Recent content by 874runna

Thanks… I have been on the fence about ordering the hellfire knuckles. I will start mocking the suspension up here soon ( as time allows)

Time for another update on the ’81 Hilux 3RZ build. Progress has been steady, even if life’s been doing its best to slow things down — kids are back in school, trading sickness like Pokémon cards, and I’ve been juggling house projects on top of everything else. Still, a little time in the garage...

Well, it’s been a little while since my last post (August 12th). At that point I was questioning whether to hang on to the LX after finding rust and a leaky locker actuator. Since then, things have taken a turn — and in the right direction. First off, I got knocked down sick and lost a weekend...

well after driving the Lx to work yesterday i noticed a wet spot under the rear axel... i seem to have a leak between the locker actuator and the axel houseing... and i noticed a lot of rust i had not previously seen in the frame. so i dont know how practicle it would be to keep the lx afterall.

well I thought about going that route untill my daughter said she liked the Land cruiser so... looks like i will hang on to it and do f250 axels down the road.

yes sir giving the wheel and tire set up a test fit as those axels willl be going under the hilux pertty soon.

so this is like the 3 rd time i have read that the hell fire knuckles are a good solution. I will have to do some more research.

Week 0 Update – Wheels Mounted on the LX for Testing Tires are finally mounted and on the truck. I picked up a set of 37x12.5R17 Mickey Thompson Baja Boss tires and threw them on the LX450 today to get a feel for how they behave on the FJ80 axles before pulling everything for the Hilux build...

I have not dont the drive shafts yet. they will be a combination of hilux drive shaft to mate up to the transfer case and my land cruiser drive shaft for the axel side.

Dfw.

well there is my fiirst return as the ubolts for the leafs will need to be flat and i ordered 14" round in a 3.5 radius for the axel but it is square where the perch lands

Lucille. I litterally just found and read your build. I sent you a message. I might need some pointers at some point.

so when i was going through the motor I noticed the pistons were makers with a .50 on all pistons does anybody know if this is a standard marking or if this is indication that motor has been previously bored over? honing marks visible on cylinder walls as well. This could be left over from...

Figured it’s time to start a build thread here on Mud before all this lives only in my head. This project has been in the works for a while, and with parts rolling in, it’s time to document the madness. The goal is simple: take the light, nimble body of an early Hilux and stuff it with the...

working on am 81 pick up build came here to do a little research and ended up reading the whole thread. even with out the pictures still a wealth of information. I do not have anything to add but I am going to be refering back as my build progresses. Funny I got back in to wheeling about the...