More photos of subaru in driveway please! 
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (77 Viewers)
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Which one?More photos of subaru in driveway please!
The closer is a buddies, I'll ask if he minds if i post some up. Its super rad and wheels like it shouldn't.
The further is my sti swapped Forester.
I meant that GL brickhouse
Not the weekend but……
Windrock.
Windrock.
If your there tomorrow through the weekend, I might see you.
What belly plates are those?
Looks like huddexpo
Thanks yeah I didn’t know the green hub was a thing until I combed through the threads after posting last night. I assumed the Aisin was identical to the factory unit and people just preferred to do the oil swap on a fresh clutch. The fan is still free-wheeling when I shut the truck off - so not fully locked. Cooling is improved - good for now until the Aisin’s here.
HuddExpo
80 Series GIS Skid - Fully Welded/Bare Metal
Toyots 80 Series 1993-1997 Landcruiser / LX450 Skid Plate
huddexpo.com
suzuguru
SILVER Star
That green paint on the block looks good.
Lost about a half gallon of coolant yesterday in the parking garage at work from the T-stat housing. Turns out I forgot to remove the old paper gasket that was stuck to the top of the housing. Took that off tonight and scraped both sides of the housing as best I could and put back the new OEM paper gasket. Can’t tell if that did the trick because I’m out of coolant and it was too late tonight. Will get some tomorrow and test it out. Hopefully it works and I don’t need to take it off again and redo. I did it without draining the coolant and it was a bit messy. (I did suck out about half a gallon from the radiator using a turkey baster.)
Made the drive up to Denver today from Albuquerque to drop off the LC at Cruisers and Company for installation of their new turbo. Got a tour of their shop and a great look at one of their finished projects, @shelb's rig "Rosie". Can't wait for the install!
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Prepping the 80 this week for a long road trip to do some fishing, hiking, climbing.
I didnt sign up for GSMTR, really wish I had. Heading back to Columbus tomorrow. Airshow on Saturday. Next year i am definitely going to GSMTR.
Still leaking from the T-case housing. I’m wondering if the OEM paper gasket getting soaked with coolant compromised its effectiveness. Picking up a new one tomorrow and may throw on some RTV as a belt and suspenders approach.
I assume you meant T-stat, not T-case.
Did you replace the round rubber gasket that sits on top of the thermostat?
Bought a '95 with 224k on the odo. Pretty decent shape mechanically just a lot of little fiddley things that need attention like the wiper motor doesn't work (look like a bad brush), rear passenger door solenoid doesn't work. Front axle is wet and needs new seals. Power seat adjustments don't work. Pretty dirty inside and out. Battery was only a year old but it was dead. Got it jump started and the hood wouldn't close. Cable was but we got it freed and the hood closed. P0401 EGR flow code (luckily we don't smog in Alabama)
Took it home and washed it and detailed it. Really shined up nice.
Went to open the hood and see about the P0401 code and couldn't get the hood open. Cable was stuck hard. Pushing on the hood and pulling hard on the hood latch finally got it open. Decided to redneck engineer a solution to my hood latch problem. I happen to have the rear hatch latch cable from my Sequoia where it failed last year and I deleted the latch handle with a bar directly to the latch. Cable fits the hood latch. Wired the opposite end to an old bicycle brake lever and zip tied it to the frame. Works perfectly. Just reach under the bumper and give it a push. Guess it will suffice until I get a new hood latch cable.
Took it home and washed it and detailed it. Really shined up nice.
Went to open the hood and see about the P0401 code and couldn't get the hood open. Cable was stuck hard. Pushing on the hood and pulling hard on the hood latch finally got it open. Decided to redneck engineer a solution to my hood latch problem. I happen to have the rear hatch latch cable from my Sequoia where it failed last year and I deleted the latch handle with a bar directly to the latch. Cable fits the hood latch. Wired the opposite end to an old bicycle brake lever and zip tied it to the frame. Works perfectly. Just reach under the bumper and give it a push. Guess it will suffice until I get a new hood latch cable.
Yes typo. And yes I replaced that one. I suspect the problem was I missed the old square gasket, it caused a bad seal and allowed the new one to get soaked, and the new one is not making a good seal. I torqued everything to spec so not sure why coolant would still be coming out the housing.
The housing could be warped. You could remove the upper housing and lap it with sand paper on a known flat surface. A couple passes will reveal if the surface is warped.
