Builds Urban Assault Cruiser 92 FJ80 (1 Viewer)

[White Stripe]

So one thing I've learned with this build is that on a 80 series, all the glass has to come out as part of base lining the cruiser in my opinion. My cruiser was not from the salt belt yet their was still some rust forming under the glass weatherstripping. It's easy to address if caught early. In addition the regulators need refreshed. The left rear regulator was stuck. I jumped the motor directly with 12v but it didn't budge. So I pulled the motor off. To do that I had to remove the can and slid out the armature with the worm gear so I could spin the regular to access the motor mount Torx screws. Found rust inside the can so moisture was getting in. I had a spare front motor. But are they the same? Yes except for the plug. Pop out the yellow insert if one is in their with a pick. Then I used a 45 degree pick to pull back the pin tabs carefully and slide the pins back. Then put the rear plug on the front motor pins. I also put grease on the armature ends where they slide into the bushings and cleaned up armature with scotch brite. I also added grease to contact points in the regulator.

 

[White Stripe]

All done and ready to roll, freshened up regulator and front motor on rear regulator.

 

[rghouse]

The wife has an es300 (255k) and the seats are amazing, she complains every time she rides in another car about comfort, back issues.

Funny you went with painted rear bumper and black front, opposite story here.

I do have the liner on my running boards and tow hitch. Gotta get that tow hitch embedded in the rear bumper though, lose at least 3” of clearance. Wondering if that is a mod or did it come factory with receiver where those 4 empty bolt holes are.

 

[White Stripe]

The wife has an es300 (255k) and the seats are amazing, she complains every time she rides in another car about comfort, back issues.

Funny you went with painted rear bumper and black front, opposite story here.

I do have the liner on my running boards and tow hitch. Gotta get that tow hitch embedded in the rear bumper though, lose at least 3” of clearance. Wondering if that is a mod or did it come factory with receiver where those 4 empty bolt holes are.

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Yeah seats are pretty comfortable. I have a awful lot of labor though into them for the install and wiring all the functions. Hopefully all the added complexity in the seats won't come back to bite me compared to the stock mechanical seats which never have a problem. I thought about just recovering the stock seats. The 4 bolt holes are a military pintle hitch bolt pattern. You can install a pintle hitch their or they make receiver hitches now with that bolt pattern but the rear cross member their is not very thick steel so Im not sure what kind of load its rated for. I guess it depends how hard you are going to wheel it. The plastic wings aren't very strong and will only really ward off bushes. So if you are going to modify the hitch very much may as well go with a full offroad bumper in my opinion. Some of the weld yourself bumper kits are not too expensive and have hitches built in.

 

[White Stripe]

Interior slowly going together. Seats are in. Also bolted down the shifter console and center console. Seat heaters and coolers are working. USB in console is hooked up.

 

[rghouse]

What’d you do about the sun visors?

 

[White Stripe]

What’d you do about the sun visors?

I haven't done anything with them. The past owner stuck one on the driver side from another toyota model. It doesn't match but it works. Im not sure what to replace the visors with to make them nice. I haven't really researched what I will do with them to upgrade. Ill probably save that for a mod later down the road to look into.

 

[White Stripe]

4th seat is done. Just have the 3rd row seats left. Thought I had a driveshaft vibration but the exhaust came loose and was hitting the crossmember. Also 2 exhaust hangers keep melting. So I used springs instead. Seems to work well so far. I also replaced the oil pan gasket, harmonic balancer, timing cover gasket, water pump, and gan clutch.

 

[Heckraiser]

Might have to find a set of ES seats. The wife in I test drove an ES350 a while back and it was super comfortable. Add to that the butt-sweat ventilation system and you've got a winning combo.

The project is looking good! You need to take some outdoor full-body shots so we can properly take in the paint job

 

[White Stripe]

Might have to find a set of ES seats. The wife in I test drove an ES350 a while back and it was super comfortable. Add to that the butt-sweat ventilation system and you've got a winning combo.

The project is looking good! You need to take some outdoor full-body shots so we can properly take in the paint job

Thanks man. I really wanted to use newer toyota highlander seats. You can find those in leather with heating and cooling also, they have thinner cushions and would fit in a 80 better in my opinion. But I came accross these so I used them instead. They barely fit. but they are comfy. The cooling is really awesome and makes a big difference when its hot out.

Front and full-float Rear wheel bearings - are they the same?

Hi, Mine is a '95 HZJ80 (Australian). Rear axle is full-float with discs. I was all set to do my rear wheel bearings on Tuesday (Anzac day holiday here), but got worried that I've been supplied front wheel kits instead of rear. Any one able to offer some advice before I start trying to force...

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Rear wheel bearings

Anyone ever heard of the brand Centric? They make brake parts but also they make bearings. I will be replacing my rear wheel bearings this weekend and I cant bring myself to pay 60 to 80 bucks a pop for wheel bearings. The other brand I am considering is the ATM brand from Napa.

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Rear pinion needs to go up 2 degrees

 

[White Stripe]

Slowly piling on the miles. Rear shocks are wore out. Replacing with new toyota shocks. While the shocks are out i cleaned up the surface rust on the frame. Trying to freshen up the frame a little at a time. Also got some different wheels and tires. Waiting on lug nuts.

Gm sender has 2 purple wires in tank, short wire goes to orange. Had to tweak tank baffle for fitment.

Fuel sender is hooked up. Interestingly the schematic says for a single tank to use pin c2 73 if Im reading it right. However both on my extra LS ecu plug and my current plug in the truck 73 has not had the silicone punctured for that pin-so its never been used. However C2 54 does have a wire in my spare plug, so I pulled it from my spare plug and installed that into my harness at C2 54. Maybe Im reading the diagram wrong.

 

[White Stripe]

Maxpow time. I think the pair cost like 30 bucks.

Old struts wouldn't lift the hatch fully anymore by themselves.

The maxpows are about 1" longer when fully extended. I changed out one at a time and used my head to hold up the hatch literally. I also didn't fully tighten the bolts until both struts were on and only installed 1 bottom bolt loosely until both struts were on due to the extra height of the new struts. With the extra inch of height their is still a bit of clearance in the hinge area. The struts lift the hatch great.

 

[Box Rocket]

I got the same struts for the rear hatch. Been working well.

 

[White Stripe]

Got all the monitors to pass!

 

[sea bass]

Nice purchase...let us not forget, as it is, it is more capable than 95% of all other vehicles on Earth.

Edit: even the 3FE

Don't you mean (especially) with the 3fe

 

[White Stripe]

Came outside and found a rock inside the truck and the rear window smashed. Thankfully I have glass coverage.

 

[majelan]

Got the muffler hangers tacked in. Also got the driver side exhaust pipe tacked up. Passenger side will be a lot easier.
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I noticed your front drive shaft is thinner than the sock drive shaft do you know which shaft was used because I am having issues wth the stock shaft on my 4l60e swap

 

[White Stripe]

I noticed your front drive shaft is thinner than the sock drive shaft do you know which shaft was used because I am having issues wth the stock shaft on my 4l60e swap

If u look on the Mark's 4wd site they have a thinner shaft they sell.

 

[Stuckinthe80s]

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Came outside and found a rock inside the truck and the rear window smashed. Thankfully I have glass coverage.

What the hell?!?! Stupid question but do you think it was intentional?

 

[leonard_nemoy]

I love this thread. It is great seeing an early 80 series getting some love.