I am waiting on parts today so I decided to give the 80 a good interior deep clean.
I've never seen a truck like this with the thick pile carpet
This truck's interior is in absolute remarkable condition. Very little wear. The Saudis are...
First things first.....gotta sort out the tires.
I buzzed down to 49Tire today and had them install some 285/75-16 Yokohama X-ATs.
Again, this thing drives fantastic. We are rearranging the suspension on this one when I start in on this...
Oil change day today. Got around 3200 miles on the motor now. Not a single issue.
Sitting in the main garage now hoping to encourage some cooler weather.
A little maintenance this weekend. Yesterday I got a much needed welding job on a broken exhaust hanger. Today was an oil change. 21,441 kms or about 13,332 miles. The last oil change was at around 9,000 miles.
Runs like a top and is now ready...
This thing arrived filthy. It stayed at the port too long and was unloaded from the container so it sat and got nasty.
I took it to town for a wash and gas.
They left me 2.5 gallons in the main
and three in the aux tank.
First...
while we are all waiting to see the vx on nolen’s trailer, please check out the GX frame/body restoration. This truck is in the usa port right now
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/b1-refreshing-gcc-fzj80-1994-gx-tan.1312463/
With the 70s, once you get into the 1fz with h150s, you are driving a fully equipped car with speed in it like any modern car. Back home, you can see people driving those old FZJ70s passing 100 easily, "160 km/h".
With this build, I believe...
For sale: 1998 J105 in exceptional condition.
For anyone unfamiliar, the J105 is an OEM combo of J100 body & J80 coil-sprung F&R solid axle chassis; sold in mainly Australian, African, South American and Russian markets.
Was a 1 owner vehicle...
Introduction by a long time listener, first time caller.....
Have owned a bunch of new and used 4WD Toyotas over the last 45 years, including 40, 62, 73, 75, 77, 79 and 80 variants, plus a couple of US spec Prados. Liked them all loved most and...
I know @Meshal since he found me the title truck for this thread. I've discussed this truck with him. It's a 60k mile truck, not just the motor. And we've discussed another random truck enough in my truck's thread. @wngrog will be happy to chat...