What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (70 Viewers)

[jfz80]

Not my 80. Well not part of it yet.

Now to find the drivers side. Sad thing is Ive had 2 parts trucks and sold both sides of each of them years ago.

 

[on the rocks]

Coney Flats is not a very hard trail, but it can get ugly in the rain. That's how I bent my radius arms up

True and kind of why I thought I would run it to test the 80 before something bigger. Was hoping for moody hill and crystal mountain since a little closer but it seems everything up north is closed from the fire. That rain Thursday was crazy up there.

 

[fjbj40]

Playing in the shop today.

what do you get when you tear apart a household fan and use the switch. Add a micro switch and two connectors from the ABS pump and throw them in a plastic electrical box?

 

[250below10]

Finally got a spare wheel, now just need to decided it Im going to just buy a cheap 285 for now to have a full spare, or if Ill wait to get a full set of 315s

Monday I have to drop it at the machine shop to remove the little lip on the center bore, and for now Ill just swap it with a beat up one that is in the 80

 

[vsatking]

I did a thing.

I want to do more of a thing when I get a shorter belt.

Had to heat and dugga dugga on the exhaust male to male port. Lucky I did not break something!

 

[woodsman 44]

See if this soothes it a bit

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Cheers

U mak'in a truggy? ..lol

 

[250below10]

Installed my midland gmrs radio, Im out of 16ga wire, so Ill do the permanent wiring once I get some more, but for now it works great!

Also installed the @Outsane shakey mirror bracket

And as I was doing it, I realized something looks weird with my driver side

I dont believe this is stock, since it doesn't mach the pax side. Looks like PO did something about his shakey mirror in the past

 

[george_tlc]

Front suspension upgrade time.

OME 850 compared to the Dobinson new style dual rate 3.5" lift.

I ran the 850 with 1.5" spacers. So, lift of the 850+1.5" is similar to the Dobs 3.5". Dobs look a bit higher, but presumably will settle with some use and time.

Given the free length of the Dobs and also installing new King shocks we needed to really drop the front suspension. Only way to get it to drop all the way was to pull the panhard bolt out since the panhard binds as it tries to rotate when lowering the axle all the way. You can see the panhard sitting level with the axle in the above picture. Also disconnected the sway bar. Having 2 floor jacks was very nice for a) raising/lowering the vehicle and b) raising/lowering one side versus the other to ease the removal and reinstall of the panhard bolt.

One dobs installed. Close to maxing out the extended brake lines and ABS sensor cable, just long enough.

King with remote reservoir with adjuster mounted. My older son works at King so it was nice to let him do all the install work for the shock Still trying to decide whether to apply the stickers that he brought with him.

Worker bees mounting one of the wheels back on, job complete.

Passenger side view with vehicle weight on the suspension. You can see the top coils of the springs packed together. Front of our 80 has an ARB roobar, M12k winch, dual batteries and s/c. So, a few hundred lbs over 'stock'.

Have only driven it a bit (since we did the install today), but the dobs definitely ride very nicely over bumps and dips. Combined with the shocks it doesn't wallow when driving across a dip at an angle. The wheels articulate, but the body doesn't rock . I like it

Happy and safe 4th to all.

cheers,
george.

 

[musthave]

Finishing up a trip out west. Stopped to pay my respects at Yankee Jims bridge in Colfax, CA.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Took the rig out for a quick overnight camping trip and did a little shooting.

 

[Azca]

Really pushing the weight limit with an 80.

 

[94 TLC]

Can u spot the LX-450?

Eastern Sierra time at 11.5k elevation View attachment 2717261View attachment 2717263

Wow! That’s awe-inspiring! Can you PM me where that is?

 

[TexasJack]

Finishing up a trip out west. Stopped to pay my respects at Yankee Jims bridge in Colfax, CA.

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You were likely over the limit for this bridge. The curb weight of an 80 series is 4760 lbs. Curb weight includes all the standard equipment and amenities, however this weight does not include any cargo or passengers. ... Gross vehicle weight on the other hand includes the added weight of passengers and cargo which is 6525 lbs. With your front bumper and winch you are probably over that. 1 ton equals 2000 lbs. 3 tons equal 6000 lbs. OOPS!

 

[bcomnes]

Lake day

Any details on the grill and headlights?

 

[jcardona1]

Any details on the grill and headlights?

Details here

Builds - Evolution of a Land Cruiser: My 80's build thread

Yours are pretty much vertical right? Mine are angled back about 25° which affects the effective spring rate. Still you have a 30% stiffer rate with only a 10% additional wheel ratio

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[MPS]

Thank you for the Solvefunction link. I had just mounted new White Knuckle sliders and didn't know what to do on the front bumper cover. Great idea.

 

[Fj80oregon]

Finally got a spare wheel, now just need to decided it Im going to just buy a cheap 285 for now to have a full spare, or if Ill wait to get a full set of 315s
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Monday I have to drop it at the machine shop to remove the little lip on the center bore, and for now Ill just swap it with a beat up one that is in the 80View attachment 2721041

Great tires I am a huge fan of the wildpeak

 

[Fj80oregon]

Got my spare back form the sandblaster and mounted up. Painted it with a couple coats of rust oleum grey. I should have just had the spare powder coated when I did the others.

 

[Shoredreamer]

Just some more trails and camping last weekend in Sierra NF with @DanMedeiros @Hyup

 

[jfz80]

Random reduction of parts sitting around awaiting install.
Added a knock sensor with no positive results, swapped in a new ac idler pulley bearing, re installed the y pipe anchor off the trans, drain n fill front diff, oil change and a bath.