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One of my favorite greens. Olive.

There is little square clips that hold them on. If you don't have them any more you can get them from cool cruisers for pretty cheep.

What year is the rig? I need the front drive shaft off it if its an 84 or earlier.

Hey guys thanks again for the help. I haven't been able to respond because I live in the black forest here in colorado and I have been evacuated from my house since Tuesday afternoon due to the fire. The good news is I was able to get my cruiser out. Bad news is all of my parts and other cruiser...

Thanks again for the help guys. I jut took it to a shop here in town that knows toyotas really good. He said I need to put some weight in it and drive it. The leafs are to new and stiff. So I'm going to try that and see what happens.

OK thats good info. I thought you could just throw some shims in and call it good. Glad i didnt do that. Thanks for the help on this. I will be looking for some CV shafts it sounds like.

Yup exactly. I think the front ones that came with my kit are 4 degree. the ones in back I think will have to me a little more agresive if I go that route. Im loading it up on to a trailer and running it to a shop tomorrow to see what they say.

Ok I will have to take some pictures then and post them. I just have the factory drive shafts right now and no I wont drive it until i get this fixed. What about placing a shim on rear springs? Can I do that for a short term fix? or should I avoid that and do the CV axle from a 60 sereis?

Yes springs are correct. And I also put the shims in. I have not put shims on the rear springs though. I only got two shims so I out them in the front. Is that correct?

Hey guys I just did the 4 inch safari lift from manafre. I have done them in the past and have been pleased with the kit. I am running into an issue this time around though because after I got everything bolted and mounted up I went to back it out of the garage and there was some major clunking...

Hey good news I finally got the motor back today. And I asked him what the issue was and he said it was something with the oil pump. He wouldn't admit that it was the dizzie mounting block that just needed adjusting.

Yes I have called and relayed the message to the machinist and he is calling bs. So I said to him that if he doesn't have time to fix it or look at it I will come in on Monday and pick it up and do it myself. He has had the motor in total for over a month now and I'm tired of not having a...

The guy at the machine ship thinks I'm a retard when in telling him that there is a block that is held in with two 10 mm bolts inside the motor. Trying to explain this to him is killing me. I told him that much more experienced machinists with 2f motors know that this is a common problem.

Just dropped the motor off at the guys shop. He asked the same thing about turning the motor over while pushing the dizzie in. I told him that it's just me in my garage and I only have two hands. And I have never had to do that in the past. He is going to call me once he figured it out. I hope...

I am taking it back to the guy who built it in the morning. He talks to me like I'm an idiot but I will be glad to see his face when it doesn't drop in for him to. I will keep you posted.