Update 12/19/16
Wanted to bring this a little more current as of today. Most of the original post is below the line, but here is a current picture and how it sits today:
Begin Original post
Well, as some of you may have seen, Erin sanctioned the purchase of another 80 on Friday. Drove up to Bowling Green and picked this one up from a fellow MUDder.
It is a 1992 bone stock. 156k miles on the ticker. Overall it is good shape. The trans was acting up when I test drove it, more on that later.
The good:
The Bad:
Overall it is in just good enough shape that I hate to beat it up, but just enough little gremlins that I'm thinking I will be ok with it.
Pictures:
That's the good. Mobile theme will only let me attach 5 at a time so more will follow.
First thing I did was hit the dash with a rag and some armoral. I know some hate it, I have never had any issues and like shiny vinyl and plastic, so
Anyway, after that I got under the hood and checked the trans kick-down cable. It was WAY out of spec, so I adjusted about a 1/2" on it and then we took a ride down to the farm with a load of stuff. As it went along it seemed to get better. I still think I need to adjust it about 1-2mm and I think the trans issue will be whooped.
Gonna put a few more pics up and then get back to my cleaning and packing.
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Wanted to bring this a little more current as of today. Most of the original post is below the line, but here is a current picture and how it sits today:
- Currently sitting on OME stock height coils with Ironman trim packers to net a little over 1.5"-2" of lift, FOX 2.0 fronts, ICON 2.0 Rears
- Rolling on 265/75R16 Cooper STTs on 16" 4Runner wheels
- Sporting an ARB with an XRC12 and a 22" LED bar, none of it is wired currently
- Getting a manual conversion with 3F bellhousing, H42/splitcase, flywheel, etc. All coming from @orangefj45 and @Valley Hybrids
- Got full Terrain Tamer front axle kit from @beno
- Gonna slap on some TT FZJ rotors and pads from Georg as well along with some new Calipers care of NAPA for round out the "big brake mod" for the early trucks.
- Got a set of 8x hubs from Cruiser Outfitters to keep things moving freely up front.
- New clutch, master and slave from Mr. Onur as well as any other misc items needed.
- Will be swapping the stock height replacement coils with the heavies that came off the 91 and keep the spacers to get the front up a little higher. Then clean up and swap in the arms with OME yellow bushings on it to see where the caster ends up.
- Rear will be adjusted to match for a levelish stance. I have an ironman adjustable rear panhard that I got a couple years ago that I will throw on there.
- I still have to find an early DS flare to clean up and paint.
- Have hood and fenders repainted and the other dings cleaned up.
- I'm gonna wait and see how well I did with my withholdings from Uncle Sam this year and then hopefully see about getting some SCS Stealth 6 wheels in that Dark bronze flavor.
- I'm really liking the Mickey Thompson MTZ, so will probably be doing a set of 315s on those SCS wheels.
- Inside, new foam for the drivers seat, fix the broken window master switch trim, install a radio and some new door speakers.
- Got all the stuff to do a full tune-up and I also have an EGR block-off plate to do a desmog on it.
- Finish wiring the winch in the ARB and ditch the led bar for a pair of those big round ARB style led round lights.
Begin Original post
Well, as some of you may have seen, Erin sanctioned the purchase of another 80 on Friday. Drove up to Bowling Green and picked this one up from a fellow MUDder.
It is a 1992 bone stock. 156k miles on the ticker. Overall it is good shape. The trans was acting up when I test drove it, more on that later.
The good:
- It made it home (anyone who knows my history with vehicles knows that is a big deal)
- New AC compressor, blows cold.
- Most everything works as it should.
- Paint and body are in good shape, except the hood, it's trashed.
- Seats and interior are in good shape. The dash looks brand new, no cracks or splits.
- New tires all around.
- It rides and drives great. Having only ever been in and around lifted ones I was very surprised at how well it drives and handles in stock trim.
The Bad:
It has a grill guard... that will be remedied soon enough. Not worth selling as I think it has been tweaked.- Ran into or over something on the front passenger side (see pictures below)
- Gaping hole in the dash. PO removed the radio, including the mounting brackets, but did leave what look like a nice set of Alpine's in the front doors.
- The trans was acting up. Once out on the road, not so bad, but reverse and in town traffic, not so great. Not wanting to shift up and down thru the gears. More on that below.
- Oil pressure guage doesn't work.
- Door locks don't work, and yesterday morning I discovered that the key I have will not unlock the doors either.... that was almost bad, but I was able to pop one of the rear sliders and Erin climbed thru to unlock it to get us in.
- No CATs, a minor thing for most, but for me bit more of an issue since I have to have one to get it tagged and titled....
Overall it is in just good enough shape that I hate to beat it up, but just enough little gremlins that I'm thinking I will be ok with it.
Pictures:
That's the good. Mobile theme will only let me attach 5 at a time so more will follow.
First thing I did was hit the dash with a rag and some armoral. I know some hate it, I have never had any issues and like shiny vinyl and plastic, so
Anyway, after that I got under the hood and checked the trans kick-down cable. It was WAY out of spec, so I adjusted about a 1/2" on it and then we took a ride down to the farm with a load of stuff. As it went along it seemed to get better. I still think I need to adjust it about 1-2mm and I think the trans issue will be whooped.
Gonna put a few more pics up and then get back to my cleaning and packing.
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