Darasick's 80 Build/Rebuild Thread...
After 9 weeks of being an official Land Cruiser owner, I’m ready to start my build thread. My 80 came with the beloved 3 ring 3” binder, which was full of service and upgrade records (stimulates buyer confidence). The day I bought my 80 I drove it from Austin, TX with no problems. The very next day I had a red light on the dash, telling me the alternator had seen its last day. I fixed it and drove it for about a week and then moved up here. After 8 weeks I finally brought my 80 up here to Bossier after replacing the deeply discharged blue top with a yellow top. When I went pick it up, my girl friend said “Why is there white smoke coming out of it?” Well I know that it burns a little oil, so I chalked it up as a little burn on initial start. I started thinking yesterday, “The smoke didn’t linger or smell like burnt oil… OH ****!” I ran out of the office, cranked her up, and sure enough, that wasn’t smoke at all… that was sweet smelling, quickly dissipating, sticky to the touch steam. So basically I drove 200 miles with a head gasket well on its way out.
I had looked for an 80 for quite a while and when I found this one, I “thought” it had pretty much everything I was looking for. After looking into it, there is quite a bit I want to change. I wish my build thread would start out all “peaches and cream”, but unfortunately I will be attempting my first head gasket, here in a couple of weeks with some PM while I’m in there. I sure wish I were still south of I-10 so I could get a hand, but it will be a learning experience. The only mods that I have done so far is change out the front lenses to clear, and change the plastic gears in my front seats to get them working again. Here is the rundown of the current and future Mods…
PO’s Mods
-Custom Front Bumper with Warn M12000 and Hellas (Hellas SOLD)
-Slee Gen II Step Sliders (SOLD)
-OME J's up front and Heavies in the rear (SOLD)
-295/75 BFGs on 16x8 Procomp 1023 Rims (SOLD)
-Some interior lights switched out to LEDs
-Aftermarket Stereo
-Drilled and Slotted rear rotors
My Future Mods UPDATED 9/3/14
-Build new High Clearance Front bumper
-New Y Pipe and route Exhaust over frame
-Paint of some sorts
-Dual Battery
-New Seat Leather
-New Leather steering wheel
-COMPLETED - SLEE Transfer Case Skid Plate
-COMPLETED - Metal Tech Rear Lower Control Arms
-COMPLETED - .120 Walled Rear Drive Shaft
-COMPLETED - Bud Built HD Drag Link and Tie Rods
-COMPLETED - Lokka Part Time Spool Installed w/ Aisin Hubs and RCV 300M Hub Gears
-COMPLETED - Marlin Crawler 25% reduction TC gears
-COMPLETED - Exact seat covers
-COMPLETED - Radflo 2.5" Remote Reservoir Shocks
-COMPLETED - Longfield 30/30 chomoly front axles
-COMPLETED - Safari Snorkel
-COMPLETED - Metal Tech Sliders
-COMPLETED - 4.88 Nitro Gears Front and Rear
-COMPLETED - ARB Air Lockers Front and Rear with Factory switch and dash light integration
-COMPLETED - Puma 12v Air compressor mounted in Rear Quarter Panel
-COMPLETED - Air Tank Mounted in Metal Tech Slider Accessory Tray
-COMPLETED - Slee 4" Front Springs, LandTank Caster Correction Plates
-COMPLETED - OME Heavies in the rear
-COMPLETED - 37x12.50 BFG KM2s on 17" Tundra/Sequoia Rims (added 1.5" spacers, trimming still needed)
-COMPLETED - 4x4 labs rear bumper with dual swingouts, one for the spare and one for the Yeti
-COMPLETED - Installed HIR headlight bulbs (9011, 9012)
-COMPLETED - Ashtray mounted CB
-COMPLETED - FOR THE MOST PART - A **** load of electrical rerouting with fuse blocks
-COMPLETED - LandTanks Seat Extension mod
As I pull parts (i.e. springs, shocks, slider parts, possible bumper, etc.) they will hit the market and y'all will get first dibs This ought to offset some of the cost.
The doesn’t know about all this, so let’s keep it between us ok
The first pic (top left) shows the clear lens change. The second pic (top right) shows the stance since this will change significantly and finally the bottom left pic shows the sliders which will definitely change.
When I bought it
Most recent picture
After 9 weeks of being an official Land Cruiser owner, I’m ready to start my build thread. My 80 came with the beloved 3 ring 3” binder, which was full of service and upgrade records (stimulates buyer confidence). The day I bought my 80 I drove it from Austin, TX with no problems. The very next day I had a red light on the dash, telling me the alternator had seen its last day. I fixed it and drove it for about a week and then moved up here. After 8 weeks I finally brought my 80 up here to Bossier after replacing the deeply discharged blue top with a yellow top. When I went pick it up, my girl friend said “Why is there white smoke coming out of it?” Well I know that it burns a little oil, so I chalked it up as a little burn on initial start. I started thinking yesterday, “The smoke didn’t linger or smell like burnt oil… OH ****!” I ran out of the office, cranked her up, and sure enough, that wasn’t smoke at all… that was sweet smelling, quickly dissipating, sticky to the touch steam. So basically I drove 200 miles with a head gasket well on its way out.
I had looked for an 80 for quite a while and when I found this one, I “thought” it had pretty much everything I was looking for. After looking into it, there is quite a bit I want to change. I wish my build thread would start out all “peaches and cream”, but unfortunately I will be attempting my first head gasket, here in a couple of weeks with some PM while I’m in there. I sure wish I were still south of I-10 so I could get a hand, but it will be a learning experience. The only mods that I have done so far is change out the front lenses to clear, and change the plastic gears in my front seats to get them working again. Here is the rundown of the current and future Mods…
PO’s Mods
-Custom Front Bumper with Warn M12000 and Hellas (Hellas SOLD)
-Slee Gen II Step Sliders (SOLD)
-OME J's up front and Heavies in the rear (SOLD)
-295/75 BFGs on 16x8 Procomp 1023 Rims (SOLD)
-Some interior lights switched out to LEDs
-Aftermarket Stereo
-Drilled and Slotted rear rotors
My Future Mods UPDATED 9/3/14
-Build new High Clearance Front bumper
-New Y Pipe and route Exhaust over frame
-Paint of some sorts
-Dual Battery
-New Seat Leather
-New Leather steering wheel
-COMPLETED - SLEE Transfer Case Skid Plate
-COMPLETED - Metal Tech Rear Lower Control Arms
-COMPLETED - .120 Walled Rear Drive Shaft
-COMPLETED - Bud Built HD Drag Link and Tie Rods
-COMPLETED - Lokka Part Time Spool Installed w/ Aisin Hubs and RCV 300M Hub Gears
-COMPLETED - Marlin Crawler 25% reduction TC gears
-COMPLETED - Exact seat covers
-COMPLETED - Radflo 2.5" Remote Reservoir Shocks
-COMPLETED - Longfield 30/30 chomoly front axles
-COMPLETED - Safari Snorkel
-COMPLETED - Metal Tech Sliders
-COMPLETED - 4.88 Nitro Gears Front and Rear
-COMPLETED - ARB Air Lockers Front and Rear with Factory switch and dash light integration
-COMPLETED - Puma 12v Air compressor mounted in Rear Quarter Panel
-COMPLETED - Air Tank Mounted in Metal Tech Slider Accessory Tray
-COMPLETED - Slee 4" Front Springs, LandTank Caster Correction Plates
-COMPLETED - OME Heavies in the rear
-COMPLETED - 37x12.50 BFG KM2s on 17" Tundra/Sequoia Rims (added 1.5" spacers, trimming still needed)
-COMPLETED - 4x4 labs rear bumper with dual swingouts, one for the spare and one for the Yeti
-COMPLETED - Installed HIR headlight bulbs (9011, 9012)
-COMPLETED - Ashtray mounted CB
-COMPLETED - FOR THE MOST PART - A **** load of electrical rerouting with fuse blocks
-COMPLETED - LandTanks Seat Extension mod
As I pull parts (i.e. springs, shocks, slider parts, possible bumper, etc.) they will hit the market and y'all will get first dibs This ought to offset some of the cost.
The doesn’t know about all this, so let’s keep it between us ok
The first pic (top left) shows the clear lens change. The second pic (top right) shows the stance since this will change significantly and finally the bottom left pic shows the sliders which will definitely change.
When I bought it
Most recent picture
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