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New steel in place and welded up. Paint was applied in between the two layers to ensure a long life. Oh, to get the rusted rails apart, I had to drill and air chisel about 2 dozen rivets out of the way. Ughhh...

We quickly found that the frame was in need of attention. Someone had applied a thick rubberized undercoating, which hid a lot of frame rust, but with the body off, it became clear that repairs were needed. Looks ok from this angle, right? Nope! The cleaning and repairs began with a...

Just after it arrived, it had to sit outside while I finished up another project (Lone Star Sleeper, which should be arriving in Texas about right now). Not wanting to leave it under the leafy oak trees, but also not out in the hot CA sun, I found a good and inexpensive car cover that fit...

Adventure Tool Company...cool stuff. I hope this thread lives up to your expectations.

One of the great questions in life - is more always better? More spaghetti? Maybe not. More money? Most of the time, yes. More puppy dogs and sun-shiny days? Always. More horsepower? Hmmmmm, good question. In the case of the venerable Toyota Land Cruiser, which is built Ford tough, ready to...

Thank you. I will be starting a new thread today. I think we're calling this one SRMINT, as in senior mint. This is another FJ60 LS swap, but 50 state emissions legal, with packaging issues right out of the gate.

Yes, I know he's going to love it. Considering the last time he saw it, it had a worn out straight six, the V8 should get his blood pumping.

The weld nuts are a great idea. I used them to replace just about every sheetmetal screw on my CJ5 Resto-Mod project. I have been using them a lot lately on customer jobs too. McMaster-Carr sells them in plenty of sizes, but the metric ones are different from the SAE ones, which kind of bothers...

The best compliment I could ever get is if someone didn't notice what we've done under the hood. If it fooled them into thinking that the new stuff was all original. That's what I'm going for, and I think you will find that when you roll up onto a group of guys in similar vehicles, the only...

Great idea. Using magnets isn't always doable, as the magnets affects the weld.

Very frustrating. I try never to point fingers, but this one seems clear to me. Water under the bridge, and I am so happy that the owner was patient and understanding. Thanks.

Finished pics. Parked next to my CJ5 Resto-Mod Project. Loaded on the trailer to go meet the transport company. Since I am far back in the CA foothills, those large trucks can not get to my shop. It never fails that every time I go to meet one, it's dark and pouring rain. The...

While pulling the trans, it was discovered that one of the t-case indicator switches was leaking. Luckily these are still available new from Toyota. The front driveshaft runs very close to the transmission case and pan. The pan as clearanced, but the driveshaft yokes still hit, so I...

Enjoy the pics. Rebuilt trans, new billet converter, new cooler.

Finally, some great news. After spending a week at Jim Miller's Zero Gravity shop in Arizona, the project has finally come to an end. He was able to work his transmission tuning magic to bring it up to snuff, while also adding in some tuning goodies. With the flexibility of the tuning on this...

Looks nice. I like the ceiling rack.

One thing, the trans cooler lines. Marks 4wd makes a cooler line manifold that tucks the outlets closer to the trans. If your lines are close to the exhaust, you may consider that piece to help you out. They ship direct from AUS with no fuss and get here in 3 days...

That's one of my favorite parts of any build. Building a well engineered exhaust system that looks good, flows properly, is easy to remove and vibration free is something that most guys overlook. Muffler shop exhaust systems can be nice, but nothing beats a hand crafted, individual mandrel bend...

Thank you for the comments as well as the compliments. We had already exhausted our efforts with the tuning, flashing, and i dotting and t crossing. The ECM was flashed with the TCM connected. The pedal was matched to the ECM. The ECM was unlocked and tuned by one of the west coast's most...

Apologies for the hiatus. I am sad to say that the project is still ongoing. The troubles with the transmission have not yet been resolved. Long story short, the trip to Pacific Fab netted no results, but found that the transmission was failing. The resulting rebuild (done by e transmission...