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A set of tires will last me about 2 years and for last 4 sets I've bought the same type and size. What I do is start with a set of 5 and rotate all 5 during a tire rotation. When it's time for a new set only buy 4 but save the best of the old...

obviously you've been driving it for years like that but you have a +85 ("3F") bellhousing and a pre-85 clutch fork which actually do not really juve well together have the spacer block you have installed to "fix" the slave cylinder location...

Check to make sure that your transfer case is not in neutral. Did you pay attention to the orientation of the clutch disc when installed? If installed backwards you'll have problems.

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FYI, y'all, this isn't for my 40. I'm helping a buddy and his son rebuild an engine. (As if I'm any kind of technical resource) I have a PhD in toilet mint exchange at local breweries, in my spare time I'm a carney man with the traveling circus.

This is the part number of the down pipe I purchased. I'm fairly certain it will mate to the 3F exhaust but until I put them together I will not know for sure.

Or kill too many mosquitoes

Burn more. You can't burn too many crepe myrtles, just like you can't shoot too many feral hogs.

Sell it to your buddy and buy the kid a boring, fuel efficient car as a replacement.

Just like a hi-po 2F

Sounds like we’re doing similar things then. I just plopped my rebuilt fake Moseley 2F+ in my truck and I’m adding the 3F manifolds. We’ll have to compare notes when we’re done.

No 2FE. I am running a 3FE exhaust on a 2F. Mosley has put together a fresh 2F and I'm going to use the 3F manifolds on it, along with a new OEM carb. I'm out of town through the weekend, when I return I'll post up the part number for the...

I'm planning on installing the same setup within the next few months. I sourced a 3F exhaust downpipe from Saudi Arabia and can post up that part number if you want it.

If the Defender is available in 235/55/16 on 70 series wheels would match what you are wanting for tire size.

IIRC when the two marks are aligned that it is the #6 cylinder that is at TDC. I'm going from memory and don't have the FSM handy and could be way off.

Just an update here! Thank you all again for the guidance and advice. Unfortunately the dealer was unable to get the title cleared and could only get a rebuilt title, SCDMV would not budge. While I was waiting for this, I did scout the...

Truly excellent tires. Running the same in my wife’s 80 and the Piggy.

Worn out 265/75/16 BFGs are gone and have been replace with 285/75/16 Yokohama Geolandars. New tires are noticeably taller than the old. This is my 5th set of the Yokohama MTs, first set on the 80, previous 4 sets have been 255/85/16 that I run...

Admittedly, you are not a mechanic;, AAA is your friend. Im mechanical and I carry AAA because if nothing else it will get me to a better place to deal with the problems.

Once you have the heater core out it will be a very good idea to refresh the o-rings on the tubes that pass through the firewall. I had a coolant leak thinking it was a bad heater core but turned out to only be a failed o-ring.

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You can splice in a pigtail for the knock sensors without pulling the intake. Post #93 in this thread Anyone recognize this 80 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/anyone-recognize-this-80.1355924/page-5 has a link to Ballenger for the proper...

I too had a failed FPR that (I believe) eventually killed the pump. Truck ran fine until it wouldn't start one morning, pump running but no flow. Just reference for yourself or anyone reading the thread to troubleshoot fuel issues... install a...

Yeah this one was pretty frustrating as it presented as a failed fuel pump. Basically killed the original pump, the first replacement, and now the second is likely bad so I’m just going to throw a new one in again for peace of mind after running...

Swapped out the climate control panel because the one that was with the Cruiser had the AC button jammed in and the button would not disengage. May be a fix for this but I did not want to dig into the panel. Found a relatively cheap one on ebay...