Recent content by sunrk

Nice you can still get it there. It's not been available here for a while. A 200 L drum would rust out before I could do 20 oil/filter changes. 8-) My last drum of it purchased a few years back was a 20 L

Another 'gullwing' option is no gullwings and weld steel plates into place to fully remove the side cargo windows. My 80 is beyond all of this with the condition of the body in my view. Cost to try and address the rusting makes it unviable at present for other any sort of gullwings or full...

3/92 - the older style dash.

Did t-belt, tensioner and water pump a little while back, so now the shim job is very overdue. I've done it once before nearly 10 yrs ago when 80 went over 600 k km's. Now it's at about 718 k km's. I have the toyota valve spring tool, and remember it was an extremely messy job. I have a couple...

Contemplating doing some queued up jobs, notably accessing the defective airbox, on my 80 plus some other dash related things, and before I get stuck into removing the dash entirely I would like to know if there are any tips/tricks involved or if it's just a straightforward task? It's RHD but I...

Thanks - I don't know enough about oils and oil chemistry hence the questions. Can a 15w-50 oil mix ok with a 15w-40 spec one just out of interest?

Thanks. Is it safe to mix oils from different makers if the specs are the same/similar or would that be likely to cause problems? I'm sure the 1hz will be fine with just under 9 L of new oil.

Would like to oil change my 80's 1hz motor. It's at 718 k km's. I have up to now used Castrol Delo 400 multigrade but apparently that product doesn't exist anymore (here in Australia at least). Allegedly something related to Caltex losing it's brand license from Chevron and having to re-brand...

I've got the aluminium checkplate ones in my barn door 80 series, plus the set for the barn doors as well. Very happy with them.

No believe it or not I actually got a full new factory lap belt assembly not long ago, but the clip/latch 'sockets' for the left side and right side main seatbelts for the second row seat are what I need. Amayama reported they're NLA and out of production when I tried to order 73380-60031-E0 as...

I need a 73380-60031 but both the grey and the brown versions of out of production and NLA. Also the earlier revision is also 73380-60030 is NLA. Are there any known aftermarket replacements for this part? Part number list from Toyodiy diagram : 73380 BELT ASSY, REAR SEAT 3 POINT TYPE...

I find it very difficult to get 1st gear even when the motor is running and hot so the gearbox/clutch are also heated up. I can usually get 2nd gear ok at a standing start but on an upgrade 1st is sometimes needed. I have to work it to go in and usually I'm forcing it (with clutch pedal all the...

It's hydraulic. In 80's the clutch system is a totally seperate hydraulic circuit to the brake system, unlike my cars with manual boxes where the clutch and brake share the same fluid reservoir that feed their respective master cyl's.

Need to save some money to get a local clutch shop to investigate, but in the meantime...

I'm staring down the pathway of a clutch job in the not too distant future due to the difficults of gear selection (esp 1st and 3rd), and have wondered about double-clutching for gear changing as a way to 'work around' the clutch issues while I'm fundless to get a shop to sort it out. I've...