Rewind to 2017 when I had a triple locked '95. I needed a bigger truck and found myself driving on the road way more than off, so I sold it to a friend and bought an '06 Sequoia. Life changes, ya know? I no longer need a big dumb farm animal and wanted to get back into an 80 but the prices are just stupid. In talking with my friend whom I sold my 80 to, he asked if I'd like to buy it back because he barely uses it and has some home renovations on the short list he needs a couple bucks to accomplish.
Since 2017, he's done BIOR bumpers and sliders, over the frame exhaust, OME 850/860 springs, completely sound deadened the entire body, did an incredibly extensive rebuild of the engine (it has about 25k since rebuild), regeared with 5.13s (I wasn't aware this ratio was available for the 80...?), replaced all the suspension bushings with OEM rubber, fixed some body rust, dry ice blasted the undercarriage, threw on some Method wheels with 35x12,50x17 Yoko Geolandar MT003s, and the one part that would have been a deal breaker for me had it not been for the sore dick deal of a price, is that he rhino lined the entire thing in a sky/baby blue color. Ugh. But because the ask was less than half of what he's put into the thing in parts alone, I couldn't beat it so I jumped on it.
The bad part? BHG. But it's only mixing coolant and oil in the crank case, never overheated, and has good compression numbers, so I'm not too worried about it. I'll throw an OEM HG and head bolts at it and call it good.
I told my wife that for my entire life, I've made it a point to never get back with an ex, but I haven't stopped bitching about the IFS in the Sequoia since I got rid of the 80 way back when. I guess now I can bitch about lack of power and cup holders.
Since 2017, he's done BIOR bumpers and sliders, over the frame exhaust, OME 850/860 springs, completely sound deadened the entire body, did an incredibly extensive rebuild of the engine (it has about 25k since rebuild), regeared with 5.13s (I wasn't aware this ratio was available for the 80...?), replaced all the suspension bushings with OEM rubber, fixed some body rust, dry ice blasted the undercarriage, threw on some Method wheels with 35x12,50x17 Yoko Geolandar MT003s, and the one part that would have been a deal breaker for me had it not been for the sore dick deal of a price, is that he rhino lined the entire thing in a sky/baby blue color. Ugh. But because the ask was less than half of what he's put into the thing in parts alone, I couldn't beat it so I jumped on it.
The bad part? BHG. But it's only mixing coolant and oil in the crank case, never overheated, and has good compression numbers, so I'm not too worried about it. I'll throw an OEM HG and head bolts at it and call it good.
I told my wife that for my entire life, I've made it a point to never get back with an ex, but I haven't stopped bitching about the IFS in the Sequoia since I got rid of the 80 way back when. I guess now I can bitch about lack of power and cup holders.
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