Hi all, I just bought a small river property and need side-by-side instead of a LC, so gonna put the old girl up for sale. She's almost 30 years old now, so by no means perfect, but she runs good and is a lot of fun to drive. Would be a good launching point for someone to take it to the next...
I’d like to see if there is power already run behind the headliner above the rear-view mirror. My ‘91 doesn’t have a sunroof or map lights and I’d like to explore adding some light in that area, but not sure if there is already a wiring harness there or not.
Any info or pics is appreciated!
Hi all, yesterday after driving my '91 around for a while, I stopped for about an hour and when I started it again, the RPMs at idle jumped up to 1600-1800 RPMs. Prior to this, it had been running fine and idling around 650 RPMS.
I initially checked to see if throttle cable was stuck, but it...
Hello all, My '91 is having some issues with the CDL. Admittedly, the CDL doesn't get used much, but the other day when I tried to engage it I could hear the actuator fire, but no lights came on the dash? When I tried to disengage the CDL, it wouldn't disengage and got stuck. I know that the...
Howdy, a little history on my 3FE with 281K miles on the clock. I've done most of the PM and repair work to my 3FE and she runs pretty decent, but within the last 6 months my average milage has gone from 10ish to 8ish/gallon. I live in South Texas, so I don't think we get a lot of winter gas...
I bought new window runs from Akella about a month ago and finally got around to installing them today. I've always had a lot of wind noise while driving, along with slow/weak window movement. I got the new runs in and its so much quieter on the road and the windows move freely up and down. I...
HI all, I recently replaced my PS side visor that was drooping badly. The "new" used one, has the lighted mirror feature, while my original visor did not. I'm curious if the light was even an option on the '91 and if so, would the wiring harness be tucked up in there somewhere? Maybe I could...
Hi all, a friend of mine with an FJ40 and I (FJ80) are going to meet for coffee at McDonald's at North 281/Evans at 9am tomorrow if anyone is interested in joining us to talk shop.
Hi all, I rebuilt my front knuckles a few weeks ago and all went well. I swapped the birfs from side to side, but since then I've developed a pretty significant "clunk" while rolling to a stop or while driving and letting my foot off of the pedal. There has always been a little clunk in there...
So I did a knuckle rebuild last month and all went well and I used all OEM parts. Took my time and did it right. During the project, I followed the MUD advice and successfully swapped the birfs from side to side to help lessen the driveline clunk. Well, I originally had an annoying clunk, but...
Yesterday, I got into my '91 with 279K on a 3FE motor and when I tried to accelerate, it hesitated and bogged down. She didn't die, but I thought she might. Did it for a couple of minutes while I tested it around the neighborhood, the it was fine and drove like normal. About 2 hours later, I...
My PS pump finally crapped out and it wasn't able to be reconditioned due to some damage. Anyway, I decided to try a Cardone remanufactured unit. Everything looked great and it bolted up perfectly. Unfortunately, as soon as I started the truck it was spraying PS fluid (dextron transmission...
I'm about to embark on a front axle rebuild and I understand there are some differences in the front axles and birfs between the FJ80 vs FZJ80s. I've read that you can swap sides with the birfs on newer model FZJ80s and was wondering if that applied to the FJ80 as well? If so, is there...
HI all, I'm about to rebuild my leaking and whining PS pump, but can't seem to find any info on refurbing the 3FE belt driven pump...only the newer gear driven pump. I've searched a ton and can't seem to find a how-to thread.
Looks like there used to be one under the sticky list, but there...
This fell out from under the dash in the driver footwell. It's obviously a spring, but has a little rubber sleeve inside that may act as a vibration dampener.
Anyone know what it goes to?
Hey all, I've been in lake City, Co all week and we rented Jeeps to do the Alpine loop on Thursday the 14th. We stopped in Silverton for lunch and was pleased to see a couple of built 80's and a bone stock one too.
Just curious if they were MUD members? Also saw a very well restored FJ40...
Howdy, my family and I will be traveling to the Lake City, Co area next week and have a day set aside to make the Alpine Loop run. Since my '91 won't be coming along, I've rented a Jeep and wanted to know about recent conditions. I've heard that there has been plenty of rain at altitudes. When I...
So I just got my first CEL the other day, pulled the code and it is #28, which indicates that #2 Oxygen sensor is not functioning properly. The truck has 276K miles on it and these may be the original sensors, but not sure.
Either way, the truck doesn't seem to be running any different than...