What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (40 Viewers)
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I think coal and just think BBQ
We have some of the best quality coal in all the world here in PA. My options for conventional heat are oil, propane or electricity. Oil is the cheapest of them, but coal is 1/3 the cost of oil for the same BTUs.
Did this today after breaking an engine mount on the track a couple of weeks ago. If I do break another one, it won't wreck my fan/shroud/hose. We actually did this on the track to get us home.
Switched my dash lights from green led's to white led's.
Finally finished my leather install after almost a year of doing it bit by bit. Glad to have it done (and so are my hands):
Finally finished my leather install after almost a year of doing it bit by bit. Glad to have it done (and so are my hands):
NLXTACY
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Exactly why I keep a length of chain and bolts in my kit
Did this today after breaking an engine mount on the track a couple of weeks ago. If I do break another one, it won't wreck my fan/shroud/hose. We actually did this on the track to get us home.
What kind of track? Are you racing that 80? lol. Or is track just slang for road in AU?
Finally put on the IPOR skid plate that I bought 2 years ago used, had to wait to finish the PT spool because I didn't want to do that twice!
After that I decided to get the OPOR sliders mounted up too, long day sore back!
After that I decided to get the OPOR sliders mounted up too, long day sore back!
NLXTACY
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Had a Cleghorn Trail trip planned but my truck is giving me a headache so I rode shotgun with @Qball and met up with Eric @ewillis to go run the trial. I was there to spot and to push these guys out of their comfort level. Turned out to be a damn fun time. Its especially fun to hear how excited these guys were despite the fact that EWILLIS's shiny running board went a tad bendy. 
The addition of the rear Aussie to QBALL's rig made it night and day different from an unlocked truck for sure. You can see in a few shots that utilizing Phil's sway bar disconnect could have come in useful. Sorry, lots of pics.
The addition of the rear Aussie to QBALL's rig made it night and day different from an unlocked truck for sure. You can see in a few shots that utilizing Phil's sway bar disconnect could have come in useful. Sorry, lots of pics.
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NLXTACY
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More pics from Cleghorn.
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and more
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few more
What's going on with your truck now??
I was just going to ask the same thing
ewillis
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Had a Cleghorn Trail trip planned but my truck is giving me a headache so I road shotgun with @Qball and met up with Eric @ewillis to go run the trial. I was there to spot and to push these guys out of their comfort level. Turned out to be a damn fun time. Its especially fun to hear how excited these guys were despite the fact that EWILLIS's shiny running board went a tad bendy.
The addition of the rear Aussie to QBALL's rig made it night and day different from an unlocked truck for sure. You can see in a few shots that utilizing Phil's sway bar disconnect could have come in useful. Sorry, lots of pics.View attachment 963300 View attachment 963301 View attachment 963302 View attachment 963303 View attachment 963304
Super fun day on the trails! NLXTACY was a hell of a spotter/photographer/instigator and Qball attacked boulders and ledges with his new locker like a man possessed! Qball's rear Aussie locker vs my open diffs were night and day on the steep rocky inclines. One of the best parts was watching a FJ cruiser observe the LCs on the trail with an OMG jaw-drop look as he quickly realized he was waay out-classed and obviously bought the wrong truck! My Toyo Open Country 315 AT-2's felt very sure footed on the varied terrain and only rubbed in some of the more extreme points on the trail. A locker and sliders are definitely on the to-do list, but I was really happy with the performance with only a lift and tires. Good times!
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Nlxtacy was a fantastic spoter and instigator, both ewillis and I were WAY out of our normal scenic drive comfort zone. It also helps that we have no idea on how steep couple of the descents were. Doh!
Epic time were had by all and the Aussie locker is simply shockingly good! Since Nlxtacy's rig is still having a fever due to possible water pump so he rode shoot gun with me. First big ditch I walked up like it wasn't there, we took turn trying out the locker in my 80 climbing anything we could find in the fun areas and we were giggling like little school girls. It walked up EVERYTHING, simply unstoppable! Needless to say lockers will be in the near future of both ewillis and nlxtacy.
Incredible weather, super fun trail and awesome view, amazing time was had by all.
Epic time were had by all and the Aussie locker is simply shockingly good! Since Nlxtacy's rig is still having a fever due to possible water pump so he rode shoot gun with me. First big ditch I walked up like it wasn't there, we took turn trying out the locker in my 80 climbing anything we could find in the fun areas and we were giggling like little school girls. It walked up EVERYTHING, simply unstoppable! Needless to say lockers will be in the near future of both ewillis and nlxtacy.
Incredible weather, super fun trail and awesome view, amazing time was had by all.
Good to hear, I love my Aussie in my truck, no real down sides after it quiets down and just enough traction to do anything I really want for the places I will take my 80.
NLXTACY
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P0325 and water pump needs to be replaced. Still over heating and its a non-OEM on there.
P0325 is knock isn't it? Any audible detonation? I am pretty sure I remember you replacing your knock sensors when you did the SC'r, right? At this point your truck is such a mystery. Didn't you have a company "rebuild" your blower? Could they have recoated the blades too thick leading to high temps? Really need to get a temp sensor post compression so you can see what is going on. If you have ambient air temps of say 70, precompression temps of say 95 and post compresser temps of 260 then you know it's SC'r related. If post temps are good then it's back to looking into the engine or downstream.
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Yeah new knock sensor at rebuild and then another knock sensor a few months ago when this all started. I can't imagine what goes on to make it foul. It may be wiring again so I need to check that too.
