Installed toyota gt86 seats on planted seat brackets.
Builds What did you do to your Land Cruiser/Toyota/Lexus 4X4 this week? (3 Viewers)
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Nice. How do you think their comfort will hold up to long days in the saddle?
Longest has been 2 1/2 hours one way and then back same day. Felt comfortable so far. Next trip to rocky point will tell...
splitshot
Head cook, Bottle washer, and Peace keeper.
Where did you find those?
I found them on offer up. Seen some one FB marketplace as well.
Found my front right hub is not locking and decided to go through my vac lines and 4wd systems. Do any of you know if the old HPS discount code works and what it is? Someone sent it to me when I was building out my 4runner engine and I've lost the note 
splitshot
Head cook, Bottle washer, and Peace keeper.
Not sure if you have the same setup I had in the Runner. All the ADD, and the computer that drives them. I gave up and swapped a manualFound my front right hub is not locking and decided to go through my vac lines and 4wd systems. Do any of you know if the old HPS discount code works and what it is? Someone sent it to me when I was building out my 4runner engine and I've lost the note
transfer case and a conversion for the front axle to go manual locking hubs. Money well spent, imo.
Replaced the Taco's rear brake shoes and both drums with new parts from Toyota. Rotated tyres, greased drive shafts & U-joints. Checked Diff & transfer case gear oil.
New vs old drums. Passenger side drum was installed at factory 186,000 miles ago, driver side was replaced ~ 130,000 miles ago.
Toyota says rear shoes are good to 1MM. I'm not that confident . . .
Passenger vs driver lead shoes. Shoe on the left was passenger side installed at factory 186,000 miles ago, shoe on the right was driver's side that was replaced ~130,000 miles ago when I had a spring break and it tore up the drum.
Old vs new shoes. Shoe on the top was passenger side installed at factory 186,000 miles ago.
Got er dun!
New vs old drums. Passenger side drum was installed at factory 186,000 miles ago, driver side was replaced ~ 130,000 miles ago.
Toyota says rear shoes are good to 1MM. I'm not that confident . . .
Passenger vs driver lead shoes. Shoe on the left was passenger side installed at factory 186,000 miles ago, shoe on the right was driver's side that was replaced ~130,000 miles ago when I had a spring break and it tore up the drum.
Old vs new shoes. Shoe on the top was passenger side installed at factory 186,000 miles ago.
Got er dun!
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The runner is good, I'm working on a dyana ly151 now. It seems to be a Hilux front end as far as suspension and drivetrain. I'm trying now to see if I can decipher what pumpkin it is and if I can swap a Hilux or Land cruiser locker into it.
It has aisin locking hubs
After 273k, it was time. No more clunk. New hardware is my new rule where possible.
I finally finished project “super long panhard” today.
Panhard bar came out 1.5” shorter than the drag link. Stock there is an 11ish” difference. Mounting points moved up 4.25" on the axle side and 2" on the frame side. I moved the coil perches back 1/2" for clearance. The drag link mounts 2.25" higher than stock, and obviously a front tie rod. I moved the front axle forward 1 1/4", new bump stops, 2" bump stop drops front and rear, 2" longer icon shocks, EBC brake pads, new extended brake lines, slee high steer arm, arp knuckle and hub studs, and new maxxis 37's.
Over the past few weeks I also did the same full PM service as when I bought it 70k hard miles ago, plus fixed all of the leaks, deleted the egr, put on a ported intake and had the injectors cleaned. The alternator was pretty crunchy after 223k miles, so I rebuilt that and went to a 25lb lighter battery in a new oem tray.
Now I am in the middle of putting in marlin tcase gears, then I will be building the new coastal offroad front bumper. After that, a friend of mine is putting a new exhaust on it. Should be a whole new truck for moab this year.
Panhard bar came out 1.5” shorter than the drag link. Stock there is an 11ish” difference. Mounting points moved up 4.25" on the axle side and 2" on the frame side. I moved the coil perches back 1/2" for clearance. The drag link mounts 2.25" higher than stock, and obviously a front tie rod. I moved the front axle forward 1 1/4", new bump stops, 2" bump stop drops front and rear, 2" longer icon shocks, EBC brake pads, new extended brake lines, slee high steer arm, arp knuckle and hub studs, and new maxxis 37's.
Over the past few weeks I also did the same full PM service as when I bought it 70k hard miles ago, plus fixed all of the leaks, deleted the egr, put on a ported intake and had the injectors cleaned. The alternator was pretty crunchy after 223k miles, so I rebuilt that and went to a 25lb lighter battery in a new oem tray.
Now I am in the middle of putting in marlin tcase gears, then I will be building the new coastal offroad front bumper. After that, a friend of mine is putting a new exhaust on it. Should be a whole new truck for moab this year.
Looks great, you will Like the Maxxis tires.
I made some seat lift brackets for the 45. 2” in front, 1.5” in the rear. This made the difference between being able to drive this truck for 15 mins at a time to 2 hour drives bring no problem. 45 cabs are small….
Also got the tires balanced, changed the oil and then took it on a 200 mile trip to blue ridge reservoir and camping for a few nights.
On the way home it started sputtering between 1/16 and 3/4 throttle. Got home just fine, even passed a few cars along the way home. I figured it was a clogged primary jet. Pulled the access plug and sure enough - it was. Now it runs better than ever. Pretty sad that winter is coming and I will have to put this thing up for the season.
Also got the tires balanced, changed the oil and then took it on a 200 mile trip to blue ridge reservoir and camping for a few nights.
On the way home it started sputtering between 1/16 and 3/4 throttle. Got home just fine, even passed a few cars along the way home. I figured it was a clogged primary jet. Pulled the access plug and sure enough - it was. Now it runs better than ever. Pretty sad that winter is coming and I will have to put this thing up for the season.
Truck is finished. Got the 3.1 tcase gears done and built the front bumper. These coastal offroad kits fit together super nice - very good kit. Overall it has more power, runs smoother, is way more stable now with no front sway bar than it was previously with a sway bar, and the steering is excellent. Before the steering felt spongy and sloppy even with all new tre’s, now it’s 100% solid.
While I was waiting for paint to dry, I put a shock on the swing out after saying I’m going to do it someday for the past 10 years. It cams over center about a foot from closing. It’s either an old hatch or hood strut.
While I was waiting for paint to dry, I put a shock on the swing out after saying I’m going to do it someday for the past 10 years. It cams over center about a foot from closing. It’s either an old hatch or hood strut.
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Yeah, as soon as this trip is over I am going to get back on it. It would have been less work to finish that one than do all of this to the 80, but I’m sure it will have a lot of bugs to work out. I just bought a supercharger for it, so I’m really excited to get it going
I wanna do tcase gears so bad!
