I had to remove my 2nd row seats. They are still collecting dust in the storage unit 3 years later.
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Alright, alright, alriiiiight!! Another leak bites the dust!
Covered about 1400 miles over the past three days towing stuff. AL-MS-AL-MS-LA-MS-AL. Fuel mileage was miserable.
Started with towing a small trailer to pick up a 4 wheeler, ca. 630 miles round trip, mileage ok. Trailer had old tires and one began decomposing when I was within 100 miles of home. Walmart had just what I needed with only 3 5 lug trailer tires in stock and all were undersized and of different sizes
, but got the job done.
Next up was to head to New Orleans for two of my sons to swap vehicles. We rolled out with a Civic on the trailer and returned with a 4Runner. I had pulled the larger mud tires and installed the stock sized tires for this. We ran ca. 65 mph on the interstates and may have gotten 10 mpg, I knew mileage would be bad but I don't want to exactly how bad. @cruiserinsanity made the trip and helped with driving duties and navigation. This trip was at least 750 miles round trip.
Started with towing a small trailer to pick up a 4 wheeler, ca. 630 miles round trip, mileage ok. Trailer had old tires and one began decomposing when I was within 100 miles of home. Walmart had just what I needed with only 3 5 lug trailer tires in stock and all were undersized and of different sizes
, but got the job done.Next up was to head to New Orleans for two of my sons to swap vehicles. We rolled out with a Civic on the trailer and returned with a 4Runner. I had pulled the larger mud tires and installed the stock sized tires for this. We ran ca. 65 mph on the interstates and may have gotten 10 mpg, I knew mileage would be bad but I don't want to exactly how bad. @cruiserinsanity made the trip and helped with driving duties and navigation. This trip was at least 750 miles round trip.
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I feel your pain when we pulled our offroad trailer to Rendevzous in the Ozarks I got 8.6 mpg's and had trouble keeping up with traffic. Hopefully the LS motor will cure that problem.Covered about 1400 miles over the past three days towing stuff. AL-MS-AL-MS-LA-MS-AL. Fuel mileage was miserable.
Started with towing a small trailer to pick up a 4 wheeler, ca. 630 miles round trip, mileage ok. Trailer had old tires and one began decomposing when I was within 100 miles of home. Walmart had just what I needed with only 3 5 lug trailer tires in stock and all were undersized and of different sizes
Next up was to head to New Orleans for two of my sons to swap vehicles. We rolled out with a Civic on the trailer and returned with a 4Runner. I had pulled the larger mud tires and installed the stock sized tires for this. We ran ca. 65 mph on the interstates and may have gotten 10 mpg, I knew mileage would be bad but I don't want to exactly how bad. @cruiserinsanity made the trip and helped with driving duties and navigation. This trip was at least 750 miles round trip.
Gave the ol’ girl an oil change yesterday and added the OEM battery holder as well as updated the PCV valve hoses (OEM). I would have added the actual PCV valve but, apparently it didn’t ship so I have to reach out to customer service.
Pardon all the dust…I haven’t given a full deep clean since my Leslie Gulch trip last week.
Pardon all the dust…I haven’t given a full deep clean since my Leslie Gulch trip last week.
Added grease to my birfields thru the grease plug on top. Started having oil sling out onto a tire last week. Gonna check front diff oil. Seems its time for deeper inquiry :/ Also, rerouting crankcase breather tube out of the air intake.
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You need to reevaluate your chain tie-down points to the trailer and the vehicle on it.Covered about 1400 miles over the past three days towing stuff. AL-MS-AL-MS-LA-MS-AL. Fuel mileage was miserable.
Started with towing a small trailer to pick up a 4 wheeler, ca. 630 miles round trip, mileage ok. Trailer had old tires and one began decomposing when I was within 100 miles of home. Walmart had just what I needed with only 3 5 lug trailer tires in stock and all were undersized and of different sizes
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Next up was to head to New Orleans for two of my sons to swap vehicles. We rolled out with a Civic on the trailer and returned with a 4Runner. I had pulled the larger mud tires and installed the stock sized tires for this. We ran ca. 65 mph on the interstates and may have gotten 10 mpg, I knew mileage would be bad but I don't want to exactly how bad. @cruiserinsanity made the trip and helped with driving duties and navigation. This trip was at least 750 miles round trip.
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Those are not even close to keeping that truck tied to that trailer well. Nothin will keep that chain down and it doesn't look like you compressed the suspension much. That's why you should only ties to hard parts (Wheels / axles) and not anything that is above the suspension.
Thanks for the advice, seriously. Hope we don't have to do this again but if we do we'll be better prepared.
Your chains on the trailer end need to be down and around the bottom, not only on the vertical post.
If things start to move it will just slide up the post until something bends. This will loosen the chains and then things will go sideways quickly.
For the lower end, wrap the loose hook around the bottom of the angle, and hook the chain hook in the bottom of the angle, then pull the chain tight. This will keep the chain at the bottom.
The following video shows a bit of how the chains should be hooked at the ends and not looped around the vertical post.
Decided it would be a great idea to do a brake job on all 4 corners in the rain…naturally this involves repacking bearings up front and adjusting the parking brake in the rear…
Thanks to the rain this took me from 8am till 4pm…but it’s a marked improvement
Thanks to the rain this took me from 8am till 4pm…but it’s a marked improvement
Took my son out
Aren't those illegal in California? Haha, I'm taking about the cruiser not the rifle.
just teasing.That armrest is incredible!
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Oil and filter change this morning. I grabbed a sample for Blackstone since I’m 6,000 mile since I did the HG. Noticed the battery tie down that goes through the battery box is starting to tear the box so I‘m investing in a @LandCruiserPhil tie down kit.
Just completed 6 days, 250 miles of dirt, 5 summits.
Bolam Pass
Scotch Creek
Ophir Pass
Alta Lakes
Mineral Creek
Poughkeepsie Gulch
Hurricane Pass
Corkscrew Pass
Stony Pass
Kite Lake
Here are a few shots.
Bolam Pass
Scotch Creek
Ophir Pass
Alta Lakes
Mineral Creek
Poughkeepsie Gulch
Hurricane Pass
Corkscrew Pass
Stony Pass
Kite Lake
Here are a few shots.
Fun little build
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