Recent content by math

I waited until Friday to blow the head gasket coming up out of Denver. How unfortunate for me.

The mechanic is giving other mechanics a bad name by seemingly trying to take advantage of you. Having actually thrown a rod in a 1FZ before, I can see nothing in particular about your engine that would necessitate replacement, nor would I let some random mechanic do that in an 80 - in the...

You'd be a brave man to do so. On 35's, with the sway bars connected, the body roll is downright threatening on the highway. They don't weigh that much.

It ground/gurgled for maybe four or five minutes before I went inside. I don't think it was the starter because it persisted when I disconnected the negative battery terminal. The thermostat is Toyota OEM, and was installed by 80 series specialist when we put a new engine in. He provided...

I see. Could I have damaged anything by running it frozen? I thought Toyota Red froze at -36F, and it's only 0F here...

I have dreamed of some sort of power-articulated suspension for an electric crawler. Basically, you would be able to individually move each axle with at two degrees of freedom, and at the end of it, there'd be a super high torque electric motor and your tire. You could add another degree of...

Hi, all - started the truck in extreme cold, about 0F. Noticed that the truck's water temp was increasing way, way faster than normal, as it usually takes several minutes. Truck drove normally, drove back, same problem. Sat and let it idle, brought revs up to about 3k and it did manage to hit...

Can I plug it, or should I get a filter for it? I have been examining my carb and I can't figure out where this hose ever was attached. And the back of the engine (where I found the loose end of the hose) is filthy. So maybe the PO never connected it.

Where on the carb should I be looking for? I doubt it was ever hooked up honestly.

Where does the PCV valve hose go, and what goes in the little round hole near the fill cap? The little hole near the fill cap was plugged with a stick when I bought it. Thanks.

Thanks, beno! :notworthy: p.s. Are you still moving to CO? I haven't been reading the forum enough lately to know.

Oops. I was confused because of the way the original ad was written. It should be a Land Cruiser, based on the VIN. Previous threads were indicating that the '95 Land Cruiser should be OBDII, but that they might have both an OBDI and OBDII connection? I'm honestly ignorant about which...

I just want to make sure that this should work before I purchase the engine. The VIN is a 4th-digit "H" number, and I posted the sticker with the manufacturing information with this post. Thanks!

Should have the kinks knocked out of that body mount shortly. Will post pics when it's all welded up. Once it's straight, I may leave the fenders on it for now - no real reason for me to get nice ones, just to hack them up for clearance. I'm looking at a couple of options for an engine swap -...

Tiny town in Colorado - central CO region. Is it true that the short beds have a different fuel tank?