What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (53 Viewers)
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Took a ‘98 5vz 4runner off my friend’s hands a couple days ago, for cheap. Fixing it up to pass on to a friend, if my brother doesn’t want it - he just cashed in on selling his 2 y/o taco back to a dealer. It’s quite solid in the ways that matter, just needs basic refreshing. But even this vehicle - which I quite like - reminds me just how good the 80 feels. I love my tank. I love driving it, and I love feeding it. That is all.
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Nice! Did you go swimming?
Out with the old and in with the new. Not pictured is the new radiator.
Dang, is that a full 100% cooling system replacement?
Smart move replacing it all while the parts are still available.
I have pretty much decided I will be doing this sometime in the next year or two.
It sure would be nice to have a complete parts list for every cooling system part.....
Sure did! Water was numbing
That is IMO the most important baselineing for our rigs other than oil, and plugs.....been down this road many times and dealing with cooling issues on and off the trail is a real PITA.
have done this mod before Joel's kit, and has been over 3 yrs now.. same location. Only gotten in the way of rocks once and straighten fins, G2G!
lp2k
Had a couple of drinks.. saw a couple of things
I can relate, this was me a year ago
Look awesome! Where is this at? Would you mind PMing me a pin?
Have you been to the Mouth of the Huron. It's worth it!
1657166030 - HOSE, RADIATOR, NO.1
1657266021 - HOSE, RADIATOR, NO.2
1657366010 - HOSE, RADIATOR, NO.3
9046641008 - CLAMP OR CLIP(FOR WATER HOSE) x4
9046743002 - CLAMP OR CLIP, HOSE(FOR RADIATOR INLET) x2
9091603117 - THERMOSTAT
1634666020 - GASKET, THERMOSTAT
8724060140 - VALVE ASSY, HEATER WATER
9955630100 - HOSE(FOR WATER BY-PASS PIPE) x4
9955510200 - HOSE(FOR WATER BY-PASS PIPE NO.4)
1626166040 - HOSE, WATER BY-PASS, NO.1
1626466021 - HOSE, WATER BY-PASS, NO.2
1626766020 - HOSE, WATER BY-PASS, NO.3
9030129006 - RING, O(FOR WATER BY-PASS OUTLET x3
9613551300 - CLAMP OR CLIP(FOR FUEL HOSE NO. 1) x10
9046713128 - CLAMP OR CLIP(FOR WATER BY-PASS HOSE NO.2) x2
1640154750 - CAP SUB-ASSY(FOR WATER OUTLET)
16400-66040 - RADIATOR ASSY
16100-69325 - PUMP ASSY, WATER
16210-66020 - COUPLING ASSY, FLUID (blue fan)
87209-60290 - HOSE SUB-ASSY, WATER
90467-22003 - CLIP
96112-10250 - CLAMP, HOSE
87245-60480 - HOSE, WATER
Gates 28460 90 Degree Molded Heater Hose - I trimmed this to fit at the bottom of -60290 (hose sub-asst, water) that goes to the rear heater outlet at the firewall.
I used 2’ of 5/8” gates green stripe; small section for PHH and ~ 16” for a section from -60290(hose sub assembly) to water bypass outlet. (94 and earlier models)
Instead of Toyota 966112-10250 clamps I used 15 ea. #10 constant torque hose clamp from NAPA.
“While I was in there” I replaced the transmission coolant lines with 3/8” gates. High/low pressure lines for power steering and even had time to add auto up diode from wits end. The only hoses I didn’t replace were the rear heater lines. I’ll tackle those at a future date.
Cheers and good luck. It was a lot of work but it went smoothly.
How much money is on that table? I'm looking at a new 80 that has been sorely neglected in every hose and gasket. Hard to imagine doing it all in one fell swoop.
Added to the repair section
I cleaned up this thread to remove discussions on ATF, Guns and associated politics
This is 80's tech
Your friendly 80 series moderator
This is 80's tech
Your friendly 80 series moderator
Man! Talk about isolation…
Where? I’ve been meaning to get some chains. They’re a necessity for snow wheelinReplaced all the dome lights (including two factory domes added to the hatch) with amber LEDs. Wasn’t going to bother posting anything so simple but I am really happy with the switch from white LED. It gives a warm glow that is much more pleasant as the old stock incandescent were but the output is significantly improved.
Seen here with one on in camp, the desired insect prevention also worked well.
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Also grabbed a summer deal on chains and had to test fit everything on a hot afternoon.
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Amazon used section. They were all brand new but had been returned. Not a shelf stock item around here so I sent some more money down that big river
Got my bumper on. Winch wired. Fog lights and blinkers wired.
Took the kids out for a test run. Found a clearing and tested the winch.
Verified my trans cooler is doing its job.
Took the kids out for a test run. Found a clearing and tested the winch.
Verified my trans cooler is doing its job.
Tachycardic
SILVER Star
We euthanized our cat Cleo after 17 wonderful years. Afterwards, we took ride out into the Spring Mountains for healing time.
