BruceFZJ80

Broken U bolts out, new u bolts in. The plasma cutter makes quick work of cutting. I finally got my 60 up to my house after it was sitting all summer. It made the hour drive with zero issues even after sitting for 6 months. The only thing...

Dave got back to me and is going to send me replacement bolts. I'm in kind of a time crunch and the truck is at Dad's in NJ so I need a "drop-in" replacement without a bunch of running around. I need it ready for a trip to ask Jojo a very...

Dude, congrats! If I'm being honest I kind of figured this day would come for you two. Happy to hear it's finally happening.

Everyone did haha, and everyone expected it to be in Colorado. We went to the spot I have chosen in college as there is an overlook at the end of the trail. We got stranded on the trail in the snow and had to hike 4 miles down to town and get a...

You told Karen and I that story a few years ago! That's a sharp move taking her to that spot to "finish the trip" and put a ring on it. This is so great. Let's get this man some new u-bolts or whatever so he can get engaged!! Come on people. (I...

Dave has them boxed and is mailing them this afternoon. We are on track!!! Nope she doesn't, this is the only place I can freely post cause she can't see my posts. I will probably write a Toyota Trails Article on the whole story start to...

Replacing some insulation and rebuilding the coloraiders on a 970 oven in phoenix.

Saturday a friend helped me finally figure out why my brakes were so soft. The culprit was a single leaking flare nut. A turn of a wrench and some bleeding and I finally have solid brakes again! While we were at It we serviced the rear brakes...

No, I'd put a better carb on it.

@Marco Lau has a 3FE who knows is the clearance from the fan to the radiator is the same as a 1FZFE ? 🤷‍♂️ I run a TYC and it 10 years old and still doing it's job 😎 Happy with it !

Yesterday I came across a thread where the poster was showing cracks that had developed in a RD radiator with 100k miles on it. A bit of a turn off considering the cost of a RD unit. But before I saw that thread I ordered a new OEM radiator...

I just remember them being discontinued or otherwise unavailable YEARS ago. So I was wondering if Toyota brought them back but maybe changed the materiels. Or maybe they've been available the whole time and my memory is just shot!

Quick google search and the 16400-66040 come up available.

@Irish Reiver I have to look through my records to know for sure but I believe I replaced it at least 10 years ago so I'd guess it was ~16-17 years old. I had to rock a broken nipple for a while too.

How old / how many miles had the original OEM unit with the plastic top last? Not looking to reignite an ancient debate just interested in your empirical experience. I just ordered a new OEM AL radiator for my 95. Brass unit was available but my...

There was a whole debate on that, seems like people living in hotter climates like Arizona prefer the Al because it cools more efficiently vs the brass being more robust and repairable. I went with the brass when I replaced my Al OEM one years...

I bought a new brass one for my 93 some 20 years ago, and it continues to be chugging along. My understanding is that the brass were the stock option for 93-94, and Al for 95-97. I now need one for my 97. I was just going to stock Al for...

I did something similar last week after seeing it posted in a chit chat thread. I thought it came out pretty cool, the boys thought it was real lol. let me know if you guys want the script I used to get AI generate the image.

I've been playing around with Google Gemini. I had spent some time playing around with AI about a year and a half ago and just got frustrated because I could sorta get what I wanted, but not nearly close enough to be what I really wanted. It's a...

I see that both 16400-66081 and 16400-66040 are still available from Toyota, I thought 16400-66040 (brass) was discontinued. Can someone confirm that 16400-66040 is still available and is still brass @OGBeno If that's the case I'll go with...

I think I found them, 90080-11157 I believe there the same as the ones for the headlights.

Anybody know the part number or size of the bolt that holds the upper condenser (88688-60190) mount? I just pulled my radiator and I'm missing both side.

Pull up a chair, this will be a long one. Today, I was laying under the 1993 80 waiting for the slow drip on the oil change to achieve whatever slow cadence I've used over the decades to cue reinstalling the drain bolt. My wife pulled up and I...

Few pics, rest in the build thread on hardcore. That’s just one side, but by fall crawl I think the tires will have a bit more room :)

36hr mixer bowl replacement in LA this past weekend