And maybe a Turbo
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?
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Made a little more progress on the QPM and subwoofer. I bought a DPI marine 9x15 access hatch to access the wiring back there. DPI Marine Flush Series Hatch 9" x 15" - https://www.dpimarineinc.com/DPF915
Hatch Idea stolen from @chap79
I will eventually paint the hatch to color match.
You know it.....Oohhh that's in the works.And maybe a Turbo
Started with a drivers window master switch/wiring harness problem that had been pissing me off for months with a broken wire... I didn't feel like digging into the harness, so that project turned into deciding to mount the doors I got from @txgringo in March 2021... Removed front fenders, installed drivers door - Look at that - everything works. Wife said "You're not leaving that in the driveway with different color doors... get it painted!" - So, I must obey. Pulled off roof rack, front bumper, gutted interior, pressure washed the floor boards and wheel wells. Got a body shop estimator (neighbor) to stop by today and check it out. Sticking to the 6M1 Mica/Emerald Green, Lizardskin Ceramic/Sound/UPOL'ing floor/quarters/doors. Already have all pertinent weatherstrip for windshield/rear/quarter sliders. Some rear wheel well and inner rocker spots to address. So... browsing around for some color scheme ideas if I want to do something slightly different below the belt line. Also looking for the PN for the captive U-Nuts for the fender to wheel arch. Any help there would be greatly appreciated! Probably won't be going in till May if things work out.
hisandhers80s
SILVER Star
Spend almost the entire day standing in the engine bay and sitting in the transmission tunnel. There must have been 18 inches of grime and muck, but the fantastic news is not a speck of rust was found anywhere. Also, it only took me 5 days to get this pitman arm off the sector shaft. Tried 3 different pullers, heat, hammers, and finally cut it since I was replacing it the the 105 sector shaft and arm. That has been the worst thing I have dealt with so far. I would rather clean and scrape grime off the frame before I have to remove a stuck pitman arm again!
Hahaha I had the same thought. If it was legal for me to ware them at work, I probably would as long as I wasn't working on anything to big and heavy. I saw some one on Etsy selling steel toes for crocs
I ware mine all the time in the home shop.
Delta arm weekend here as well, bushings finally gave up the ghost. Loving it so far.
Not many pics but finished the 5th gen 4runner brake upgrade and deleted the ABS/LSPV. What an improvement to say the least
Installed new relay rod, tie rod, and steering damper. Much cussing. Lots of grime. Two beers. Still haven’t been able to get the nut to fully tighten on the pass side of the steering damper where it goes into the bracket. The bolt just spins with it.
Rewired the power cable for the passenger quads to the driver side battery, replaced all the bulbs and everything looks great.
Just need the corners and it's done. Still waiting on some headlight covers from Japan too. I probably should start a build thread with all the stuff I've been doing.
Just need the corners and it's done. Still waiting on some headlight covers from Japan too. I probably should start a build thread with all the stuff I've been doing.
Reinstalled the throttle body and started to replace vacuum lines. Also discovered that the gas tank needs to come out. Previous owner told me this might need to happen.
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Plan on buying new tank straps and hardware. I've never seen a tank that need to be replaced that didn't need new straps.
Now's the time to replace the heater hardlines...
hisandhers80s
SILVER Star
Cut them out and removed the rear heater already.
Since we’re all swapping DELTA arms…
Fj80oregon
GOLD Star
Finally getting some work done on the interior. Steering wheel swapped out with a fresh one from Pakistan. New OEM shifter rubber version, and shift surround console my old one was all hacked up for a cab radio.
You can see in this picture how the castor correction bushing move around and you start to lose the little correction they offer.
COS80
SILVER Star
How should they look?
If you look close you see two indicator lines/marks they should be parallel to each other putting one hole closest to the top and one closest to the bottom.
The way they have moved it has shifted the axle forward