What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (44 Viewers)

[Tapage]

Apparently the backing plate behind the cam gear needs to come off to replace the water pump, and to get the gear off you need to get a wrench on the camshaft to keep it in place. Followed this vid (and the FSM):



While I was in there I did check valve shim tolerances, which luckily were all in spec.

I hated that water pump job .. with all my guts !

 

[mervo]

Have you checked your throttle cable? I have a similar issue and read that if you pull up on the skinny pedal with your foot, and it normalizes, the throttle cable needs to be adjusted.

Awesome tip, I'll be trying this ASAP.

Will report back my findings. Thanks brother.

 

[dan1554]

I hated that water pump job .. with all my guts !

I had help. See that double IPA sitting on the intake manifold? It wasn't the only one.

 

[sleepycruiser]

Added a 2nd 80 ('94) and 3rd overall. I doubt I hang onto this one...not sure what the plans are. Started cleaning it out....pressure sprayed the rat carpets. Definitely needs some attention to the normal stuff....window regs are super slow, needs speakers, radio, etc. Has some rust, but not awful.

 

[PolarRunner]

Awesome tip, I'll be trying this ASAP.

Will report back my findings. Thanks brother.

Welcome, glad to help a fellow mud member and enthusiast/backyard mechanic. Hopefully it helps, I'm hoping that's my idle issue as well.

 

[Tennessee80]

Blacked out my wheels, installed the used wagon gear tailgate storage...

 

[JHB Cruising]

Just enjoyed the view!

 

[justintpryor]

Rubithon!

Broke a birf.

Did a lot of spotting.

Had a good time.

Convinced her that this is fun!

 

[bj70_guy]

Stuffed a bunch of drier sheets under the hood. ****ing rats

 

[SteveH]

Just did the A/C and alt belts. What a royal pain. I used Bando belts from Rock Auto, which were delightfully cheap, but what a rotten job to get to the alternator adjuster bolt, and clean off 6 years of sludge on the splash plate. The new belts were super tight and hard to install.

I started the belts on the pulleys and then kicked over the engine (just a quick starter bump) to get the belt fully onto the pulley. A neat trick that saves time and frustration (well, some). I'll bet that no 80 series (or 60 for that matter) has ever thrown a belt no matter how loose it was.

 

[surfpig]

Rubithon!
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Had a good time.

Where'd you steal that picture from?



Yesterday I changed out my diff/transfer fluids, I brought home a little water from that trip. Drain plugs were done, replaced them with allen wrench ones.

 

[BILT4ME]

Just did the A/C and alt belts. What a royal pain. I used Bando belts from Rock Auto, which were delightfully cheap, but what a rotten job to get to the alternator adjuster bolt, and clean off 6 years of sludge on the splash plate. The new belts were super tight and hard to install.

I started the belts on the pulleys and then kicked over the engine (just a quick starter bump) to get the belt fully onto the pulley. A neat trick that saves time and frustration (well, some). I'll bet that no 80 series (or 60 for that matter) has ever thrown a belt no matter how loose it was.

I'll bet they're routed wrong!

 

[JHB Cruising]

Just hit 200k heading back to Durango!

 

[ZackR]

Just did the A/C and alt belts. What a royal pain. I used Bando belts from Rock Auto, which were delightfully cheap, but what a rotten job to get to the alternator adjuster bolt, and clean off 6 years of sludge on the splash plate. The new belts were super tight and hard to install.

I started the belts on the pulleys and then kicked over the engine (just a quick starter bump) to get the belt fully onto the pulley. A neat trick that saves time and frustration (well, some). I'll bet that no 80 series (or 60 for that matter) has ever thrown a belt no matter how loose it was.

Do you have the belt going over the top of the idler pulley? If so its on incorrectly. I went through the same issue a few months back and replaced the belts again (with OEM) and they slipped right on.

Also a flexhead ratchet makes the job a lot easier (to access the adjusting bolt).

 

[SorachiAce]

Also a flexhead ratchet makes the job a lot easier (to access the adjusting bolt).

+1! First time I did it the job was hell. Next time I had to loosen the alt, I had one of these on hand, and it was a breeze:

 

[SteveH]

My belts are properly routed and are nice and quiet. I have seen Bando belts that were slightly easier than average to get on, and ones that were slightly harder. A flex-head ratchet would have helped - good suggestion!

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Went exploring and found some blackberries growing along a canal in the middle of the desert

 

[6894kevin]

Did my tint 15% on all Windows,

 

[LS1FJ40]

Did my tint 15% on all Windows,

Pics?!

 

[6894kevin]

Looks kinda funny with the factory tint but it's nice inside. Haven't driven at night yet but over all I'm happy