What have you been doing with your Toyota? (2 Viewers)

[pigmony]

Wait. You have garage beers?!

Usually MAP (they're a good customer of mine), but I cheaped out and stocked with Madison River last time because they were disappearing a whole lot faster than I was drinking them.

 

[REZARF]

40's are very cool and they do have a lot of character, but that alone doesn't make for an interesting build thread. Plus, once you have a build thread there is some obligation (real or just subconscious) to keep it updated. I'm a big fan of the @ttFJC and @adventurefamly trip prep thread. It's like a build thread, but it has a defined sunset. The never-ending build thread thing seems to me like it would just add a layer of stress and complication to a thing that should be all about enjoyment. I like having my personal document to keep track of things, but I like having no real or perceived obligation to make periodic updates for internet strangers.

I like them for a few reasons, getting help and feedback on decisions needing to be made and they can be informative for folks who are interested in buying the cruiser down the line... especially if you do good work.

 

[ttFJC]

First time I met strangers from the internet here on the 406 mud page @TommyGuns flopped his FJ Cruiser... Stranger Danger

AND WERE ALL BEST FRIENDS EVER SINCE! hey anyone wanna check out that trail this summer? this is also why I warn people about going out with me.

Eureka mine

click the link to see all the photos

 

[pigmony]

I like them for a few reasons, getting help and feedback on decisions needing to be made and they can be informative for folks who are interested in buying the cruiser down the line... especially if you do good work.

I've read all of yours. They are fun to read and you do good work. You also seem to learn as you go. Still, not sure that a build thread is for me.

 

[pigmony]

My friend sent me the 3D printed cup holder inserts that I drew to fit the Hydroflask water bottles that my wife and I like. I did some fine tuning to the console with a rasp so that the inserts would fit with the Cordura pushed down inside the hole. I glued on the Cordura cover. Then I got the top mounted.

I used a scrap piece of Kydex from my stash to finish off the underside of the lid. I ran out of motivation before I got all the Cordura stretched and attached, but I'll finish it up tomorrow and get it installed in the vehicle.

 

[pigmony]

It's installed! Height feels pretty good. I set the height based on my SR5 Pickup, which I think has a very comfortable driving position. Shifter clearance is tight, but it clears. I may replace the shift knob with a smaller diameter ball to increase clearance and because it's not terribly comfortable.

Then I made some straps to attach my traction boards. I'm not 100% certain on these. I may go buy some 1" ratchet straps and rework them a bit. These seem fine at "garage speed" but I'll need to road test them, probably on a back road.

 

[3_puppies]

just doing alittle yard cleanup

 

[finally]

Started piddling with my windshield washer fluid motor. After draining fluid and a little cleaning of contacts, wouldn’t go. Was too nice a day to mess in the garage so took the dog on a nice Sunday drive up Hyalite.

 

[nohermosa]

Added some gas shocks to hold up my hood on the 62.

 

[pigmony]

I got my 40 out of the garage over the weekend because I needed to get to my wall tire racks to switch both of the Subarus over to the summer wheels. I got about 3/4 of the things on my to-do-before-driving-the-40 list done, but not the most important stuff: 1)replace the leaking water pump 2)fix the oil leak on the oil cooler. Then yesterday we traded in my Subaru WRX and my wife's Outback so my wife could get a new Outback. I've been driving the WRX maybe 3,000 miles a year since moving out here. The WRX would make ~400 hp when I had it set up for autocross and track days, but I never really found a place to do that out here and put it back to a reasonably drivable setup. In any case, I was feeling a bit bummed to have traded in the car I bought when I was single and didn't have much for responsibilities, so I decided to drive the 40 to work today.

It was a pain to get started ( 3)fix the choke cable) and never really got warm enough for the heat to do much, but 4 different people waved at me over my 10 mile commute. These are pretty special vehicles. I'm quite fortunate to be able to own one of these, and to have to skills (some of them) and the resources (mostly) to keep it on the road and improve it over time.

 

[JohnnyOshow22]

Swapped out my rear springs on friday. Had OME 863's(heavies) , went to 864's (Extra heavies). Added about 1.5" of lift in the rear and now the truck rides much better with the extra weight capacity. Got out for a quick overnight at revenue flats to try out the tent last night. Drank some beer, had a fire, and just enjoyed the good weather. Polly and I enjoyed the tent but the mattress sucks, we got home this morning and immediately swapped out the stock mattress for our exped megamat duo. Based on other reviews we thought we would need to do this when we purchased the tent (seems like most rtt companys struggle in the mattress dept.) but we wanted to see how the factory mattress was anyways. It was nice keeping all the bedding up top. It got really windy but hardly noticed at all inside the tent

 

[pigmony]

Wife and I were also out at Revenue Flats last night testing a new tent. We were in my SR5 Pickup and our tent is on the ground.

It's an MSR Habitude 4 and they've been out of stock for months. We happened to find one in stock online and snapped it up. It feels huge, but I'm used to backpacking tents. We also used our new Exped Magamats, which are awesome, although totally inappropriate for backpacking.

Then this morning I set up my tire deflators for 14 psi (ish) and did my best to lock them in place with some blue locktite and a bit of electrical tape. Time will tell if they actually hold that setting.

Then I put a leather wrap on the steering wheel. It had to be modified to fit, but it turned out good and I can still type so my fingers aren't totally ruined.

Also put a fire extinguisher in the 40.
Next up: 2M ham or CB? I don't have space for both. 2M would be far more useful in any emergency and far better in general, but CB is what the club rules require for trail rides. Do I just do 2M and buy a good handheld for CB?

 

[JohnnyOshow22]

Wife and I were also out at Revenue Flats last night testing a new tent. We were in my SR5 Pickup and our tent is on the ground.
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It's an MSR Habitude 4 and they've been out of stock for months. We happened to find one in stock online and snapped it up. It feels huge, but I'm used to backpacking tents. We also used our new Exped Magamats, which are awesome, although totally inappropriate for backpacking.

Right on! Yeah the expeds and backpacking definitely don't go together Did you see the hilux surf us postal service mail car out there?


Also posted a more detailed look at the CVT, in a more appropriate forum for those that are curious about it

CVT Mt Hood RTT

Going to post this up since I haven't seen anyone talk about the double channel here on mud or really any other place online. Here is the Cascadia Vehicle Tents Mt. Hood 56" double channel roof top tent on my 97 LX450. https://cascadiatents.com/mt-hood.html I wouldn't call this a review...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[REZARF]

AND WERE ALL BEST FRIENDS EVER SINCE! hey anyone wanna check out that trail this summer? this is also why I warn people about going out with me.

Eureka mine

click the link to see all the photos
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Is that a photochop on the license plate?

 

[pigmony]

Did you see the hilux surf us postal service mail car out there?

I missed that. We got out just after sunrise.

 

[JohnnyOshow22]

Is that a photochop on the license plate?

Sadly not for real though that was toms license plate

 

[REZARF]

Sadly not for real though that was toms license plate

you can't make that up...

 

[REZARF]

Do I just do 2M and buy a good handheld for CB?

We as officers have been debating this over the past few meetings. HAM is certainly the way to go, and with the advent of the cheaper handheld mobile HAM radios... under $50 in some cases, we are kinda torn. Our aim is good trail communication, that is the primary goal.

Yes the CB is the minimum required but if you get a HAM you'll be fine. I keep an all in one type CB with external antenna in the 100 I use on club runs but honestly, once I got a HAM I became a snob and have never looked back. Our aim is to be able to have safe trail coms... we will bring this up for discussion soon at a club meeting. We don't want to require HAM radio's but we do want to have good trail coms. If you have a HAM I would think that's fine for club trail rides as most of us are running both with a strong preference for HAM radios.

A cheap-o HAM radio is a kerbillion times better than a hot-rod CB setup. I have both in both rigs. That said the CB is likely getting yanked out of the 40 to save some space this season.

If you can afford to have both, it can be an advantage. If you only picked one, I'd suggest HAM. However, the club requires a CB... but that might be changing.

 

[pigmony]

I do stuff with the Gallatin Ham Radio Club a few times a year and a ham radio is going to be most useful for me. With the reality being that, up to this point, I haven't even made it to any club trail events, I'm going to go ahead and put a 2m mobile in the 40. I'll figure out the CB situation if it becomes something that needs figuring out.

 

[MontanaLax]

2M is absolutely the way to go if you have to pick one.
CB is the easiest/cheapest for the most people but I’ve lost communication with portions of the group on a club ride with lots of rigs...