What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (54 Viewers)

[mts2snd]

Thank you, was on that site but could not navigate to the order page at work, thought it was oos. Update: Order complete, happy I ordered now, there could be a few week turn around. Thanks again chap79!

Apparently these body bushings for my 80 born on 4/91 come in different variants. Don't know what I was even looking at when roger asked for specifics on the diameters and how many 1 piece bushings I have. Fronts measured about 5cm, middle ones about 6cm, could not measure the rears b/c of parts in the way but they look the same as the fronts. So, I might have front and rear 1 piece, and middle two piece. Sent him an email and pics to help me figure it out, and now asking mud. Update: Roger figured out what I needed quick, and we sorted out a solution. He was great about being quickly responsive and knowledgeable, very professional. Thanks again mud community!

 

[RFB]

Just rolled in from a little over a week in MOAB and am currently plowing through miles of footage. I appreciate all the guys on this forum that go out of thier way for others Ive had a lot of good dudes hook or help me out and Im pretty sure I always make it worth thier time. thanks this picture was taken halfway thru lockhart or locklear basin when I noticed out of the blue my drivers side steering knuckle nuts all four had became very loose. saved my own ass that time around, because hoorah pass is not a good place to loose drivers tire.

 

[ElPolloBlanco]

Got this far into my cargo storage build.

Need to beef up the L brackets I’m using on the wings. Have to come up with something else cause these aren’t strong enough. Next is building the drawers, Monstaline, and adding my accessories.

 

[Bludozer]

Just rolled in from a little over a week in MOAB and am currently plowing through miles of footage. I appreciate all the guys on this forum that go out of thier way for others Ive had a lot of good dudes hook or help me out and Im pretty sure I always make it worth thier time. thanks this picture was taken halfway thru lockhart or locklear basin when I noticed out of the blue my drivers side steering knuckle nuts all four had became very loose. saved my own ass that time around, because hoorah pass is not a good place to loose drivers tire.

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Man, looks awesome. I have gotta get back to Moab. Kicking around making the trip out for Cruise Moab this year - you going? Know one or two others from the East coast who will be making the trip this year.

 

[scrowley]

Have seriously considered Monstalining my truck lately. What color did you use? Can't tell if it's black or grey. Was two gallons enough for good coverage?

I used prylocrast. I used about 1.5 gallons. Very good coverage.

Curious what symptoms you had with that cracked ring gear. Was it just noisy, clunking, or what?

No symptoms. Drove fine. I noticed while in there fixing a broken arb air line.

What failed to crack your ring gear like that?

Bought it like this. Been going through the whole rig. I'd say gear setup out of spec. Along with someone goosing gas in reverse.

 

[RFB]

Just rolled in from a little over a week in MOAB and am currently plowing through miles of footage. I appreciate all the guys on this forum that go out of thier way for others Ive had a lot of good dudes hook or help me out and Im pretty sure I always make it worth thier time. thanks this picture was taken halfway thru lockhart or locklear basin when I noticed out of the blue my drivers side steering knuckle nuts all four had became very loose. saved my own ass that time around, because hoorah pass is not a good place to loose drivers tire.

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goin to MOAB for a month in april and then again for solid axle summit.

 

[scrowley]

New nitro 529s to replaced cracked ring gear. All new bearings etc.

 

[Kentex Rick]

Driving into the Judea desert night falls pitch black I pull the maps and go deeper into the wilderness to let Enola play with the big boys Jeep enemy territory

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I arrive to the set point the nightly campground and off cores my friends are not there

No cell phone reception so I go to higher grounds and call them on CB they moved the camp to a few miles north and off course the Nature authorities changed the track so the map is useless

I unite with my friends just in time to build my tent and join the feast of beer, BBQ meat and bad jokes on women around the camp fire

Morning we go on a long trek south 3 passes on our way the last one has a detour not before having Arab coffee

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on the way we cross a herd of camels that unlike the tourist camels this ones live in freedom to wonder in the desert thay are the property of some Bedouin the legs of the Alfa male are tide so he cannot go far and the herd stay with him

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That is the ugliest baseball cap ever! Gig Em!

 

[Kentex Rick]

From here, drill a pilot hole in the vent grill (?) and screw in the screws for a semi-firm friction fit. The bit you use pretty much correlates directly with your screws and on this brittle plastic I hold the bit against the screw and ensure " just a little" thread shows. Scientific, I know.


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In this case, I had to rebuild the hole in the tubing as well. I tried CA glue then Bondo — both held semi-well for a few moments but cracked off after threading in the screws. I then turned to blue RTV and it held like champ. The idea here is to make a form out of the tape so that less time is spent on the

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I am so glad my vents are fine and I don't have to do this!

 

[Kentex Rick]

Then I had a little meeting with a concrete wall. Was going down a steep hill (it was completely iced.. not your typical Georgia half-melted slush) probably around 30-35mph due to the hill. Hit a slight corner and the back end popped out. I was able to correct the slide, but that just spun me the other way (hooray for physics). Ended up doing a 180° on a bridge, jumped the curb, and hit the wall with my DS front corner (said wall would normally be on my PS). It’s a 93, so no airbags, thankfully...that would have been a mess. All in all, it held up nicely. Pics of the damage:

I did the same thing, Hit a telephone pole. busted all three corner lights, hood, and my bumper looks exactly like yours. Luckily I had all the lights on the shelf!

 

[Kentex Rick]

FIFY.
Ate there for my 3rd, and last, time last night. If y'all like that garbage then y'all don't know what a good burger is!

Whataburger!

 

[HAAANK]

Got this far into my cargo storage build.

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Need to beef up the L brackets I’m using on the wings. Have to come up with something else cause these aren’t strong enough. Next is building the drawers, Monstaline, and adding my accessories.

Really liking your sub location

 

[chap79]

Had a great wheeling day. Drove up to Big Bear first thing this morning and hit the trails. Started with Gold Mountain (3N69) which was really uneventful, it has a couple of good steps but the LX on 37’s walked right up without a hitch. Over over the top and on 3N16 we headed to the west entrance to John Bull (3N10). To the uninitiated John Bull is a series of rock gardens And a nice gatekeeper. Great trail to test your armor and your lockers.

All was going great and I had just gone through the gatekeeper to get to the 3N32 junction when my buddy says he was a problem. Upon inspection we found he sheared the retaining pin in his leaf springs and the spring pack fell apart shifting his axle back about 3” .

So after jacking up the truck while stuck on the obstacle, disassembling the perch/u-bolts, pounding the leafs back in place, finding a bolt as a makeshift pin, and ratchet strapping the axle back to its proper home before we could reassemble... and finally getting his 40 off the gatekeeper. (My personal best at a run on sentence).

Can’t wait to do it all again!

 

[RFB]

Man, looks awesome. I have gotta get back to Moab. Kicking around making the trip out for Cruise Moab this year - you going? Know one or two others from the East coast who will be making the trip this year.

Im heading back out for a month in april and then in august for the solid axle summit

 

[Tredwards]

HiD retrofit

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[RFB]

Well this was last weekend after doing hells revenge for 2 days I went with a driver from navtec and we ran kanes creek even tho I was warned by several locals that "we will bend our land cruisers" its starts out nice some fun crawls river runs etc and after about ten miles you come to whats called "hamburger hill" I did not dig this it was as wide as a truck and the crawling was almost buggy stauts but we made it and I almost turned back.

 

[retrofive]

Did not dig? Yet the other 80 less built seemed to make it look fine.

 

[RFB]

Did not dig? Yet the other 80 less built seemed to make it look fine.

yea and the other 80 lives in MOAB and drives for a living, slightly diffenrt as boston doesnt have as many desert areas and you may think.

 

[retrofive]

yea and the other 80 lives in MOAB and drives for a living, slightly diffenrt as boston doesnt have as many desert areas and you may think.

Just giving you a little crap and goes to show what great trucks these are in all forms. Its typically the nut behind the wheel that causes problems.

(I do like your build )

 

[Technician1985]

What size tires are on that silver one?