Recent content by TXinVA

So either the light is bad or the motor actuator is bad. Easy way to tell would be to put it in H4 and grab the front shaft. I guess the next one I look at, I’ll need to be ready to crawl under the truck. Thanks for your help.

It makes sense to me that they have a part time transfer case. I just don’t get why there’s no indication at all whether the truck is in 2 or 4.

I didn’t take a photo of the actual transfer knob, but the options are: H N L4

It’s the smaller one. Here’s a photo I took. All three trucks I’ve seen. Same switch. Same spot.

It’s gotta be original. All three of the trucks I’ve seen here have had the exact same switch in the exact same position.

Yeah mine will be a PCS move. I’d be interested for any details or lessons learned you have for the shipping process. Did you find your trucks on OLX or do you have contacts with people here local? I‘ve quickly learned that online listings are far from the most comprehensive source of used cars...

Please provide info when you can figure out what the H4 button is all about. Still confused. Especially since all three I’ve looked at have no dash indication.

On the autos I’ve looked at, the front wheels have the plastic Toyota covers over the hubs. The manual I looked at had manual front hubs

Yeah there’s a regular T-case shifter with a 4 Lo option. The manual trans truck had manual hubs, but the autos didn’t.

I’m thinking the same. What’s confusing is I don’t see any indication in the instrument cluster that it’s shifting. I couldn’t be 0 for 3 on trucks with bad vacuum solenoids, could I? The short stick is there in the same place as the US 80s. The options listed on the short stick are H-N-L4 —...

I’m shopping around for an 80 while I’m stationed in Bahrain. Every one I’ve looked at so far (2x automatic, 1x manual) has an H4 button in where the CDL switch is normally located. I’ve asked for help in the Importing forum, but no help there. Hoping some of you GCC residents here can help me...

Wow. You ain’t kidding. Like orders of magnitude larger. On OLX (Bahrain’s Craigslist) there are normally like 2 80-series for sale at any one time. Wish I could just pop over to Saudi and grab one and bring it back. There’s a massive paperwork burden to export-import Saudi to Bahrain. Made even...

Gotcha. The one I sent is available here in Bahrain. Maybe it’s Desert Dune Metallic (1A5) or Flaxen Mica (4M7). Asking BD3500 (SAR 35000). Much cleaner (at least in photos) than the black 97 I looked at a few days ago. 315k km. I’ll take a look at it this weekend. In your experience here in...

Like this tan?

TLDR: **Asking for folks with import experience** The potential dealbreaker: a PO removed the OBD port. Import policy says that the drivetrain must be in original, unmodified condition. With the OBD port removed, is that a concern? Greetings to all. First post here. I’m stationed in Bahrain...