Last year I put a 6BT and NV4500 in my 80 series. I love this swap and would love to see more people doing them. However, I know that the swap has been plagued by some high dollar flops and vendor issues. I don't have a bottomless wallet and I too was scared away by the vendor issues when I...
About a year ago I decided to build my own adapter for the NV4500 to HF2AV. I'd now like to share the plans that I used to build my adapter with anyone interested. I built this adapter and ran it in my 6BT powered cruiser without issue. However, I am not in the adapter business. and would...
Selling my Cruiser to finance a expedition camper build. Very clean truck. Well sorted and built with the vast knowledge archived here. Absolutely awesome rig...just on to a new adventure :)
Stock truck:
1994 FZJ80 with 171k miles
Triple locked with CDL switch
No rust, only a few door dings...
So I'll spend some quality time with my wiring diagram tonight, but thought I'd toss this out there to see if anyone has tips where to start looking.
The patient is a new to me 97 fzj80 that is bone stock with 200k+ on it. Drive it a couple times over the last few weeks without incident. Today...
I'm diving back into 80 series swaps and will be doing a 6BT/NV4500 swap into a triple locked '93. I'm also planning an LS/NV4500 swap into a different '93 and am looking forward to the comparison. I've done a couple swaps before and grateful to the MANY people that have done this already and...
I'm getting ready to put an NV4500 in my new to me 80. I know some folks have been able to source clutch pedals from SOR or Manafree but I called and no such luck at the moment. I've also read a few threads where people fabbed them out of FJ60 clutch buckets but haven't landed any pics yet...
Well...it looks like I might be getting back in the 80 series diesel group. After completing the 4bd1t swap in my 94 I decided to venture to the darkside with a 100 series. Once again I find myself wanting to lose sparkplugs and go diesel and just picked up a triple locked truck with a blown...
SOLD
Time to sell my latest build. Awesome family hauler and wheeler...just spend too much time on the pavement to justify keeping her around. I believe I am the third or fourth owner. Purchased at 158k miles from person who had it from 60k miles on. Here are the specs:
-Factory rear locker...
Hey All. I built this camp trailer for my 80 and then ended up selling the 80. Its painted green to match the 80 and is on FZJ80 wheels/tires. New 3500# axle. Two fold out beds are roughly queen size. Tent comes with it. Camping part was never completely finished...I got it functional and...
Hey All. I built this camp trailer for my 80 and then ended up selling the 80. Its painted green to match the 80 and is on FZJ80 wheels/tires. New 3500# axle. Two fold out beds are roughly queen size. Tent comes with it. Camping part was never completely finished...I got it functional and...
So when I searched for a build thread about gear setup and install I came up empty. Zuk has a good write up about installing an older style arb for bluecruiser that can be found here. I found using the 2004 FSM that is downloadable in the FAQ and the ARB instructions was sufficient for this...
So I must be running low on search mojo...so please if there are threads out there already (as I would guess there are) please redirect me. I'm getting ready to install 4.88's and an ARB in the front of my '99 after destroying the front ring and pinion. I have the FSM to read, but figured I'd...
I'm going to be needing to ship a bumper from Denver area to PDX in February. It'll weigh 210 lbs, be on a crate, and measure 80x40x18. Anyone have a trip planned around then and want some gas money :-)
Looking for stock gears for front diff in OR/WA area. Would also be interested in a front 4 spider gear carrier. Hoping somebody regeared and wants to seel their spares :-)
JustDifferentials is closed for the weekend, but I found a Nitro Gear site that claims they are the only supplier of the stock 4.30 ratio for the front my 1999...is this true? Seems like with the number of folks who bump up to 4.88's there might be some used sets around...but the classifieds...
I wasn't even being rough with it, but I guess it was a bone head thing to do. Backed my tractor into some fill dirt that was too soft and it got a little tipsie so I decided to chain the cruiser to it and give it a yank. Well...I think that cost me my front diff :-( The tires were spinning...
Built this to match my diesel 80. Great little trailer that is stoutly built. Comes with a full set of matching FJ80 wheels. Has matching FJ80 fender flares and is set up to be in line with a 2.5" lifted 80. Trailer box is 72"x84" long. Tongue is about 44" I believe. 3" C channel frame and...