What have you done to your rig today?

[On the RX]

Cashed in my chips at Jimmy's garage today and observed his mastery of electrical prowess! Changed the locker switch from a oem fog to oem locker, tossed the oem fog on the actual fogs and got rid of the PIAA switch.

Cleaned up nice! Thanks Jimmy!
The fog lights were not working when we swapped switches. Dove into that when I got home. PSA: Check the simple stuff first! The fuse and inline box was smoked and bubbly. I did not find that until after I pulled a fog light out of the mouse hole and popped the lens off. So she now has a new inline fuse!

 

[Notyourmomslx450]

Heim joint replacement 4 of 6 done. 2 more to go.

 

[Oneops]

Your at it early on a mon too huh?!

 

[Notyourmomslx450]

Your at it early on a mon too huh?!

oh no. I'm at work. that's what i did yesterday. Hope to finish it up tonight.

 

[Oneops]

Ahh man, be a lot cooler if you were. Lol jk

 

[Oneops]

Worked on tearing my parts motor down.
Mostly watched racing though.

 

[Notyourmomslx450]

Ahh man, be a lot cooler if you were. Lol jk

agreed

 

[AimCOTaco]

I found an unpleasant opportunity this weekend rear wheel bearings out on the 100.

Replumbing the rear axle brake circuit and rebuilding the calipers was the plan, that part went well at least

This bearing did last 266k miles so no complaints on longevity of the sealed unit.

 

[Shuksan]

I found an unpleasant opportunity this weekend rear wheel bearings out on the 100.

Replumbing the rear axle brake circuit and rebuilding the calipers was the plan, that part went well at least

This bearing did last 266k miles so no complaints on longevity of the sealed unit.

How did you get the bearing off? I do have a short and a long half shafts (and rest of rear axle) from my 2000 if you want/need a bench spare.

 

[Oneops]

Playing around with some engraving learning some mastercam.

 

[Doughboy]

Did the ujoints on the rear drive shaft on the 71 yesterday. The rear one went and had apparently been bad for awhile. Got them replaced with new ones from Cruiser Outfitters. Took about 2 hours with family coming in and out of the garage and looking for the tool i just had.
Theres suppose to be roller bearings in here and not dirt and rust. Also not suppose to be broken.

New one in

 

[RayRay27]

Easy mod day. Just swapped out my harborfreight light bar switch with an OEM one from Wits End.

 

[CardinalFJ60]

I got tired of drop lights and flashlights. Made a simple mod to the engine bay.

 

[CardinalFJ60]

One more:

 

[nakman]

@CardinalFJ60 that's a great mod, one of the first I did on the 100 years ago. I called it the proverbial umbrella in the golf bag... insurance that you'll never have to open your hood at night. Unless you're cooking something.

 

[WVU fan]

Had RSG install a lift and went with 275s and TRD 17s. First mod other than rubber floor mats.

 

[Carbon14]

I made good progress on the DIY roof rack for my '74 FJ55 today. It will measure 57 inches by 96 inches with a reserved space for a 20 gallon AUX fuel cell. I decided to go with a 1/4 inch plywood deck, so I can paint it with a High-tec RV roof coat and cut down on the heat hitting the roof. It will add little weight, but I am solving two problems here. I have the gutter mounts built and ready to mount the roof rack this weekend. Unfortunately, the added height means that I will no longer be able to park in my designated covered parking. I can live with that, to gain an additional 25 gallons of range. (There is a 5 gallon DIY Jerry can rack already on the back.)

 

[Corbet]

New drag link, rod ends, and steering damper.

 

[CardinalFJ60]

Added same light setup to the 40.

 

[Corbet]

Playing around with a new fridge and slide combo. National Luna dual-60 and an Alu-Cab tilt slide.

Probably run it this way for the summer. My old fridge was in the passenger side. But moving over to the drivers puts the electrical plug on the back and allows better visibility into the fridge.

Old set up with Engel 45 on standard slide from AT.