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I have a 1HD-FT in my ‘91 HDJ80 and when I added a Safari front-mount intercooler in 2008 I needed to lose the glowscreen. Never been an issue. Also never much below freezing where I live but direct-injection diesels will usually start just fine to well below freezing. You could add a Webssto or...

Hi, is the truck still for sale?

Hi Luke, I have an '81 HDJ80 with a Campteq top, Front Runner 45 gallon rear tank, a 3rd 20 gallon tank inside, Kaymar rear bumper with a 25 gallon stainless water tank on one of the swingaways, ARB front bumper and winch, ARB fridge, LandCruiser Phil's sliders, dual batteries, etc, and when...

When I can afford it, I'll buy a Ganz GSP-55 55W flexible solar panel and install it toward the rear of the Campteq top. They're so thin - less than 1/4" - that it will be well below the top of the Mac's TieDowns lashing rails Eric welded to my top (and which I use in lieu of a roof rack.) Using...

Weight capacity of Camptech top I weigh 160# and when I walk on the top, it does not sag - there are 1" x 1" tube aluminum "joists" running the short way about 30" on center, and they make the top very strong. Last summer, I had 4 Pelican #1550 cases on the top, at the very front, filled with...

I was CAMPTEC's first (and totally satisfied) customer, and I have two awning mounts, which Eric fabricated and installed: one on the passenger side for my 6' Hannibal awning, and one on the rear, that I installed, for a cut-down Hannibal awning. Dealing with Hannibal is not easy, however. But...

Steve bought the truck from the owner of West Coast Cruisers (West Coast Cruisers) who imported it from, I think, Austria. It had a very funky intercooler on it, which Steve replaced the Safari intercooler (I just stuck one on mine and love it.) I can pull steep hills at 65-75 that I'd have...

Hand vacuum pump Here's the Silverline MityVac at Amazon, about $50: Amazon.com: Mityvac MITMV8500 Silverline Elite Automotive Vacuum Pump Kit: Automotive

Starter/5-speed Thanks again, Sheldon I've got a mini-truck starter on the way to me, and thanks for the drain tube and boot tip. And thanks for the 5-speed tips!

Some older autos with the pump in the rear can be push or pull-started, but not the Land Cruiser autos. Hence my lust for a 5-speed.

The Starter in my HDJ80 Hi Sheldon, My swap was done by Amauri Nunez. I have two Odyssey batteries and a Wrangler Battery Manager, but the starter is 12V. It says 12V on it. The sticker has the first portion of the P/N missing, but the last 5 are 47081. And hey, got a 5-speed I can buy...

You are the man! Hey Rick, Try calling me at 510-504-5933. Amazing!

I'm stuck in Arizona, near Tucson, with a fried starter on my auto-trans '91 HDJ80 with the 1HD-FT. Stock they were 24V, I'm told, Spector Off-Road says that by the part number on my starter it's a HT starter mated to the 1HD-FT drive gear and they can build one and ship it to me, but if anyone...

Awesome! Hey Scott, Awesome and unbelievable how much you got done in such a short amount of time, half of it with a broken hand! I'm meeting y'all at the north rim of the Grand Canyon - I'm not quite done with a total re-do of my veggie system.

Redding Fuel Injection Thanks, Rick, I'm going to call them, and I'll report what they say about cost to rebuild, and whether or not they think I can run with just the Walbro, and - if they say I can - for how long. Thanks again - and thanks to Greg and Sheldon at G&S Cruisers for their many...