Recent content by awolyota

back to the shopping cart I go, lol. I actually already have a timing belt, tensioner, idler and water pump on hand before I realized the timing belt was done at 85k, so I was planning on double checking it for a feel good. I think I’m starting to webMD myself by looking up any small thing I...

lol thanks, planning to start tacking on the miles anytime I'm home

Just spent most of the day charging the battery and coming up with a maintenance to-do list. Noticed the timing belt was done relatively recently so that’s nice. I have a cross country road trip planned for July where I’ll be going from FL to NC then OR so besides the typical service maint I...

It was exported around November/December last year. the sticker on the battery says 9/22. got it charging right now and gonna to see if there’s a drain somewhere. my uncle that’s been watching it for me said he’s had to jump it a couple times when he tries to crank it every now and then

Came home to her in the driveway accompanied by a bunch of OEM parts and mods waiting for me. I can’t drive her until I hit the DMV Monday to get a tag, planning to get a good chunk of the maint/mods done this weekend. Sadly couldn’t listen to her running, turned the key and got nothing. So if...

Finally having a chance to go home and play with my new to me 80 and figured I’d start a build to track the progress. Coming from a built 3G Tacoma and then a 1995 1FZFE that I only baselined and never got around to modding before I sold. Planning to do a typical touring overland setup...

Am I missing something or is there an actual difference from the 90/91 years compared to the other 80s? or even the JDM's from the US models? Practically every aftermarket site I see says fitment for 91-97 or 92-97. asking in reference to lifts, arms, etc

are there any more examples of 17x9 -25 offset's working on 37x12.5 or 37x13.5? I've been searching the forums and only found 1 person with those wheel specs

are there any reputable shops/importers for the 1HD-FTE & H151F to the US?

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/diesel-transplanted-80-series-registry.365794/

That's true, think I'm just excited to get back into one and wanting to make sure it's done right. I just always heard "oh it's diesel, you need a diesel mechanic, those are expensive" etc growing up so I wasn't too sure what I'm getting into. But now I'm confident there's nothing I won't be...

Just as a reference if I need it, my FZJ had a leak and sourced it to the valve cover gasket. I haven't been able to touch my 1HD-T yet, it's just been delivered and waiting for me when I get home. So I'm wanting to have some kind of game plan for when I arrive. Work puts me on a 1 month home...

Good to know, thank you! I was just certain I couldn't go straight to Toyota for next day parts like I did w/ the FZJ80, so just went with what popped up first.

I have also been entertaining the idea of a 1HD-FTE swap. Given the chance of moving up to the FTE and selling the 1HD-T within a good $ margin, in my head it sounds like a pretty cost effective move. Only issue has been sourcing a US supplier/shop that has one. I'm open to any opinions on...

I'll have to give the exhaust a look I know it's aftermarket, it'll be nice if that check box is already done. Everything else seems straight forward and familiar as well, I appreciate it!