80 Built Thread - Harold

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Also found something else today. When I bought the vehicle it had some duct tape on the air cleaner hose. I thought that the hose probably had a crack or a pin hole in it and so the PO patched it with duct tape. However, while off-roading yesterday something must of jiggled loose. After I installed the AC lines today I fired up the engine and heard a huge sucking sound and i found that it was much more than a pin hole or crack.

It was in two completely different pieces. This didnt just happen either. It must of happened for the PO and he decided to put it together with duct tape. Makes me scared for what else I will find if this is how stuff was taken care of. Fingers crossed.

On the other hand, the cruiser did AWESOME wheeling yesterday. Was amazed what she will do, even being unlocked.


 
Been a while since I have posted up but have quite a few updates. Mostly just PM that has been done.

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Full Coolant flush (block and radiator)(Toyota Red Coolant used)
3 new radiator hoses with constant torque clamps
New o-ring on dizzy
New heater valve
Advanced timing to 7
New AC Controller
New AC Relay
New Air intake tube

Was happy to have the AC blowing cold finally! However, the wife was driving the rig this summer while I was out of town and told me the AC just quit again. After popping the hood when I got home, I was very happy to see that the belt was broken (easy fix). However, the belt was new less than 6 months before. After further inspection, the AC compressor is totally froze up......Awesome. I have a spare compressor but since AC wont be needed now for another 7 months I think I will continue working on other things.
 
Nice looking rig!!
 
Put an Engo 12000 lb winch on today. We will see how it goes. Some people seem to like them and some dont. Price was right so I thought I would take a stab at it. I put 3/8" Amsteel Blue synthetic line on it and a stainless thimble. Still need to order the right Hawse Fairlead for the synthetic and get rid of the roller fairlead.


 
Was out wheeling the other day and the truck threw a P0401 code. I has thrown it once before right when I bought the truck but has been off for months and probably 1000 miles. I have been doing a ton of reading and searching on the EGR system and before I start replacing stuff I had a question. I took the EGR Vacuum Modulator out and opened it up. It was filthy with soot. Also the filter was wet. I did the blow test (per the FSM) where you plug off port P and R with your finger and blow air into port Q. Couldnt get any air blown in at all, totally plugged. However, when I blew air into the bottom port a substantial amount of water came out the filter side. Is this normal? The other question is, should I start replacing stuff or should I just get rid of the EGR all together? I dont need emissions here but something in me would rather keep the truck how it was made? Here is the pic of the EGR Vacuum Modulator.

 
Can we get a little more info on the AC lines? Which fittings did they swap? There was a thread around for a while and I thought the consensus was that the fittings couldn't be swapped or something? Maybe I am misinformed.
 
Fitting worked fine. I just had to have one custom hose made which was simple for the local AC shop. Used the fitting for the dryer from the earlier model on the dryer side and the fitting form my '95 on the other with the custom hose in-between. I will get a pic of it tomorrow and post it up. Dryer from the early model 80 series fit perfect in the battery tray area.
 
So I finally deflared the beast. I truly like the look of the flares but the 37s were rubbing at full stuff and I practically took two of the flares off on a tree the other weekend so I figured it was time. Nothing new here that tons of people havent done, but I fiberglassed the holes (since I have no welding experience) and sanded them smooth. Then threw some paint on any spots of bare steel. Sanded down the area that I was going to shoot with bedliner. I used Raptor Liner because I wanted to be able to shoot it with a different color than black (since the vehicle is black). I haven never sprayed anything in my life so this was a whole new experience. The color I went with is a GM color called Gun Metal. The Raptor Liner came with a gallon of bedliner and that was plenty to give it 3 good coats. I have to say that I am happy with the way it turned out. Its not perfect but pretty darn good.






 
Looks good with that lift. What outfit do you fish with?
 
My brother was on the Bristol Leader for a few years.

I like the line you used on the Liner. Going to be lining my entire rig with Monstaliner come spring.
 
Well I got a few things done over the last couple days. I ordered some parts from Cdan (pcv valve & grommet, both pcv hoses, & egr vacuum modulator) in order to try and get rid of my p0401 code. Like I said earlier my EGR vacuum modulator was definitely not working any longer and since I was ordering one I though I might as well replace my pcv valve, grommet, and hoses while I was at it. Easy enough right? Well the pcv grommet was hard as a rock and bonded with the pcv valve like cement. It would not come out! However, it dropped down inside. So I figured I had to take the valve cover off to get to it. So off came the air intake, throttle body, egr, and valve cover. Little did I know that there is an enclose chamber that the pcv valve goes into. :( So I forced the valve out with a pair of vice grips and then had to spend about an hour fishing out all the rock hard pieces of grommet that were still left inside. While I had everything apart I cleaned the throttle body really good, cleaned and painted the valve cover, new valve cover gasket, new egr gasket, new throttle body gasket, new spark plug tube gaskets, and new #2 water bypass hose. All in all it all went ok. But I sure turned a tiny job into a much bigger one. I also painted the heat shields with ceramic coating.
 
Does she still whistle?
 
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