Eyedaho
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While you're in there replacing the radiator, it's a great time to install some sliders!
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (37 Viewers)
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Today I played a little hooky the last bit of the day and took advantage of the great spring weather to upgrade ol Larry from 3-ton yard ornament back to “driveable car;” my wife is thrilled.
- Finally got my new alternator crammed in- my gorilla hands were not meant for this
- Replaced the PS low pressure lines that were puking fluid all into the old alternator for... some time
- Bled lines/purged bubbles and test drove through the hood... success! We have full electric power, we have no leaks
- Buttoned the engine bay back up and gave it a quick detail since Purple Power was on sale and GOD was there a lot of greasy goo slathered around in that general alternator/ PS pump area. Even wiped down the plastic cover.
- And wrapped the afternoon up with a quick wash. Poor Larry had a lot of pollen buildup in the cracks and body lines, but nothing a little pressure wash and foam cannon can’t cure
And I thought mine rattled.. that must have knocked some teeth out at low speeds. Enjoy the smooth(er) ride!
Did you go with a full swap or rewrap? It's crazy how much cleaner it looks with just that change!
This was a full swap with new OEM wheel. Well worth it.
Ah, haha.
I guess my first reaction of, "damn, he got that to look original" makes sense now.
My young bloke got under my cruiser and peeled off half of them.
Kept finding them laying around.
just got the same ones from rockauto.
Was able to track down the original post that gave me the idea. The credit belongs to @kpecks. I mounted mine in the same location as he did but I'm running a pair of red and a pair of white lights for total of 4. I used the same 3-pisiton toggle switch but put it on the inside of the handle bezel so nothing in the back of the cruiser bumps it and inadvertently turns them on. The wires I can around the hatch, through the original hatch grommet, to the dome light for the 3rd row seating. Tapping into the dome light wiring was pretty straight forward.
2006 Unicorn Land Cruiser Non-nav AHC 59k Miles
Excellent, i miss the smooth ride of a non-A/T tire but i need them for bad weather here and the trails. Did you get a chance to weigh the wheel and tire combo? I'm curious as i know those wheels are forged and very light compared to my method cast wheels. I'm very tempted to get some KM3...
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Got my 80/20 crossbars arranged, been wanting to do this mod for awhile.
Eyedaho
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My girlfriend spent several work days taking care of a toddler who had mysterious symptoms with all of his vitals crashing. When they used imaging to intubate him, they saw weird square shapes in his digestive tract. Turned out that dad works in a tire shop, and the kid had swallowed wheel weights that he found in dad's pockets and had acute lead poisoning. Just to say, watch out with kids and lead objects.My young bloke got under my cruiser and peeled off half of them.
Kept finding them laying around.
Eyedaho
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These rear UCA bushings were pretty. damn. shot. after ~310k miles and ~22 years. Got the Metaltech replacements installed after work today, and holy crap does my rig feel better. Just need to do the front LCA bushings and the differential bushings.
That’s really scary. Will do
Thanks
Started prepping the WKOR sliders
Likely going to install these and the lift this weekend.
Likely going to install these and the lift this weekend.
Kids find new and inventive ways to hurt themselves, especially in that "HEY I'M MOBILE BUT MAYBE DON'T SPEAK HUMAN LANGUAGE SO WELL YET" stage. It's kind of a minor (major?) miracle there are any people at all. As a parent, it's your job to be terrified of all that for them. All three of my little dudes have lived through all the stages so far.
Spend 2 1/2 days at National Seashore with family and friends
Meant to post up something from our one-and-only snow storm back in Feb. This is considered a decent amount of snow for North Alabama! Super fun to get out and explore with the Mickey Thompson's, which did great, of course!
I'm from NoAL and I hate that I live too far south to get much snow now.
People living or moving to Alabama have to decide between snow (North) or torandoes (south/central) haha
