Been on the road a couple weeks so far. Still a couple till we are back. But we made it as far south as planned this am.
What have you been doing with your Toyota? (4 Viewers)
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Taking a hot shower in the am and Cold at night is quite refreshing when water is available in the desert.
Using the latest version of the hand wash station has made us way more efficient with normal water usage.
Using the latest version of the hand wash station has made us way more efficient with normal water usage.
I built some interior storage for my 40 and got my Yaesu FT-2980R 2-meter ham radio and 1/2-wave whip antenna installed. The wife and I are headed to St. Anthony this weekend, so that'll be a good test of our car camping/overlanding gear, our organization in the vehicle, and we'll get to see how the 40 does in sand. I'll make any changes that we think are needed after this weekend trip, and we'll start getting ready for the Magruder Corridor.
A few years ago Sailor held a welding clinic for the club and that was my introduction to metal fabrication. Since then I've hacked together some smaller stuff but never really created anything useful. I'd been meaning to get around to welding up one of these tire racks for a while and then at the meet-and-greet @ Hyalite last month I met a guy who had built one. That was my inspiration.
I finished it up a couple of weeks ago and have just finished testing its strength and stability on a trip to Moab. Not a wiggle or a squeak in 1200 miles of blacktop and ~200 miles of wheeling on some of Moab's finest. Next up is to remove it for paint and then create a solid replacement for my cr@ppy inside cargo rack, this time w/o wood!
I finished it up a couple of weeks ago and have just finished testing its strength and stability on a trip to Moab. Not a wiggle or a squeak in 1200 miles of blacktop and ~200 miles of wheeling on some of Moab's finest. Next up is to remove it for paint and then create a solid replacement for my cr@ppy inside cargo rack, this time w/o wood!
That things lookin good!
For as unreliable and obnoxious as they are its still an interesting ride. Stock 37” tires and shorter than a small lifted 4runner. Pulling the fleet out of storage again this week. A half dozen shinny red things.
I want a H1. There I said it.
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sounds like a very poor decision. I fully support it.
+1.
Just testing it now. It will be motion sensing so it only pees when walking into our yard. Will not be here either. It will be in the yard close to the gate. Basin will eventually be buried. Will only operate when you are within a few feet. That’s the plan at least.
Sorry I don’t know how to upload a video but it’s running about 150 GPH.
Found some space where the clock slows down, so I could do some thinking.
The fleet of H1s we have is 6 2004s. There electronics are different than all previous H1s. They only made 252 of these. Problem is now most electronic parts are long discontinued and not available. So converting one from electronic injection pump to a military mechanical.
I finally got around to kinda sorta finishing the rear bumper. The body/ crossmember chop along with figuring out how to make recovery points in the frame took forever. I’m new to fabrication but it definitely came out better than I thought it was going to.
Yup! And nobody can touch the clearance I have
The whole thing sits above the frame rails
The whole thing sits above the frame rails Homemade bumper= saving $2,000+
My wife and I took the 40 over Flathead Pass today. My cooling system is still a limitation. I think I may try a set of pusher fans.
We ran out of articulation crossing this rut at too much of an angle and lost traction. Had to back up and try four or five times before I got the angle right. A locker would have made it simple, but so would a driver who can read lines a little better.
Tons of wildflowers all up and down the whole trail.
It was about 4 hours driveway to driveway for us. Would be a lot faster if my cooling system could keep up and if I could drive better, but it was a fun little trip.
We ran out of articulation crossing this rut at too much of an angle and lost traction. Had to back up and try four or five times before I got the angle right. A locker would have made it simple, but so would a driver who can read lines a little better.
Tons of wildflowers all up and down the whole trail.
It was about 4 hours driveway to driveway for us. Would be a lot faster if my cooling system could keep up and if I could drive better, but it was a fun little trip.
Were the wild flowers busting yet? its one of the better spots in the valley to see them.
What engine you running? 2F? I replaced my radiator with a 4 core unit from Radiator Barn about 13 years ago when my fan let go and took out my radiator. I was doing a ton of slow/4lo driving in Moab at the time and the 4 core unit literally took care of all my cooling issues. Now I need to block off the radiator in the winter just to get up to temp. It wasn't expensive either (at the time) and was plug and play.
What engine you running? 2F? I replaced my radiator with a 4 core unit from Radiator Barn about 13 years ago when my fan let go and took out my radiator. I was doing a ton of slow/4lo driving in Moab at the time and the 4 core unit literally took care of all my cooling issues. Now I need to block off the radiator in the winter just to get up to temp. It wasn't expensive either (at the time) and was plug and play.
I've seen more wildflowers, but not a lot more. I'd say that area is approaching its peak.
I'm running a GM carbed 5.7 with an aluminum radiator and a mechanical fan, but currently no shroud. It does really well above 30 mph, including mountain passes at interstate speed. It has trouble with low speed. It probably does need a shroud, but I'm a little hesitant there because it works SO well at normal driving speeds. Being what it is I'd have to custom fab a shroud, which isn't a huge deal, but it is a fair amount of time and I'm not certain that will fix the low speed problem without negatively impacting the normal/high speed performance. My thought was to try two 7-8" pusher fans on a manual switch so that I can turn them on or off whenever I think they're needed.
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Without a shroud you are literally just swirling air around in the engine bay at slow speeds. Without a shroud you can't create a vacuum in front of the fan so you don't pull nearly as much air through. That is likely the real problem
