Are those the pics of pre-cleaning? How much crud was really removed from behind there?
It does look like you took the time to drill out and replace every rivet. It looks like it was well done! A lot of work, I hope the benefit is there.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (84 Viewers)
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
It does look like you took the time to drill out and replace every rivet. It looks like it was well done! A lot of work, I hope the benefit is there.
There was a bunch of junk in there all new rivets. It makes me feel better knowing what it looked like and seemed appropriate to inspect on a complete rebuild.
I can't help myself I was trained by a German trained master Bimmer tech he would have done it.
I purchased the new updated VC also lol!
Outsane
Supporting Vendor
What a sweet adventure!
COYS
SILVER Star
No Bimmers were harmed in the making of this film
Last edited:
Props for calling it a "bimmer" and not a "beemer"... It has 4 wheels. =)
[/pet peeve]
[/pet peeve]
I guess we should jump on the Bimmer forum. That's what keeps me here. I fit in with the 80 crowd better.
I guess I'm not really a redneck. LOL!
You're welcome!
And I get the apprehension. When he saw the bubbling and told me the WORST CASE scenario, my heart dropped. I'd already spent just shy of $2k getting an electrical issue squared away with my AC suddenly not working (long story AND post about it), so I was really apprehensive about the "worst case scenario" suddenly being "Yeah, you NEED to do this"...I mean, the gasket had literally jumped from a non issue to a PRIORITY.
If you need to R/R your gasket, don't wait. Just get it to a good shop that KNOWS how to replace the gasket per the FSM...I guess there's awhole thing involved about the adhesive and how to lay it in the groove and then to the gasket AND THEN to the glass that most shops aren't even aware of. If you're going to pull the glass and gasket yourself, get a good wire brush in there and get most of the rust out and then spray it with Rustop or Rustoleum...whcih is what this shop did. And since they work with a lot of 80 series for this specific issue, I'm not too worried about it. Plus, I have a lifetime warranty on the gasket for leaking.
Best,
Might look ok on the tailgate, depending on rig color...but still, it's just not for me, personally.
I'd love to read/see the write up for this mod!
Mine is dim and would like to brighten up the cluster lights. Is there a writeup for that?
they're here
all tabs intact
even included bulbs and upper/lower trim
should clean up nice
all tabs intact
even included bulbs and upper/lower trim
should clean up nice
Last edited:
Door panels done
Ocho77
SILVER Star
Started a few projects:
My daughter is almost 14 and she is inheriting the 80 series. She is super excited to work on the truck and learn, so we started tearing everything down for a knuckle rebuild. 3 of the 6 small bolts broke off. Just ordered 2 new Toyota knuckles. Have a rebuild kit from Kurt at Cruiser Outfitters.
She has been awesome. Every time I start to do something, she asks questions and then asks if she can do it. It's been the easiest axle rebuild so far, as I haven't had to do anything but walk her through some stuff.
While waiting on the new knuckles to arrive, we knocked out a few other small projects: New PCV valve and grommet, new hoses, new accelerator cable and new seat gears. She has done all the work herself thus far. It's been a lot of fun!
My mother-in-law asked her what she wanted for Christmas, and my daughter told her she wanted truck parts
She replaced the entire accelerator cable by herself. I was very thankful, because I can no longer contort my body...
My daughter is almost 14 and she is inheriting the 80 series. She is super excited to work on the truck and learn, so we started tearing everything down for a knuckle rebuild. 3 of the 6 small bolts broke off. Just ordered 2 new Toyota knuckles. Have a rebuild kit from Kurt at Cruiser Outfitters.
She has been awesome. Every time I start to do something, she asks questions and then asks if she can do it. It's been the easiest axle rebuild so far, as I haven't had to do anything but walk her through some stuff.
While waiting on the new knuckles to arrive, we knocked out a few other small projects: New PCV valve and grommet, new hoses, new accelerator cable and new seat gears. She has done all the work herself thus far. It's been a lot of fun!
My mother-in-law asked her what she wanted for Christmas, and my daughter told her she wanted truck parts
She replaced the entire accelerator cable by herself. I was very thankful, because I can no longer contort my body...
Cruising around sounding like a NASCAR..... 
- Removed the winch for maintenance.
- Removed the front support beam and tried to sort the extremly warped inside of the engine bay.
- Re-routed cables a bit and cleaned up.
- Cut a metal piece for the ac radiator as only one was preset. Pretty happy with result, its my first time think i made her happy ....
- I let my son clean the plastic battery boxes. They came out dirtier after he used the high pressure wash to play with them in mud.
- Bolted down just about everything, the car is too warped and will need to change the support, so just made sure nothing is loose.
- Vodoo cursed every one responsible for this cluster frack of work.
- I will have to order new parts for components to fit properly, these parts are too far gone.
bpenn1980
SILVER Star
LRA happened. LA to St George non-stop and I didnt even fill it all the way up. Loving this
Dis
For what? You seem to have a plethora of tanks under there......
I cleaned my IAC and did a few readings on my VAF and the one on the LC was reading different on the THA - E2 pins then one off the LC was reading 2.3K Ohms the one on the LC was reading 1.3K Ohms. I am assuming the difference was due to the temperature of the two, basically room temp over previously driven residual heat from being driven for awhile today.
On the VS - E2 pins both measured within speaks.
I moved onto the O2 sensors and the FSM called for 5 - 6.5 Ohms, mine read 13 and 13.5 Ohms. So I have some new 02 sensors on order along with a new coolant temp sensor and intake hose.
Hopefully these repairs will help me pass emissions and I can continue to modify the LC to where I would like it. But got to toss money at getting it running correct first.
On the VS - E2 pins both measured within speaks.
I moved onto the O2 sensors and the FSM called for 5 - 6.5 Ohms, mine read 13 and 13.5 Ohms. So I have some new 02 sensors on order along with a new coolant temp sensor and intake hose.
Hopefully these repairs will help me pass emissions and I can continue to modify the LC to where I would like it. But got to toss money at getting it running correct first.
Last edited:
