Wheeling in Utah is never a bad time! The low range gears are definitely worth it, I’ve never been mad about having them. I appreciate the kind words, I’ve built the truck while being back in college off and on! It’s been a lot of...
I was also freaking out at how much it was going to cost to straighten the frame.... turns out it was only $800... still bad.. but could be worse. AND I DONT KNOW HOW I MISSED IT. BUT THE FRAME HAD A GIANT BUCKLE IN IT
The frames back to being...
The frame had signs of being bent because the welds on the crossmember were bent, the radiator didnt line up with the core support, and the sway bar didnt line up in its hole. So I spent about a month panicking because I didnt know what to do...
It drove the car for about 3 days..... and then a dude pulled out in front of me and I smashed into his car😋.
Insurance found him to be at fault which is nice and nobody was hurt. So as bad as it was... it was pretty good.
Out of all of the things that I've done, the sway bar helped the most. Because the sprung weight of the 80 is so high, I opted to get a 7/8" bar. It seems to pair fairly well with the amount of low speed compression put in for street driving. I...
The next hurdle to tackle was the arms. I got some tips for the bend from Nick Gustafson on instagram and learned an important lesson. With a swag bender, whatever the angle finder sees is double of what the bend is... dully noted. The arms seem...
first off 45 pounds is way too tight for the first nut 25-30 pounds, and then the locknut should be tightened to 45 pounds.
If you replaced the races, I would make sure they’re all seated properly
I'd be very leery of putting tires on wheels known to be leakers. I've been through that with OEM steelies and it's a big PITA. The only (partial) soliuton I found was to apply Loctite 290 to the trouble areas inside the rim, then baking the...
New in Box Front Driver's seat gray seat belt assembly (73220-60270-B0) for 1996-1997 LHD 80 series or LX 450.
It may fit earlier years, check your parts diagram at partsouq. I somehow managed to end up with two of these (but only needed one)...
The later alloy wheels used the washer style nuts. IIRC, the earlier ones did use cone style, but not sure what year that changed. Guess it's not a factor here, but it is something to be cautious about in case others reading this aren't aware of...
The only thing you need do here is make or acquire the handset, which resided in the upper part of the LX console. That's only about 20% of the phone. The rest is a big black box made by Fujitsu plus a power supply that resides in the left rear...
Swapped the smaller tuner in the left for the bigger one in the right…naturally this entailed reworking me entire hf radio set up due to space or lack there of in the rear quarter panels…
All done now though and the new tuner works all bands with...
Camping out in Bloomington IN at my brother’s place waiting for the eclipse Monday afternoon. It’s the first night out with the awning recycled from the wrecked 80, the rebuilt sleeper drawer system, and the Kelty Backroads shelter.
Took my parent's mint '92 HDJ80 to yesterdays Offroad-Day at the Toyota Collection Cologne.
First time I touched that car since losing my father to cancer last year. It brought back so many great memories of traveling and wrenching, laughing and...
FYI, if interested in these, I'll be going to Bloomington IN Sunday to watch the eclipse, returning here on Tuesday so potentially free delivery if you're near my route of travel. If shipped that'll be somewhat less than the $30 it cost to send...
I have 2 bars left. The are the standard Front Runner bars for theior 80 series low profile rack. Width is 3 1/2" and the length is 52 3/4". I think they refer the rack as being 53" wide, but actual size of the bar is 52 3/4".