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  1. lasoundguy

    SOLD  Los Angeles—FJ80 manual seats

    I picked these up two years ago from @Deathvalleypaul hoping to avoid rebuilding seat motors every 6 months, but alas my gf prefers the look of our recovered power seats. They’ve been in my garage, they are kinda dirty but mechanically fine. Note you’ll need to transfer over the seat belt...
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    Spindle wear opinions wanted

    Helping a coworker baseline a new to him 80. We are doing front knuckle rebuild first. Got into it yesterday and noticed some wear patterns on the spindle. Is this normal/ok or should we replace it? What could have caused? I was thinking maybe loose wheel bearings?
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    Wanted  SoCal seat motors (front to back) for 80 series

    I think I killed the motors redoing the Gamiviti gears this last time, so looking for a pair (or take one if available) to give it one more shot before I chuck them and get something else. I'd cut my losses now but I recovered them and added heaters last year, and they are actually comfortable...
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    Quick one...verify thread pitch on steering stabilizer? (M12 x 1.75mm?)

    The nut on the OME steering stabilizer worked its way loose on our last offroad trip. I have M12 x 1.5mm and M12 x 1.75mm nuts, yet neither seems to thread on cleanly. I don't want to force it and crossthread, so does anyone know the pitch for sure? By eye it looks like 1.75mm (the coarser...
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    SOLD  SoCal - 80-series Third Row Seats - Oak

    With the drawers, fridge, and cargo barrier in place it's time to be honest with myself that we're never using these again. Bought used off another 'mudder two years ago. Came out of an LC, so the leather is a slightly different shade of brown than my LX, but never bothered me. When I first...
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    Can you tell me what I did wrong (FIPG woes)?

    OK, did up my oil pan Tuesday, and decided to do it "the right way" and go with FIPG and following the 3mm bead recommendation out of the FSM. Torqued it in (going round robin around the pan so it came in evenly) and let it set for about 18 hours. Next day I filled her up with oil, and almost...
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    SOLD  Los Angeles--80-series rear TourFlex tapered 3" springs

    Model #TDC-948/949 3HF Details can be found here. Picked these up new from @TRAIL TAILOR last September, used them until January. Rode great (really great tbh) but when we load up for camping we are *heavy* (20 gallons water/10 gallons gas + a ton of gear) and the rig was a little too stinkbug...
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    Resealing oil pan, any tips/gotchas? Is this the right next step?

    Hey there. Recently my 80 has been burning a bit more oil--maybe 500ml every 2000 miles, so I'm trying to fix up a few of the leaks. I did the distributor o-ring last summer and just did the oil pump cover o-ring and the front crankshaft seal today/this weekend. When down there it seems...
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    Alternator remove/replace tips?

    I noticed my truck started showing between 11.5-12.3V while idling, going up to about 14.3 on the highway (with revs.) Decided to replace the alternator with a new OEM one after getting the battery tested. Any tips or advice for removing the old one and putting the new one in? Do I need to...
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    Suggest next steps for brake troubleshooting (booster replacement I think?)

    I've never loved my brakes, but they were working a lot better until just the past few weeks when the truck sat after our New Year's trip. I jumped in last week and noticed the pedal sinks nearly to the floor and the engagement isn't very confidence inspiring, hard to panic stop. In a rush to...
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    SOLD  Socal: OME springs for 80 series (860/851 set) plus rear shocks + stock radius arms

    Gone to tapered, so have some OME springs for sale...have about 25K miles on them, 12/14 build date (PO had them installed in 2015.) $180 for all four, or $50/spring if you just want fronts or rears. 860/851 Also have some (non-L) shocks that have surface corrosion, but worked fine when I...
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    Can someone link me to a decent inexpensive coolant pressure tester?

    Have a slow coolant leak (about an inch down in the radiator per 2000 miles.) My last Blackstone Lab result (7k miles ago) came back clean...going to do another sample but am hoping this isn’t the HG. I don’t see any obvious leaks. With Covid rates in LA being what they are, hoping to Amazon...
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    Driveline shop? Looking for a DC shaft and Joey is out of stock

    Hey there. Got my 3" Tour Flex lift springs in and have a "grr" on slack throttle now. Looking to go for a DC shaft, am wondering if there's a shop local to SoCal who can build one up (I texted Joey too but haven't heard back, I know he's busy.) Alternatively, if anyone has ordered the Tom...
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    [Sorted] Urgent help needed bent draglink Southern Utah

    Hey there. Didn’t see a rock I should have and now my draglink looks like this. Anyone know a place to source a replacement (new/used/whatever) somewhat urgently? Am near Rockville UT outside Zion. Can drive on dirt but pavement will probably not go too well. Heading up towards SLC on Wed AM...
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    LA upholstery shop?

    Just curious if anyone has recommendations for an upholstery shop for a simple foam rebuild on the side of my seat cushion? Ideally near central LA...(doing the LSeat thing.) Let me know, thanks!
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    Does the muffler have an indent near the driveshaft normally?

    Trying to track down a rattle/scraping sound under acceleration from stop. Seems to be from under the truck, maybe passenger side. Didn't do it when I put all four wheels up on jackstands and ran the engine, although I was solo so I couldn't roll on and off throttle and be under the truck. In...
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    Rear brake help requested

    OK, I've been trying to track down a weird groaning/dragging sound under acceleration from a stop that started after my family Death Valley camping trip two weekends ago. After some false positives thinking it was slider/cat contact, I narrowed in on possibly rear brakes... I put the truck up...
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    Anyone compared the GIS skid and the creeper skid in person? Or gone DIY?

    Seems like there are a few good options for skid plates that have reasonable availability and not crazy shipping costs for us West Coast folks. (Due to distance and lack of stock I'm ruling out Iron Pig.) So the Creeper skid that @TRAIL TAILOR has seems really nice, though from eyeballing it...
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    RTH low pressure power steering hose

    Seem to have a dumb problem here, but I just can’t seem to force this hose any further past the barb on the hardline. I think it’s a little tight due to being @NLXTACY ’s kit which is imperial not metric, but I have been able to get those to fit before with some muscle. Is there some trick...
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    Trail spares thoughts (a list for review)

    Been putting together my spares for the trail--goal is to get to remote/hard areas of the Sierras, Utah, CO etc and be reasonably confident of getting out. Mix of wheeling and just general reliability (i.e. electrical stuff etc, not just axle/driveline.) My rig is pretty well baselined, have a...
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