Recent content by brucemc777

Beer: May I take that I.V.? Wife: Out of hospital - thank-you for everyone's kind words, thoughts and prayers - enjoying something they called "third layer bruising" and bone bruising, but thankfully no clots in her lungs!!! Texas: Cedar Park, just northwest of Austin, where the sun shines...

Dang... I went to clear it out of personal items and didn't take a camera. What I can say is that they said it needs a new quarter panel and front bumper, radiator and oil cooler, distributor cap (one terminal got cracked from the impact of the radiator moving back and then back forward)...

I'm up a creek- Last Thursday my wife was in an accident, ramming the front left quadrant of our 1994 FJZ80 series into a bmw, which in turn was rammed (lightly) into a police car (wasn't it nice to only lightly ram the police car?). Yesterday morning I got the bad news, they are calling our...

Thinking of it, with all the expansion and contraction that goes on, some sort of thread-lock would make a lot of sense! I mean, some sort other than cranking a 1.00 nut onto a 1.25 thread...

Thank-you, I can now crank away!!!

Are you telling me that the 8mm 1 25 should fit? The threads inside them are brand new, and those on the post feel very clean, but certainly could be dirty enough to create a problem; however, first I kind of want to know, dirty or not, if I have the correct pitch/thread count or not (and size...

Regarding the O2 sensors that sit in the exhaust pipes just before the converters (I presume I have an FZJ80 series as it was manufactured in 1994, VIN begins with JT3DJ81W2R) - heard a lot of exhaust sounds, checked and found one O2 sensor dangling - the nuts that secure the thing had become...

Ewwwwwww, now that photo is graphic! Suspected there was a reason for the difference in cost...

I suspect I will go the one day subscription and download like nuts route for now... Thank-you very much!

Uhg. In as much as Mr. Freeze (David) is a great tech and did great work on my a/c (greatly), I need to save a $ when I can, so when I started having starter trouble I bought the Haynes Repair Manual and referred to that. Yeah. Right. Looking at the exploded diagram in the Haynes manual, you...

Going to see him soon myself; hope to continue this with as positive results as you have had!

Big thanks! I'll bet he can have a stab at the darned temp sensor also...

Hi! It has been suggested that I have a Series 80. All I know is that I bought a used 1994 Land Cruiser late last Fall, so I am beyond clueless. Anyway, the temp gage goes off the top end as soon as I engage ignition. Just precautionary, I replaced the thermostat, figuring it would probably lie...

Good point. I mean, it isn't like Rhode Island where you are in spitting distance of all residents... We are in a place called Cedar Park, northwest suburb of Austin, that looks like it was once a charming rural community and lacked the benefit of stringent expansion plans and planner. The place...

Thank-you, folks. Now I have to run pick stuff up so the Mrs. doesn't go off the deep end...