What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

[SnowCruiser1998]

Started building a sleeper setup for my 1991 with the purpose of making my weekend trips to mammoth easier. I've got the basics of it constructed right now. I've got to cut a few more holes so we can access some more of the storage thats not usable right now, and then do some sanding and throw some outdoor carpet on all of it! We got to test it out this weekend and it worked great, but I need to come up with a solution for the condensation at night.

 

[shellb]

New dust seal for the steering column. Makes things a bit less drafty in the driver footwell.

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Nice!

Is that an OEM replacement part?

 

[efjayatee]

Started building a sleeper setup for my 1991 with the purpose of making my weekend trips to mammoth easier. I've got the basics of it constructed right now. I've got to cut a few more holes so we can access some more of the storage thats not usable right now, and then do some sanding and throw some outdoor carpet on all of it! We got to test it out this weekend and it worked great, but I need to come up with a solution for the condensation at night. View attachment 3545347View attachment 3545348View attachment 3545349View attachment 3545350

Did a similar build to mine recently too.

 

[SnowCruiser1998]

Did a similar build to mine recently too.

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That looks great, i like the subfloor you put on it. Wouldve made building it level a lot easier for me haha

 

[pace it]

Nice!

Is that an OEM replacement part?

Yes, I was able to get it and a few other things from Partsouq.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

No idea why it has a no start issue.

Toyota alarm hacked into, EFI blown, open circuit relay bad and then this....

AY CARAMBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tank replacement and all new Toyota innards on the way!

Jason
TT

 

[efjayatee]

That looks great, i like the subfloor you put on it. Wouldve made building it level a lot easier for me haha

Bought it from Aiden James Custom to save $$ and to support a new small vendor instead of from Goose Gear. The lead time was supposed to be 6wks but instead it was 3 months. Similar complaints on Tacoma/4runner forums.

 

[Fj80oregon]

Taking another down to get rebuilt. 468k on original bottom end. Head was done at 250 for preventative maintenance. Cross hatching still visible! Will see what the bottom end looks like.

 

[97HM]

Spent an entire day torquing 144 beadlock bolts to precisely 15lbs + a smidge

 

[cruzinfj1]

Spent an entire day torquing 144 beadlock bolts to precisely 15lbs + a smidge

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I remember when I did mine, about half way through the second one, my elbow was pretty much calibrated at 15#!! lol

 

[Fj80oregon]

Taking another down to get rebuilt. 468k on original bottom end. Head was done at 250 for preventative maintenance. Cross hatching still visible! Will see what the bottom end looks like.

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Well this engine is dead, 3 spun bearings and the oil journals are filled with Babbitting from the bearings. I could possible grind the crank and replace the rods but I would not be comfortable selling this engine to somebody and standing behind it. Some of the bearings pancaked out because they were moving around in the journals so much. You can seat how hot the rods got with the bluish discoloration.

Edit: adding some context this engine lost oil pressure do to the crank bolt not being properly torqued and coming loose by the previous owner.

 

[SNLC]

Killed a frame not worth saving.

Cheers

 

[GORDA91]

Replaced crappy rear shocks with OEMs. Fronts next weekend. Broke plastic nipples on VSV assembly pulling off old crusty vacuum hose. Superglue and tiny straw to hold the pieces together working for now…

 

[Ragnaroek]

Spent an entire day torquing 144 beadlock bolts to precisely 15lbs + a smidge

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Looks really cool, but how much uptravel is still possible with that configuration?

 

[97HM]

Looks really cool, but how much uptravel is still possible with that configuration?

Not much I’ll tell ya. Lots of parts on the shelf and lots more coming to remedy that. Doesn’t rub on the street though

 

[JoeCova]

95 things in a 94

 

[COYS]

Can't find new oak belts so settled for this gray LH version. Tracking down the RH to match.

 

[NorthWA]

Can't find new oak belts so settled for this gray LH version. Tracking down the RH to match.

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Nice!! I was thinking of doing the same thing. Once you get it installed can you share a picture so we can see how it looks? Thank you.

 

[jcardona1]

Installed one of those fancy rearview camera mirrors. Nice little upgrade since any bit of cargo in the back means your rearview mirror is useless most of the time. This one is the Wolfbox G900 with 4k front camera and 2.5k rear camera. Screen can be quickly dimmed by swiping on the screen.

These are normally hang off your OEM mirror but I removed mine and used a Wits End mirror arm & block. I have a custom overhead console so I needed the extra bit of clearance to make everything fit. Mirror is hardwired up at the sunroof controls. Console makes it easy to hide all the wiring.

Camera is mounted up on the rear windshield to replicate the view you get from a rearview mirror. Washer nozzle was bypassed years ago so no worries about blocking it.

Nice visibility at night on my driveway

Mirror has a button underneath to quickly put the display to sleep. Screen is reflective so it almost works like a traditional mirror with the screen off.

 

[Fosters]

Can't find new oak belts so settled for this gray LH version. Tracking down the RH to match.

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So now reach out to saftey restore and see if they’ll rebelt them with the oak web