Cruiser Stories

[Grease Cruiser]

I started a thread last week about getting my old 55 back.
http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=175550

dieselcruiserhead shared a great story about his first 55.
http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=106221#post106221

I was wondering if anybody else out there had some great stories of how they obtained their Cruiser or interesting mishaps that occurred in their Cruiser.
Let's hear em.

 

[kcowyo]

In '02, I bought an '89 FJ62, unknowingly with a cracked head.

Drove it in the desert on the weekends for the whole summer. Found out about the head, balked at a rebuild and sold it. The buyer put $800 in a rebuild kit and he still smiles everytime he drives by me.

My story stinks.....:littlefriend:

 

[Grease Cruiser]

In '02, I bought an '89 FJ62, unknowingly with a cracked head.

Drove it in the desert on the weekends for the whole summer. Found out about the head, balked at a rebuild and sold it. The buyer put $800 in a rebuild kit and he still smiles everytime he drives by me.

My story stinks.....:littlefriend:

Yes, yes it does. Sorry to hear that. I had the same thing happen with a 40. It had low compression in the #3 cylinder. I did not want to mess with it so I sold it. The guy who bought it, pulled the head and had it rebuilt. That thing is still running around.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[dieselcruiserhead]

I have plenty more where that came from, most related to idiocy of not knowing much about vehicles.. For example I managed to seize not one but two two very strong running 2Fs in a period of about 6 months... Almost dont want to tell those stories..

 

[Grease Cruiser]

I have plenty more where that came from, most related to idiocy of not knowing much about vehicles.. For example I managed to seize not one but two two very strong running 2Fs in a period of about 6 months... Almost dont want to tell those stories..

Awwwwwww, c'mon. Fess up, you know you want to!