I got mine from dealer they were pretty cheap. Sorry forgot part number.
Pull them all and do the molding you can stilll get that as well from dealer. I did black, and I think white may be available. Black looks good on the red that’s color of one of mine.
I have old nitro 5.29s I bought in 09. Had them set up by slee with crush sleeve and have been great, no issues. Not sure on where they were made back then?
Sounds come from lot places. You really shouldn’t have play at 12 and 6 o’clock. If you do loose wheel bearings, being you say grinding in the title and whaw whaw sound, how are your drive shaft ujoints? I’d be looking at the wheel bearings and drive shaft
Got a rock stuck in the brake shield?
2k for head gasket work since you are paying someone prob little more depending how deep you wanna go
Ls swap by hood shop prob 25k and up
You can prob do head gasket, some new seats, new radio hood struts, paint for less than 25k possibly
You should probably take it to someone who knows land cruisers, if not, you are probably not going to get good results and bunch China put into your engine. Both of my 80s are the original starters, they are rebuildable if you didn’t know.
I would also trace that shady wiring and see where it...