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The transfer lock is the same method I have used for years to lock up my Gama Goat. It was still stolen out of my front yard a few years ago by some very determined tweakers with a pair of bolt cutters - so I have since added a few other deterrents. I have a hidden relay that adds an interlock...

I use my PTO winches quite a bit - and I believe you'll likely find that well before you bend a hook, snap a shackle or stretch a chain, you will shear the shear pin. I switched over to a mild steel pin from the OEM aluminum/brass alloy type long ago - and I still have to carry spares. Just keep...

I haven't ever heard that Dualmatic had any connection to Warn Industries. Dualmatic has been making the Dual-Matic flip-lever hubs since at least the late 50's. In the early 70's, Wynn's International bought Dualmatic, and then merged it with Bestop to form Wynn's Automotive Products in 1982...

Most tandem flatbed trailers have surge brakes - or at least electric brakes. Good brakes will allow an undersized truck to tow an otherwise unreasonable load, marginally, with somewhat reasonable safety. I've owned and driven a number of Landcruisers over the years - and as much as I respect...

The pictures look like you "got it done". My only concern would be with the distribution of the load, and setting the tongue weight for good stability at speed. I usually like to have around 60% of the load weight ahead of the axles - and with an M105 loaded behind an M101, my own 2-axle trailer...

If they hold a deep enough charge to crank the truck to start, they should not give your generator any problem, as long as it is in reasonably good working condition. Part of the regulator's everyday job is to limit charging current to a level that won't overheat the generator windings or...

I don't know what else you might have loaded on the trailer - but if it's just the two trailers, I would load the big one first, lash it down with its butt in the air, then scoot the M101 in under it. If you have a bunch of other stuff on the trailer, you could load the M105, and secure it...

I also used a progressive Weber on a Toyota - but mine was a 32/36 DGEV. My 63 FJ45 shortbed pickup was the only Landcruiser I know of with a stock engine that got over 17 MPG. That carb was great under vibration and severe angles, and I would recommend it for any engine within its 'breathing...

That's pretty outstanding milage for a 230 with such low (stock) gearing. Which model Carter carb are you running? My brother-in-law also has an M37 that gets great MPG - but he's running a Nissan diesel in his.

Post some pictures when it's all finished with the backrest and cushions. When I went looking for a back seat for my '49 Jeep, I didn't like the prices of the M38 ones that I found for sale. I wound up mounting an early model Landcruiser FJ40 jump seat over a cannon ammo box. Now I have a...

No - I (and my Goat) like your kind of "Goat" very much (what's not to like about a hemi?) - It's just that my kind of "Goat" could pretty easily crawl right over the kind you had pictured! The proper image in its place - and this "place" is a forum for military trucks - not for very beautiful...

Solid lookin' truck - now, what's stoppin' you from bringing your avatar up to snuff:razz:?...

I enjoy good local parades, but the 18th of April would be too tight for me now, what with other commitments. As to the batteries - post back here or PM if you give it your best shot charging, and still don't have success. Maybe I can forward you a few ideas. BTW - my "minor" diesel fuel...

Each series of military connectors that have crimp-style (not solder cup) pins have dedicated tools to extract pins for rework. Some of the tools are cheap, disposable plastic ones that come bagged with the new connector. Others are high-$, serious reusable tools. They all work in a similar way...

Here in the Uberliberal state of Kalifornia, they have prohibited the use of the terms "master" and "slave" to describe computer terminals in government and school systems! "Reeedikkillus"!roflMay as well switch to "Newspeak" right now.

It's unfortunate that you were cut the way you were, rather than with a simple sharp blade. At least you caught a finger that isn't a 'primary' gripper. Last 4th of July, I cut off the pinky of my right hand through the middle knuckle while fishing. I had tried to stick a very sharp knife...

Seems like a better word for pig nose would be "Schweinnase". You can buy a new slave cable for charging, jump-starting or running auxiliary equipment for between around $75 and $120. As Wolf writes, an adapter to the newer-style NATO recepticle (with the single center pin) is also available...

You would not believe how many trucks I have bought over the past 30 years that the seller claimed "ran when I parked it" - but needed major - major work at the time of sale to get 'em running. The truck is worth exactly what you are willing to pay for it in its present condition - and not a...

I love Pismo - and we try to get up there a couple of times a year - but the idea of schlepping my Gama Goat or one of my Jeeps up there to run on the beach and dunes isn't all that appealing. I'll be up there with our old-school buggys for a week in June - and if you do wind up making a run on...

Don't be silly! If you hook the wire up that way, the muffler belt will slip on the cylinder wall, and throw a packet out of the gearbox in the rearend!