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  1. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    It's more like they own me... It's too many to be sensible. I'm embarrassed about it I really only started getting into them after moving to Dubai about 10 years ago actually now that I think about it it was 12 years ago...
  2. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    So we've had some goings on with the Holy Truck. The rear suspension was equipped with new and quite heavy duty Terrain Tamer springs and shocks. While I did not notice anything complaints were raised by others that the rear was unreasonably bouncy. This will be a daily for my younger boy so...
  3. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    Aside from the fun of the new rear view 200 series mirror, the guys have been busy in the engine bay. They found an age-cracked hose that appears to have solved the slightly rough idle. Before I went on a short trip to the US, The Swede (kind of an Ancient Mariner sort of guy) and I looked...
  4. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    The guys did have some trouble with the substitute valve: "Functionally [its workable]. And we can get it to mount however cause of the orientation the one pipe is now up against the chassis" What they ended up doing was cleaning up the old valves, which now seem to be working after the...
  5. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    I decided to look at the diagram for my 12/1997 HZJ80L-GCMNSV And compare it to the Holy Truck, which is a 9/1996 FZJ80L-GCMNUV from the same source, japan-parts.eu: The gasser sure looks more complicated.... I am going to take a flyer and just get the parts and try them. Worst case, I will...
  6. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    Looks like they were also used in gas trucks too according to TOYO DIY So there is that.... Just looked at my HZJ80 version of this: VALVE ASSY, FUEL TANK SOLENOID MAIN 77710-60030 VALVE ASSY, FUEL TANK SOLENOID RETURN 77720-60020 Looks like Terrain Tamer has the 60030 unit available...
  7. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    @cruisermatt used these on Golden Boy, the diesel 70: 77710-60040 is the feed valve, with larger diameter inlets and outlets 77720-60010 is the return valve.
  8. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    So my friend Travis and I have been chatting about getting him a 70 series pickup, but he wants a 1FZ EFI engine and those don't seem to exist in this market before the 2000's, so they can't be imported. I asked him why he can't just swap in the engine he wants from a carbed 1FZ. @Bardiya and...
  9. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    Back in Dubai we were driving around doing normal things when the front left hub started to make awful noises. Drove over to PowerTec and they pulled it all apart and the hubs were grinding themselves to powder inside so they basically were a little weight spinning around off center making a...
  10. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    My son and I had a lovely time in Oman and Southern UAE over the holidays, mostly in the Holy Truck. We even made it to Liwa's annual festival and saw monster trucks from the US performing And did a little off road driving of our own until darkness and the general craziness of Liwa forced us...
  11. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    We collected the Holy Truck from PowerTec about a week ago. This is me in the Omani diesel going for a test drive with my son driving the Holy Truck there behind me. Here's the 1HZ that I will be shipping to the US for installation in the troopy whenever that gets there. We took a long test...
  12. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    The old main tank cleaned up nicely as did the sub tank I found at the scrap yard. Main tank: Sub tank: My son is arriving for a visit tomorrow and it looks like I will be picking him up in the Holy Truck. Should be ready this afternoon. My tentative plan is to drive to the Liwa Festival...
  13. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    Here is a still Hopefully that is all just dried up gas, and not hiding something worse. The float level indicator looks suspicious on the top. Hopefully inside the tank is better. I should look for my 19 USD Amazon borescope... I had taken Iota, the unfinished 94 to do the hunting and it...
  14. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    Yesterday afternoon I went looking in person for a sub tank and found one Getting it out was quite an ordeal But after at least two hours of effort the guys got it out The sender looked bad but that is one part I have been able to get new Here's the big reveal:
  15. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    The guys asked me to come by yesterday to discuss the tanks. The main tank was looking better than the sub, but both had issues. The sub was worse than the main. I spent some time yesterday afternoon sending messages looking for a replacement for the sub tank, but so far no luck.
  16. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    So it turns out that while the fuel lines may have been blown out last year, the tanks were never cleaned and they are full of garbage. We are, of course, dropping the fuel tanks, cleaning, and replacing the fuel socks. But there are some other unfortunate findings... Like not cleaning the...
  17. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    So I've been driving the Holy Truck a bit and even had it out on the sand lately But it has had a rough idle and just was not 'right'. So yesterday I brought it in to PowerTec. As context, in April 2022 I had splashed out on a new OEM carb and fuel filter. I also asked the guys that were...
  18. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    I finally found the powder coated hood ornament and got it back together and on the truck this morning. I have to replace the steering wheel, probably with one that I cover with camel leather this weekend, and I've got do do something about the dash, and there is still the rough idle to deal...
  19. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    Good news everybody! The Holy Truck is back on the road, and I picked it up today, with new Terrain Tamer suspension parts throughout and a taller 5th. And Mister Blue the diesel 105 is going in for the same treatment.
  20. John Young

    The Holy Truck / was Trypo the trypophobia-Inducing truck / was a chopped model 80

    I see quite a lot of time has gone by. Vactions and parts have slowed things down but this week stuff is happening! The transmission is back together, this time with new synchros and a taller fifth gear: And this evening it was being bolted in place:
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