The brown truck showed up!

[murphy744]

I will be doing maintenance this weekend.
I'm replacing:

Valve Cover Gasket
Vent tubes
PVC Valve
Plug gaskets
Throttle body gasket
Air intake hose
Distributer O ring
Belts
And any other little tube that is dry rotted

AND THE PHH! I need to get that little sucker ordered so it will hopefully get here by the weekend.

Except for overtightening the valve cover bolts, any other things I should be careful of?

Can someone with an FSM tell me the torque specs for the throttle body?

This does'nt seem to difficult, but I may use one of "my life lines" if I get stumped.

 

[Giulitto]

Be carefull installing the plug tube gaskets. I got a little over zealous with mine and tore them. They still work but just something to be patient about.

 

[Bluetribal]

I would definitely recommend rotating the pully to 0° before pulling the dizzy because although I tried the marking of the location when replacing the O ring I didn't quite get it back in correctly. And although she is running good enough I need to get her re-timed.
Here is my O-Ring Replacement Album: Cruiser-18_O-Ring

 

[murphy744]

Ya, that dizzy can be a pain. I have a timing light, but I really need to get off my butt and order a FSM.

Anyone have one for sale?

If the weather clears, I will try and knock this out this weekend. I tell ya, having never worked on a LC kinda intimidates me, especially the whole throttle body stuff, not to mention the PHH.

 

[Bluetribal]

Just remember it is never as easy as the post on this forum seem! So don't go tearing it all apart. Hit one thing at a time unless a couple involve removing the same items of course.

 

[murphy744]

It sounds like the dizzy O ring is pretty easy when the valve cover is off. I assume you can see the gear set and get it right back in place? If not, I have the light.

I plan on taking my time too.

 

[murphy744]

Waiting on another brown truck from Cdan

Got the valve cover, belts, dizzy O ring, plug seals, and hoses done. Just oreded up

Cap
Rotor,Plugs
T-Stat w/gasket
Brake Pads
Rad Cap
Air Filter
Oil Filter
Starter

My wife is loving me right about now

 

[Brentbba]

My wife is loving me right about now

Yea right - like mine does when I spend even a dime on the truck?

 

[murphy744]

Brent,
I'm stunned! My wife didn't even blink........so I ordered a Center Diff Lock Switch from Slee

 

[Brentbba]

Brent,
I'm stunned! My wife didn't even blink........so I ordered a Center Diff Lock Switch from Slee

She's a keeper then!

Shoot - my wife didn't even want to ride in the cruiser when we drove down to SD last Wednesday. She preferred my daughter's Scion Xa for god sake! I really wanted a longer freeway run with the truck to make sure the fix on the coolant leak after the HG was really fixed, but no... We were also unsure where in downtown SD we'd be eating dinner and the beast can't be put in a parking garage, so I relented.

 

[Dan2722]

I'm stunned! My wife didn't even blink........so I ordered a Center Diff Lock Switch from Slee

Wait till you start ordering bumpers, sliders, winches etc. The will start blinking a lot.

This requires finesse and the liberal use of jewlery and flowers.

 

[murphy744]

The Brown Truck Showed Up Again!!

Well,
Round 2. Just recieved my second shipment from Cdan.
Starter
plugs
rotor
cap
t-stat
filters
gaskets
brake pads

Samco PHH

Going to flush the radiator too.

Got to work tomorrow, so Sunday will be a busy day

And a Center Diff Lock from Slee......... 7 pin mod right around the corner

 

[murphy744]

Base Line Complete!!!!

Done

Just have to put in the Center Diff Lock Switch.

Man the PHH, what a !