Hello, long time reader first time poster.
Searching through 4 runners on CL to tackle the Ohio winters led to my stumbling upon of a 96 LX450 with 139k miles. No lockers, the body is rough (PO's son had it parked on a campus for 2 years), but the underbody is clean and she drives straight, not much evidence of being taken off road before. Birfields don't make noise but don't look fantastic, so that will be in the near future. Leaks 4-10 drops after cooldown, but can't pinpoint where exactly since i don't think the engine bay has been cleaned since '96.
My other car is a rust free '02 miata which I keep garaged in the winter, so my original intention was to just find a beater but I shot myself in the foot when I discovered MUD and now I'm stuck with 2 cars I love and don't know which to spend money on first. Miata will sit on the backburner for the next few months while I square this thing away for daily use, and as long as it can tow a 2200 lb car eventually I'll be happy. Sadly no expedition build in the near future, but I can see myself keeping this for a long time so we'll see what happens.
The more I read, the more I realize buying an 80 as a college student probably wasn't the best idea, but I go to a tech school and have access to tools, lifts, and help so what better time?
So far I've put 4 new 265 Trail Guide A/P tires on, not happy with this choice but PO had different tires front and rear so I wanted to make sure the AWD was happy.
* New gear in driver side seat, passenger side still needs some work.
* replaced tailgate handle
* PO had remote start installed, but unplugged. Plugged it in and now the key fob and remote start work, no issues so far. Will be keeping an eye on this
* removed running boards (shoutout to you guys for inspiring that)
* oil change
* added some moly grease to the birfs
* 6.5" pioneers in the front doors, no clearance issue (will grab model name if requested)
* diff , T case, and tranny fluid will be addressed this week.
* Coolant flush will be needed, hasn't broke 190 yet though so I want to wait until I have PHH to put on
* It would be an exaggeration to say I have rear brakes, so that will need overhauled soon.
I have the stuff for the center console phone, except for the phone itself. If someone can point me in the right direction of one, or one that will fit in the holster and look OEM that would be great. I know analog phones won't work, but I want the nostalgia.
I apologize for the poor quality photos, I haven't broken out the DSLR yet
Searching through 4 runners on CL to tackle the Ohio winters led to my stumbling upon of a 96 LX450 with 139k miles. No lockers, the body is rough (PO's son had it parked on a campus for 2 years), but the underbody is clean and she drives straight, not much evidence of being taken off road before. Birfields don't make noise but don't look fantastic, so that will be in the near future. Leaks 4-10 drops after cooldown, but can't pinpoint where exactly since i don't think the engine bay has been cleaned since '96.
My other car is a rust free '02 miata which I keep garaged in the winter, so my original intention was to just find a beater but I shot myself in the foot when I discovered MUD and now I'm stuck with 2 cars I love and don't know which to spend money on first. Miata will sit on the backburner for the next few months while I square this thing away for daily use, and as long as it can tow a 2200 lb car eventually I'll be happy. Sadly no expedition build in the near future, but I can see myself keeping this for a long time so we'll see what happens.
The more I read, the more I realize buying an 80 as a college student probably wasn't the best idea, but I go to a tech school and have access to tools, lifts, and help so what better time?
So far I've put 4 new 265 Trail Guide A/P tires on, not happy with this choice but PO had different tires front and rear so I wanted to make sure the AWD was happy.
* New gear in driver side seat, passenger side still needs some work.
* replaced tailgate handle
* PO had remote start installed, but unplugged. Plugged it in and now the key fob and remote start work, no issues so far. Will be keeping an eye on this
* removed running boards (shoutout to you guys for inspiring that)
* oil change
* added some moly grease to the birfs
* 6.5" pioneers in the front doors, no clearance issue (will grab model name if requested)
* diff , T case, and tranny fluid will be addressed this week.
* Coolant flush will be needed, hasn't broke 190 yet though so I want to wait until I have PHH to put on
* It would be an exaggeration to say I have rear brakes, so that will need overhauled soon.
I have the stuff for the center console phone, except for the phone itself. If someone can point me in the right direction of one, or one that will fit in the holster and look OEM that would be great. I know analog phones won't work, but I want the nostalgia.
I apologize for the poor quality photos, I haven't broken out the DSLR yet