Saw this pop up on my Alerts again and I re-read through it, realizing I kind of disappeared a bit and left some questions hanging. So...
Price. I got the set of bushings free from a buddy who worked with Whiteline at the time. I'm sure that may have tainted my objectivity a little, but the...
I have a 1995 80 and a 2007 100 and I know exactly what you mean, but I know deep down inside that I'm wrong. The 80 feels like it could drive through a brick wall. The steering is heavy, the suspension feels beefy, and it feels heavier. I know the 100 is heavier than the 80, but it doesn't feel...
Just around town, I'm with you, but I'm not comfortable trusting a worn-out motor full of Head-Gasket-In-A-Bottle for anything long-range. I've been chasing cooling problems the last three summers and been a nervous wreck limping it home from trips to the mountains towing the boat each year. Not...
That's a good point. There are several for sale locally with prices all over the board. Carmax offered me $1200 for it last week and I doubt I could get much more for it on CL with the motor in this shape. I would think, though, that if I could get a running engine to swap in for $1000 or less...
Yep. Probably going to pick up something used to drive while it's down. Maybe a 100, if I can find a good one. If I love the replacement 100 enough and I'm ready to move on, I'll swap in a used motor and sell the 80. If I miss it (we all know I'm going to miss it), I'll yank this engine and...
Talked to the mechanic. His opinion was that a head job would just buy me a very limited amount of time and the truck will likely still run poorly. The loss of power lately has sucked. Not excited about spending the money on a head gasket and valve job to still have it running crappy.
Really...
Here are the results from the shop:
cylinder 1) 200
cylinder 2) 180 (leakdown indicated exhaust valve problems ~35%)
cylinder 3) 200
cylinder 4) 170 (leak down indicates rings have some leakage ~30%)
cylinder 5) 185 (leak down indicates leakage through intake valve ~50%)
cylinder 6) 210...
So...
Compression test was showing a bit of variance between cylinders, but so far (half-way through), the leak down is pointing at needing a valve job in a bad way and a leaking head gasket. Sounds like not blown completely, but definitely seeping. Plug #6 was discolored. Should hear final...
I'm interested to see how the rear looks. I'd really like a decent rear bumper I can run with the spare in the stock location and still run a hitch of some sort. I emailed them and they were great getting right back to me, but I can't find the email.
Frank Moore? He and his wife Jeanne ran Steamboat Inn forever. They've since sold it, but he's still actively working to protect those wild Umpqua fish. Really cool guy. Handshake like a vise grip.
I'm with you. The more I look at other trucks and run the numbers, the more ready I am to just...
I have an appointment to have the leak down and compression tests done at Land Cruisers NW on Tuesday. They're going to check for oil and/or exhaust gases in the coolant, too. I'll know more what I'm in for after that.
If the rings are ok, I'm just going to fix the HG and keep driving it. I've...
Yeah, I'm with you. I was totally kidding about financing a swap. I abhor financing and really don't want a new truck. I'd much rather fix this one and chip away at the little stuff. I'm mostly just worried about spending the money on the top end of a motor with 250K miles. Could be fine, could...
Still, even after looking at $40-50K Tundras, I walked up to my Cruiser in the parking lot and thought, "Damn, I love this truck."
Wish I could find a 1995 80 that has been sitting in a storage unit for the last 20 years. That would be perfect.
I went to Carmax tonight to see what they would give me for it, just out of curiosity. $1200, so that's out. :)
Also looked at new Tundras and Tacomas. No Cruisers on the lot. Nice trucks, but I think I'm leaning toward just doing the head gasket and leaving the bottom end alone. I'm just...
I know there have been threads like this lately, and I've read them all, but posting this up anyway.
Needless to say, like most of us here, I've been chipping away at problems as they arise and trying to stay up on PM. Went out to to a pre-trip check before heading over the mountains last week...
I had the Toyo AT tires on my 80 when I got it. They were ok. I thought they had weak sidewalls and got slick as they got older. I replaced them with a set of Bridgestone REVOs that I loved until they got older. I got 60K+ miles out of them and still had almost 50% tread left when I finally...
Curious, though about the durability/quality of aftermarket seats vs. OEM seats. I hear a lot of people only getting a few years out of a set of Corbeau, PRP, etc. when the OEM seats lasted 10+ years for most people. I'm sure you get what you pay for and the Recaros would last a long time and be...
Has anybody used the Wedge brackets for anything other than Recaro seats? I'm wondering if they can be easily adapted to work with some sort of better OEM seat option. Hard to tell from their website. They list different seat options for new aftermarket seats, but I don't know what you'd have to...