What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (113 Viewers)

[leonard_nemoy]

Bought one.

Got a '91 with 313k on the clock. Front axle will need to be completely gone through. 1300.00 was a good price for a project vehicle. It runs, drives, stops, passes smog, and is registered.

Fixed most (hopefully) of the vacuum leaks.
Fixed the rear door interior latch.
Stopped by Marlin Crawler and got knuckle rebuild kits.
Stopped by Trail Gear and got rubber wiper kit.
Ordered up a couple zip lockers and a 100% duty cycle Vair compressor from Amazon.
4.88s are on the way from IPOR.
Ordered up a Wits End inner axle seal tool.

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Welcome to the 3fe club, I love to see these high mileage rigs keep going. It looks like a fun project

 

[Firerunner]

Welcome to the 3fe club, I love to see these high mileage rigs keep going. It looks like a fun project

Thanks! Glad to be here.

 

[Heckraiser]

Phase 1 of suspension revamp project finally done after probably two years of procrastination. Hope to be completely done by May.

 

[Tahyoter]

Went to Katemcy and all I got was this boogered up control arm.

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

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Went to Katemcy and all I got was this boogered up control arm.

Respect

Now what?

 

[Tahyoter]

Respect

Now what?

Didn't realize until a fellow mudder told me he could see both door handles driving behind us on a trail ride. I made it home with a little more tire wear, need to research the options. It's a stock height '97

 

[retrofive]

Didn't realize until a fellow mudder told me he could see both door handles driving behind us on a trail ride. I made it home with a little more tire wear, need to research the options. It's a stock height '97

Replace and reinforce. I used a slightly larger diam tube cut in half and welded to stock arms on the bottom. Angle iron is another simple solution.

 

[Tahyoter]

That's brilliant Retro. KISS approach. Lesson learned

 

[cruiserdan]

Flip it over and run the same trail. If you land just right it will be straight again.

 

[voodu3]

I got new control arms installed. Get it aligned tomorrow. A short run around the neighborhood it already feels a million times better. Thanks @Delta VS for the help with these.

 

[SteelHunterFJ80]

Got this in the mail!

I love where this is headed....how much psi are you planning to run? Whats your exhaust set up? Did they ship this direct from Oz?

 

[Lumpskie]

I love where this is headed....how much psi are you planning to run? Whats your exhaust set up? Did they ship this direct from Oz?

Thanks! I'm excited to get that intercooler on. Yes sir, they shipped directly from Oz. They charge for shipping but subtract tax so, their list price ends up being fairly close to the shipped price. After the intercooler install, I'm hoping to turn my stock fuel pin to the most aggressive side and see if my EGTs stay in check. (i'm guessing they will)

So far, I run my Gturbo at 18psi. It's good for 25psi but my stock air box is a little bit of a limiter. So, for now, I'll probably continue to run 18 or 20 psi.

For the exhaust, I did an inexpensive 2.5" rerouting job that got rid of all the stock bends and eliminated one of my mufflers. You can see the before here:

Builds - Lumpskie's Diesel 80 build

Thanks @mudgudgeon I took the old deck out and found the harness that the PO had made. He said he threw a deck in there, just to sell the rig and the harness looks like a temporary setup. So, I think I can just pull the tape off and then solder my new harness on. The problem I'm...

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You can see the after here: (below the pics is a short video with the sound... you can hear the turbo more but it's still pretty quiet with my giant muffler on there)

Builds - Lumpskie's Diesel 80 build

doubt it would by much. that looks better than I thought it would be

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[COYS]

Pulled the roofrack off today so I can get her into the garage for some maintenance. I have a list of 13 things to do before the heat and humidity kicks in.
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Looks kinda badly now..

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Is that a Range Rover Sport side vent? Looks similar to my '11 Autobiography.

 

[COYS]

I do the same. The carwash I use is awesome (massive indoor bays with free vacuums, compressed air, and unlimited terry towels). $30/month is well worth it for me. I go through there on my way to work at least once, sometimes twice, a week. I love it.

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Id sign up! awesome

 

[projectcruiser]

Spring cleaning!

 

[TWILLY]

Some pictures from a four-day Arizona borderlands traverse that we did last week. The Land Cruiser's been in the family since new - still making memories after almost three decades and many hard miles. Cheers!

 

[Sarge24]

Swapped the tires from the Tacoma to see how they’d look. I think I still like the 22 year old stock wheels better!

 

[COYS]

Swapped the tires from the Tacoma to see how they’d look. I think I still like the 22 year old stock wheels better!

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Something to be said about being period correct. Clean 1fz, dude! The only way to fly.

 

[fj80rodngun]

Drove up to Silverton today check out some avalanche aftermath.

 

[nigelsiam]

Installed some Auxbeam 7" that I got off the classifieds here and some new 6" speakers front and rear doors. While in the doors I added some sound deadening (peal and seal) which really works great!