New owner, Tex here in DFW area if Texas. Multiple Toyota pick up , 4Runner owner over the years, never a Land Cruiser until recent. Mechanic, experimental aircraft builder, pilot, instructor, and novice machinist. Wat I can’t make, I know somebody to point me in the correct direction.
Sold 87 toyota SR5 Turbo, did straight 85 year front axle swap in 2000, 4 inch lift, longer rear axle springs, 5:29 Detroit locked, and later 2001 did a 3.4 v6 swap, with TRD supercharger, automatic A340H transmission/ transfer case, then swapped to A340F manual transfer case dual case Marlin Crawler. Ok, sold that truck after driving it 80k miles over 23 1/2 years.
Got my new girl, 1999 LC no lockers 379k miles in Easter weekend. My friend sent me the 4sale info and ended up buying one owner never in collision original owner. I always look at any vehicle before buying it. This one I didn’t… had my friend look
At it for me. We made a deal ans my friend gave the cash, and my friend drive it to me 200 miles away.
Well, hear we go labor of love. I can fix any mechanical thing that ever goes wrong with it. I hit it low enough in price I could afford to put money in it. Had new 33 BFG all terrain tires, looked good exterior. Interior seat cracks, and pealing wood trim in two places. Seats was not beet down, carpet good.
Every receipt from day one in a file. Get it home, engine miss fire one bad could cold engine. Oh no, no major engine valve issue at least. My 4Runner same engine swapped the coils runs good. Ok, got something to work with. Drive it, 11:30 -1:30 steering wheel to drive straight And It stinks in the garage. Ok, rack and pinion, and mount bushings. Order new yota rack, wasn’t that bad. Looked up how to change it, filthy underneath… pressure washed … and washed. Went to take the rack out, horrible inter tie rod ends, ok new with rack, lower and upper ball joints shot. Ok got upper arms and new lower joints, heck with it, new hi performance rotors, pads front and rear. New wheel hub bearings, cv axles, knuckle Rebush kits, sway bar kits, hubs for cv axles to wheel hub, ps lines, new alternator, and went after it.
Had Toyota like it up, and started driving. Drops of oil in my garage… remember filthy underneath. Oil leak, between engine and trans, and front of engine. Timing belt dry. Flywheel dry too.
Oring under the rear main oil seal retainer leaking I’m back, and oil pump o ring in front. I yanked the engine out… pressure wash the entire engine bay, trans , everything underneath. Then the engine…
disassemble the front, top, back of the engine.
Remove the oil pans, and screen to get oil pump
Off. Bore scope the engine, check valve clearance, remove starter, and start ordering parts.
Replace 3 shims for valve adjustment. New water pump kit, t belt, tensioners, crank cam seals, new oil pump Yota, start resealing it.
Order ever coolant hose, new yota, 10 heater hoses, t ees , new radiator, rad cap, fan clutch, Starter , ac compressor, drier kit, ps resivoir hose, trans front seal, front and rear transfer case bearings and seals. New ignition coils x8
Put it together
Pull transfer case, do the output seals and bearings
Go for rear brakes…
Well dif oil on brake pads.
Hear we go, yank axle out and start cleaning. New rear bearings, both axle seals inter outer, park brake shoes and hardware. Along with new stainless brake hoses , calipers, and hi performance rotors.
Now the stink is gone and no leaks!
Recover the front row and second row seats myself with new seat covers from Leather seats.com
Replace rear and front evaporator cores, and expansion valves, I have a recover / recycle machine.
Replace upper left door hinge
Tint front windows myself
New exterior door trim moldings at the glass
New interior door trim moldings against the glass in front two doors, in the middle of alpine speakers and door lock little motor install.
New shifter knob, and used recondition steering wheel,
Striped off and replace all new wood to lighter color
Replace oem radio with Kenwood hi end dvd cd head unit with oem amp with wireless Apple car play with dvdr cam, rear back up cam and hands free mobile.
Upgrades exterior 12,500 wench with TJM bumper and bumper was installed before. Front
New Slee rear bumper with swing outs
Rock sliders with steps on top
ARB roof rack coming soon on order
New Drawers for back , air down gear up.. they are sweet.
New 17 inch icon wheels satin black with new tires x5
Have new fender flares from overseas to replace mine that do not fit woozy cutting them with my new rear bumper. I have paint itching and need to replace the flares. In the process new side moldings, will be painted Satian black and white paint the side below the moldings… to the pitch welds white as the rest of the truck is still going on.
BFG warranty the new BFGs Ala Michelin for bad vibrations.. don’t care for that. 65-75
Next transfer case back out, part time 4x2, low range gears in transfer case, order today under drive gears. Plus 3 worn parts after opening it up deeper.
Next is lockers l…
I think across between Ox locker manual
Cable style , and Arb air = Tjm Pro locker no spinning seals to fail and just one actuator inside to engage and disengauge the locker. , simple and effective.
Like
I said labor of LOVE. I do like driving it, hate the gas mileage tho.
My restoration .. project.
Now can you get a stated insurance policy amount on these ? Has anyone else done one?
Thanks
Tex
Sold 87 toyota SR5 Turbo, did straight 85 year front axle swap in 2000, 4 inch lift, longer rear axle springs, 5:29 Detroit locked, and later 2001 did a 3.4 v6 swap, with TRD supercharger, automatic A340H transmission/ transfer case, then swapped to A340F manual transfer case dual case Marlin Crawler. Ok, sold that truck after driving it 80k miles over 23 1/2 years.
Got my new girl, 1999 LC no lockers 379k miles in Easter weekend. My friend sent me the 4sale info and ended up buying one owner never in collision original owner. I always look at any vehicle before buying it. This one I didn’t… had my friend look
At it for me. We made a deal ans my friend gave the cash, and my friend drive it to me 200 miles away.
Well, hear we go labor of love. I can fix any mechanical thing that ever goes wrong with it. I hit it low enough in price I could afford to put money in it. Had new 33 BFG all terrain tires, looked good exterior. Interior seat cracks, and pealing wood trim in two places. Seats was not beet down, carpet good.
Every receipt from day one in a file. Get it home, engine miss fire one bad could cold engine. Oh no, no major engine valve issue at least. My 4Runner same engine swapped the coils runs good. Ok, got something to work with. Drive it, 11:30 -1:30 steering wheel to drive straight And It stinks in the garage. Ok, rack and pinion, and mount bushings. Order new yota rack, wasn’t that bad. Looked up how to change it, filthy underneath… pressure washed … and washed. Went to take the rack out, horrible inter tie rod ends, ok new with rack, lower and upper ball joints shot. Ok got upper arms and new lower joints, heck with it, new hi performance rotors, pads front and rear. New wheel hub bearings, cv axles, knuckle Rebush kits, sway bar kits, hubs for cv axles to wheel hub, ps lines, new alternator, and went after it.
Had Toyota like it up, and started driving. Drops of oil in my garage… remember filthy underneath. Oil leak, between engine and trans, and front of engine. Timing belt dry. Flywheel dry too.
Oring under the rear main oil seal retainer leaking I’m back, and oil pump o ring in front. I yanked the engine out… pressure wash the entire engine bay, trans , everything underneath. Then the engine…
disassemble the front, top, back of the engine.
Remove the oil pans, and screen to get oil pump
Off. Bore scope the engine, check valve clearance, remove starter, and start ordering parts.
Replace 3 shims for valve adjustment. New water pump kit, t belt, tensioners, crank cam seals, new oil pump Yota, start resealing it.
Order ever coolant hose, new yota, 10 heater hoses, t ees , new radiator, rad cap, fan clutch, Starter , ac compressor, drier kit, ps resivoir hose, trans front seal, front and rear transfer case bearings and seals. New ignition coils x8
Put it together
Pull transfer case, do the output seals and bearings
Go for rear brakes…
Well dif oil on brake pads.
Hear we go, yank axle out and start cleaning. New rear bearings, both axle seals inter outer, park brake shoes and hardware. Along with new stainless brake hoses , calipers, and hi performance rotors.
Now the stink is gone and no leaks!
Recover the front row and second row seats myself with new seat covers from Leather seats.com
Replace rear and front evaporator cores, and expansion valves, I have a recover / recycle machine.
Replace upper left door hinge
Tint front windows myself
New exterior door trim moldings at the glass
New interior door trim moldings against the glass in front two doors, in the middle of alpine speakers and door lock little motor install.
New shifter knob, and used recondition steering wheel,
Striped off and replace all new wood to lighter color
Replace oem radio with Kenwood hi end dvd cd head unit with oem amp with wireless Apple car play with dvdr cam, rear back up cam and hands free mobile.
Upgrades exterior 12,500 wench with TJM bumper and bumper was installed before. Front
New Slee rear bumper with swing outs
Rock sliders with steps on top
ARB roof rack coming soon on order
New Drawers for back , air down gear up.. they are sweet.
New 17 inch icon wheels satin black with new tires x5
Have new fender flares from overseas to replace mine that do not fit woozy cutting them with my new rear bumper. I have paint itching and need to replace the flares. In the process new side moldings, will be painted Satian black and white paint the side below the moldings… to the pitch welds white as the rest of the truck is still going on.
BFG warranty the new BFGs Ala Michelin for bad vibrations.. don’t care for that. 65-75
Next transfer case back out, part time 4x2, low range gears in transfer case, order today under drive gears. Plus 3 worn parts after opening it up deeper.
Next is lockers l…
I think across between Ox locker manual
Cable style , and Arb air = Tjm Pro locker no spinning seals to fail and just one actuator inside to engage and disengauge the locker. , simple and effective.
Like
I said labor of LOVE. I do like driving it, hate the gas mileage tho.
My restoration .. project.
Now can you get a stated insurance policy amount on these ? Has anyone else done one?
Thanks
Tex
