Well if you have a chance to land, stop for a PM me if you think you will.

Where abouts are you from?

Oh you think it rides nice now, just wait till its SOA... you won't look back

 

How tippy is it compared to SUA? I'm often carrying a boat on the roof.

 

Man i love the 60, my brother has one just sittin in his driveway

 

So its looking like the truck is going to be making a 500 miles run before its ever even seen my driveway. Its going to be driven from Vancouver Island to Kamloops and back next week.

 

You're on the Island too Matt? I'm back and forth there all year. There was a really nice Landcruiser(like yours) for sale in Victoria when I was there in December, it was beige but I don't know if it was a diesel.

 

I don't know, I have a 40 and its not scary tippy. On the highway it kinda leans but only so far and then stops. It feels way better though. My old front springs were stiff and bent and just plain sucked so the SOA made a huge difference. Just drive it and wheel it and when its time to do an SOA then do it. Don't do it becuase people tell you to, just let the truck evolve.

Have fun on the road trip!

 

I'm going to keep the truck stock a little while while I get used to it, then its going to evolve as needed. I can see it needing a rr locker like my 4Runner had.

 

Thats what I wanted for a first rig but My dad talked me out of it because of mpg... I think he was scared I was going to go further then him in his pickup haha

 

You can also get the round hella e-codes from lordscam

 

Put relays in to if you are going to the headlight upgrade.

 

Hey, how'd you post that video?
tnx

 

^just copy youtube link into your reply if I recall correct

Gonna sort out the frame swap before I do anything else with headlights.

 

sick cruiser matt those diesels are the best, my auto teacher had one just like that and he got almost as good milage as his new toyota hybrid lol he also had a bj40 with the 3B and it haddent been started in 5 years, all we did was hook up a battery, put the fuel line in a cup of diesel, primed it and it started right up with no wires but a battery to the starter. amazing engines. i wantone in my truck hehe

 

Yesterday, I finished my last exam of the term, then I blitzed over to the Island to pick up the truck from the guy who patched the frame for me. The mech tightened up the hard lines between the injector pump and the injectors so they didn't leak at the pump end and wow, driving it back home it felt like a different truck. The motor pulls every bit as hard on the highway as the 22RE on my 4RUnner did, but has way more grunt to it.

On the trip home, which required an hour and a half ferry boat ride, i spotted a killer whale too. Icing on the cake.

 

an orca? sweet... that might suggest a name for the new beast in your driveway too... so you patched the existing frame so you can use her while you search for a new frame in better condition do I have that right?

 

THe frame was plated in the rusty areas by a Cruiser repair guy, I'm going to check out a frame today $500 shipped to my door about 100km away... not bad IMO.

I took the HJ60 on a fishing trip yesterday, it did 700km no problems, steering's a little loose, valve's are a little loud, and the suspension is a little harsh on bad roads, but aside from that, its great. On the highway, the 2H diesel pulls a bit like the 22RE in a 4Runner, but at slower speeds, the diesel has buckets more torque. In first gear, high range, it will idle up a steep road without complaining.

I've named the truck Hathi, the elephant from the Jungle Book lol

 

Ineresting name Matt

 

Cruiser porn:

 

That thing is sick! What kind of gas mileage are you getting so far?

 

Love it matt always liked cruisers! How are you liking it compared to your 4runner? I saw Add for your runner forsale and wish i had money to buy it haha. Anyways what are you planning on doing to it in the future?