The time has come to share my latest round of mods to my cruiser buggy. AZ and Hammers wheeling was inflicting some serious abuse to my drivetrain and the final straw was a blown tcase that resulted in 8 hours of winching. With support from my now fiance I took the plunge to invest in some serious upgrades. The cruiser community is still where I feel at home so I hope you all enjoy. The plan is to retain what was working and ditch what wasn't. The keep list: - 14 bolt - GM 5.3L... Johnny's Buggy Build V2.0 - AZ Proofing ..read more

I have a 73 fj40 and my question is what’s the best option out there to go from stock length rear leaf springs to springs around 56-58” long as far as comfort around town and price , strength for crawling and good articulation. It has 39.5 stampers, fj60 running gear, Detroit lockers front and back, spring over, Chevy 350 w/muncie rock crusher, 4 speed transfer, near center mounted traction bar, reversed leafs up front. I don’t want the springs hanging out the back and I want a soft ride... longer rear l ..read more

I recently removed my 4wd 465/NP205, and installed a 2wd 465/D300. The throwout bearing was toast, the inner race could shift >1/4" side-to-side inside the outer assembly, so I installed a new throwout bearing. I've put zero miles on the rig since then, a I'm still in the process of building up other stuff on it. So I've only put about 500 ft on it. The problem I'm experiencing is it kind of seems like the clutch isn't fully disengaging the tranny. From a stop, when I put the clutch in... SM465- strange clutch problem ..read more

Good morning, I have a 5-speed Toyota Land Cruiser transmission, I would like to know the difference between the pilot shaft of the 4-speed box because the 5-speed gearbox does not engage when the Jeep is on, but when it is off, the gears do engage ..read more

ok.. Its whats in my 69..(for now started the tear down on the 350 marine block today!!) searched some, as in typed F145 in the search function.. didnt get much, any info would be cool.. with all this talk of 135 and 155...?? where do i fit in... thanks (gonna put in the next cruiser in my stable to get on the road ..read more

I’m thinking about buying. Triple lock 94 that runs and drives, just has rust, im wondering if anyone has parted one out and kept track of how much they made, just wanna have a fail safe if the trucks too bad, saw a post on ih8 mud but from 2011 ..read more

I'm doing a shackle reversal and SOA on my 72 FJ40. In most of the posts and write ups I have seen people have cut a hole in the frame and put the top of the shackle through it instead of cutting the stock shackle bracket off the front of the frame and relocating it to the back. Why?? Is one way better than the other? The only difference I can see is that using the stock bracket would mess with the caster but I will be setting that up from scratch when I cut and turn the... Shackle Reversal- Shackle thrugh the frame ..read more

Hello, What is the rule if any, regarding the rear shackle placement into the frame? I found the following instructions “A 1.5 hole was drilled through the frame, and a 1 3/8" OD steel sleeve with a 3/16" wall thickness was welded inside the frame to accept the spring bushings.” from Ih8mud post. What is the distance from the front leaf eye to the rear to mark the spot ..read more

Hey there I’m trying to find my Dads 71 FJ40. Last I heard it was Blue on 44s (street-able) in the Fresno Clovis area about 3 years ago. Pictures that I have were from how my dad had it. Any help finding this FJ40 would be greatly appreciated ..read more

Thought I might go the contactor route on my winch on my '71 FJ40. Did the research but concluded that contactor is not the way to go. The solenoids are original on my '77 winch which I have owned since 1980 and still works properly, I use it several times a year for various reasons. If converting to Albright or similar contactor I can no longer use the space where the stock solenoids live as the box remote plug extends into the solenoids and a contactor blocks the plug in, I want to keep... Warn 8274 winch solenoids vs contactor why ..read more