1994 FZJ80 From Snow to Desert Building up the 80!!
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Hello guys! sorry I havent posted for a while. Im really not good at this but i just did another section of the trip to the snow!!!
Well, I couldnt drive on the snow of Colombia because the activity of the snow caped Volcano is super active now, as you will see in the pics but I got my car as high as it can go in Colombia. Some 4500 meters of elevation.
hope you enjoy the pictures
Well, I couldnt drive on the snow of Colombia because the activity of the snow caped Volcano is super active now, as you will see in the pics but I got my car as high as it can go in Colombia. Some 4500 meters of elevation.
hope you enjoy the pictures
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as you can see in the picture, that huge cloud over the "mountain" is actually ash from the volcano, that is covered in snow, sometimes you can actually drive on it, i did that on a Prado 12 years ago, but unfortunately the volcano has been closed to the public since because of the activity
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So this have been the pics of the last part of the trip, I hope to do some more caribbean soon, Also, on the mods of the Toyota I did dual battery with the Bluesea isolater, it has been working good. Also the @Photoman 150Amp Alternator bracket that was a great add.
i replaced all the front wheel bearing and the Turnion, turrion or whatever is called. But im still have a noise on the front, im not sure now if its the actual differential, if anyones has any idea about a noise that sounds like a set of Maracas, a banging, like a a bunch of metal balls playing inside the front axel housing, let me know, it has nothing to do with speed, braking, gears, 4wd, it sound whenever i hit holes, bumps or offloading, its driving me insane!
hope you enjoy the pics and follow me on instagram
@davidgiraldo
If any of the community are coming to Colombia, let me know.
i replaced all the front wheel bearing and the Turnion, turrion or whatever is called. But im still have a noise on the front, im not sure now if its the actual differential, if anyones has any idea about a noise that sounds like a set of Maracas, a banging, like a a bunch of metal balls playing inside the front axel housing, let me know, it has nothing to do with speed, braking, gears, 4wd, it sound whenever i hit holes, bumps or offloading, its driving me insane!
hope you enjoy the pics and follow me on instagram
@davidgiraldo
If any of the community are coming to Colombia, let me know.
This is awesome.
I don't think I am doing this whole "life" thing right.
Incredible.
Incredible.
As I sit in my office...
Trunion bearing. I am pretty sure that is a made up word that is meant to sound more important than what it is. It's just a bearing that links up with your birfields(also a made up term) so your front axle can work properly.
Also, very adept explanation of the sound of a dry birfield clanking around in there. That needs grease but you probably have a blown inner axle seal. It's a big job, but you can do it with hand tools. I could send you the parts but you'll have to pay shipping from the states. Someone down there has all that stuff.
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Thanks for the info! The funny thing is I just did that job. And replaced the brief completely with new ones. I didn't do the turnion. So I'm doing it now.
Tanks for the help!!!
Sound more important? Just the opposite, they are very important. Those 4 bearings support the entire frontend weight of the vehicle and a give the ability to steer.
Is the housing called a trunion? I agree that it's an important part and so is the birfield. I am just curious about the origin of those words. I am sure they have a root, I am just not aware of it. To someone not "in" on the lingo, those both sound a lot like blinker fluid and dihydrous monoxide.
Anyone know where those words came from?