Builds First time 80 owner build thread. (1 Viewer)

[effjay76]

Picked up a 1991 this past weekend.

The good:
-One owner truck, 170k miles
-Has been periodically started and moved around since sitting.
-appears to be complete and original

The bad :
-some rust spots
-front bumper damage (excuse for a new bumper)

 

[effjay76]

Fuel tank was drained/evaporated so I added gas and a battery and it fired right up, drove around, brakes are horrible. I replaced the belts, all fluids, and rebuilt rear brakes. It’s driving but close to overheating and has electrical gremlins. I removed the grandpa front bumper, steps will follow.

 

[effjay76]

Fresh master cylinder and rear brakes, towed it back home over the weekend. Gave it a pressure wash t remove the mold and now using the roof rack as couch storage

 

[amgraham]

A couple things... They didn't make a 90 so it's either a 91 or a 92. Second, I hope you had one of the driveshafts out when you towed it.. AWD vehicles don't like to be towed like that.

Otherwise looks like a good start. What's the plan?

 

[effjay76]

Manufactured feb 1990, guess it’s a 91? And yes I removed the rear driveshaft. For now the plan is to get it repaired and running, the interior is pretty rough. Someone tried to steal it at some point so it needs a new ignition and the plastic trim pieces that surround the wheel. It has some electrical gremlins so that will be on the list as well. I’ll probably get a different front bumper since that one is already damaged. Plan is to drive it and enjoy it but that usually goes off the rails pretty quickly.

 

[effjay76]

Vin lookup says 91. Cheers, probably saved my a lot of headaches ordering parts online for an fj62 haha

 

[ScubaSteve80]

Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you. Hope you got a good deal on it, but who doesn't love a good project!

 

[Jroc561]

This is actually my favorite interior..... when clean

 

[D21FJ60]

This is my fav configuration of the 80 series- white, TOYOTA grill, cloth, older wheel style, etc. Congrats!

 

[effjay76]

Thanks guys, I’m very happy with it. The only reason I bought it was because i couldn’t turn it down for the price, also I do like a project. I removed the side steps because I hate them.

 

[D21FJ60]

No lift or tires yet? slowww

 

[effjay76]

No lift or tires yet? slowww

It’s taking everything I have to not order a bunch of parts and dig in.

 

[shocktower]

It’s taking everything I have to not order a bunch of parts and dig in.

Come on man do it, don't be a sissy get the lift she will never know

 

[effjay76]

Come on man do it, don't be a sissy get the lift she will never know

The 40 will get jealous I’m taking time away from it

 

[effjay76]

Started cleaning up the interior a bit. Used about a gallon of plastic restorer, steam cleaned the seats (only passenger seat in the pic). Someone tried to steal this truck at some point and destroyed the trim pieces on the dash in the process so I superglued them together, reinforced with epoxy, then reinforced with fiberglass on the back, fine filler and paint to follow.

 

[Marco Lau]

beautiful truck and glad to see the transformation already.

 

[effjay76]

beautiful truck and glad to see the transformation already.

Thanks, it is pretty satisfying

 

[effjay76]

Here is my continued effort to save the dash trim. I was too impatient and sprayed too much high fill primer before the plastic primer was dry so now I have a topographical map all of it, so back the sanding pad it is.

 

[effjay76]

Picked one of these up to replace the cig lighter and am digging it so far.

 

[Box Rocket]

I've had the cracking in the paint happen numerous times even after letting the previous primer etc cure properly. Frustrating.