Thanks for all of the replies. Traskew3, yes, it was in FL. How did you know that? Thanks for all of the tips. The good news is there wasn't a death in the family. My parents are in a retirement community and it was time for them to give up driving.
I just went through all of the...
I just inherited a 2000 Lexus LX470 in desert tan with 96K miles. I used to spend time on here when I first had a '98 UZJ100 and then a '93 FZJ80. Both were sold when I switched to diesel trucks but now I'm back into the Land Cruiser family. (once you have a Land Cruiser, you'll always come...
Burgundy with brown cloth interior
4.5L DOHC Straight Six
4 Speed Auto Transmission
162K Miles
Front and Rear Locking Differentials (also center lock at shifter)
Cold A/C
7 Passenger capacity with jump seats open
New Michelin LTX tires with >90% tread
Factory block heater
New Autozone...
I'm negotiating with a local buyer right now so I can't post a price. If you are interested in the vehicle, send me a PM and we'll talk.
I'll have a price up here later this week if it doesn't sell locally.
Powell
'93 Toyota Land Cruiser FZJ80 - Atlanta, GA
Burgundy with brown cloth interior
4.5L DOHC Straight Six
4 Speed Auto Transmission
162K Miles
Front and Rear Locking Differentials (also center lock at shifter)
Cold A/C
7 Passenger capacity with jump seats open
New Michelin LTX tires with...
The only place I know of in the US that will do this for you is in Peachtree City, GA. www.hybridfuelsystems.com. You won't pay it off in a year's worth of fuel though.
Ditch that idea and pick up an '80s era Mercedes diesel. Convert it to veggie oil or make your own biodiesel. I'm...
Hi,
I need some advice on pricing my '93 locked FZJ80. It has 162k miles fully locked with cloth interior (pretty rare... took me two years to find it) It has a factory block heater on it too. Burgundy with brown interior. I've done all of the services on it at Toyota but need to sell it...
1. Front axle service
2. all brake pads and new front rotors
3. complete tuneup
fyi... you just listed about $2K+ in service work on the FZJ80. If you go with a third party service shop, you won't get all Toyota parts and might save $3-400. If $2K is too much to pay, I'd take Junk up on...
Thanks Dan. I guess it would help for me to page down to the followup pages after looking at the first page of results... <g>
I was just amazed that it took as long as it did to relearn. From the posts, I would not have expected it to take that long. Maybe it is not the length you drive...
battery
Hi, thanks for the replies. I should have mentioned that. I tried disconnecting the battery yesterday morning for about 15 minutes and hooked it back up. I noticed that the ground terminal was loose when I did this. Afterward, I drove it up to Atlanta and back. About 125 miles worth...
Hi,
I know you all are probably sick of talking about this topic but I searched and couldn't find this specific problem. Most posts are concerned about lowering the fast idle. My truck has LOST the warm up idle after putting it in the body shop for a door repair.
When I crank it cold, it...
Yeah, the old caddies have an air compressor for load-leveling the rear suspension. Some folks from the Mitsubishi forum I also frequent have pulled these and mounted them in their offroad vehicles for onboard air. Beats spending a wad on a Quick Air 3.
Powell
I run Redline synthetics in the front/rear diffs and tcase. I use mineral-based oil in the transmission and change it at 30k miles. I'm nervous about putting synthetic oil in an automatic tranny with 151k miles on it without knowing the service history. (I bought it used)
My theory is...
I use Dover Cylinder head (www.doverusa.com) Clearwater and Dover are the two best head rebuilding shops on the East coast in my opinion. I've used both for Mitsubishi V6 cylinder heads and they do great work. I live 15 minutes from Dover and asked them about the FZJ80 head and they were...
You must have missed all those episodes of Dukes of Hazzard up there... does the term "Southern Belle" or the name "Daisy Duke" mean anything to ya' ? :-)
When I bought my '98 UZJ100, the D light was burned out and I had it replaced at the dealer on 9/11/01. I was at the dealer when I saw the second plane hit the tower while in the waiting room.
I sold the truck to a relative and bought a '93 FZJ80 and guess what? The D light was burned out...
Well, I'm glad I'm not alone. I had the same smell pop up a couple of weeks ago but I think mine is coming from a small leak from one of the oil pans.
Another common cause of a burning rubber or plastic smell is a piece of road trash flying up and sticking to part of the exhaust system...
electric lockers
Hi,
Take a look at the FAQ posting at the top of the forum. The last link is about retrofitting electric lockers.
I'm not sure on the other two items but try searching.
Happy New Year,
Powell
Hi
I need some help on tracking down a burning smell under the hood. It is a cross between the smell of a brake drum lining on a truck and burning plastic. It just started happening after a very cold morning the other day. If I sniff the seam of the hood toward the rear of the engine bay...