My first car when I was 16 was an 88 fj62 I gave my dad $400 for. It's the same drivetrain as my 91. The old man bought it with 140,000 miles and it had 312,000 when I got it. It was rusted away and all I ever had to do to it was a radiator, brakes and rebuild a hub. I drove it to 345,000 and it was still running when i sold it. It never had any engine work done the entire time my family owned it. I always remember driving that thing up i80 in salt lake over parleys summit for work and wondering when it would blow up. Now those memories comfort me when I am 80 + miles from the nearest paved road in my 91.
So I pulled off the lower oil pan and found it caked in metal shavings. Instant gut twister. Thought for sure that I spun a bearing and needed a short block. Being how big the shavings were I just had to tear it down more to find where.
Pulled the upper pan and absolutely no metal shavings...Looking and see no signs of wear anywhere. Decided to pull the timing cover and look closer. Finally checking chain slack I noticed on the aluminum guide where the plastic liner had broke off was an area the chain was slapping and potato peeling the metal off!
Gonna pull the rest apart and measure. Hope to just get some rebuild parts and get her back together! @beno Still making rebuild kits?
No idea why it posted this pic again on the end but won't let me delete either!Guess to give y'all the gut wrench again!
Last trip of this season.
Trans-Negev from Jordanian deserts to Egyptian deserts. Three days and two nights. East to west across the entire State of Israel and the desert of the Negev. On Passover, the army opened the territories along the border with Egypt. All year round the area is closed for travelers. We ended the tour of the land barrier that was built between Israel and Egypt to prevent the passage of illegal immigrants and migrant workers from Africa who flooded Israel until the land barrier was established. This is the obstacle President Trump wants to build between the United States and Mexico
@Masud my brother We are not suppose to talk politics in this forum so I will continue to talk about nature the desert and my rig
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Palestinian lands? Never heard of it and yes, we love Toyota
By the way the land barrier is guarded mainly by woman Arab and Jewish alike, 70% in Caracal (local Bobcat)
The situation is much more complicated than what you read in the newspapers
after doing the chasing circles and replacing the whole harness with new OEM i wouldn't do it any other way. No brittle wires to worry about now and can expect another 20 years before i need to start messing with any of it hopefully. Worth the $400 and peace of mind.
Now i can swap a harness in <2 hours!
after doing the chasing circles and replacing the whole harness with new OEM i wouldn't do it any other way. No brittle wires to worry about now and can expect another 20 years before i need to start messing with any of it hopefully. Worth the $400 and peace of mind.
Now i can swap a harness in <2 hours!
That was the first thing that entered my mind and $400 would have been well worth it. Only fly in the ointment is that the '94 harness is now officially on @beno unobtanium list.. Still available for '95 onwards...
That was the first thing that entered my mind and $400 would have been well worth it. Only fly in the ointment is that the '94 harness is now officially on @beno unobtanium list.. Still available for '95 onwards...
Almost finished my rear drawers and even tho it’s rained every single day in April finished fabbing the roof rack so alu cab is on deck and my Merlin solar panel showed up finally going to run through the mppt in redarc
By the way the land barrier is guarded mainly by woman Arab and Jewish alike, 70% in Caracal (local Bobcat)
The situation is much more complicated than what you read in the newspapers
...no more "darty" steering....ride improved with OEM bushings
Instant gut twister.
Thought for sure that I spun a bearing and needed a short block. Being how big the shavings were I just had to tear it down more to find where. 
Looking and see no signs of wear anywhere. Decided to pull the timing cover and look closer. Finally checking chain slack I noticed on the aluminum guide where the plastic liner had broke off was an area the chain was slapping and potato peeling the metal off!
No idea why it posted this pic again on the end but won't let me delete either!
