What have you done to your rig today?

[Corbet]

Replaced nearly all the exterior marker light bulbs and installed a set of LED low beam bulbs. Kind of an experiment as LED’s have a poor reputation with beam pattern in the OEM housings. Everything came from Boslla

The low beam bulbs are their 50w each Chameleon bulbs that have 4 different settings. White, yellow, combined, and flashing yellow. The flashers could be cool for dusty desert runs. They boast “perfect beam pattern”. The bulbs can be clocked inside the housing to tune the cut off. But at 6000 lumens each I may have some disgruntle drivers regardless. Hard to tell in the daylight on my garage door but the cut off does not look too bad. We’ll see once I need to drive it in the dark.

Edit: Drove home finally in the dark. Cut off seemed as good as it could be for an old glass housing. No body flashed me. The brights don’t add much to these with HIR bulbs. They are definitely project higher but no longer “over power” the low beams. Might need to upgrade those next.

Boslla Chameleon - White Yellow 3 Color LED Headlight Bulb

Boslla Chameleon LED headlight bulbs offer 6500k 4300k 3000k 3 colors to adapt dark night, rainy, foogy, snowy and all road conditions. 100 watts.

www.boslla.com

HIR Halogen, used a level and jack as my driveway is on a slope.


White


Combined


Yellow


Adding some after dark shots. I’m yet to diver her after dark.

 

[subzali]

Fixed it for you... The one on 56th and Wads is no better. Will never darken the door of one of their establishments ever again.

Similar experience with Big O. Cut a sidewall on the trail. About had a hernia with my 1/2” breaker bar to get them off. Crazy.

 

[subzali]

New fan clutch. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00829HAV8?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Just re-filled my blue hub with new silicone.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Took Imelda over the hill.
@DaveInDenver Showing her age but still running strong.

 

[DaveInDenver]

Took Imelda over the hill.
@DaveInDenver Showing her age but still running strong.

Truly love seeing this. Made a meh day better!

 

[Tomas]

Replaced nearly all the exterior marker light bulbs and installed a set of LED low beam bulbs. Kind of an experiment as LED’s have a poor reputation with beam pattern in the OEM housings. Everything came from Boslla

The low beam bulbs are their 50w each Chameleon bulbs that have 4 different settings. White, yellow, combined, and flashing yellow. The flashers could be cool for dusty desert runs. They boast “perfect beam pattern”. The bulbs can be clocked inside the housing to tune the cut off. But at 6000 lumens each I may have some disgruntle drivers regardless. Hard to tell in the daylight on my garage door but the cut off does not look too bad. We’ll see once I need to drive it in the dark.

Boslla Chameleon - White Yellow 3 Color LED Headlight Bulb

Boslla Chameleon LED headlight bulbs offer 6500k 4300k 3000k 3 colors to adapt dark night, rainy, foogy, snowy and all road conditions. 100 watts.

www.boslla.com

HIR Halogen, used a level and jack as my driveway is on a slope.


White


Combined


Yellow

Howdy, thinking about getting these for my 09 taco.... now that you've had these lights a few days have you had a chance to drive with them at night? If so what are your thoughts? Very much appreciate your feedback... love the color blend...

 

[Corbet]

Haven’t driven in the dark yet. It’s not my daily driver and well the days are so long right now. I might have to take her out just to see. But not tonight.

 

[74fj40]

Bought some tube fenders last year, didn’t really like the way the ended at the bottom. Adding some tube to give it a more finished look. Will skin them next!

 

[DaveInDenver]

Got tired of the clutch not fully disengaging fast enough so made the accumulator no longer accumulate whatever it was supposed to accumulate by replacing the disk and spacer (I guess some sort of diaphragm) with a cool solid milled brass insert.

Jury is out on whether this actually improved the clutch totally. It's got a smaller and consistent engagement zone (the vague catch point was what I'm trying to solve) now but the pedal is still kinda mushy. Haven't really tested all conditions but it seem the bounce when you let it out too fast thing is gone, too. I think I get what they were trying to do - make it harder to stall. That's probably nice for someone completely new to rowing gears but I would think encourages a lazy technique. It did make it difficult to intentionally slip the clutch.

I have a clutch master from an FJ Cruiser to try next, which is a proper cast steel body instead of the plastic they used on the Tacoma. But that theory on the mushiness might not hold brake fluid, I dunno.

 

[Telly]

Installed a FJ60 radio in my 78 FJ40 over the weekend. Sourced the radio from a buddy who had it in his FJ40. Cool little addition.

 

[Brucker]

My partner in crime for the Broncos games came to me with an interesting idea. Not a new one by any means, but one we haven't really explored before. We have yearned for running water for our tailgating as it would help a lot with meal prep and keeping things sanitary. We have relied on Clorox wipes and bottled water for years and last year we bought a Rinse kit system that doesn't really serve our needs well. So he asked if there was a way we could make a self contained sink setup, and I got to work.

I realized having a self contained wash station would be VERY handy to have around my property as well, so I set out to build a cheap test bed that we could use before building a nicer setup for the tailgating rig. Whole setup cost under $150 but I had the 7 gallon buckets around already. Which is cheaper than just the sink cart my partner wants to use.

Cheap sink cart: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7CC7983?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Cheap 120v aquarium pump with a 3.5 gpm volume: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5T2XDNR?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Cheap momentary foot pedal switch: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BY4WVG3J?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Brass fittings: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VN4VF77?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Cheap locking casters with threaded inserts for square tubing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T79RK2R?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

When all the parts arrived I assembled the system. Works great, but I got what I paid for. The cart is of the poorest of quality and needed modification in order to actually be assembled. But it will serve it's purpose well for what it is.

Just leave the faucet open and plug in the foot pedal. Then fill the clean water bucket with water. Then whenever you want water to flow, you just step on the foot pedal. Then when the activities are over, just empty the dirty water side and call it good. Simple and easy to use. Only thing that would be better, would be a battery operated (like 2-4 AA or AAA batteries) aquarium pump and switch. Then it would be fully self contained.

Now that I have a system that works well, I will build one out for the tailgating rig using this cart:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Deluxe-O...4IIoEJxZNXDsi2fVY4p2Eru6AQLpP6tRoCObcQAvD_BwE

 

[Brucker]

Not a rig but a tool, does that still count?

With my 2"x72" belt sander still being outta commission, I ended up buying a 2"x48" with a 7" disc attachment for my 8" bench grinder. Figured I could find the time to modify the grinder for the 15 minutes it take, then ever find a free afternoon to fix the broken unit.

Install was quick, easy, and straightforward. Belt tensioner and eccentric adjustments are almost foolproof. Runs nice and smooth. Offers 3 different sanding areas from the belt, a flat, a 3.5" wheel, and a slack section, along with the 7" round disc off the side.

Only downsides I have found thus far is a single drive speed, a smaller length belt, and the fixed, non interchangeable head. But makes for a great, cost effective addition to any shop or even home garage. Especially when compared to decent quaility 2"x72" belt sanding setups.

 

[Rzeppa]

Installed a FJ60 radio in my 78 FJ40 over the weekend. Sourced the radio from a buddy who had it in his FJ40. Cool little addition.

Sweet! My 1978 FJ45 still has the original AM-only Denso radio in it.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

@BritKLR We put one if those together wash stations together at an outdoor theatre I worked at years ago to get their concessions / bar to pass health inspection. It worked great!

 

[Capriblue45]

Put the new 4:1 transfer gears in the 60 today. Going to let the FIP dry overnight then fill the cases and put the driveshafts back on. Should make a huge difference when wheeling.

The 4:1 low range is going to be a game changer. The rig will now idle in low range with no throttle input around 1 MPH. No more on and off the brakes and clutch when wheeling with automatics. High range is a 10% under drive so it turns a few more revs when driving 60 but it also gives it a bit more punch off the line.

Checked the fuel mileage on the 60 since doing the desmog, HEI dizzy and fuel injection. I had been getting 11-12 with the carb and vacuum advanced dizzy, managed 17 on this tank with a blend of town and hiway driving. Very happy with the results.

 

[Inukshuk]

Saturday


Sunday

 

[Corbet]

Not a rig but a tool, does that still count?

With my 2"x72" belt sander still being outta commission, I ended up buying a 2"x48" with a 7" disc attachment for my 8" bench grinder. Figured I could find the time to modify the grinder for the 15 minutes it take, then ever find a free afternoon to fix the broken unit.

Install was quick, easy, and straightforward. Belt tensioner and eccentric adjustments are almost foolproof. Runs nice and smooth. Offers 3 different sanding areas from the belt, a flat, a 3.5" wheel, and a slack section, along with the 7" round disc off the side.

Only downsides I have found thus far is a single drive speed, a smaller length belt, and the fixed, non interchangeable head. But makes for a great, cost effective addition to any shop or even home garage. Especially when compared to decent quaility 2"x72" belt sanding setups.

have a link to that kit? My search yielded nothing.

 

[Brucker]

have a link to that kit? My search yielded nothing.

There are multiple options. This is the one I ended up with as I wanted a smaller wheel. The "pro" comes with a larger wheel and is meant for a 3/4" shaft.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CJBFDCX6?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

[SteveH]

I went inside my house when it hit 102.4F in my garage yesterday, but I rebuilt the first steering knuckle on my project 80.

In 35 years of 'cruiser ownership (many trucks), I have never done a full rebuild including the knuckle bearings. All my Cruisers have been too young or in too good a shape. This truck has 395K miles on it, so it seems time. The bearings weren't in terrible shape, but were loose in the middle and tighter at the steering extremes. The Cruiser Outfitters knuckle kit is nice - has everything you need, including stuff you'd just reuse (and have to clean) that you don't expect.

 

[shellb]

Serviced the 200 this weekend. A bit overdue, but it’s done now!!