Hi All,
I'm new to this forum and 80-series. I'm a mechanical engineer who loves fixing things. I used to have a mid-travel 2007 FJ Cruiser that I rolled over and totalled (my username was is a carry over from the FJ forums and was made before the roll over). I bought my 1993 Land Cruiser yesterday from a friend of coworker. It's a salvage title but has been on the road for years and has been decently well maintained (other than the exterior). And since the price for the vehicle was quite low, it seemed worthwhile to take the chance on a salvage title. My wife and I decided to pull the trigger on the purchase since our international travel is going to be highly limited for awhile it seems. So instead of flying, we are going to be driving on our next few vacations.
This cruiser is triple-locked with the CDL button added. There are a few downsides/issues that I've already bought (or was given) parts to fix. The valve cover is leaking a bit (previous owner gave me the gasket kit he bought to fix this), there is a power steering leak I need to track down, the tires are shot (already at the shop getting Yokohama Geolandar MT's in 285/75R16), the bushings are shot (bushings on order and some provided by previous owner), the speedometer/odometer stopped working about 6 months ago during the previous owner's last trip to Baja with this vehicle (I need to figure this out), and finally the front seats are torn and the sliders don't work. I guess it is also missing a bumper but a new one is going on very soon anyways.
So far I've ordered a 2" Dobinson's lift, caster bushings, SST braided extended brake lines, radius arm bushings, Dobinson's rear lower trailing arms, Dobinson's front panhard bar, and some new tires as mentioned above. The previous owner had purchased but not installed valve cover gasket, fuel filter, sway bar bushings, all the brakes, and every belt in duplicate (not sure why in duplicate but now I have spares and can fix the squeaky belt).
From what I've read on here so far, I'm excited to meet people and gain a bunch of knowledge on 80-series vehicles!
Michael
I'm new to this forum and 80-series. I'm a mechanical engineer who loves fixing things. I used to have a mid-travel 2007 FJ Cruiser that I rolled over and totalled (my username was is a carry over from the FJ forums and was made before the roll over). I bought my 1993 Land Cruiser yesterday from a friend of coworker. It's a salvage title but has been on the road for years and has been decently well maintained (other than the exterior). And since the price for the vehicle was quite low, it seemed worthwhile to take the chance on a salvage title. My wife and I decided to pull the trigger on the purchase since our international travel is going to be highly limited for awhile it seems. So instead of flying, we are going to be driving on our next few vacations.
This cruiser is triple-locked with the CDL button added. There are a few downsides/issues that I've already bought (or was given) parts to fix. The valve cover is leaking a bit (previous owner gave me the gasket kit he bought to fix this), there is a power steering leak I need to track down, the tires are shot (already at the shop getting Yokohama Geolandar MT's in 285/75R16), the bushings are shot (bushings on order and some provided by previous owner), the speedometer/odometer stopped working about 6 months ago during the previous owner's last trip to Baja with this vehicle (I need to figure this out), and finally the front seats are torn and the sliders don't work. I guess it is also missing a bumper but a new one is going on very soon anyways.
So far I've ordered a 2" Dobinson's lift, caster bushings, SST braided extended brake lines, radius arm bushings, Dobinson's rear lower trailing arms, Dobinson's front panhard bar, and some new tires as mentioned above. The previous owner had purchased but not installed valve cover gasket, fuel filter, sway bar bushings, all the brakes, and every belt in duplicate (not sure why in duplicate but now I have spares and can fix the squeaky belt).
From what I've read on here so far, I'm excited to meet people and gain a bunch of knowledge on 80-series vehicles!
Michael
Wish you were closer Mr. Engineer. I would buy two sets, one for each of us, and have you help fix mine.
. But yeah that is my plan for Friday (wash it, oil change, diff fluid change, trans fluid change).
will thank you. The passenger floor gets hot because of the exhaust on long drives... 
(official welcome).
