Recent content by ozarkmud

Hi everyone, On my (former) 1991 FJ80 I had the front left rubber brake line blow out and replaced it. I noticed that the new brake line has a different mounting style. I'm having a hard time finding appropriate mounting hardware part numbers and would appreciate some help with that. Left soft...

This is great! Does anyone have it for FJ80? I am seeing 90947-02613 for front left. Trying to figure out if I should buy OEM or not... Edit: I think this is a list: Shop is quoting me thousands for brakes/ 1992 80 series landcruiser -...

Thought we had this Landcruiser sold to someone who drove out from Montana. We split a pre-purchase inspection at Selkirk Offroad. Blake did a fantastic job going over the Landcruiser. I was extremely impressed with how thorough he was. They seem like a very trustworthy shop. Even though I felt...

Bump.

Thank you! Good to know. Yeah, probably worth it to have a look at everything. I was hoping it might just be a quick clean/lube on the outside.

I've never heard of anyone complain about the OEM radiator. It's a solid unit. There may be some acceptable aftermarket options, but I doubt any as good as OEM (with plastic.) Just because someone, somewhere, may have said something on a forum, doesn't mean it's true. Nor does it mean that you...

How is Ebay's shipping for used radiators? Is there a junkyard out there that you can check? No experience with the radiators you mentioned. I think the new manual radiator is the best option, if you can manual swap or add in your own transmission oil cooler.

After a few years of 100% trouble free hatch operation, I'm very recently had a few instances of the hatch refusing to open. Or, maybe the first time or two, I could coax it. Yesterday, I could not. The outside handle seemed stuck, or to end up stuck, in the opening position. It wouldn't go...

Price drop to $8,000. Mounted up the winter tires.

Bump!

Thank you! I think my wife saw a few other 80 series rigs that day. They all seemed to drive into town on the same day! Price dropped to $9,000.

Bump! Lots of great Landcruisers on the market right now in all sorts of conditions and prices. I still feel this is competitive/comparable. We'd really like to sell at least one of them to get into something a bit more practical for our growing family.

Neither my FJ80 nor FZJ80 have ever shown any signs of overheating, provided they have enough coolant. Is this a bad idea because under normal circumstances of 45F and often much colder winter weather, they would overheat? Or is it a bad idea because I am likely to make a mistake and let it...

It seems like conversion to electric fans is popular to improve gas mileage by some degree. This does require procuring a fan, and a suitable setup for the Landcruiser may be challenging. Now for primarily highway driving in the winter, couldn't one run without the fan? Has anyone tried this...

Alright, new torque plates are in and installed. These are the Cardone remanufactured ones. Quality seemed excellent! Rubber pieces were easy to get in. Wanted to post the update in case anyone was on the fence about getting those aftermarket.