CondeCruiser
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Painted the Valve cover, header, and intake Saturday when it was 85* out. Installed them today while it was snowing and 35*. Crazy weather.
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (37 Viewers)
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Painted a flywheel inspection cover I found on ebay (mine was missing) and installed it this morning. It's officially the cleanest part under the 40.
RodrigzCrzr
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Piece by piece she is coming together!
RodrigzCrzr
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Yeah it is!
So close to getting her on the road.
So close to getting her on the road.
Hurry up! Just turned 250 miles this morning. The '69 has daily driver status this week, the weather is absolutely perfect for topless 40 cruising right now!Yeah it is!
So close to getting her on the road.
RodrigzCrzr
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2.25" pipe with a flowmaster muffler. I LOVE the way this 40 sounds. Throaty and healthy, but not annoyingly droney like some mufflers. It sounds like its got a healthy cam at idle, but I think its just the muffler.Sweet!
Im trying lol.
Exhaust next .
I could use one. Mine has been broken for a while.
Blue Sea makes great electrical stuff.
blossett
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Sorry @d6crawler you missed it by a day
JDNs78FJ40
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I used this one and it worked great.
OHMITE - L50J1R0 Resistor, ceramic.
Very cool. Can I ask- what degree shims did you end up using? I have an OME kit and i've been wondering what shims people use. I know, I know, I should just get out the angle finder and measure, and I will. Also, did you go for steel shims, and if so, where'd you get them? Thanks!!Shims! Installed shims to improve the castor and pinion angles. They make a difference. Wish I had known about this when I originally installed the OME lift.
And then I went for a spin to give the truck some exercise. 100 miles later and I'm in Lockwood Valley doing some light wheeling. It's nice to finally have it running well enough to trust when I'm an inconvenient distance from a tow truck. I was alone so nothing crazy, but I got to use 4-Low quite a bit. She didn't let me down, which is pretty nice because it was lonely out there. Today I learned I'm definitely not a MOST DIFFICULT person. You can see that trail heading steeply up to the right in the first picture. Too rocky, steep and unforgiving.
fyton2v
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2 degree in the front and 4 degree in the back. But I don't think everyone gets the same shackles with the kits and you're going to want to measure, or at least eyeball it. Best to measure as installing them is a bit of a pain and if you get it wrong ... well, it's a pain. Also, when you add the shims you may need new pins. And those pins may end up being a larger diameter than the holes in the springs. The 2 degree shims came with a hole that allowed me to use the original pins. The 4 degree shims were bit wider and had a larger diameter hole for the pin. I ended up using bigger pins and drilling out the hole in each leaf. Also a pain since the springs had to come off. Anyhow, leveling out those pinions does help. And even with only a 2 degree change in the front, it handles better.
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Ackcruisers
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Painted my new OEM fuel tank as a last step before installing new factory fuel system inclusive of lines, return, charcoal filter and fuel pump.
Then went for a ride to see if the bait fish returned to the river to signal the beginning of the annual striper bass migration.
Then went for a ride to see if the bait fish returned to the river to signal the beginning of the annual striper bass migration.
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