Recent content by bottombracket

Man, it was good to see you last night. Dave helped me sort out some electrical gauge issues in my 74 series. Good times.

Partsouq has 3,138 alternator belts and 3,823 A/C belts in stock. We live in a golden age of parts availability. They will be here in about 4 days if you order tonight.

Good karma always pays off, Jimmy.

Messaging you about vacuum pump

Look at @fl4031003 and his amazing 60 on 80 build for insight along the way. Though he used the entire 80 drivetrain and dash.

Tonight I finished bolting up the exhaust manifold/turbo, turbo oil lines, and got the 3 inch exhaust laid out. Relevant part numbers for turbo oil union, gaskets, and exhaust cushion attached. Nate would like to go to bed. PDI intercooler has been moved into the on deck circle.

Yes, that is what it is for.

Insane deal. The most unicorn-est of 40 series parts. This would be on its way to Texas if I didn’t already have one.

Now, the broken mirror: There are new OEM 80 series mirrors still available… But only in black and chrome. Yes I ordered a wobbly mirror fix from Delta VS, but I tried out the black and I think I might go for it.

The keychain is patina-ing nicely.

Tiny steps tonight. I installed a remote lock/unlock unit made by Trail Teq in Australia. As this is a euro spec HDJ80 with no RS 000, there was nothing to disable. Literally just pull apart the door panel, plug and play. This is really well designed. I have now rocketed forwards from 1997 into...

@LCMoneyPit I do not have the correct pedal.

I want that.

I’m in for two sets of 12V and two sets of 24V. Please. This is amazing.

Let me see what I’ve got