FJ40 Buggy Build

[midog]

buggy looks great, i like the stickers i say leave them and love the stance of it.


im sure it feels good to have it out. have fun at safari

Thanks! I'm looking forward to it! 3 years of being a spectator get to you!

 

[midog]

Looking good! You drive it over to your parents?

I had it trailered after I left Richens Auto, so I just kept it on the trailor and unloaded it to show the family.

 

[Max Power]

looks good bro. I am excited to break it in over Easter weekend. Here are a couple more pics that I snapped with my phone.

 

[Herzog]

Damn what a beast. That looks like a helluva lot of fun. Post more pics when you get time.

 

[Taco4life]

^^^^ what he said....

 

[midog]

Thanks for the complements guys!!!! I am excited to see her in action.

 

[Gravy]

That's hot! Looks like fun

 

[midog]

looks good bro. I am excited to break it in over Easter weekend. Here are a couple more pics that I snapped with my phone.

Thanks for posting those bro!

 

[iamsparticus]

Love it, the FJ40 hood and side vents look sexy. Need some action pics next

 

[midog]

Love it, the FJ40 hood and side vents look sexy. Need some action pics next

Thanks!! I'm excited to see it in action myself. Im counting down to to easter in moab!

 

[iamsparticus]

wish i could go and see it in person but the wifes graduation is that weekend, good luck though love your rig and hope you have a blast

 

[midog]

Got back from EJS and had a blast! The buggy worked great. I have a couple bugs to work out.

1. Got a little hot with the rear mounted radiator. When I got home I noticed the fluid was low, added about ½ a gallon (probably working out the air). I’m sure this will help.
2. I broke my locker color that engages my rear locker (torque on it too hard, my bad found out on escalator) so I had to run everything with the front locked and the rear open and it still did great.
3. I was leaking fuel out of my vent line. I need to figure out how to stop this. I ran the hose down around the fuel cell and then back up. I have a tip over valve on the tank. It must be the fuel that is in the hose working its way around the corners.
4. Had some worm drive hose clamps come loose on the transmission and the oil cooler lines.
5. Engine ran great until I got home, then threw a 44 code with the CEL on. It bogs way down during WOT. I posted in the Tech section to see if I can figure out the issue.

The trip was great, and I couldn’t be more excited!

 

[lewis]

This thing is awesome! It works very well and brings teh sexy. Good job! Hard work paid off.

 

[Greg]

That thing is seriously amazing, you should be proud! The trip pics are great... keep working the bugs out as they come.

 

[broncomitch]

that thing is sexy :greg:

 

[Max Power]

That was a fun trip. With how well it did you probably don't need to worry about the rear locker. J/k. Glad to see you posted some pics. I was hoping Lewis had some video.

 

[lewis]

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[Max Power]

Nice video Lewis.

 

[midog]

Thanks for the video posts!

Last night I fixed the rear locker, almost ready to make some more videos!