Pretty sure said owner has a brief stint with my rig as well.I wonder if the previous owner of my vehicle learned his electrical from the previous owner of your vehicle....
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Pretty sure said owner has a brief stint with my rig as well.I wonder if the previous owner of my vehicle learned his electrical from the previous owner of your vehicle....
Hey I got the same exact key set for my 80. They are much nicer than the ground down stuff I had. Don't forget to clean and lube those locks, mine were very gummed up and needed a good amount of work to get them turning smoothly, I'm sure this is the reason for the worn down keys.Other little things I did during the crazy exercise week:
Got rid of the cheap and worn keys the cruiser came with.
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I can second this, I nearly replaced my rear hatch lock, but I flushed 27 years worth of dust out of it with dry lock lube and it works great.Hey I got the same exact key set for my 80. They are much nicer than the ground down stuff I had. Don't forget to clean and lube those locks, mine were very gummed up and needed a good amount of work to get them turning smoothly, I'm sure this is the reason for the worn down keys.
Word, I tried sourcing the original key these came with but those are difficult to find. Didn’t much matter. Thanks for the lube suggestion. I went through and lubed all my locks already. Due to the old keys being so worn out, it made making spares somewhat difficult for the key maker. We had to make several sets and make an additional spare as the mold to use for future purposes.Hey I got the same exact key set for my 80. They are much nicer than the ground down stuff I had. Don't forget to clean and lube those locks, mine were very gummed up and needed a good amount of work to get them turning smoothly, I'm sure this is the reason for the worn down keys.
Yeah dude, I’ve never worked on a vehicle to this level. I researched till I was blue in the face and still jacked it up! I ended up putting my trunnion races in backwards which made it impossible to remove using the built in notches on the trunnion since there was no exposed race to catch on. I ended up having to use a dremel to create a notch inside the race in order to hammer it out. Oh well, lesson learned and will never repeat that mistake again. My antennae motor was fully functional so just did the mast. Mainly for appearances since the original antennae looked like Gonzo’s nose.I’m stoked you’re tearing into the knuckle rebuild. Its pretty messy, but fun. when you replaced your antenna, did you do the whole assembly or just the mast?
Thanks brother, I appreciate the kind words. The little dudes just love doing this stuff, I do too because it's somewhat therapeutic and I can easily forget about actual work for a while. You bring up a good point about the turn signal mod, it turns out some of the wiring was indeed for additional clear side marker lights one of the POs installed. I left that intact and plan to re-route and exchange the current setup for something that befits this rig better. Ordered a set today from flea-bay and they advertise them as Toyota Koito from Japan. The pics look nice but we will see since it's coming out of Thailand.Man, you're doing some good stuff. It's cool to see the little ones getting their hands dirty. You're way past this now, but I wonder if the PO had done the corner light-turn signal mod to your truck? Toyota seems to dislike installing turn signals that can be seen by the drivers 90 degress from you. 2nd gen Tundras with non tow mirrors have this problem, a couple years of Sienna have this problem. It's weird. There are a few different approaches to getting your corner lights to "blink," and perhaps this was what some of those wires were?
I go to Schofield from time to time, mainly for their acute clinic since Tripler and JBPHH kind of sucks in terms of wait time. Thanks for that reminder for auto-skills/hobby shop. There is one on base and I'll check there and around to see about a paint booth. I'd really like to get this thing better protected to keep it rust-free. Cheers!I was stationed at Schofield Barracks years ago and the MWR had an automotive skills center that had a paint booth. If you know someone that has auto painting skills, that may be another option for you.
I’m around, still come on here quite a bit. But 3 cruisers (Fj40, Hj60 and my 80) keeps me pretty busy.Welcome to the fold. Maybe you will run into Aloha Jen over there.... Whatever happened to Aloha Jen anywase. I miss her posts.
Not true. Moderators and several members made it very clear that they didn’t like my posts, so I just moved it to a different platform. Plus I’m here all the time, mostly in the 40 section, just don’t post anymore.Her Instagram career took off and she is to cool for us stuck in the mud people
Classic case of, if one person sh*Ts themselves, we all wear diapers.Not true. Moderators and several members made it very clear that they didn’t like my posts, so I just moved it to a different platform. Plus I’m here all the time, mostly in the 40 section, just don’t post anymore.