I did. That thread inspired me to do the same, but Jomelo happened to be ready to sell that truck when I was looking for a clean FZJ80 to convert. @SNLC is almost done with round 2 on that truck; paint, interior, gears, cruise control and some other little upgrades.
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Wow!! Thats awesome, any big reason he was selling? If that's private no big deal, just curious.
@jomelo still posts on here occasionally, so he could probably give the best answer.
When I bought the HDJ80 from him a few years ago, he had a bunch of Cruisers at home, plus at least a couple of other Cruisers being built at the time. Between running out of room in his shop and not being able to drive them all, he was getting rid of some. Given the number of builds he had done and had going, it seemed like he enjoyed the build process.
He was great to deal with and doesn’t cut corners on his builds, so I wouldn’t hesitate to buy a vehicle from him again.
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@Mag71k5 I had a lot of cruisers at that time and just acquired a larger farm. Between various Land Cruiser builds, and building the infrastructure for the new farm, I decided I need to slim down my Land Cruisers. The red 80 was fantastic but I do not believe I would have used that truck for its intended purpose. I was also almost done with a 79 series truck that had the same drivetrain as the 80 and the truck was so much more useful for the farm. I’ve since sold a few 40’s, a 45 and a 100 series - puts me back to a manageable five Land Cruisers.
I do miss that 80 series from time to time.
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Gotcha! 79 does make way more sense for a farm truck! Very cool! Good luck with the new property!
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May get some hate for this, but whatever. Sourcing the correct hard fuel lines has been a battle, bending others have just frustrated me.
10an/6an steel braided PTFE is what im going to use, all the way from the tank, minus the terminated sections at the tank and diesel fuel filter assembly. The ends will be male barbs so I can use rubber lines to the fuel sender assembly, and fuel filter, PTFE doesnt work well with hose clamps.
Something else that's hard to source, clutch hard lines, so im using a steel braided soft line. It's generic toyota, probably able to use it on every make and model. The fittings seem well made, and thread in to both the master and slave cylinder correctly.
This is not to put dave4x4 on blast, but he was working an order with most of the factory parts to make all this work for a few weeks but I haven't heard back, hopefully he's still able to get my order out at some point.
My new goal after getting pushed back a few days is to have the engine and trans in the 80 by Tuesday.
10an/6an steel braided PTFE is what im going to use, all the way from the tank, minus the terminated sections at the tank and diesel fuel filter assembly. The ends will be male barbs so I can use rubber lines to the fuel sender assembly, and fuel filter, PTFE doesnt work well with hose clamps.
Something else that's hard to source, clutch hard lines, so im using a steel braided soft line. It's generic toyota, probably able to use it on every make and model. The fittings seem well made, and thread in to both the master and slave cylinder correctly.
This is not to put dave4x4 on blast, but he was working an order with most of the factory parts to make all this work for a few weeks but I haven't heard back, hopefully he's still able to get my order out at some point.
My new goal after getting pushed back a few days is to have the engine and trans in the 80 by Tuesday.
