Best to just reference my Craigslist post, I am sticking to my guns on Craigslist but will work with someone on here who will actually use it to its full potential. Not some local high school kid that is just gonna trash it...
Bought it from 1 owner with 280k on it. Did head gasket and pulled lower bearing to see the shape and found pretty much brand new looking internals. Pics are better than words so here you go.
Long story short I have 2 rigs a Lexus lx450 and an fj80 same year. The Toyota is stock and the Lexus has medium duty OME 3" springs and entry level Bilstien shocks and the ride just seems harsh at times on road. If I hit a solid whoop off road it soaks it up nicely but will beat the crap out...
I have a 97 Land Cruiser, 280,000 on it all original driven by one person. Finally got the oil in the antifreeze and minor exterior head gasket leaking at #6. Pulled motor to do a solid refresh and could use some advice to anyone with the head stud and MLS Cometic gaskets. I had the head...
Hey Mud guys, been on here for a coupe years and built a 60 that is still in progress as well as lurked and commented where I could, now I need some advice.
So I bought an lx450 for a family rig/daily driver/tow rig with a rod hanging out of it and bought a donor motor to build. I am a lead...
Listed it on Craigslist locally but wanted to get a little more exposure to someone who might appreciate it.
http://pueblo.craigslist.org/cto/4557294098.html
Of course its craigslist and everybody low balls so I went high to start, I did a full write up on the rust restoration on this forum...
I am a 10 year technician with 7 years as a lead techician but have never rebuilt a transmission, I have a secondary mechanic at my repair shop that built tranny's for 30 years and he basically built it with me just learning about the insides so I could better diagnose tranny problems. I really...
Mostly complete with no transmission and front end was hit so dash and front clip are not very usable, 3fe runs great still even with 300,000 miles on it, it sounds very good and doestn smoke, I am probably gonna hang onto the differentials but lots of other stuff is still there and intact...
Rust repair on the rear quarter passenger side has been done, and I have the 2 other pieces needed to have a rust free rig which are bolt on (rear tailgate and passenger fender) I also have an extra hood since this one has a decent dent in it. Runs great, might need valves adjusted but very...
Hey guys, started some rust repair and its slow this moring at the shop so I figured I would throw in some pics and the mini restoration thread of high quality rust repair and paint job
Hers the candidate
Did some exploiring with the ball peen hammer and got down to the good stuff...
So I bought 2 fj62 cruisers recently for the purpose of take the 2 and make one good one then the leftovers build a 2fe for my 84 Im restoring, one is an 88 and the other an 89. The 89 has a good drivetrain but body is rough and the 88 is decent body, motor and interior but the tranny was shot...
I bought a timing light that gave me rpms, timing advance on the fly and a dwell option(although I havnt figured out where I would use that)
I also bought a set of dizzy springs for a sbc and with some trial and error I got a pretty cool recurve which netted a very good feel from the...
She started as a $1500 beater with 234,000 miles on it and has gotten a couple of goodies, I started a build thread a while back but it was more about what do instead of some build progress.
There she was about a year ago, I went back of forth from diesel, to v8 to keeping the 4.2 but after...
Not a newbie to this forum, but a newbie to this section, Ive been around cars my whole life and been a lead tech for 7 years at my family owned repair shop.
I have a Land Cruiser fj60 that I am gonna restore but since its my DD I cant put it under the knife yet so for the time being I...
http://pueblo.craigslist.org/cto/3817910973.html
I came accross this the last week and was curious so I went to "listen" to it and the motor is deffinetely cooked, sounded like 2 skeletons tap dancing on a tin roof.
I want another cruiser for a daily driver so I can put the brown one into...
CRUISERBRANDON's build thread(Porkchop)
Well getting ready to put down some tearing a part and start a build up of my 84 using pieces from the other "parts rig" for a summer fun rig. Next fall I will do the all out build which will probably consist of frame off and repower but for now SPOA and...
Anybody using it and how does it work for them?
I have done some research and I can't find anyone who has posted up real results, plenty of people attempting it but no conclusives from what I have seen. Also if I take lots of long trips to the mountains where obviously breakdowns could be...
Just a suggestion, I have spent a lot of time on this forum in the last couple weeks and one thing I have seen lots of is people wanting to quiet them down a little from road noise. In the doors and tight spaces the boom mat or cheap cruiser mat whatever I have read about on here is about the...
I talked to a guy locally who wanted $3k for a used one without a t/case, I understand their kinda rare but holy cow I only paid $1500 for my whole truck.
Any higher volume sources that can ship them in from maybe another state more resonable?
Im in colorado
So I have been around cars my whole life, been working at the family owned very successful repair shop for 10 years and lead tech for 7 ish. When I was born in 84 my Dad found out he was having a boy so he wanted to buy the most badass factory 4wd. He came home with the only vehicle he has every...