I just slide the berfild in and pump it in all around with the grease gun. Clean easy no waste
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?
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96LandcruiserPJ
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Absolutely! They are actually cheap Harbor Freight marker lights to fill these odd holes. I put them on and thought the exact same thing! I'm assuming they will get torn off or smashed, because of the high impact area they are in. When I find an acceptable replacement, they will be replaced.
Went to high places and then some night wheeling.
Took my 80 to get State Inspection (required for continued registration in my state). They told me that the bearings needed repacked to pass inspection......ookay? I was intending to rebuild my knuckles entirely in 2026...not let somebody half ass the job just to let me keep driving it. Anyway, I oblige, because I need my car registered, and they repack the bearings. Almost immediately after picking it up from the shop, the birfs start clicking! I'm livid - white hot mad. I have a trip coming up on the 15th I wanted to take my truck on and I don't have the time nor did I intend to allocate the funds to a knuckle rebuild over the next 2 weeks.
Is my experience unreasonable? What could the mechanic have done that would have led to the birfs clicking? I checked the inspection port and topped up the knuckles with grease. Took it for a down-the-street-and-back test drive just to be disappointed. Still clicking. Any ideas??
Is my experience unreasonable? What could the mechanic have done that would have led to the birfs clicking? I checked the inspection port and topped up the knuckles with grease. Took it for a down-the-street-and-back test drive just to be disappointed. Still clicking. Any ideas??
COS80
SILVER Star
The job was, if things go in MO the way the do in PA, almost surely done by an "inspection mechanic", which is somewhere between a fry cook and the kid in the pit at a Jiffy Lube, in terms of automotive skill and knowledge.
In other words, they were done wrong and it's up to you to get them redone correctly.
Understood. Ordered CruiserOutfitter's knuckle rebuild/reseal kit. Opted for all new bearings because..what else am I doing with my life : )
Plopped in some cheap Amazon arm rests. Had to weld the brackets to the seat frame and add some paint to match the interior. With Newer power seats these can be drilled and bolted on. I also used an early center console cover to avoid contact with the arm rests when sliding the passenger seat forward.
Credit for the mod idea goes to @Dirt Church Ind
Credit for the mod idea goes to @Dirt Church Ind
I like that USB charger in the cupholder slot
COS80
SILVER Star
Except it'd fill to the top with dust, in my truck
COS80
SILVER Star
My 1G Thermos leaked one time when I failed to tighten the cap. Probably 2Q straight into and under the carpet. That was the first time I had to peel up the carpet and run fans under it to dry it. 
And or spilled beverages, it’s a no go for me.
Perfect place for a small flashlight
I haven’t had any issues with dust or drinks spilling. The cables stay plugged in and shield the outlets. It’s a convenient place for my wife to charge her phone and my kid power the ipad when needed and keeps the cords out of the dash.
I've had that same charger for a few years now, here's where I put mine
I have Toyo MTs and will never buy again. So insanely loud above 50 mph. Can not carry on a conversation in the cab.
Will be switching to an AT soon.
On the plus side these Toyo MTs seem to last FOREVER.
JayMo1
GOLD Star
Glad I did NOT get the M/Ts in the end then!
I am VERY happy… after the first week. First week with them has been 6-hours of highway at ~75mph to get to the mountains and home, and 10+ hours of trail time. Love the new Toyo R/T Pros over the BFG A/T KO2 in all ways. That said, the KO2s are like new, and for sell in classifieds mounted on AmRacing Bajas, and would be awesome for anyone looking for them.
They can be heard if you listen for them, but still quieter than the wind noise in my ‘97. But they took me right up a hill that the BFG A/Ts clogged up with dirt/mud not even 10% up. The R/T Pros didn’t even really pause, just went up a 200’ climb over 400’ of distance of all loose dirt/mud and wet boulders like it was nothing.
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Took BIG Betty on a Birthday Adventure Weekend with a new friend in his 1st gen 4runner.
Great times were had!
Great times were had!
Looks fun. Maybe Utah / Arizona somewhere?
New Mexico in the Socorro area
Near where the B17 crashed?