Adding to the tons of build threads
I bought this green 1993 FZJ80 a year ago for $4k out in Vegas. It has 288k miles, triple locked, was repainted and super dirty inside. Not sure how many owners its had. The PO said he had a shop do the head gasket and rebuild the transmission. It shifts and drove super smooth. It passed CA smog and I parked it in my garage. At the price it was offered I couldn't pass it up, especially considering what cruisers are going for these days.
Known issues to fix:
1. Power seats don't move. They get power and want to move which leads me to believe the plastic gears are broken. I ordered replacement gears from Gamiviti
2. The tailgate does not close flush. It has a clean title but its had to have been hit or something. This is low on my list of things to worry about right now.
3. The key wont go in the key holes on the doors. Only way to lock the doors is with the key fob which works sometimes and sometimes doesn't and sets off the alarm. I plan on removing the alarm completely and hopefully the key holes are just gunked up otherwise I'll have to get new cylinders.
4. The seats are torn up so new upholstery is needed.
5. The timing is messed up and the distributor is at its max adjustment. See my thread here There will be more about this in follow up post.
6. The master cylinder is leaking.
7. There is a parasitic drain.
8. Needs a knuckle rebuild
9. Tons more I'm sure I've yet to find.
My future goals are to get it lifted, on 35s, armored up, regeared all the fun stuff. But I gotta get it mechanically sound first. I'm not rich and work a ton so my updates will probably be slow compared to other build threads. But hopefully some of the things I document will help others.
I bought this green 1993 FZJ80 a year ago for $4k out in Vegas. It has 288k miles, triple locked, was repainted and super dirty inside. Not sure how many owners its had. The PO said he had a shop do the head gasket and rebuild the transmission. It shifts and drove super smooth. It passed CA smog and I parked it in my garage. At the price it was offered I couldn't pass it up, especially considering what cruisers are going for these days.
Known issues to fix:
1. Power seats don't move. They get power and want to move which leads me to believe the plastic gears are broken. I ordered replacement gears from Gamiviti
2. The tailgate does not close flush. It has a clean title but its had to have been hit or something. This is low on my list of things to worry about right now.
3. The key wont go in the key holes on the doors. Only way to lock the doors is with the key fob which works sometimes and sometimes doesn't and sets off the alarm. I plan on removing the alarm completely and hopefully the key holes are just gunked up otherwise I'll have to get new cylinders.
4. The seats are torn up so new upholstery is needed.
5. The timing is messed up and the distributor is at its max adjustment. See my thread here There will be more about this in follow up post.
6. The master cylinder is leaking.
7. There is a parasitic drain.
8. Needs a knuckle rebuild
9. Tons more I'm sure I've yet to find.
My future goals are to get it lifted, on 35s, armored up, regeared all the fun stuff. But I gotta get it mechanically sound first. I'm not rich and work a ton so my updates will probably be slow compared to other build threads. But hopefully some of the things I document will help others.