What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[Skreddy]

Was on a motorcycle ride and just outside Kalispell by the Thompson lakes and a buddy needed to #2. We stopped and ended up there was a grizz 10 yards off the road eating in the grass where we stopped. Later that day, between flathead and Missoula in the hills we saw another eating right off the road. We watched that one for almost an hour.

 

[1811Retired]

Was on a motorcycle ride and just outside Kalispell by the Thompson lakes and a buddy needed to #2. We stopped and ended up there was a grizz 10 yards off the road eating in the grass where we stopped. Later that day, between flathead and Missoula in the hills we saw another eating right off the road. We watched that one for almost an hour.

They’re impressive…

 

[BearBio]

A biologist friend of mine from when I was with DOI fished Slough Creek in Yellowstone several times. Said the moose were the big threat.

Different Slough Creek?

 

[Skreddy]

I cleaned and painted my drivelines yesterday, waiting for the new u joints so I can reassemble. Pretty positive they were the original u joints since they were all covered in the same undercoating the rest of the underside was, grease zerks and all; the dealer sure didn’t care about where that stuff went. They all still felt really good but I’m this far so may as well....

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Oil changed and ready for summer rides.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

A biologist friend of mine from when I was with DOI fished Slough Creek in Yellowstone several times. Said the moose were the big threat.

Different Slough Creek?

Nope, sounds right based on my experience there.

 

[LakeLaurashawn]

Did a fluid check on Goose, then drank some fluids myself

Lake

 

[samatulich]

Just ran a bead of 3M urethane seam sealer. Looks good to me, can’t be any worse than the old, dried, cracked sealer that I removed. Trying to mitigate water leaking/dripping onto my boot as I drive in the rain.
I picked out the old sealer, wire brushed the seam, used a bit of rust converter, cleaned with brakekleen and blasted it with compressed air. Fingers crossed this works.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Just ran a bead of 3M urethane seam sealer. Looks good to me, can’t be any worse than the old, dried, cracked sealer that I removed. Trying to mitigate water leaking/dripping onto my boot as I drive in the rain.
I picked out the old sealer, wire brushed the seam, used a bit of rust converter, cleaned with brakekleen and blasted it with compressed air. Fingers crossed this works.
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Don't forget about the cowl side of the hood hinges. They might need a dab of sealer in the threads.

 

[macdaddy59]

Finishing up the refurb on my Warn 8274

 

[samatulich]

Don't forget about the cowl side of the hood hinges. They might need a dab of sealer in the threads.

What? Never would have guessed to do that. I’ll try and back those screws out.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

What? Never would have guessed to do that. I’ll try and back those screws out.

Be careful with them.

 

[cims1970fj40]

Finishing up the refurb on my Warn 8274

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Looks good! What’s your address so I can have you do mine. Lol

 

[samatulich]

Be careful with them.

Easy peasy, they backed right out. Before I seal the threads, I’m going to look for the hinge cushions. Thanks for the heads up.
By the way, years ago I tried to remove these screw. Fouled one up pretty bad trying to muscle it out with a screw drive. The impact driver made short work of them.

 

[troutbum4]

There are no "official" resident grizz in the area that I run, although they are spotted once or twice a year. Did have a grizz cub stroll through our campsite last summer.

Then there's Slough Creek in Yellowstone.

what......there are grizzly back on slough............. 5 bears in 1 day my last time there last summer, only 2 were grizzly though

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

what......there are grizzly back on slough............. 5 bears in 1 day my last time there last summer, only 2 were grizzly though

Definitely grizz ub the Slough Creek area, I was talking about the Bitterroots not having an established population of grizz.

 

[NicksFJ40]

Took some glamor shots after painting the wheels.

 

[pistonpete]

Man, what haven't I done..

New lights, at least they Yota's,.,.,.

 

[Mtntopper]

Put 130 miles on it today checking on jobsites. Noticed a little dribble underneath that wasn't there last year.

 

[MaltbyPenn]

Everyone I know asks the question, "when will you have it done?" I started to add all my tasks in airtable along with the estimate of how long it'll take. I've added everything I can think of...so far...except rewiring, and I'm at 38 hours. I figure wiring is another 40 hours. I finish a task, I mark it off in my airtable. Btw, I'm also using the airtable to plan out my wiring, what connects to what and which pin goes in which Deutch socket.

Tonight I tackled the transmission connections. I had to wire up the Dakota digital GSS shift selector to the side of my turbo 400 transmission. Since I have a B&M transmission oil pan, I needed to alter the mounting bracket.

Next was the lokar down shift switch. Since it mounts to the same two bolts as the Dakota shift selector, I needed to find a new home. I decided the safest place was inside the frame rail. I used the bracket as a template and drilled two holes in the framerails so I can run bolts up from the bottom into the down shift box.

Drilling through the frame rails is a real drag and the first hole took about 10 mins. So I came up with the poor man's mag drill. Next hole only took about 3 mins.

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• MaltbyPenn
• May 6, 2021