Has anyone tried this? I have some aging sport shocks with my OME stock height springs that are due for replacement soon. I was thinking of trying the Ironman 4x4 Foam Cell Pro shocks that they sell with their 2" lift kit since they don't make a "stock height" kit. The number that concerns me...
I bought a rebuilt from The Engine Forge, super happy so far with the engine. The one challenge we had was locating a new oil pickup tube, only one I was able to find was out of Thailand. I didn't want to wait the 60+ days to receive it so I tried a tube out of UAE which I received in 10 days...
Not available, was able to track one down on eBay out of Tennessee this afternoon. I canceled the Thai order and am looking forward to seeing the new tube show up on my doorstep in a week or so.
So I picked up a fresh rebuilt engine and am down to missing a new pickup tube to finalize the build. The old engine had some flakes in the oil so I don't want to reuse my old tube in case there is are any hidden flakes left. I am taking the old tube in to a machine shop to see if they can get...
I was able to download a complete '96 Repair Manual a while ago, thinking I would buy a 95-97 but ended up finding a one owner 1993 FZJ80 with 170k miles on the clock a couple years ago now it has 230k miles, is tired and needs a full rebuild and I can not locate a '93 manual. I would assume...
I'm in this same boat, my '93 is still running at about 50% but it is looking like my best bet is to pull what I have and rebuild vs. trying to replace with anything really. A 93/94 engine has been challenging to find the couple months I have been searching, and any sort of v8 swap appears very...
My 93 is in need of a replacement engine, the recent test results were not good. I would prefer one that is already rebuilt, I have cash in in hand and own a truck with a 2 ton lift gate. Located in Olympia, WA willing to travel the PNW for pickup.
I had a set of original Michelin LTXs on my 93 when I bought it that were cracking and wore out. I replaced them with a set of 265/75R16 Cooper Discoverer AT3's which have been a fantastic all around tire. I use my FZJ80 for 4x4 Search and Rescue mainly on forest service roads but I also have...
You need to cut out small notches for the screw head to allow the panel to sit flush, also a very small notch to allow the grill screws to easily fit into the speaker hole.
Here is the speaker grill frame mounted using the black screw heads even though the flash washed them out. I also used...
I soldered the wiring pigtail to the new speaker.
Used a small socket wrench with a 3/8" socket to screw into the mounting holes of the speaker, the holes that lined up made "pioneer" writing angled to the front, no big deal to me not entering this into any car show competition. Used the top...
Popped these tabs of and removed the factory speaker grill
Used a razor blade to cut the panel hole large enough for the new speakers and bolts to fit flush. This is what takes most of the time go slow and steady so you don't slip and destroy your panel. I only cut out one section or about...
Used a Sharpie Pen to color the heads black so you can't see them through the speaker grill.
Cleaned the speaker door frame with some rubbing alcohol
Bought a roll of this rubber seal from Home Depot (I think it was about $8.00) to provide the space needed for the speaker magnet so it...
I found some older information, a lot of broken photo links and a couple of WAY too detailed videos on how to replace the factory door speakers. I want my 80 to look good from 10 feet away not 10 inches and I don't want to spend a bunch of money or time figuring it all out. I'm not an...
I drilled two holes in the top tube, used some long grade 8 bolts, washers, old poly shock bushings and made my own HiLift mount when I had my FJC. Probably do it again when I end up buying a bull bar for my FZJ80 when I get done with all the 200k maintenance stuff.