Most Important Mechanical Fixes/PM for FZJ80?

[Formulaonehd]

Funner said it all. Drive it. Don't get into taking stuff apart in a big rush. Learn how to check fluids, pressure test your rad,check for leaks and soft hoses, grease your knuckles,basic stuff. Find a mechanic that you can trust and afford(not so easy)listen to your truck it will tell you what it needs.

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[Burbot]

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Yes grasshopper. You must be in touch with zen of land cruiser. Click/click in tite turn means greasy hands and $ will be spent on Birf in near future

 

[mudgudgeon]

Wheels, bearings, hubs and tires take priority over all others.
Chassis, suspension, steering, brakes are highest priority.

When working on vehicles, all repairs take priority over maintenance. Especially preventive maintenance.

Do #9 first, since it's a repair.

I've always followed a strict PM regime with my cruisers.
When something prevents me driving it, I maintain it.

 

[LINUS]

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Yes grasshopper. You must be in touch with zen of land cruiser. Click/click in tite turn means greasy hands and $ will be spent on Birf in near future

Nah, just greasy hands & flop them side-for-side, no more clicky-clicky.

But yes, if the click-click bugs you & you already have birf soup from either side, then by all means, budget $300 for a FAS kit & flip the birfs, or if you're independently wealthy buy new & keep the oldies for trail spares, someone is bound to pop a birf at the worst time.

 

[mudgudgeon]

Some examples

1) Check engine light is on so search internet and find a bunch of videos of people decarbing the engine with sea foam. Dump bottle in intake, smoke out the neighbors only to find out you probably just fried the O2 sensors.

2) read up about MAF sensors, decide to clean it only to find when you took it apart you may have just destroyed it

3) everyone puts a new air filter in when they buy a new car. Now car runs worse than before, WTF?
By doing both of the last "fixes" you have now torn the intake boot on the truck

4) just realized the coolant overflow tank is empty, WTF?
When doing the first "fix" you didn't realize that you cracked the little nipple coming off the top of the radiator.

5) you replace the torn intake boot to see if that will fix the running like crap condition, replace the radiator that you broke, start the car and WTF NOW. massive coolant leak in back of the engine, WTF?
When replacing the intake boot, you accidentally put too much weight on the water heater valve and broke it.

6) decide to tackle up the infamous knuckle overhaul you have heard so much about. Proud of yourself, take the truck for a spin and out of knowhere the front right tire locks up and you almost fly off the road and die. WTF?
Didn't torque the brake calipers correctly, it came loose and wedged itself against the wheel locking it up.

7) same scenario above, but the wheel doesn't lock up, instead you loose all ability to steer the truck and almost fly off the road and die, WTF?
Didn't torque the steering arm knuckle threads correctly

There's more, so many more.

I am sure others will be able to add more....

Wow. I bet you're the Funner-est bloke, to have on a weekend wheeling.

Decide to drive a rockyrock hill climb,
Instead roll the car, tumble into a ravine and almost die WTF

Get stuck in a mud hole and pull out winch to winch out
Instead, get the winch rope wrapped around your neck and almost strangle your self to death WTF

Set up camp, try to light the campfire
Instead, set your hair on fire and burn your truck to the ground. WTF

Hold my beer and watch this . . . .

Ummm, no! Let me back up 50yards first!

 

[Funner]

Wow. I bet you're the Funner-est bloke, to have on a weekend wheeling.

Decide to drive a rockyrock hill climb,
Instead roll the car, tumble into a ravine and almost die WTF

Get stuck in a mud hole and pull out winch to winch out
Instead, get the winch rope wrapped around your neck and almost strangle your self to death WTF

Set up camp, try to light the campfire
Instead, set your hair on fire and burn your truck to the ground. WTF

Hold my beer and watch this . . . .

Ummm, no! Let me back up 50yards first!

We have all seen the posts...help all I did was X and now it's doing Y, WTF? This is the same guy that you are wheeling with above. His name is Dean Winters, famous commercial actor aka Mayhem.

 

[mudgudgeon]

We have all seen the posts...help all I did was X and now it's doing Y, WTF? This is the same guy that you are wheeling with above. His name is Dean Winters, famous commercial actor aka Mayhem.

lols at the mayhem character!

I'm hearing you, been there myself with some brown underpants WTF moments I guess. Just read it as bordering on ridiculously extreme, but yeah, probably all valid

 

[rc51kid]

It gives me a kind of sick warm fuzzy to realize that i have already done everything mentioned in this thread...accept the air freshener. Which after countless pairs of wet hiking shoes i probably need more than i needed new brakelines.

But in a serious not why do peole replace the PHH? If that hose is old and worn enough to be less than trust worthy then what about the other hoses? Seriously, i think i got every oem coolent hose from Sam at Toyota South for less than $200. Drain the system, replace at least the thermostate and EVERY hose before you fill it back up and just be done with it.

 

[Burbot]

Nah. Rather have to change them in Nowhere Ontario in the dark. Not be able to get for 3 days so had to go to a marina buy two hoses cut them insert a piece of exhaust tube and clamp it together. Lost a day but went fishing on L of Woods.
1 day do it all and feel smug. No lost holidays no panic.

 

[Hornd]

If you don't mind buying a lot of parts, a Jeep is what you are looking for.

There are a few items I would watch like battery life, axle rebuild, PHH back of power steering pump, and others that give advance warning, but stay observant and drive it.

It's easy to get caught up in the OCD side (myself included) and you start replacing stuff based on interval instead of failure.

 

[utahisrad]

Go ahead and order a knock sensor for knock sensor #2 when you break it while changing the fuel filter. And search the replacement procedure for the fuel filter. It sucks but not horrible. You'll want to notch out the one hole so that it is a "C".

Yup, just broke it haha. Ordering now...

 

[LS1FJ40]

Yup, just broke it haha. Ordering now...

Yeah, I speak from experience... Fortunately @LandCruiserPhil hooked me up while I waited on the slow boat from Japan for mine. So as not to have to postpone my trip!