Machine shop informed me that my cylinder head was cracked. Slow95z hooked me up with a good used head. Got it back from the machine shop. Bolted her up and all is back on track for getting back on the road soon.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (55 Viewers)
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The one with Nut busting torque?
mingles
GOLD Star
Now THAT'S a hole!
That must have been quite a shock
... Glad the truck seems relatively unscathed.
Now THAT'S a hole!
That must have been quite a shock
Haha hell yeah we had no clue what had just happened...cruising along and next thing you know everything is sliding forward and we’re looking down at the ground. that thing was about 4 or 5 feet deep at its lowest point. I will say the ARB did its job and came out with a little dent/bend right under the winch. Not sure how the factory bumper would have held up..maybe the valance or lights would have absorbed some of the impact in a bad way. Cruiser came out a lot easier than expected.
My friend and I did a fluid exchange on the cruiser using a bg machine. While we had the pan dropped to clean the filter I did a pressure adjustment like tools r us did in this thread.
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I also snapped a picture of the transmission pressure gauge on the bg machine during the fluid exchange. This is the machine talked about here that uses the cruisers transmission pump to exchange fluid.
Improving Transmission Shifting
IMHO the auto trans is tuned more on the smooth shift side than I prefer. As lift, weight, larger tires, etc, have been added, it has moved more towards a slip shift end of performance.:frown: So, did a bunch of reading, talked to a trans tech buddy and have tried a few tweaks with good results...
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I also snapped a picture of the transmission pressure gauge on the bg machine during the fluid exchange. This is the machine talked about here that uses the cruisers transmission pump to exchange fluid.
SteelHunterFJ80
SILVER Star
Wow that's easily the best numbers I've seen for an LS...what size motor and are you running DOD?
malteserunner
Dr Evil
It's a stock 2005, 3UZ, 4.3L vvti, 6 speed auto. It's a great highway car.
SteelHunterFJ80
SILVER Star
Ok dumb question.... what is it?
SteelHunterFJ80
SILVER Star
Ah yes no wonder... vvti with a 6 speed. Well done sir
This reminds me of that skit Dave Chappelle did about the Crackhead who he thought stole his Candybar. "What's with all that Chocolate on your face!?" "That aint Chocolate, thats DooDoo baby!"
Yep I got 27mpg on my 6 hour drive back from Idaho in my 2006 LS430 just setting the cruise at 70-75mph.
Been chasing a very small oil leak for awhile now. Finally located it in the distributor. My distributor o-ring was as hard as plastic, it was crazy. Replaced the o-ring, distributor cap, and distributor rotor. One of the easiest repairs I've done so far to the LC. Did it in under an hour.
You can see the old o-ring on the work bench in pieces in this picture.
You can see the old o-ring on the work bench in pieces in this picture.
Been stuck doing the boring maint since CMCC ... wheel bearing tightened on the white truck and an oil change. Friends putting me to work helping deliver and raise tree stands for hunting season coming up.
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Finally got to use my snatch block for the first time.
Finally got to use my snatch block for the first time.
voodu3
SILVER Star
Got my new front brakes installed. Now to get them bled. Thanks to @1FZj80 @Jgrauman @cruiseroutfit @sleeoffroad for the help.
That's a glory holeNow THAT'S a hole!
That must have been quite a shock
What did you get I need to change mine I just found out what brake fade was this weekend
malteserunner
Dr Evil
I run Carbon Metallic brake pads. They're designed for heavy duty, towing, etc. They never fade.
I was curious about the condition of noonday after such a heavy winter out there. I lived in Eugene the past three years and drove my 80 up that trail a lot. I was last out there early June and assumed noonday would be rough and drove up the main road to fairview peak but the gate was locked to the tower. Happy to see that it is back open to the public. I live in utah now but these photos make me miss green oregon.
voodu3
SILVER Star
I got the Eline rotors and ceramic pads from R1 Concepts - Brake Rotors, Brake kits, Brake Pads and rebuilt caliper from Napa I’ll give a road test tomorrow and see how they do. I didn’t get them bled tonight.
