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Yes, that was my 1st HDJ81, you can link to that thread in my sig.
Finally got a LC v2.0!
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Yes, that was my 1st HDJ81, you can link to that thread in my sig.
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Decided to test straight Toyota Red coolant with my tester, to make sure I wasn't approaching the limit and that additional drain & fills would continue to bring my freezing point lower. Looks like there's no issue there, it pegged the gauge!
When I was doing the flush a few months back, I found the block drain was stuck together and the base came out along with the drain screw. I put it back in the same way, and later regretted not separating the 2 and putting them back in separately, as I may need just the drain screw out in the future, for some reason (block heater install, etc). For that reason I've decided to do my next (and hopefully final) drain & fill from the block drain and get these freed up and working as intended.
When I was doing the flush a few months back, I found the block drain was stuck together and the base came out along with the drain screw. I put it back in the same way, and later regretted not separating the 2 and putting them back in separately, as I may need just the drain screw out in the future, for some reason (block heater install, etc). For that reason I've decided to do my next (and hopefully final) drain & fill from the block drain and get these freed up and working as intended.
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I got my used oil analysis back from Blackstone Labs today, and they had nothing but good things to say about it! I've been using 5w40 Shell Rotella T6 Synthetic on a 10,000km interval, and they recommended pushing it to 12,000kms for the next one. This tells me that my plan to do spring & fall oil changes should work out just fine!
You run 5w40 in the summer as well? I've been on the fence about switching from 10w30.
I do for simplicity just because I run the same in my Audi. I don't see it being a problem as they are both SAE 40W at operating temp. Ian's results confirm this I think.
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I do, I can't think of any reason not to. As Douglas said, once warm it's a 40 weight oil, and it's good oil. With 9L/oil changes, I end up buying it in 18L pails, and I don't need more than one weight pail taking up space in the garage, lol.
Awesome, thanks for the input. Sorry for stepping on your thread! Super jealous of your clean hdj btw!
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It's nice having someone besides just me posting in here, lol!
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Pulled the trigger on a Webasto TSL-17 diesel fired coolant heater today! @veiloctane posted a link to a great sale in another thread, and I jumped on it!
Plan is to have it triggered by the aux/trunk input on my command start, which is a 2-way with good range, confirmed to work from my office building to the parkade when I'm at work. I'm very excited for this mod, I should never subject my engine to another cold start again!
Stole a pic from @crushers install, should look a lot like this when complete.
Plan is to have it triggered by the aux/trunk input on my command start, which is a 2-way with good range, confirmed to work from my office building to the parkade when I'm at work. I'm very excited for this mod, I should never subject my engine to another cold start again!
Stole a pic from @crushers install, should look a lot like this when complete.
Great add, please post more pictures of the install
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Finally got out wheeling with the new truck on the weekend with some buddies! Plan was to head East into the Canadian Shield where there's bush, rock, and wilderness, and take it easy and just enjoy a beautiful fall day. There's not much for wheeling around here if you stay in the prairies, as it's flat and boring, lol. It's an hour and a bit drive to get into the bush/rock areas from the city. There were 4 vehicles, mine, a RHD Nissan Safari 4.2TD w/ ARB lockers, winch, and 35" KM2's, a Tacoma TRD w/ 33" tires and a SC, and a Suzuki Samarai w/ welded rear diff, winch, lift, and my old 32" Duratracs from my old Hilux Surf (this one gets trailered to and from). We found a place to unload the trailered unit, air down, and we were on our way down a dirt road that turned into a trail to nowhere.
Stopped on a bridge to shoot the s*** and snapped a few pics.
Ally's keeping an eye on things.
Stopped on a bridge to shoot the s*** and snapped a few pics.
Ally's keeping an eye on things.
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From there the trial got a bit tighter with bush on either side, still what you'd call a "road" though. It basically runs through Crown Land, used a lot for hunting and that kind of thing. It is deer season right now, so we had keep our heads about us, being out in the bush and all.
Then we got to our first real obstacle. A beaver dam, and our road basically turned into an ATV trail. We had to decide whether to turn back, or forge ahead. We decided to forge ahead. After all, we had winches and lockers, what could go wrong? Chainsaws and limb clippers came out to widen a few sections for the big trucks, and away we went, into the unknown. A quick walk in looked promising, "the trail seems to open up again past this section" someone probably said.
Then things got worse.
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Then we got to our first real obstacle. A beaver dam, and our road basically turned into an ATV trail. We had to decide whether to turn back, or forge ahead. We decided to forge ahead. After all, we had winches and lockers, what could go wrong? Chainsaws and limb clippers came out to widen a few sections for the big trucks, and away we went, into the unknown. A quick walk in looked promising, "the trail seems to open up again past this section" someone probably said.
Then things got worse.
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And worse.
And out came the winches for the big trucks. The Samarai made it through all this muck. The big diesel trucks got slogged down, and had to winch through this section, which was kind of fun as I'd never had to use my winch before, on either HDJ81 I've had.
Then the Tacoma put the hammer down and slipped, slid, spun, and flung it's way through this mess! It was impressive!
And out came the winches for the big trucks. The Samarai made it through all this muck. The big diesel trucks got slogged down, and had to winch through this section, which was kind of fun as I'd never had to use my winch before, on either HDJ81 I've had.
Then the Tacoma put the hammer down and slipped, slid, spun, and flung it's way through this mess! It was impressive!
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From here, the trail closed in tight, lots of new pinstriping on the fender flares, yay.
We found a nice rock to set up shop, pulled out the BBQ and cooked up some lunch, shot some clay pigeons with shotguns, had some laughs, etc.
The sun starts setting early this time of year, so knowing we had to go back the same way we came in, we got a move on.
No winching required on the way back, nobody wanted to mess with that again, momentum was the keyword, and we all made it back across first try!
Found some rocks to play on.
We found a nice rock to set up shop, pulled out the BBQ and cooked up some lunch, shot some clay pigeons with shotguns, had some laughs, etc.
The sun starts setting early this time of year, so knowing we had to go back the same way we came in, we got a move on.
No winching required on the way back, nobody wanted to mess with that again, momentum was the keyword, and we all made it back across first try!
Found some rocks to play on.
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It was leaving this rock face area that tragedy struck. I was last to roll out of here, ran over a stump that caught my rear axle and tilted up, and ran right up behind the back bumper, through the aluminum trimplate and into my lower tailgate. Happened really quickly, light was getting low at this point, and just heard a crunch noise. Went and had a quick peek, saw the aluminum trim, shook my head and got back in the truck to chase down the group. It wasn't till we were airing back up and loading the trailer that I saw the damage to the tailgate.
There's a bow on the inside skin of the tailgate, and it's affecting how it hinges shut a bit, including putting extra tension on the upper and rear spare swingarm attachment points. Pretty disappointing.
There's a bow on the inside skin of the tailgate, and it's affecting how it hinges shut a bit, including putting extra tension on the upper and rear spare swingarm attachment points. Pretty disappointing.
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Made some progress on the Webasto install, a couple of buddies with the tools and knowhow fabbed up some brackets to hold it in place, and I got them back from the powdercoaters today! Should get the rest of it done over the next couple weeks as time permits. It's been a weird winter so far, with only 2 days that dipped below -20C so far, but that's set to change in next week's forecast, so this will be a real nice addition!
Did you end up get that body damaged looked at? Or have you been looking the other way?
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I sourced a used HDJ81 lower tailgate for the rear spare swingarm, and bumper garnish from Sheldon @ G&S. I've got a couple bodyshop touch-ups I'm looking to get done this spring, and I'll have the tailgate repainted and swap them at some point. In the meantime, I think I'm just going to use a block of wood and sledgehammer, and try and straighten the bottom edge so it shuts properly for the time being. It has a slight bow there that causes you to have to slam it shut to fully latch.
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Tonight a buddy and I installed the Webasto! I would have found it a very time consuming install due to all the custom touches it seems to require, every install will be different, and with some help I'm very happy with the results!
