Sale pending
My 260K mile 80 had a unfortunate incident with a falling tree, the motor is now removed and will soon be stripped, I am selling the long block basically oil pan to valve cover, harmonic ballancer to fly wheel. no accessories or manifolds $500 OBO
This motor starts and...
1FZ, 96 LX450, I have the body removed and need to lift the eng/trans/xfer off the frame. I think the rear ring on the aft passenger side of the head should be about the balance point, kinda want confirmation that someone has used this point alone to support the whole assembly. that ring looks...
Edit 2/11/2013
I am starting a new job and will be spending more time away from the property where what is left of the 80 is located, this part out has about run its course, It is time to start a parts thread and showcase only whats left, if you want to contact me about small easy to ship...
I loaned my 80 to my mom last fall, she needed something more reliable and comfortable to go get chemo treatments every 3 weeks, she just sent me these pictures. I don't think I can even cut it into a truck, passenger side roof and door frame is involved,
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I hope you guys don't mind the cross post, might be a cheap trail rig project for somebody.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/vehicles-trailers-sale-wanted/554526-n-fl-89-fj62-almost-functional-rustbucket-2-250-a.html
Price drop $1,995
this was a parts truck that i picked up about 4 years ago, it originally came with no title, I obtained a lien clearance letter and title bond, I titled it in Georgia and then titled it in Florida no problem,
I put it back together minus many superfluous appearance and...
Next Wednesday I am going to haul my LS400 (about 3700 pounds) about 200 miles to to my tools to change the timing belt, I need to do this as safely as possible,
I have a wells cargo 8'x20' enclosed "Auto Wagon" , it has four flush d-rings for tie down but they are just mounted to the plywood...
Edit, Resolved everything working well.
I am trenching everything to a new building, 100 amp 220v service in 1 1/4" PVC conduit 18" deep, 120' run
In 1" conduit I am going to run 2 RG6, 1 cat5, and a phone line, run is about 150', 100' in the same trench with the electrical, only the...
Ran into a old WWII era engine driven Hobart arc welder, data plate says 300A @ 40v, driven by a 6 cyl flat head Chrysler picked it up for $100, if I can get it going it will be a steal, if not well its a sturdy trailer.
Supposedly it was used for pipe line welding back in the day, guy I...
I might take a look at this one tomorrow, anyone have any rough idea on year and specific model and weight? good value overall? I don't know much about the components by name but have ridden various levels of bikes from blue light specials to high end and know good components are worth having...
Dono if there is prior art but I came up with this and its really easy and pretty dam good,
one can bushes mild chili beans (big can to feed 2)
About a third a block of peper jack cheese cut into about 1/4" slices, other cheeses work also,
2 cloves of garlic pressed or finely minced (if you...
Had a slab poured a few days ago, The guy that did the work said 3 days before driving on it, need to work on the 62 it lost a brake line don't want to crawl in the dirt to work on it but I do not want to mess up my new work surface either. tomorrow morning will be three days, but have been...
I admit I am both a pack rat and procrastinator,
Anyway I recently moved, at the bottom of one of many "To Do" piles was a forgotten package, inside was a 10K mile oil filter from one of our upstanding members,
It post marked several years ago :doh:
Anyway it was now at the top of...
Oil was Mobil1 high millage 10w-40, this would be the second 10K mile run with this oil, lead calmed back down to normal (for this motor) My 1FZ has never thrown the beautiful number of many here, no coolant (main reason for the analysis) blackstone goofed on the viscosity, looks just fine...
Everyone here has gone to ethanol (E10) don't really want to run it in the 2 stroke yard equip due to water content problems, as little gas as they use a fuel upgrade makes sense, from reading a few chainsaw forums 100LL avgas is popular high quality fuel that is a buck some odd more a gallon...
I have been reading about grinders and Metabo seams to have a good reputation,
but apparently they have recently redesigned their grinders and currently you have a choice between the two, I am a bit gun shy of redesigns, use to be the latest was the greatest, but as of late they rarely seam...
Wonder if y'all have any advice on manual well pumps,
My family has a chunk of rural FL, it originally had a 20' well that was replaced with a 40' "deep well" about 5 years ago, I put a cheap Chinese pitcher pump on the old well as a back up, it came is quite handy as a hurricane came...
Has anyone found add on mirrors to see around a wide trailer? it is for occasional use so would want something non permanent,
If not, any ideas for fabing up something? even just a fish eye mirror on a stick would be better than what I have now.
I am hauling an 94"x20' cargo trailer
Picked up a 1999 wells cargo 8x20 cargo/car hauler, will be using it to move household goods and shop stuff, Just went through the brakes and bearings, electric brakes work good,
next is wiring, it has the original battery and it is dead, the breakaway switch looks bad also, to get a working...
Had a fuel pump realay failure in 04, with 8 years and 110K on the odo.
put in a new relay, and now 3.5 years and 80K miles later the new fuel pump relay has also failed,
Both of them failed in the same way, on the high voltage side. symptoms hard to start and intermittent sudden losss of...