land Cruiser/Toyota/Lexus 4X4 this week? (3 Viewers)
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I replaced the short block. Freshened up the head. Lapped the valves and just resealed the motor. I spent four nights just cleaning parts!! She was a greasy pig. It spent most of its life in Flag. That red volcanic mud was like concrete.
Living in the Past
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Bought my first 40 when I live in Flag and 90% of time I used after moving to the valley was around Flag. Would spend hours washing the mud off after the fall hunts. My front yard alway had four low spots where the tires sunk in from rinsing the red clay from the under side. Paid off as she is still rust free.
It preserved The transmission and transfer case. When it chipped off it was shiny silver. you can still see the writing on the casing
Saddletramp
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Pictures or it didnt happen
And I did the Lexus too. Sorry no lake pictures even though I went to the lake (Georgian Bay) but I did buy a sign from my favourite brewery near Lake Simcoe.
Georgian Bay is massive, sits on Lake Huron and you need a big boat with a lot of fuel to cover its 206 mile length and 183 mile width.
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well test drive went really bad.... know anyone with a good long block?
bluecruiser
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Dragged it down a few ledges in Moab.
photo by @paflytyer
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bluecruiser
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Also decided to take LCP's recommendation to check out the Hole in the Rock Trail near Lake Powell. It did not disappoint, at all. Thanks for the heads up on this place, @LandCruiserPhil
What happened???
Soooo.....can I go boating with you?
Installed my new Puma mount spare tire carrier and now I'm working on my other Puma mount to carry 2x 3.5 gallon Waterbrick containers.
Also, while we are on the subject of leather, i recommend Red Wings cream and oil. Just dont sit in the seats for a day or two.
Well I've learned alot about FJ40s in the last few weeks. I found out Late F motors distributors are about a 13mm shorter than the earlier model. Almost killed my motor (thought i did). Before I fired the motor I fabbed up a pump priming tool for my drill. Gave it a spin while I cranked the motor over. got oil the the rockers. Great! Dropped the dizzy in slapped the valve cover on and fired it up. Was running great! Made it a 1/4 mile from the house and the motor lays down and locks up. Yikes. With the ignition still on I tapped the oil pressure idiot light and it turned on. my hart sunk. Towed it home and parked it. Still in disbelief today I cranked it and it fired right up. Pulled the pan and saw that the pump and dizzy weren't engaged. Pulled rod caps and main caps and to my disbelief everything looked great. Grabbed the s***ty Delco distributor Dropped it in and its running like a champ. I'm one lucky SOB. The Toyota gods were looking down on me today.
Was it parked on the corner of Beaver and Forest near the hospital? If so, I saw it every day from my window at work for the past 2+ years. I also saw it leaving on a trailer a while back. Glad it is went to a good home!
Living in the Past
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Had the same thing happen to me kind of back in the early nineties. Bought a used distributor from SOR. Popped it in and timed it. Got in to take it for a test drive and didn't even get a block before I noticed my oil gauge had no pressure. Pulled it out and sure enough it was shorter then my stock distributor. Took some convincing but they took it back. This was before it would be real easy to take a picture and Email it. This was also before the sickness really set in. I no longer order parts I search thru my personal junk yard.
That is the same cruiser
Had the same thing happen to me kind of back in the early nineties. Bought a used distributor from SOR. Popped it in and timed it. Got in to take it for a test drive and didn't even get a block before I noticed my oil gauge had no pressure. Pulled it out and sure enough it was shorter then my stock distributor. Took some convincing but they took it back. This was before it would be real easy to take a picture and Email it. This was also before the sickness really set in. I no longer order parts I search thru my personal junk yard.
I've built quite the junkyard in the last 2 weeks!
splitshot
Head cook, Bottle washer, and Peace keeper.
Made the trip 3+hrs to the valley to get repairs made on my 06 LC because Camelback toyota is the best!
