FJ Cruisers of Northern California

What did you do to your FJC Today???

Hello All,

I've seen this thread on other forums, looks like fun...I'll get it started.

I drove my rig to work (first time I've had it out in a few weeks). Took it in for a wash..

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on April 5, 2018 at 7:12pm

Latest mileage and look at how I was zooming along Hwy 50 today !!!! Faster miles an hour !!!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on April 22, 2018 at 11:03am

Hey guys, I got to give a shout-out here to the Oil Drain Valve guys at oildrainvalve.net in Washington. I found a link in a forum to their products and ordered what I thought was the one for my 2012 FJ. It was too large, I checked it against my gaskets for the drain plug. After I emailed them back they were nice enough to send me the correct one , EZ-103, and a return postage paid envelope for me to return the wrong one. Nice. This ball valve is really high quality stainless steel and the handle has a detent it sets in so it cannot be inadvertently opened. I also ordered the $4 screw-in hose end piece that hooks up to a short length of clear 3/8 dia. hose. Pics here from todays oil change and valve install. Plenty of room under the sheet metal cover.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Luabena on April 23, 2018 at 5:40am

Nice. That’s gonna make oil changes a lot less messy

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Luabena on April 23, 2018 at 6:09am

Recently installed camburg’s 3.5” LT with kings on the front end and radflos 2.5 double bypass shocks on the rear. Haven’t installed any limit strap yet so I haven’t wheel it but it does ride on the street really well ha

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on April 23, 2018 at 6:53pm

Looking good. I saw a lot of rear facing snorkels in Japan and Russia last summer, I figured it was because of lots of inclement weather, yours looks cool. Thats an interesting look sans fender flares but looks like a lot of work to keep clean.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Luabena on May 11, 2018 at 7:28am

I never planned on getting a snorkel until after I got the fenders. The air intake is so exposed under there I was already seeing traces of water draining the airbox. It’s not a perfect fit but it’s the only snorkel I found that would work with them. There is a lot of dirt that get caught up under there. I just have to remember to rinse under there it’s not to bad though

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on May 10, 2018 at 6:05pm

Did you have to increase length of axle shafts and tie-rod ends? Seems like this kind of change can weaken these parts when articulated hard off-road. How is it?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on May 10, 2018 at 6:08pm

What I did today today was have Les Schwab rotate my tires in a 5 tire clockwise pattern. Nice that it is free every 5K. I am sure I pay for it upfront with my tire purchase but it makes the rotations easier :) And I dont have to do it myself.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Luabena on May 11, 2018 at 7:34am

Yeah both were increased in length. Not really sure if they’re weaker now. Haven’t heard of anyone complaining about that. I don’t think you have to worry much about over articulating. I talked to camburg and the guy there said that the limit straps were more for the Coilovers than anything else