Recent content by oldwalrus

Thanks for the info folks. I'll take a look at what's available locally and go from there. The CAT was gone long before I owned the unit so I don't have o worry about contaminating it.

Hey. Had my 3FE rebuilt. The shop recommended using a high ZDDP oil in it. The highest ZDDP oil that I found is Lucas SAE Racing Oil at 3,130 ppm. It's a 20W50 oil though. Anyone using this stuff? Other recommendations? Thanks for the help.

Jeez! Thanks a lot Landtank! Ain't this forum great!!! Just went out in the dark and looked for it. I would've never found it without your help. Of course, I didn't think to look under two plastic shrouds either. Believe that I'm going to let my mechanic (40+ years younger than me) install...

I'll do that. Maybe I didn't clean a wide enough area. It will be interesting to see how the bracket avoids the brake(?) lines that pass through there.

Yep. I have the replacement parts already. The 45637 is what broke. The 45426 is in good shape and reuseable. What I don't know is where the 45637 bolts fasten. I assume on the frame somewhere. If I had a pic of the unit as installed, I could find the mounting hole. Thanks.

Need some help here. The bracket supporting the lower knuckle protector broke at some time in the not too distant past. It finally found its way between the frame and the steering knuckle binding up the steering. Ordered a replacement support bracket from SOR. The problem is that the other...

If I change rims with 17x7J ET15 ones, I would go from 4.31' of backspace to 4.6". Increasing the backspace by about 0.3". To correct that I will need (grudgingly) to add 0.25- 0.5" or so thick spacers. Since I have flares on the LC, I'm probably going to go with the 0.5" ones. As has...

Rim deal fell through. Too slow... Had a guy contact me with some 7.5x17 30mm offset wheels off a Tacoma. Is anyone running these on an FJ80? They would increase the backspace by almost an inch. Looks to me like that might be too much backspace. Or am I wrong? Thanks.

Yeah. Probably "just having them" isn't a good enough reason to put them on. I do go places where the extra ground clearance really helps. Thanks to all for the advice.

Found this ET/Backspacing conversion calculator. Looks like there is a slight change in backspacing with the Granite rim. If the calculator is correct the backspacing changes from 4.56" to 4.79". So, I guess the question becomes "is another .23" of offset a problem?"...

My FJ80 needs new shoes. I have a set of new Cooper Discoverer SRX M&S 245/65R17 tires that I took off my everyday truck because the wife says "too noisy" and I'm thinking that they would probably work OK on the LC. Not the best, but OK. I can also pick up a decent looking set of used...

I know that this thread is pretty old. Did you sell the front axle assembly?

Well.... I popped the hood and sure enough the TC was loose in the holder and way out of spec. Tighened it up snug and took it down to the mechanic shop. Gave the mechanic the paper and he adjusted it to spec. Drove home with no problems. Next morning test drive cold and NO joy there. New...

I'm assuming that the shop took care of that during the overhaul. Was in the teens this morning. I had to manually go from Drive to low 3 or 4 times before it shifted properly. Will probably take it back to the shop next week. Let you know the outcome.

AT-13?