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    Slight idle shimmy and vibration FZJ80

    Man it has been a while since I’ve been here. Too many things going on. Haven’t even driven the cruiser in all this time. I meant vibration in the cab. It happens when stopped with the shifter on “D” Engine idles at just over 650rpm and there are no engine codes. It happens pretty much...
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    Lower control arm bolts

    Just came back from a trip to Death Valley and while airing up I always inspect the steering and suspension hardware. I noticed one of the axle side lower-arm nuts was missing. Luckily one of our friends had a random nut that fit. Is lock tite recommended when I replace the hardware?
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    Slight idle shimmy and vibration FZJ80

    Anybody figure it out? My lx450 runs smooth and idle is pretty steady at just over 650 but I get a vibration in the cab that vibrates the glove box and dash.
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    Traveling with a dog

    Nice. Yes, I was thinking I would have to get the drawer system and carry more stuff on the roof to make room. The wifie doesn’t like the idea of not being able to easily add the third row when we have family or nephews visit. The refrigerator also takes a lot of room but is needed.
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    Traveling with a dog

    Hey guys. Not sure this is the place to ask this but I have an 80 series land cruiser and we travel and camp with the wife and my two kids on car seats. We are looking to add a medium size dog to the family but I was looking at recommendations on where or how to transport him safely and...
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    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    I actually cut the Jeep part short. I dragged him way longer than needed just to mess with him. It was pretty funny. I did have a quick talk with the taco dude when we got to the highway. He was well aware of his mistake.
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    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Rear brake job and headed for Big Bear. Had a great time with the fam and pulled my buddy’s Rubicon a couple times as he was trying to keep up. Late in the day we found a solo driver in a Tacoma Trd stranded on our steep climb out. We turned him around and lead them to an easier way out of the...
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    Anybody had wet Front passenger carpet after rain ?

    I had wet feet after rain. I checked the sunroof but ended up being the windshield. Had a company do it and I even showed them the manual on how it needed to be installed and they said yes no problem. Well, they didn’t do it as promised so I had to take it back and had them silicone the...
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    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Haven’t been here for a while but today we took the cruiser to test drive it’s new shoes to our local mountain in SoCal. Loved the Nitto trailgrapppers but wanted to try something new. My options were KM3, nitto TG and MTR Kevlar. After tons of research I decided to go with another E rated...
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    why is this wet....

    I had the same issue with the wet floor and even after having a new windshield installed they didn't get it. I had them silicon the gasket on the outside and finally took care of it.
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    Official? SoCal craigslist thread

    Haven't posted on Craigslist yet but I have a set of: TJM FZJ80 Land Cruiser/LX450 Shocks - XGS Tiger Adjustable (2" lift) $200 A local shop installed them on my truck a while back with a 4" lift and after driving it home I noticed they where the wrong length. They have probably less than 10...
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    Where have all the rear bumper fabricators gone!?

    Just go 4x4 Labs. You won't want to go back anyway. Great bumper and the extra clearance makes a huge difference.
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    Problem during valve cover gasket repair

    Well, never found it so hopefully it made its way down to the oil pan. Thank you.
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    Problem during valve cover gasket repair

    I'm in the middle of doing the valve cover gasket and when I pulled the cover off the spark plug tube seals practically crumbled. One of them stayed complete in the tube and a couple others fell apart. I picked up the pieces but one from the #6 is missing and can't find it anywhere.:( I...
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    Finally replaced my dying Diehard Platinum 31M

    It doesn't look like it is. I've been doing some research and haven't found anything that would suggest that yet. It looks like the "X2 Power" (another popular AGM battery in some forums) is a rebranded Northsar.
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