Recent content by chairborne

Colorado has a weird gravity vortex or just no ethanol or something. I get exactly 13.6 mpg in my fat pig of an 80, but hit 16+ in western Kansas and Colorado. That’s with 35s, RTT, easily 1500 lbs over stock.

Thanks for the great write up, I’m still up in the air about deleting mine or not. I’ll be getting rid of the glow screen when I install my PDI intercooler and I’m worried that cold starts in 20 degree weather might be a problem.

Thanks! Please ignore the disastrous shape of my shop currently. 😂 300k miles of oil leaks turns a trans to stealth mode.

Those six bolts were all present and accounted for. My mistake was the fsm says ten trans bolts and I counted the one starter bolt that doesn’t do double duty among them. No harm done and the TC came out with the trans with no drama.

Thanks brother! I had cracked the top passenger bolt loose with a breaker bar and run it out with my 3/8 impact, so I thought. 🥴 Got it fully removed and trans is on the floor of the shop. Job 50% complete. 😁

I’m pulling the trans and tcase as a unit from my 96 landcruiser. 1FZ and A343, usual spec. All the bolts are out, all connectors disconnected, followed the FSM directions. The trans absolutely refuses to separate from the motor. Pulling it from the crossmember mount to the frame with a come...

You don't need a 4" lift for 35s. My 315s fit just fine with my TJM 50mm lift, no welding required...

P401 is more common for EGR problems. P402 can be several things, including bad O2 sensors or bad cats. ETA: I had 402 and 420 mixed up, my mistake. I've had to deal with 401 on both 80s and 420 on one...

They work in parallel with your stock signals, it's no problem.

So do I but I'm an electronics nerd and had the stuff laying around so I modded it anyway. I move my scan gauge between vehicles from time to time so it's nice having a stock gauge that actually works.

I think it's quite easy, but I've had my gauge clusters out several times. A couple of screws to take the lower dash out, the middle section just pulls out, two screws to pull the top trim piece out and you have access. The only tricky part is maneuvering the gauge cluster itself out of the...

I just bought 20 "t4 neo wedge" LEDs from eBay. They will fit all the center light positions. I bought LEDs for all my other dash lights as well but can't really recommend them. The large ones are super bright (too bright for me) and the mid sized ones are unreliable. The small T4 size have...

I replaced all dead lights on both 80s with LEDs and couldn't be happier. I hated no D.

I thought mine was leaking from there but upon further investigation it is the power steering pump that's leaking. Take a good look at yours. The oil level sender is a piece of cake to re-seal, it's 4 10mm bolts and a connector...

If you are cleaning carpets, the rear section comes out easily, just a bolt for the right side third row seatbelt and the metal strip at the tailgate and you can remove and scrub it.