Recent content by SD FJ80

I have a 97 fj80 and recently damaged the passenger corner light. What I thought would be an easy to find part has been near impossible. Every part replacement online is a clear-colored knockoff and am looking for an OEM orange to match the other corner light. I found a sight selling a lx450...

I had a (previosuly damaged) corner light fall out while driving on the freeway. I knew I needed a new one anyways since the old one was cracked so was not worried about it. What is troubling is it seems its near impossible to find a corner light anywhere thats OEM. Every single one on ebay is...

It seems like a battery or fusible link issue to me. A couple months ago there was an issue with the fusible link and I thought I fixed it. I might just need to replace it but going to try to jump first

Hey everyone, went to start my cruiser yesterday morning to find it completely dead. Lights, locks etc not working. Didn’t even make starting sound when turning key. I haven’t been driving as much during the lockdown, but for it to never have a starting issue even when it sits a couple days to...

Got my FJ80 recently and now that it’s summer I’m noticing when the truck is in idle the AC doesn’t blow cold. When it’s moving it blows cold so I’m wondering if this could be as easy as adding refrigerant or does this sound like a compressor issue? Thanks in advanced.

So I have a 91 hiace 5 speed. Yesterday I was driving with 5 people up a big hill and it barely made it up. When I got to the top I could smell burning oil (or something burning). It has smelled like this in the past sometimes when struggling to make it up a big hill. This time however, after...

Thanks for all the help. Did not know factory locked cruisers were so rare in the US. Either way, for what I'm using it for lockers are not essential but was just curious if there was a way I could tell without seeing it. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Ah this helps. Then I guess it may be a longshot. I was just wondering what that "coupling center differential fr and rr" option means then?

I have to pick truck up in Denver, my dad picked it up for me. So I guess my question is, without being able to see the car for another two weeks, the factory specs from searching the VIN on Toyota's website say "COUPLING CENTER DIFFERENTIAL FR & RR" So with that in mind, unless they were...

Hey all! Just bought myself a 97' FJ 80 in desert dune :) Been wanting to buy one of these for years and found a killer deal on one. I am new to off road vehicles and know what diff locks do essentially, but don't know the difference between 1x,2x,3x lockers etc. My real question is I want to...