Recent content by Old80

Sorry, FZJ80.

I have the same problem on a 97 FXJ80. When you look at the two hoses / pipes where they connect to the AT body, it's the right hand one. There is a bracket that supports it and it seems to be leaking at that bracket - maybe a split pipe, I don't know yet. I have a question, how hard is it to...

It's copper/brass but no idea what brand. I'll probably replace it with similar. I just don't trust plastic to last. Tyre sizes are spec. We're pretty loaded up when we go away whether it's family or a men's fishing trip. Once we get there the load comes off. I previously had a fairly stock 95...

Bottom of the radiator is hard to get to. I think nearest I got was the bottom hose. I need to go try again just to prove what I got previously. I agree re t'stat housing and engine temp. Interestingly, I found where, when the radiator was new, it measured temp at t'stat housing at 20 deg C less...

Yes. I've done the split seam bit and of course it was miles from anywhere. A stick of solder got us home on that occasion. Since my post I've found my radiator is older than I was thinking. I thought it was four years but it's seven. I also found that when it was new it produced a temperature...

Thank you. There's enough stuff in there to keep me going for a year. Where I've got to is this:- my radiator is copper/brass and is nearly seven years old. I had incorrectly thought it had been re-cored since then. So, it's a bit long in the tooth; I found some notes that, when that radiator...

I have a 97 80 Series with FZ-1FE engine. I've had it for 13 years and I reckon it has always run a bit hot. Lately it doesn't seem all that hard to get the needle in the top half of the gauge. Eg. cruising at 100kph on highway with or without a load but especially if in "heavy" sand even if...

I had the same problem and eventually found someone who referred me to a truck parts / accessory shop and ask for "red hose". It seems to be the "go to" hose for any truck problem. It did the trick and that must have been eight years ago. It's stuill going strong.