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July 22 of next year, we should throw a 20th birthday party for this thread. 🎂 It'll be almost old enough to vote DRINK!

Don't get me started on RockAuto... 😤

The packaging only has to be good enough to get it where it needs to go without damage. If the radiator isn't damaged, then Mission Accomplished. Otherwise, you'd be paying $500 for a radiator that arrived in a Pelican case. Remember that this...

YES! They're always worth getting up and running (*just maybe not worth it to you...).

I'd put the air nozzle on my compressor, blow it off, and get to installing it as long as there's no obvious mechanical damage. But thats me,

Two is one, and one is none...?

Why is hers on a trailer?

I came up with a repair for my leaking sunroof that I thought would be useful for the community. My sunroof seal had seen better days. It leaked during heavy rainfall and had a pretty bad wind noise on the highway. I looked into a replacement...

Brought dinner to friend momentarily at St. Joe's on Wednesday. As I was wrapping up an absolute slaughter of short ribs, it started to trickle, with some distant electrobooms making themselves known. Fifteen minutes later, at the main lobby, it...

3,000 miles of mostly highway? Nothing except gas money

I have done a lot of remote solo travel, and the only major parts I carry for an 80 is a fuel pump and a PS high pressure hose. (never needed) You can work around a lot to get home, but without a fuel pump, you are not going anywhere.

Watch out for mountain lions, right @Saddletramp & @Highway Romping ? (*...The cougars tend to stay in Scottsdale!)

We are an all inclusive group. Plus, we we love to recover non-Toyota vehicles. :rofl:

On two different occasions, I filled my 100 up in Sedona. About 3/4 of the way up the switchbacks, gas was boiling out of the gas tank via the filler tube. Needless to say, I did not do it again. Not a very exciting story, sorry.

stage 1 weight reduction

You have to unplug everything electrical connector, blow it out and let it dry out.

If you already know fitment is a problem, why would you reuse it? Having worked through overheating issues, I would be using ANY size replacement that fit properly. Having that tube submerged in overflow coolant is critical to sucking coolant...

I live in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. It was 118F here yesterday...

I can't be the only guy who showed up here thinking I somehow need a Fuel heater on my GASOLINE 1FZ-FE, and neglected to educate myself on this often overlooked 80 feature, right?

I can get some pictures up next time I'm working on it. The FJ80 mounts mimic the original Toyota ABS computer mounts. Some 80's will need holes drilled to mount it, but it puts it in a great location where Toyota didn't mount anything else...

Window Rockets are in stock. This Window Rocket fits LHD and RHD 80 series made with ABS brakes. Final assembly has been streamlined. Trimmed some labor here and there. Lowered some of the parts costs with higher volumes. The new price is $265...

Phil is a good guy, lives near by. He was our copper state cruiser president until a couple years ago. He won’t accept orders or money if he doesn’t have product and posts in his site if he is traveling so you will know if there will be a...

The one I saw was a weld failure (looked like the weld was short from the factory) and the hoop straightened out. Have successfully used them for recoveries many times, just inspect them occasionally.

I was today years old before I knew this thread ever existed, and for some reason I can't stop seeing this; And now rethinking that 9ft Grumman that a local guy was trying to unload a year ago that I passed up,...

Got mine today and installed it after work. Took less than 20 minutes. All i can say is WOW! what a difference. Not only do they go up and down fast as hell, i can actually roll up more than one window at a time. If i try to do all 4 they still...