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Hi Mike,
Thanks, yea its a fun rig even without A/C. I run into many folks while fueling with childhood stories about an uncle or dad that had a fj-40. Young and old alike seem to wonder over to see my DD.
Glad you had a great Fathers day. Always fun to build and maintain a short wheel base rig.
I took her on a "shake down cruse" on Friday after burping the cooling system. She hauled a$$ up 8550' elevation and has never ran so cool. The base temperature was 105º and ended at 79º 45 minutes later. Mount Bigelow (Arizona) - Wikipedia, the free...The gauge was 1/3 up from cold (use to read 2/3 past cold) so I leaned her out to squeeze more MPG's. A heat gun indicated she's running 30-40º cooler with new rad.
![IMG_1847.JPG IMG_1847.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88260-dd0541c7ab1f7e02854cd38ae7cde631.jpg)
A shot of the "old pueblo" facing south. Poor bastards are cooking down there.hehehe (6K elevation here).
![IMG_1839.JPG IMG_1839.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88261-a14096034df9903ff9c87f9ef8a754db.jpg)
![IMG_1837.JPG IMG_1837.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88262-54bfdc6f02eaf1d662e99b0850e248c6.jpg)
The final trail leading to the towers at Mt Bigelow.
Keep the shiny side up amigo!
Turn and burn!
Paco
Thanks, yea its a fun rig even without A/C. I run into many folks while fueling with childhood stories about an uncle or dad that had a fj-40. Young and old alike seem to wonder over to see my DD.
Glad you had a great Fathers day. Always fun to build and maintain a short wheel base rig.
I took her on a "shake down cruse" on Friday after burping the cooling system. She hauled a$$ up 8550' elevation and has never ran so cool. The base temperature was 105º and ended at 79º 45 minutes later. Mount Bigelow (Arizona) - Wikipedia, the free...The gauge was 1/3 up from cold (use to read 2/3 past cold) so I leaned her out to squeeze more MPG's. A heat gun indicated she's running 30-40º cooler with new rad.
![IMG_1846.JPG IMG_1846.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88258-2c9f4841967b8290922ea560d8816288.jpg)
![IMG_1844.JPG IMG_1844.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88259-08d4cb9ea24777764b3bd7b6cc2980f9.jpg)
![IMG_1847.JPG IMG_1847.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88260-dd0541c7ab1f7e02854cd38ae7cde631.jpg)
A shot of the "old pueblo" facing south. Poor bastards are cooking down there.hehehe (6K elevation here).
![IMG_1839.JPG IMG_1839.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88261-a14096034df9903ff9c87f9ef8a754db.jpg)
![IMG_1837.JPG IMG_1837.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/88/88262-54bfdc6f02eaf1d662e99b0850e248c6.jpg)
The final trail leading to the towers at Mt Bigelow.
Keep the shiny side up amigo!
Turn and burn!
Paco
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