What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (62 Viewers)

[Wrencher93]

Took a ride up here from Florida
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Avoided being this guy
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The cruiser never slipped a tire…really is a mountain goat in disguise…even got 13.5mpg…

Dang. Was the owner of that truck trying to get it out of there? The bed is still full of stuff.

 

[Fosters]

Dang. Was the owner of that truck trying to get it out of there? The bed is still full of stuff.

Apparently happened the prior evening…I can’t imagine that happening or dealing with the aftermath…

 

[DIGLERZ]

Kids came home with a surprise…. Time to paint the real one to match.

To keep it tech, I actually replaced booster, master and completed other brake work last weekend..

 

[bonestock]

That bond is created by either an ultrasonic weld or a heat weld. Both create heat to fuse the two together. There are a some hand held tools that can do the same but your best bet is to use a chemical adhesive

good opportunity to switch to LS sun visors

 

[ColoradoBoy]

Went for a drive with my wife in "our" backyard...

 

[blueyednd]

I let my son's 96 sleep indoors while we are doing a tune-up. She's in good company...

 

[Brodie]

I've got some reallllly crusty hard to remove adhesive sticking around from when my trim was removed. I think it might be beyond heating but maybe not. You use any other chemicals to remove it?

Magic eraser did the trick for me. Maybe try some goo gone for the thick stuffs

 

[Lextronix]

Pulled the diffs to have 5.29s swapped in.

Grease looking good but its only been about 10,000 miles since the rebuild.

Got my hands on a Pilot Performance VAF to MAF converter board. Still need a few more parts before I can start experimenting with a swap on my 94' system.

 

[nothovi]

Was pretty sure that the jammed up diff breather busted the rear pinion seal. Unfortunately it was still leaking after extending the breather so I had to go in there and put a new seal in. Lots of iffy info and writeups on doing this on the 80 series but all together wasn't a terribly difficult job. I didn't do this 100% by the book since that would call for pulling the diff apart. Counted turns on the nut and then put it back on with the same turns and torque to 90ft lbs, which put the notch in the same spot as removal. We’ll see how it holds up.

I took some pictures along the way and might do a writeup but there are a couple good video references there.

 

[samtoddlee]

Went for a drive with my wife in "our" backyard...

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WOW!

 

[sogafarm]

Pulled the diffs to have 5.29s swapped in.

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Grease looking good but its only been about 10,000 miles since the rebuild.

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Got my hands on a Pilot Performance VAF to MAF converter board. Still need a few more parts before I can start experimenting with a swap on my 94' system.

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Please keep us up to date on your progress with the vaf/maf conversion for '94's, thanks.

 

[White Stripe]

Went for a drive with my wife in "our" backyard...

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What road is that?

 

[musthave]

Looks like the beginning of Imogene in Telluride.

 

[on the rocks]

Somewhere between Durango, wolf creek pass and Purgatory? I'm stumped an there are very few passes I have visited in CO. Don't think colors are coming that far south yet tho.

 

[on the rocks]

I don't think there is a reservoir that big in that area.(Imogene)

 

[Fosters]

Somewhere between Durango, wolf creek pass and Purgatory? I'm stumped an there are very few passes I have visited in CO. Don't think colors are coming that far south yet tho.

The trees are popping with color right now in ouray/silverton/Durango…

 

[davidp14]

Installed my arb. Swapped spaces with turn signal and marker and wired in the arb lights.

Don't worry I was just testing for the pic. The wires have been properly tucked and zip ties away
Winch next

 

[thatcabledude]

What road is that?

The third pic is on the Telluride side of Imogene.

 

[GOTLOCKED96]

The eagle has landed! Slee Short Bus front bumper, rear bumper, step sliders, and all the trimmings. 669 LBS of American Steel and Raw Sex Appeal.

Thanks again @sleeoffroad

 

[Wompom]

Went wheelin. Really need a swing out