MatthewMcD
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So, no ethanol or propane explosion re-bead video? Kind of anti-climactic! YouTube had me believing that is the only way!
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?
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I doubt that would work. The sidewalls on these tires are thick and really stiff. The ratchet strap works great. I usually have to pull the valve stem core for more free flowing air. Especially if I have to use the ARB compressor.
It 100% works with boggers lol I have had to do it 8 times on the same wheeling trip before.
Trick is to jack up the wheel and use something kinda violent like Ether. It's important to get as much mud as possible out of the sealing surfaces.
POPO AGIE
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When I had Ground Hawgs on mine the side walls were so stiff they did not flex when flat and still held the weight.
Ether here too. For about 40 years. The old timers schooled me back in ‘83. By ‘86 I wasn’t even bothering to take the tire off the truck to do it.
Pull the Schrader valve and let it scream like a banshee!
MatthewMcD
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I thought that was what the ether was for?
You guys are just showing off. Fire for effect.
I've been using ratchets straps since i started changing tires. Sometimes the machines air blast wasn't enuff. It's not uncommon for us to pop a bead. It takes longer to jack the vehicle up than to seat the bead, unless we're using the ARB compressor. I've been doing this for a long time. It was my fault, I hadn't checked the pressure lately. It's always easier to have enuff air in the tire so it doesn't happen.
Once we put 35x15.5 boggers on 8"wheels. We had to use a spud bar with a longer pipe over it. It took 2 of us to compress the tire so the tire changer could get to outer bead on the rim. He'd run about 0 psi wheel'n and never blew a bead.
I've been using ratchets straps since i started changing tires. Sometimes the machines air blast wasn't enuff. It's not uncommon for us to pop a bead. It takes longer to jack the vehicle up than to seat the bead, unless we're using the ARB compressor. I've been doing this for a long time. It was my fault, I hadn't checked the pressure lately. It's always easier to have enuff air in the tire so it doesn't happen. Once we put 35x15.5 boggers on 8"wheels. We had to use a spud bar with a longer pipe over it. It took 2 of us to compress the tire so the tire changer could get to outer bead on the rim. He'd run about 0 psi wheel'n and never blew a bead.
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I was running a 33x12.5 on 15x10 rims back in the early days. Lots of sidehill running in sand dunes, 10psi. The rubber didn’t want to spread that far with a ratchet strap. Once I switched to 15x8s, I think I only had to do it onceYou guys are just showing off. Fire for effect.
Once we put 35x15.5 boggers on 8"wheels. We had to use a spud bar with a longer pipe over it. It took 2 of us to compress the tire so the tire changer could get to outer bead on the rim. He'd run about 0 psi wheel'n and never blew a bead.
Nor do I, any more. keep in mind a K5 Blazer is a sprung-over, top-heavy beast. Those rims meant a lot in terms of lateral stability to someone just learning how to throw 5200# of V8 muscle around. As I said in the first installment of the Markguyver series, by 1987 I was a high-speed, dune running fool. I owe a fair amount of that to those 10" rims.
After 4 years of sitting on the gasket kit, I finally went down the rabbit whole that is the mini truck power steering gear rebuild. And as luck would have it, the 4 year old gasket kit is not complete enough lol. New OEM kit on the way.
@65swb45 i was there in the “early days”. My 40 had 8” Jackman 8 spoke and many guys were using 10” versions of those wheels. They stood out a bunch from the wheel wells and you’d better had lifted the truck. Had 10” chrome spokes on the 86 Suburban. K2500
By the way: no more conveyor car washes at that size
By the way: no more conveyor car washes at that size
A twenty year daydream finally come to life, I modernized the very dim, original cab light with one from an FJ60. The mounting bracket is only accessible while the roof is off, and I wasn't ready to make the switch the last time the roof was off.
Turned out for the best, because the longer you live with a truck, the more ideas you have. The mounting bracket now has 'wings' it wouldn't have had before. The wings will help stabilize a future overhead console that is still in the imagination phase.
Turned out for the best, because the longer you live with a truck, the more ideas you have. The mounting bracket now has 'wings' it wouldn't have had before. The wings will help stabilize a future overhead console that is still in the imagination phase.
it will be installed!
MatthewMcD
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Wow $160 a pair and it doesn't list watts/amps/lumens or LED vs filament.
I was looking at titanium bowls earlier and they just gave diameter and height but no volume? I can at do the math when they give me some numbers to work with.
I was looking at titanium bowls earlier and they just gave diameter and height but no volume? I can at do the math when they give me some numbers to work with.
MatthewMcD
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I have been thinking about getting some of that LED strip tape and hiding it inside the ceiling rail on a dimmer. That way the whole ceiling will illuminate, and you won't be able to see the lights. I have my OEM cab light on the B pillar, but I think this will make finding crap in the back easier. I also have 2 glass lights that I don't think are original that were fitted on either side of the rear top (near the piston mounts for the hatch). They were very rusted when I removed them but I might try and resurrect them.
I did this 2 weeks ago on the runways of a four post lift. It lights the undercarriage very nicely but I’m using a 20A DC power supply for about 40 feet
What color is the rig?
