OlympiaFJ60

From now until April 30, 2010, receive a free air compressor (CKSA12), a $175 value, with the purchase of an ARB Air Locker locking differential. Purchase two Air Lockers and receive a free heavy duty compressor (CKMA12) and tire inflation kit, a $315 value.

(more…)

Similar posts that may be of interest:

ARB’s new Air Locker Bearing Puller Kit

York Compressor on a ‘73 FJ40

ARB Premium Recovery Kit

Camp Bug I gets a few new accessories

Trailer Tent – Camp Bug I

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I had a customer that got tired of replacing re-manufactured stock power steering pumps on his Land Cruiser. He wanted to use a Saginaw pump, and was removing the AIR pump at the same time. At first I was going to use a pre-made bracket that directly replaced the stock pump and mounted to the cylinder head. We were also going to have to install and idler in place of the AIR pump, so I decided to mount the P/S pump in place of the AIR pump, to turn the water pump.

I found the correct P/S pump at a wrecking yard on a ‘84 Volvo. This pump is important because it has a larger pulley and a metric fitting on the pump outlet that fits the stock Toyota power steering hose.

(more…)

Similar posts that may be of interest:

York Compressor on a ‘73 FJ40

Moose Industries Snow Plow on a Land Cruiser

Simpson Series III Roof Top Tent from ARB USA

Camp Bug I gets a few new accessories

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

After I we had a big winter snow in 2008 I started looking for a snow plow to put on one of the Land Crusiers. I looked on EBay and Craigslist. It was a good time to be selling a plow. It isn’t that often the Puget Sound area gets that much snow and everyone was looking for someone to dig them out. I found the lite weight plow on ebay from a fairly local seller, just south of Portland Oregon. I lucked out and it was his first time selling on EBay, and he didn’t set a reserve. Timing was right and I ended up winning the auction.

My son and I took a trip down to pick up the plow and spent several hours looking talking to the seller and looking at his gallery. He has since moved from industrial fabrication to metal art. He had an amazing collection of gongs, chimes and modern art sculptures. (more…)

Similar posts that may be of interest:

York Compressor on a ‘73 FJ40

Camp Bug I gets a few new accessories

Saginaw P/S upgrade on ‘84 FJ60

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I recently installed a snow plow on the front of my ‘73 FJ40. It is a nice lite weight plow made by Moose Industries in Alaska. They are no longer in business but the owner, relocated to the Portland, Oregon area, had his last stock of them for sale on Ebay last winter after we had our big snow. The plow uses a pneumatic cylinder to lift the plow and gravity to drop it and has most of the features of the larger hydraulic plows commercially available.

I was going to use a small compressor and a tank, but was worried about having enough volume for short runs and constant lifting of the plow. Next I looked at the ViAir 450 series compressor with 3 gallon tank. This would have been the easiest approach and is a very nice constant duty system, but I didn’t want spend the money. I took a quick trip to the wrecking yard and found a used compressor from a 1982 Volvo sedan. This compressor also had the P/S pump and brackets. The ‘82 Volvo used a Saginaw P/S pump but has a metric fitting on the back and a wide pulley. This is the pump I used in my P/S pump conversion on a ‘84 FJ60. The York compressor is also used on many American made cars and trucks, including many of the full size Jeep’s and Ford trucks.

(more…)

Similar posts that may be of interest:

Free Air compressor with Air Locker Purchase

Saginaw P/S upgrade on ‘84 FJ60

Moose Industries Snow Plow on a Land Cruiser

Camp Bug I gets a few new accessories

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Getting ready for a few camping trips I decided to update a several items on the trailer.

The first was to install a door for a little more storage space and so I can check on the batter charge condition without having to open the top and remove the inside shelf.  I was able to find the correct size hatch on Ebay for a reasonable price.

(more…)

Similar posts that may be of interest:

Trailer Tent – Camp Bug I

York Compressor on a ‘73 FJ40

Off-road Tent Trailer Build, Part3

Saginaw P/S upgrade on ‘84 FJ60

Simpson Series III Roof Top Tent from ARB USA

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.