Recent content by ozarkmud

Ok, I think I figured this out. The "gear" fits over the circlip just fine. So you put on the hub body, cone washers, then the circlip. Then the rest goes on it. I think it might be easier to do it in "free" rather than "locked." The thing came apart on me, though, and boy is it a pain to get...

Absolutely! Certainly a tradeoff there. Absolute Witt's End went bankrupt after scamming a bunch of people. As a former customer, I don't think it'd be wise to recommend the business, nor the successor. That said, the part collections were fantastic and he had a lot of great stuff. Having to...

I figure mine was probably a victim of poor quality control. I'm sure others have been better.

Maybe this is obvious, but I'm trying to figure out how the circlip is supposed to work here. I'm doing the manual hub conversion on a FJ80, so no worries about the birfields being too long. I put the hub body on and then I can put on the circlip. But the circlip blocks the selector, right? Do...

I picked up a OBS F-150 a little while back for trash duty and more. It's a vastly less capable vehicle offroad compared to the 80 series, of course, but I keep going back and forth between it and the 80 series when I'm doing maintenance. I replaced the high pressure P/S line on my 3FE. It's a...

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I am not impressed with my Liland 1469AA2R... it was a bit of a pain to deal with. The radiator is sized such that you can't use the stock upper radiator mounts. The top part of the radiator sticks out like a lip, and catches the body. So the rubber mounting would be useless, and even then it...

I finally got around to installing ToyotaMatt's 3FE high pressure P/S line. I wanted to share some pictures and feedback. This first picture is to compare the new and old lines. ToyotaMatt's P/S hose seems to have just the right bends and dimensions. It fit up perfectly. It does include...

I have no V8 swap experience, but I am fond of the 3FE. Now my perspective is running stock 31" tires -- if you start going bigger, it'll make a huge difference. I even prefer the 3FE over the 1FZ. Another avenue is to manual swap the 3FE. I assume this will get it to start approaching 1FZ with...

This may not be too relevant, but I did notice that your radiator cap is set for 0.9 bar. If I recall correctly, you can get them for 1.1, but I'm not sure what the spec is. In theory, a higher pressure radiator cap might allow it to cool more. Also, the blend of coolant will make a difference...

I'm pretty puzzled on how this hasn't sold yet. It looks pretty solid. So it's not driveable now? Should be trailered?

Here's the new (2 core?) Liland. I am not impressed with the quality and am concerned it might be a leaker from the start, or soon. Maybe my fears are unfounded? The old one is much nicer. Threads already on the radiator, nicer welds, more stout. Is this Liland worse than others, or about...

I finally got started with the radiator job with a possible time constraint of getting it done before this weekend. What a bear getting it out! I guess removing the battery and box would've made it easier. I did come up with a modification to simplify installation and removal of the passenger...

Did this end up selling?

Mine wasn't like this at all, but it was on an aftermarket radiator. Was yours routed stock? Did you figure this out? Sure has been a while!