Tech and Fabrication

If you want to change, modify, fabricate or maintain your rig you should find it here.

Temporary Fixes

Posted on June 25th, 2012

We have all made short term fixes but this has to be one of my best.  Never thought I would see the day when I made a fix with a soup can but that is exactly what I did on my exhaust.

Anybody with a 3B knows how much they shake and this necesitates the need for some flexible exhaust tubing.  If that little section isn’t there the exhaust will tear itself apart.  Read more...

Wheelbase and Track Width

Posted on May 5th, 2012

There is a lot of discussion about just what is better, short or long, wide or narrow.   While our wagons are pretty much set when it comes to length there is some room to change the width either through an axle swap or wider rims.  But you need to realize there are trade offs.

Recently I got to go wheeling with two very different FJ 40’s that pointed out differences in wheelbase and track width very clearly.  And it was really interesting to see how my wagon and their 40’s all handled the same obstacles.  Read more...

Plugging Tires

Posted on May 5th, 2012

No I am not trying to sell some new tires.  The plugging I am talking about involves the repair of holes caused by less than desirable objects penetrating the tire.  I just thought about this recently because I was doing some routine maintenance (translation: washing the mud off my rig) and found that object in the first picture in my spare.  Who knows how long it had been there.  It was deeply embedded between the lugs of my KM2’s.  What may also surprise you is that the shiny blunt aluminum end was to the inside while only a 1/4 in of the pointy steel end was sticking out.  And just so you know, some of the other pics are a junk tire I had in the backyard because I didn’t remember to take pics as I did the fix on my tire….  Read more...

Air Filters, Paper or Cotton

Posted on January 14th, 2012

By Tony K

If you really want to drive yourself crazy take a quick search on the internet.  You will find tests and studies that all point out that your chosen filter is the best at what it does.  So in the end much of it comes down to just what you prefer to run in your rig.  Mainly paper or cotton along with a few variables thrown in to make things truly confusing.  Or throw in the fact that what we call paper filters are not really paper…  I am just going to call them paper to differentiate them from reusable filters.  Read more...

2Lo

Posted on January 14th, 2012

More than likely you have heard 2Lo mentioned on occasion.  And depending on how your rig is set up and how you drive it, it just may be a worthwhile change to make to your rig.  For the new guys 2Lo means putting your rig into low range without engaging 4WD.  Yes it is possible but you do have to make a minor mod to do so.  Read more...

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