I have never really done this but if anyone wants to go to SMS's IG account and let them know they should send me my valve cover that would be awesome. Haha...
1994 White Toyota Landcruiser
$20,000
One owner Southern California truck purchased August, 1994! Original Window Sticker included!
1FZJ80 inline 6 cylinder engine; factory triple locked full time 4wheel drive. Engine is very smooth and has...
At the moment of typing this I'm tinkering with the 60 dash. Test fitting, measuring, and a lot of standing around staring while thinking of future electrical connections that might need to be accessed.
Got a bunch done the last two days.
I finalized the forward/back location for the quarter panels and got them welded to the sill....so dimensions are set now!
I wasn't super happy about the 2" angle bracket that I used to make a front rail. It...
Went to grab some parts for a customer from Specter Offroad. Decided to take Bacon to test out the new headers, EGR delete, Rear Heater Delete. Happy to report no leaks. Just a tad bit louder than factory, but definitely a deeper tone.
Picked up a 97 the nice gentleman delivered it. This one’s not blown up which makes my machine shop happy when I drop them off for clean up and machining.
Assisted a family member in aligning the 80. It was a mess on the road after installing an adjustable front panhard but she is squared up now. With a bit of extra toe in, it's driving quite nicely.
Tore down and got my rusty rear housing sandblasted to repaint and rehab.
Going to reinforce my ring gear and skid armor the bottom the housing when the prefab cheater parts come in..
I used a 2” plumbing fernco rubber fitting, 2” schedule 40...
Drove it home in a snowstorm (about 120 miles) and about halfway my red warning light AT/Temp warning light turned on! I pulled over to check the fluid and it was just fine. Did a quick search and looks like it's just a sensor. Has anyone ever...
Installed some 2.5” springs, previously had 4” lift springs. Got rid of my 3” of rake in the back. Also got rid of “some” of the driveshaft vibration. Next is new u-joints. Top pic is with the 4” lift springs, bottom is after the 2.5” lift...
2 steps forward, one step back. The tub I bought to cut in half ended up being worse than I thought. Lots of rust repair has really slowed me down. Today I made some progress and got the rear corners replaced, the driver side wheel well replaced...