Southern 1996 FZJ80 - NOT triple locked
Asking $12,500 OBO - No trades
Background info:
Landcruiser lived in Houston, Mobile and New Orleans (not during Katrina).
I purchased it in October 2015 with 188xxx miles and a clean CarFax. I have a folder maintaining all records on the vehicle from...
I present the $28 tailgate! It may not be to everyone's taste, but I wanted a cheap and easy solution to recently going topless and removing the ambulance doors. $23 Heep rollbar hammock and $5 stainless bolt, nut washer combo.
Since it's aerodynamic, I'll bet I can get this thing up to 62 or 63. 😜
And cleaned the contacts on top of the tank and guess what...my fuel gauge works now! Added 5+ gallons of gas...no leaks in a 20 mile test drive. No gas smell in the cab. Painted the tank cover and will reassemble. Very pleased with a couple of simple fixes!
Pulled the passenger seat and tank cover to find a fuel leak. This rubber cover to cap the tank, installed by the PO, was evidently not fuel proof. At least it was a cheap fix.
Here's a pic looking from the top down where the plug was missing in the back side of the carb.
I'd be very happy getting the correct Toyota cap.
Thanks in advance.
Drove the 40 a good bit to run errands since things from Ida are a bit better here. Stopped to get gas and she did one of those shudder quits when I turned her off. Filled up with gas and she started up, pulled away from pump into the street, back fired, made a hissing noise and died. Would not...
Son and his buddies going light wheeling/camping next weekend and asked about sleeping in the 80 vs a tent...so we built a basic sleeping platform for his truck.