The AC looks to be a PITA man.
Man I just got back from a 6 day trip with the wife and kid and I have to say the 1st gen needed more room lol. I hear a lot of folks that hate the roof racks on their rigs. whats your take on your setup?
The AC really wasnt that bad to work on.
Happy to have fixed my AC last night! I also got a few of those nit-picky things done to the truck too. Adjusted my idle to compensate for the AC compressor and the spring I had to install to keep bring the RPMs back down. Windshield washer pump is now rewired and functioning! Grill painted black and more securely fitted. Loose headlight fixed. Need to change the oil this weekend, add the Add-A-Leaf to the rear springs. Pretty good day in the parking lot!
Roof Rack. Well, personally, I've got the rack mostly for looks. Its 100% functional though. But, I loaded the truck down and when we did the Palo Duro Canyon trip, having the gear up top and loaded down inside, going into a 15-20mph head wind across the Texas plains... it really SUCKED. I was getting 15 and 16 mpg!!!!! It was all low profile, light stuff up there too!
Plan is to one day do an offroad trailer using an 80s toyota pick up bed. BUT, I also bought the FJ62 in order to gain more room, and other conveniences while still be a cool old truck. But it will be a couple years before it sees its first trip. I may buy a parts truck (like I have the room) which may end up becoming a matching FJ60 trailer.:Wow1:
I'm going to test out Leary's trailer in Colorado next week. See how I like the trailer idea.