Patina? That thing looks fresh out of the paint booth! Nice looking rig.
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yeah, if the mating surface is clean, i would just try to tighten up those bolts and run the engine and see if you see any additional leaks. Good luck
This new BIOR tube bumper has upgraded the protection and the style of my ‘91.
8 months waiting for it to be finished.
Mounted a factory winch in it. Now I have to wire it in and test it out.
8 months wait for a bumper? you could have bought a bender and learned how to use it in that time.
Man how do you deal with the extra weight? The 3fe is pretty sloooooow already.
I ran a front/rear bumper, skids, sliders, winch, roof rack and bunch of spar parts, 37s and beadlock wheels, tools and occasional loaded with 3 ppl and week full of camping gear, it is not fast, but can do 70-80 on the highway all day long and no problem up steep grades and such.
The bumper wasn’t that much heavier than the original bumper. The winch is like 80 lbs.
Haven’t driven it since I got them on but the last fender bender proved to me I need a real bumper, not the flimsy bent original
Plus I am like 120 lbs, so it all evens out
Realized I hadn't posted in this thread yet. I have a 91 80 and have been documenting it over in my build thread:
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Builds - bcomnes' 1991 3FE FJ80 Build
Here is my build thread for a 1991 3FE FJ80 Land Cruiser. I'll be using this thread mainly as a build and maintenance log (at least for the halfway informative and interesting stuff), re-documenting my questions I have along the way and information I found helpful to address those questions...
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I’m new to the 3FE i have 300,000 km on it and I hope it runs a long time. Don’t know much about them.
Welcome, 300,000km is fairly low mileage for the 3FE. let us know how we can help.
Just noticed today my 3FE is going in and out of the shakes at idle. Guess it’s time to pull the plugs and have a look
at what rpm does your rig idle at in park or drive?
625 in D, 700- 800 in P
those are solid numbers!
That’s why it was so disorienting to suddenly notice the shakes
Could it be worn out engine or body mounts?
I’ll replace the plugs and then if it is still there I’ll check those. Pretty sure both of those items are original in this truck
Looks like the bolts holding the fan on came loose and the fan self destructed.
oh no way....4 bolts to the fan. Did anything got damaged as a result?
Thank goodness no. I caught it with two nuts still on the bolts- by about 4 turns each.
Fan is missing several blades, but all the hoses etc are intact.
