yep they run rich,how else do you explain the longlife?someone needs to hack/learn the secret to toyota ecu`s and retune like they do on flashable ford/chevs:idea:
meanwhile........
meanwhile down my way im running a hdj81 1hdft on BFG 285/75/16`s ,stock gearing,auto,doing 45k round trip a day to work and back(mostly 100km/h,63mph stuff)using 40 litres of diesel a week! ,sounds sweet ay!! diesel is currently $1.85 a litre down here,and petrol is 2.20 a...
i have a 96` with a 91 bumper, its a little narrower,but bolted straight up also the vents in it are smaller, i only put it on as a sacrificial one :D:D
winches
apparently the toyota winches are very underated and very over engineered:Dthey pop up downunder here quite often on jap import stuff
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Toyota/Other/auction-109278316.htm?p=10
how does this compare to the U.S.?
do a search...
cdl
hey prossett,i think your cruiser will be a part time 4wd like the New ones that were sold down here,not like the full time 4wd ones in the states,i also think it was on the early 80`s also up to a certain year,once you hit that h4 button she goes in to 50:50 split like hitting the diff...
BEB`s
heard a lot about beb failures/replacements but have never seen one come through the door,i even asked my service manager whos been here for 12 odd years and doesnt remember doing any but he had heard of it and reckoned that another dealership had a run of them and that they may have been...
have checked a clients one,with a manual gauge and it was in spec per manual,and if i remember we did change the sender unit and it came up to halfway,its just another gauge to glance at really,youve still got a oil pressure light & low oil level light anyways;)
just do it !
i work in a toy dealership and work on nothing but hilux/tacoma`s with there worn out gearboxs & diffs making up 70% of my working day,landcruiser rebuilds? non existent !! it makes climbing into my cruiser at the end of the day all the more better:cheers:
no aussies yet but a kiwi!! not many 80`s were sold down this way with petrol power as they were deemed to hard on the pocket (prolly 90 cents per litre then,NOW $1.43 per litre!! ) a lot dearer than the U.S. petrol prices ,emission laws werent/have been enforced till only just lately(last...
ome`s
dont fret over your spring choice mate i just did it to mine and i too was worried,but not now, it handles and drives sweet!! one thing i havent done yet and will is the caster correction bushes as without these the old 80` drives like a bj74 i had once:eek:
nice truck
mines in white too,looks good except when you gota clean them:) just out of intrest what would you pay for a good 80` in the usa,and go for the lift just did mine and WHAT an improvement!!
Newbie
hey guys new to this site,im way down in new zealand got me a 96 80`series with the 1hdft engine just ticked over 290,000kms and running sweet also got a mate with identical truck just done 320k AND a client that has a 2000 100 series(1hdfte) which has 485,000k`s on it,never spent a cent...