Popped a head gasket. Pulled motor. Decided that a factory new short block wasn't all that much more than rebuilding the existing short block, which I figured was worth doing since the motor had 250K and was already out of the truck. Now I have an extra short block. Had high hopes of doing...
Looking for some advice before I dig into this issue. Noticed over the past month or two, I've been experiencing a subtle steering wobble in the steering wheel when I'm lightly braking. This is especially noticeable when I'm lightly braking in a gradual right turn - like when you brush the brake...
I have five (5) mounted and balanced 35x12.5r17 Falken MT beadlocks for sale. Wheels are 17x8.5 KMC XD222 Enduro Beadlocks. These will fit pretty much any 6 lug Toyota. Wheel specs are 17x8.5/ET0/6x139.7/4.5”BS/108mm center bore, 3200LB load rating. Wheels and tires are in great condition. I’ve...
Looking for a driver's side front fender for my 1997 80 Series. Extra points if it's Moonglow (light blue/gray), but I'm willing to take any color. Want an OEM fender with the flare. Located in SoCal, but fine to explore shipping if you have it.
Thanks, Jim
Looking for some help to get a transmission from Rio Linda (Sacramento 95637) to me in Santa Monica (90404). Guy who has the trans doesn't want the hassle of packaging/shipping, so need someone to physically pick it up. I can meet anywhere in SoCal to make the destination transfer painless. Date...
Took a trip up to the mountains this past weekend and noted that my 10k-mile-old (new factory short block) engine was running oddly cool holding a stable 176* on the freeway and around town. Ambient air temps ranged from the 40s to the 70s and altitudes ranged from ~3k up to 9k feet of...
So, on a trip from CA to MT. Drove 600 miles yesterday. When I arrived at my day-1 destination, I hear a distinct squeak emanating from the front axle. It’s a constant squeak that’s only apparent when I’m applying acceleration. A tiny bit of skinny pedal equals a tiny bit of squeak. More pedal...
Anybody have any idea what type of carpet ARB uses on their drawer systems? I'm building a sleeping platform and would love to try to match the two. At first, I thought it was similar to the stuff used on car speaker boxes, but none of that matches. Now I'm thinking it's some sort of marine...
About to replace my driver's seat foam cushion bottom. Found some great threads walking through each step of the process. One area that's still a bit ambiguous is the hog rings. Is there anything special about the OEM Toyota hog rings (90468-16019) beyond ordinary over-the-counter hog rings I'd...
Yesterday was an interesting day. Left Palm Springs around 1pm to drive the family back to Los Angeles. It was HOT! My 1997 has a very well sorted cooling system, I think. Just overhauled the system a month or so back with a new OEM radiator, new radiator cowl, new fan, new coolant, etc. And I...
To install the new rear Delta bumper, I needed to chop the factory exhaust short and eliminate the Yota resonator. Now the whistle is driving me bat-dodo-crazy, and the exit location is dumping a ton of heat right into the bumper frame mount. Time to rectify.
I’m looking at a short 4” T304...
Perhaps this is a naive question, but do I need to run a coalescing or water filter on my ARB Twin powered OBA system? I'm currently running my ARB Twin into a Viair 2.5 gallon tank mounted in place of the old spare tire. The tank is inverted, so there's a screw drain mounted at the tanks lowest...
For those of you with knowledge of both Icon's Stage 3 kit AND Slinky coils, I have a question. I'm currently running the Icon 3" kit including their package springs. Having just added a Delta rear bumper, I've now developed a noticeable sag in the rear. Per a post from @Box Rocket , the Slinky...
Factory hitch and bumper trim, including rear mud flaps, all the bracketry and hardware. Looking to move this as a complete grouping.
No accidents. overall good condition (for 270k miles).
Local pick-up in Santa Monica, CA. $100 it’s yours.
Jim: 310-597-6091
Was out in the desert this weekend doing some exploration. No hard off-roading, just exploring the endless sandy trails looking for a place to do some pew-pewing. Anyway, yesterday afternoon I start smelling the unmistakable sweet aroma of coolant. Looked in the engine bay and didn't see...
Who’s looking for a set of BRAND NEW, still-in-the-box 4” Land Tank (Wit’sEnd) castor correction plates for their 80 Series? Never got around to installing these. If you have a 3-5” lift, these are the ones you want. They are $195 new on Wit’sEnd, but appear to be out of stock. If you’re tired...
I know the JDM trucks have an amber running light mounted on the side of the front fender, immediately behind the front wheel. For those who’ve taken the front fenders off, curious how much room there is behind the fender? I’d like to flush mount a side facing light to augment my ditch lights...
Welps, at 267k miles, Lady Luck dealt me a bum hand on Christmas Eve and the motor looks like it’s toasted. I’m not heartbroken as it gives me the opportunity to do some serious updates. Likely to do a new OEM short block, but the motor is coming out next week, so I’ll know more then. Either...
SoCal.
Up for grabs is an unmounted Summit Cruisers Jr 80 Series rear-tire swing-out kit. This is a complete weld-it-yourself kit. I bought it last year for my truck, but it's just not in the cards for me right now. The kit is for a driver's side tire mount (exactly as in the picture below)...
Anybody have experience getting some oil onto the blower motor bearing? I've removed the glove box in an effort to gain access, but that bad boy is buried deep! The squeak, akin to the sound of a mouse being eaten by fire ants, is driving me crazy. I really don't want to rip the whole dash out...