New to 80 Series and IH8Mud

[Oldman80]

Hello all. Picked up an 80 Series this summer and have been learning about them the past few months. It's a 1994. Seems to run well but needs paint and a muffler that doesn't sound so loud (Flowmaster 40 series) Have a Magnaflow to put on just haven't gotten to that.

 

[CharlieS]

Congrats and welcome. You got the best year - lol.

 

[Oldman80]

Congrats and welcome. You got the best year - lol.

Thanks. I'm liking it a lot. Little different than my Truck but seems like it will work well for me.

 

[family80]

I have a 94 also I love it.. congrats

 

[Kabanstva]

Yeah you definitely got the best year IMO.

 

[sogafarm]

Best year! Don't touch the AFM screws!

 

[FMC80]

Absolutely the best year. Welcome! Any immediate plans?

 

[leonard_nemoy]

What makes a 94 the best year?

 

[CharlieS]

What makes a 94 the best year?

It is the one I own.

I actually don't think there is a "best". The newest, lowest mileage, best maintained, only driven to church on Sundays by a little old lady is probably better than anything else.

For my uses (95% offroad) I think the '94 is a sweet spot with the 1FZFE, no airbags, available cloth interior, exhaust over the frame, etc. But I'd take a minty '97 in a heartbeat,

 

[LandLocked93]

Welcome!
You got the best OBD version.
No scanner anxiety for you!

 

[sjpitts]

What makes a 94 the best year?

This is incorrect. The "late 93" is the best. The 94 has the "little" starter.

 

[Oldman80]

Absolutely the best year. Welcome! Any immediate plans?

Descaled the frame, fixing the radio antenna, dynamat in Cargo area, repaint, bumper and winch. To start.

 

[Oldman80]

Best year! Don't touch the AFM screws!

What is that?

 

[FMC80]

What is that?

VAF broken on my 94 LC

HI, does anyone have any pictures of how a VAF is supposed to look when not broken lol. I stupidly removed the 2 screws from the harness and pulled thinking that was they way to disconnect the VAF harness. Since i cant find any online i am going to try to re solder the terminals but just need a...

forum.ih8mud.com

This should get you started. The harness that connects to your VAFM is simply held in place by a rectangular clip which is very difficult to see. So people tend to have difficulties removing the harness and think, “I must remove the two screws that secure the male cannon plug to remove it.”

Mine never had the rectangular clip to hold the harness in place. The PO lost it, so my harness is easily installed or removed by hand.


That will destroy your VAFM and render your cruiser and 6k paper weight.

 

[FMC80]

VAF broken on my 94 LC

HI, does anyone have any pictures of how a VAF is supposed to look when not broken lol. I stupidly removed the 2 screws from the harness and pulled thinking that was they way to disconnect the VAF harness. Since i cant find any online i am going to try to re solder the terminals but just need a...

forum.ih8mud.com

This should get you started. The harness that connects to your VAFM is simply held in place by a rectangular clip which is very difficult to see. So people tend to have difficulties removing the harness and think, “I must remove the two screws that secure the male cannon plug to remove it.”

Mine never had the rectangular clip to hold the harness in place. The PO lost it, so my harness is easily installed or removed by hand.


That will destroy your VAFM and render your cruiser and 6k paper weight.

Don’t touch the red circled screw or it’s twin sister on the other side!


Photo taken from this thread: 93 FZJ80 Won't Start After Washing Engine - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/93-fzj80-wont-start-after-washing-engine.396697/