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What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (136 Viewers)
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Are those custom bumpers?I picked up this truck about a year ago. It was intended to be a parts truck, but turned out to be in better shape overall that the '95 I was driving at the time. Got some rust and a bit of neglect:
Been picking away at it since. Here is where I ended up this weekend:
Installed the Whiteline HD front sway, it is huge compared to stock:
Also started making an adjustable panhard;
Also started making an adjustable panhard;
Yes, I designed and built them.
It took days but I finally talked myself into a set of these .......Dobinsons 3way adjustable MRR shocks. Also ordered a set of the Dobinsons 3” Flexi coils to go with them but they are still on back order. The plan is to impress my wife with the smooth ride of the land cruiser and make her forget about the sliders that are angled up too high for her to use as a step . Yep that’s how I justified it in my own mind. And yes we have separate bank accounts or I’d be divorced.
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Discarded an A440, mated the 1991 HF2A to a re-sealed H151 from a ~94 HDJ80. Verified all gears shift, hi/low works. Don't look great, but it works great.
Been a busy week. Got my bent draglink sorted thanks to @cruiseroutfit and State Automotive (first mechanic my 80 has been to since I got her.)
Did Thanksgiving outside Salt Lake and then braved the ride back to LA, definitely appreciated the cargo barrier as well as the super plush ride of the Tour Flex springs and the Dobinson’s IMS shocks.
Got home two hours ago and we are planning our next trip!
My gf is discovering that she loves wheeling.
Need to fix the seat gears (for the third time) so she can drive it with more confidence.
Got home two hours ago and we are planning our next trip!
My gf is discovering that she loves wheeling.
NorCalFJ100
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Sounds like an adventure! That ARB retrofitted bumper looks good!!!
Thanks! It's funny, I apparently anticipated my own bad line choices as I put this side brace in when I was making it fit two months ago. At the time it seemed like it might be overkill.
Cut to now, where it's clear that brace is what saved my AC drier.
There is some paint touch up in my future.
Little wheeling out in Tijeras NM in the new Taco. An the 80
Got the wheels some more Death Valley Dirt.
lp2k
Had a couple of drinks.. saw a couple of things
Did some cleaning on the white 93 and changed the diff oil (80w-90 synthetic), oil filter and oil change (15w-50 synthetic). Had to go to the dealership to get a 10x pack of those washers for those drain plugs. How you know your dealing with a neglected cruiser is you see how boogered up the diff drain/fill bolts are with caked on mud and scraping all the mud out with the harbor freight picks. (orange tools near me)
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thatcabledude
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Holy hell.... that roof!!
A little wheeling in the Mark Twain National Forest
Wheeling with some friends. 
Just a note to say the Shmell Fab sliders worked out well for me on my 3rd gen...considerably cheaper than WKOR etc and have held up pretty well (had them about two years now.). Ryan (owner) is a cool dude too.
Thank ya ill check them out. Need them for sure steps were dragging bad lol
What did I do on my 80 this weekend?.... I made sure it didn't feel left out in the upcoming Nativity scene....
