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Only One More Day, Maybe

May 1st, 2008 No Comments

I reached a major milestone today on the aluminum roof rack for our Land Cruiser. I bolted it in place, climbed up and did a little dance.

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Custom Land Cruiser Roof Rack Build (Part 4)

April 29th, 2008 No Comments

This aluminum roof rack project is taking much longer than I thought it would….

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Custom Land Cruiser Roof Rack Build (Part 3)

April 28th, 2008 No Comments

It rained most of the day today to I didn’t get much done on the aluminum roof rack for the Landcruiser.
The bottom tray is tack welded together now. I’m still not very good with welding aluminum. I was able to run a few nice beads along the pieces of angle where […]

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Custom Land Cruiser Roof Rack Build (Part 1)

April 24th, 2008 No Comments

I’m finally getting started on building the roof rack for the Land Cruiser. It’s a huge relief to finally be working on this. It’s the last major project on the BJ42 before our big trip.
As you can see in the photo above I’m building it out of 1″ aluminum tubing. I don’t […]

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BJ42 Steering Knuckle Rebuild - Part 2

April 14th, 2008 No Comments

I’m almost done.

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BJ42 Steering Knuckle Rebuild - Part 1

April 13th, 2008 1 Comment

I’ve been working on getting the BJ42 Landcruiser ready for our upcoming 6,000 mile trip. I noticed the front steering knuckles were leaking axle fluid pretty badly a few days after I topped off the front differential lube. I knew this couldn’t be a good thing so I spent some time researching it […]

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Old Man Emu and His Dakar Springs

April 9th, 2008 2 Comments

The OME (Old Man Emu) suspension kit was installed today. I’m pretty impressed with the difference in ride quality over the old, flat stock springs on our ‘82 BJ42. I have no idea who Old Man Emu is or was but he makes some nice leaf springs.
I was a little worried the Cruiser […]

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So We Bought Another Land Cruiser

January 9th, 2008 3 Comments

We bought another old Land Cruiser. This one’s a 1980 HJ45. It’s the 12 passenger troop carrier model. I know, I know. Just what we need, another vehicle. I’m so spoiled. I have the best wife in the world.

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