Bought a 95 80 today Front and rear lockers 250,000miles, drives good very gutless on steep hills. Needs new wheels bumpers have been used will be replacing anyway. Was going to build an 05 Sequoia but was talked out of it. What are the pros and cons of them. Is the engine anything like...
Gas mileage is better then the 80 rides much more comfy can tow a trailer almost as good as my Ram 2500 except stopping. I have over 250,000. Largest problem is the back hatch has broken inside 3 times. Hate the anti slip. May switch the axles out and eliminate that.
I have a 05 Sequoia I am going to build into an off-road. My FJ40’s are not great for winter wheeling. Was debating on putting 05 F350 axles Dana 60 and a sterling rear or trying to keep Toyota and 80 axles. found an 95 FJ80 winter Tahoe vehicle sold there house will sell me the 80 for 1500...
I am removing a 2F to put in a V8 I have a 73 I replaced the 1F with an fj60 2F. My 78 fj40 has a v8 and gets better mileage on 1 ton axles and 42” tires then the 73 with 37” tires. I regret switching to a 2F should’ve just done the v8 swap to begin with
Paint/ Rust removal, blasted all the origional paint off with walnut but it would not remove rust had to sand blast it. May end up cutting out welding pieces back in like I am doing on the cab if I can’t clean themenough. I am going to do line-X on the bed and the inner floor boards. Have a...
Had my 64 45 for a couple years finally beginning to do some work on it. Picked up a 67 40 tub for parts here n there. I am hoping the 40 corners will fit the 45 tub corners, looks like I will be making my own mounts and cross supports. There are just 3 rust holes in the bed hopefully don’t...