Recent content by WarDamnEagle

Pretty sure only the driver's side was ever slotted and that was only for a few years for the carburetor fan. RH never slotted, LH slotted from 72 to 77. Having said that, I have an October 1976 ('77 model) which doesn't have a slotted "ornament" and no carburetor fan.

Interesting and he was probably 95% correct. Thanks for sharing.

FWIW, that plastic bottle cap will float in petrol or diesel fuel, at least it will if it's polypropylene or HDPE. Even more reason to assume that it won't cause any issues.

Kind of doubt it will hurt anything if you leave it.

Had to look Duramate up. First Google hit: 😂

Interesting question. This is from the list of "member companies" under the Toyota global website Purchasing pages: So yes, two different companies.

I should have included that information. These aren't his words but the supposed concern was deformation of the paint over time which causes the lug nuts to loosen. I really didn't subscribe to the theory at the time, or now for that matter, but he was nice enough to let me use his place of...

I didn't go that deep. You have to pull the rear pinion bearing and I didn't want to go that far. I only pulled the circled parts and replaced everything but the Flange (but I did replace the Deflector)

Yes I did. I wouldn't have thought to even think about that but @Lifelong40Fan suggested I do so. Both diffs looked very good but I could see some slight wear/corrosion/pitting? on a few of the main ring gear teeth in the rear diff. That was enough reason for me to do the swap.

Decided to replace the bolts on the face of the lockers (6 each side) and added those to the order for the bushings and cushions (see above). I know I am repeating myself on this subject but I checked Partsouq and every one of those parts is less than half the US discounted price. Shipping is...

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Every so often I get pleasantly surprised that a fairly esoteric part is still available from Toyota. I took my clutch and brake assembly apart today and found the bushings circled below in bad shape. I also broke the cushion circled below removing it from the assembly. Diagram shows the...

Well, glad I asked. Would certainly prefer to paint the hubs. Probably going to use some high temp paint on the rotor centers on each side as well. Thought about replacing the rotors but they are smooth and barely worn, if at all. @RUSH55 it was definitely the outward face of the hub where...

Now that one might go a tad under 90% retention if it was dipped. 😂