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LCyal8r

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Recently I did my front and rear u joints, shocks and springs with a 2" lift, 285s, Yakima rack, exhaust front to back, plugs, wires, filters. Greased up axles.

Its running pretty solid at 195k. I was thinking about doing the bushings. How hard are those for a middling shade tree mechanic.

How about the birfield rebuild?

Cdl switch? Do I really gain anything with the cdl mod?

Looking for a reasonable project to keep me busy and improve my beloved lx
 
Drive over and work on mine.
 
By any normal standards all of these are very reliable, but after 20 odd years they're frequently the weak link on the LC. The fusible links are a small bit of wiring that connects to the battery, kind of a fuse of last resort. When they start to fail they can cause al sorts of random problems, the part number 90982-08264 (search on here for pics), cost about $15 and takes 2 min to replace and should definitely be replaced (and keep a spare somewhere in the LC).

The fuel pump relay is also know to fail although not as frequently as the links, I think a new on is maybe $80. Not something the definitely needs to be replaced but a good idea nonetheless.

If you haven't already done the PHH definitely do it, it can take a couple hours but isn't that hard, just painful.

The knuckle/Birf rebuild can easily take 2 days and makes a mess. Unlike the above items the birfs are highly unlikely to result in a failure that could leave you stranded. The birfs will start to click on turns long before they fail, if they're not clicking/leaking I'd save this one until everything else is sorted out.
 
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I don't think phh has been done yet. Maybe I'll try that one. Window runs too sounds good. My Windows run slow.

I'm terrified of taking my door apart though and it not going back together properly.

I checked a lot of boxes on my lx this year and I'm running low on cost effective upgrades that motivate me.
 
Change your furnace filter. I always forget to do that!
 
Landseer said:
By any normal standards all of these are very reliable, but after 20 odd years they're frequently the weak link on the LC. The fusible links are a small bit of wiring that connects to the battery, kind of a fuse of last resort. When they start to fail they can cause al sorts of random problems, the part number 90982-08264 (search on here for pics), cost about $15 and takes 2 min to replace and should definitely be replaced (and keep a spare somewhere in the LC).

The fuel pump relay is also know to fail although not as frequently as the links, I think a new on is maybe $80. Not something the definitely needs to be replaced but a good idea nonetheless.

If you haven't already done the PHH definitely do it, it can take a couple hours but isn't that hard, just painful.

The knuckle/Birf rebuild can easily take 2 days and makes a mess. Unlike the above items the birfs are highly unlikely to result in a failure that could leave you stranded. The birfs will start to click on turns long before they fail, if they're not clicking/leaking I'd save this one until everything else is sorted out.
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thanks Landseer great info..
 
LCyal8r said:
I'm terrified of taking my door apart though and it not going back together properly.
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Taking the inner door panel off isn't difficult at all, its just a bunch of snaps, the vapor barrier can be carefully removed and then reinstalled, or you can just buy an new one- @beno can hook you up.
 
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