Recent content by Mixelplix

Hey, PA cruisers. I live outside of Scranton, and I'm considering adding an fj40 to my garage. Anyone within an hour or so away from 18414 willing to talk about their fj40 and maybe take me for a ride? In exchange, I can offer the keys to my 91 FJ80 (for a drive), and a coffee. Pic for...

I don't know where you're at in PA, but if you want to drive a 3fe landcruiser, and are willing to go to the Scranton area, shoot me a PM.

I agree too. I did it years ago..

I fabbed up new front brake lines last night, and made sure to utilize all of the factory mounting points. Since my truck is a rusty old girl, that process involved a little bit of bolt extraction.. but I got it eventually. Passenger front: Drivers front: I'm going to blead the...

@Irish Reiver no particular reason. I guess it just didn't occur to me this time. I'm a stickler for OEM on some things - this apparently just isn't one of those things. So I got the driveshaft out, and cleaned it up. The ears were still perfectly parallel, and the ends were good. I suspect...

I've had my LC since April of 2012, and yesterday was the first time it didn't get me home. Here she is in April of 2012: I was cruising along on the highway when all of a sudden there was a loud pop, and the truck started vibrating like I was on the rumble strips. I pulled over to the...

I've recently been attending to some deferred maintenance on my 91 FJ80. Eleven years ago I did axle rebuilds, and swapped to 4.88s. I did the work myself. During a diff fluid change I noticed that my rear diff showed some gear wear. There were fine metallic particles on the magnetic drain...

I don't know if it helps, but this is my truck with stock wheels / caps from when I bought it in 2012. In other news - finding these pictures made me remember how excited I was when I bought this truck over 12 years ago.

Sway bar bushings too.

I installed the rear dissent a few weeks ago. So far I am extremely pleased with it. It's stout, the swing out is effortless, and has no rattles.

I've had my '91 for 10 years +. I get 12mpg pretty much no matter what. Highway? 12. City? 12. Offroad? 12. So I'd say you're in the ballpark.

While I haven't started my swap yet, I ended up buying an 08 Escalade that drives. I think your question is really dependent on resources. I have storage, a big trailer, and (soon) a garage workshop. My thought was I can scavenge everything I need off of the escalade, perhaps part out some of...

There's a lot of good products which have been discussed on this site. But remember, anything is infinitely better than doing nothing. Definitely get under there and bomb anything you can see.. once in the Spring, and once in the Fall.

@tyjova I don't know what your resources are - so my suggestion may or may not work for you. I was in your position about a year or two ago. I was paralyzed by engine size, generation, trans compatibility, cost, ect. I eventually had a few realizations that helped me. First, don't get hung...

I had the same issue as @Mikel 80 . I followed this post: 92 FJ80 SHIFT LOCK CONTROL COMPUTER - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/92-fj80-shift-lock-control-computer.1047740/post-14922952 and replaced the transistor about a year ago. It's working fine still.