Recent content by 91whitefj80

I’ve got some bits missing from my FJ80 exterior moulding / trim, and the black coating is giving way to chrome weirdly enough (why not just make it black all the way through?). Any recommendations on where to pick up a set of replacements? Thanks!

H How do you like them? I removed the third row seats in my FJ80 including the seatbelts and I’m intrigued by these as a more functional use of that screw

Finished my ripping apart of the interior carpeting project - power washed all the carpets, cleaned the sheet metal and insulation, and reinstalled the carpeting after it dried: Found some coins for my troubles, but they likely carry lupus: Fixed a sagging sunroof liner with some glue...

Wow that's a ridiculously clean engine! I have a lot of work to get there... did you disassemble it piece by piece and clean/paint as you went?

^What's that even for, by the way, anyone know? Some option my truck didn't have?

Haha yeah it's totally f'd. Here's the inside and outside shot of it: And near it there's another rubber stopper/filler that's got a hole in it:

Thanks will check that out - I took a quick look at the Wits End website and not sure which kit it is, do you have a part # or link handy by any chance? And yes I believe the smell does decrease if recirculation is on but honestly it can be a bit hard to tell. Hoping once I get a detector with...

Good idea, I hadn’t thought about using detectors! Will give it a shot

That’s a great tip - where did you order it from by the way? The whole firewall area around the steering is like swiss cheese holes

Some photos... Engine bay: New charcoal canister: Some of the oil on the engine:

So I've had my 1991 FJ80 for a few months now and for the most part I'm really liking the big dumb slow thing, but have been getting this fume-y smell coming into cabin as soon as the engine runs... it almost smells like instead of the exhaust going out the back tailpipe it's coming into the...

Good idea! I wonder how direct a fit those would be. Also, the handle and rest of lever is one piece right? I tried to pull just the handle off and it didn’t seem happy about it - didn’t want to go full gorilla on it without a replacement nearby...

Almost looks like a dog chewed this one up. Seems like it’s discontinued (?) so was wondering if there’s some good alternatives out there people like? Thanks!

So my adventure to clean up this new-to-me-FJ80 has reached the fuse box, where I see: Few thoughts/questions... Having a 7.5 in a 15 is probably not great (but better than the opposite I guess?) Will fix that first, especially as it blew yesterday when I tried to plug in a portable tire...

That’s an awesome build! Looks almost OEM it’s so clean. Is there a build thread / mods list somewhere? Love the wheels, roof rack, and blacked out trim...