My Damn Wife

[erics_bruisers]

who'd've thunk there were so many idahoians on here??!!

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[ginericLC]

who'd've thunk there were so many idahoians on here??!!

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I don't know that most of us are Idahoans, just displaced here for some reason (usually work). And it isn't a bad place to be displaced to. I can think of about a dozen of us who frequent the 80s forum here at Ih8mud.com currently residing in Idaho.

 

[PHBeerman]

who'd've thunk there were so many idahoians on here??!!

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Because Idaho is cool.

 

[nyk438]

Tan/Beige in color on State Street in Boise in front of a coffee shop/George's Cycles?

You don't want it! I drove it and there is something wrong with the motor. Valves are definitely loose. Not sure what, but it wasn't making good noises. I couldn't put my finger on it but my 91 with 35s on it has more power. Also, the clunk is pretty severe in that one and there is a gear howl which I couldn't locate where it was coming from. Rear mail seal leak, transfer case is leaking and I think even the tranny is leaking. Front knuckles haven't been maintained and one side is leaking pretty good. PS front window switch doesn't work. Radio doesn't work. Dent in the rear hatch, it doesn't close exactly right. Front bumper is dented as is the lower cowl below the turn signals. DS rear window switch holder broke out. Needs shocks. The heater/AC fan doesn't work on all the speeds. It does have good tires and the new radiator is nice. Sunroof cover was pealing back. Interior wasn't too bad. They spent a ton of money having it detailed. The price was $5900 when I looked at it the weekend before last. A month ago it was $6500. Even if you could get it for 5k it isn't a real good deal in my opinion. Consider you are going to have $350 in parts just to rebuild the front end, and this would need to be done ASAP. The gear howl is most noticeable on coasting. I think with the transfer case leak it is possible that is where it is coming from (read expensive). Cheap shocks would be $100. A cheap radio $100. All of these little things add up. A really nice maintained Fj80 91/92 is only worth the tops of about $6500 (Idaho prices). All these parts would bring you back to that point and you still would have some maintainence issues. I think this rig wasn't maintained all of its life. They've taken care of some expensive issues but they were more of things that needed to be done immediately than things that were done as preventive. It still has the stock plug wires. Non Toyota distributor cap. That is about all I can remember off hand.

If you go against my advice and buy it anyway, I'll give you a front bumper.

Valves adjustment costs 100 dollars roughly at $65/hr for labor. Mine are loose and have that clicking noise, the clunk you refer to is the one where you put it in reverse right? Could that be a problem related to the DS?

 

[erics_bruisers]

ben at slee shimmed my valves -- no problem -- he smiled the whole time and acted like he's done it a million times --

-- i would love to live in idaho --

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[cruiserdan]

ben at slee shimmed my valves -- no problem -- he smiled the whole time and acted like he's done it a million times --
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How'd he do that with a pushrod motor........

 

[chacoetaco]

If safety is a big buying point, I would go with a 95-97 for the airbags.

My two de-valued cents.

 

[erics_bruisers]

How'd he do that with a pushrod motor........

where the rocker arm meets the valve stem --

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[cruiserdan]

where the rocker arm meets the valve stem --

e

There aint no shims in that thar spot laddie.......


It be an adjusting screw and a locknut....

 

[PHBeerman]

If safety is a big buying point, I would go with a 95-97 for the airbags.

My two de-valued cents.

I'm not a huge fan of airbags for an off-road vehicle myself. But shoulder belts are good.

 

[Beowulf]

>> I'm not a huge fan of airbags for an off-road vehicle myself. But shoulder belts are good. <<

It never ceases to amaze me how this myth has a life of it's own. I can understand if you just plain didn't like air bags. There are reasons that have some merit; albeit only a tinsy tiny bit of merit. What does "for an off-road vehicle" have to do with it?

-B-

 

[erics_bruisers]

There aint no shims in that thar spot laddie.......


It be an adjusting screw and a locknut....

oh, i meant he used shims for the clearance-check -- that i remember -- maybe i was scccaaammmmmeeedd!!!

chure did run good after though --



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[e9999]

oh, i meant he used shims for the clearance-check -- that i remember -- maybe i was scccaaammmmmeeedd!!!

chure did run good after though --




e

these here shims be feeler gauges, maybe?

"oh, what a feelin'.... la di da da di dahhh"



E

 

[JB80]

In Idaho and glad to be here. Was wondering what the deal was with that Cruiser on State Street. Did notice that the price keeps coming down and down and .....

Last I chatted with ToothFairy I was close to selling my '91. A couple of pesky problems that were tough to track down had me frustrated, but she is back to running strong again. Drove through Mountain Home last weekend and she was running well and I knew I had GinEric80 to thank as the last time I broke down I was in Mountain Home he came to my rescue.

Most everything I own is for sale (for the right price) but for now my '91 isn't going anywhere soon.

JB80

 

[cruiserdan]

Come to think of it, if you look just right at some of them big taters from up there they DO sorta look like an 80........

 

[PHBeerman]

>> I'm not a huge fan of airbags for an off-road vehicle myself. But shoulder belts are good. <<

It never ceases to amaze me how this myth has a life of it's own. I can understand if you just plain didn't like air bags. There are reasons that have some merit; albeit only a tinsy tiny bit of merit. What does "for an off-road vehicle" have to do with it?

-B-

What rumor? I do not think that air bags are needed in an off road vehicle. Or any truck for that matter. Personally not sold on their plus side. Some people are.

 

[landtank]

Saw a video of some lady driving her husbands Chevy something or other down Lions Back. Truck lost it's brakes just as she started to come down and as she picked up speed she went off the side slightly and nosed it into the ground. Seems like a good time to have air bags, but then again I enjoy eating apples too.

 

[ginericLC]

Valves adjustment costs 100 dollars roughly at $65/hr for labor. Mine are loose and have that clicking noise, the clunk you refer to is the one where you put it in reverse right? Could that be a problem related to the DS?

The clunk in the 91 that he was going to look at is bad. It clunks everytime it shifts gears, not just from R to D. The clunk didn't bother me so much. It was the howl when you coasted. You can actually learn to drive so the clunk becomes transparent. Unless I'm accelerating really hard I rarely feel mine clunk anymore. I think it is because of two things: One I'm used to driving it and it doesn't clunk as much, Two I've become used to the clunk so it doesn't annoy me anymore.

This thing had a lot of leaks. It had been in some fender benders. And it just didn't feel right. I may not be mechanical enough to know exactly what all of the problems are with it. But it isn't good when everything is leaking and there are clunks, howls, etc.... It looked like a freakin Land Rover underneath. Sort of sounded like a Defender 110 too in the clunking aspect. And when you drive a 91 with 35s and no gear ratios changes with over 200k and you get into a stock rig with 31s and your rig is faster there has to be more issues than a simple tune up.

One bad thing about Toyotas is they are known to be able to take abuse. Sometimes folks neglect them on purpose because they know they can. This Cruiser had seen a lot of neglect.

 

[Scamper]

What rumor? I do not think that air bags are needed in an off road vehicle. Or any truck for that matter. Personally not sold on their plus side. Some people are.

I don't think he was commenting on the need for them, so much as the lore that their presence is a negative in the '80's (and offroad) community.

As I understand it, these airbags are only activated on forward impact with the front bumper at a speed of over X mph (don't know what X is). There is also a accelerometer involved which sense the rate of deceleration and only activates once a certain threshold is reached. With all of this, I have a hard time beliveing that no matter what you're doing--on or off road--that if the necessary conditions apply, you would WANT to have the air bags deploy. Then again, I don't do much off-road, so I'm no expert. I'd love, however, to hear a coget explanation to the contrary (or pro, being an equal opportinuty debater), but I'm not really interested in folks just saying they're no good.

 

[Beowulf]

>> I do not think that air bags are needed in an off road vehicle. <<
>> Or any truck for that matter.Personally not sold on their plus side. <<

OK, that's different from saying you don't like them for off-road vehicles which implies you think they are desireable on-road but undesireable off-road. If you don't like airbags period then your comment would make more sense.

The myth (not rumor) that has been repeated once or twice a year for the past few years is that air bags are somehow undesireable in off-road situations when the facts don't back up that argument.

-B-