Curiosity or friends got you here so just what are we about. The Wagon Way site is two guys sharing and giving back to the wheeling community. We have been there, done that and are willing to tell you about it. We both owned FJ40’s at one time but these days we just happen to enjoy wheeling in wagons, wagons that are also daily drivers. Our wagon of choice is the 60 series Land Cruiser. Reliable, durable, easy to modify and built like a tank.
The site is about rock solid advice on what you can do with and in a wagon. It's a source for information, answers or a link to what you need. Technical know how that can be trusted without question. Inspiration for your own adventures, as you won’t believe the places you can put a wagon.
This is not a forum. While forums are full of good advice, they are also a risk for bad advice. The anonymity allows someone to spew out garbage all day and no one knows who they are and just what they really know. Here it is only real people with real names and years of practical experience. Everything on the site has been done to one or both of our rigs. And even though we both drive 60's you will find they are very different.
No one pays their way to get on here. We make mention of companies and individuals that we have dealt with and received good to great service from. And if we have been shafted by someone we will tell you that too. But probably with kind words so they don’t sue us. We will even give them a shot at redeeming themselves.
What’s in a wagon? Family, friends and my dog (who happens to be both). Wagons have plenty of room for others, they are inclusive, rather than exclusive. And to be honest you don’t even have to drive a wagon to find something of interest here on the site. Be sure to check back often for updates, edits and additional articles.
The Wagon Way is a mindset, a way to wheel and act, a philosophy if you will. But not one that is in your face.
There is a right way, a wrong way and The Wagon Way.
Eric Burch and Tony Konovaloff
By Tony K
The electronics on my diesel are starting to show their age and rather than spend a bunch of time and money I am just going to convert the glow plugs and the on/off of the injection pump to full manual control. Push or pull the pump on and a momentary switch for the glow plugs and I will be good to go.
Not that I am a big fan of chrome, I found out just how tough Toyota chrome is.
Had a set of stock chrome rims in really rough shape left over from Eric’s donor. Needed to use them to mount up my new tires. I wasn’t looking forward to cleaning them up at all. But since I was planning on painting them anyway I brought out some rather rough tools for the job. A wire wheel mounted on my 5″ grinder.
-By Eric B.
During the test drive of Ben’s 60 I noticed some hesitation when accelerating up to about 2000 RPMs. I figured it must just need a tune up and adjustment, nothing I couldn’t handle. Back at the shop, adjusted the timing, cleaned the carb and intake, adjusted mixture and idle, all that good stuff. The result was a better, but not good enough, still noticable hesitation.
I guess my “sticker phase” has come and gone because I removed about 95% of my stickers on Lilly. Only ones left are my Land Cruiser, Splatmans, RCC logo, and TLCA stickers. After seeing Ben’s 60, which reminded me of when Lilly was new, just decided for a change. I am still getting used to it, should have thought it through more, but I will be repainting Lilly hopefully this winter so it had to be done eventually.
