COS80
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Mine was installed there when I bought it. It's too low. You'll find you can't even look at it when you're moving. This is much better.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?
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Yeah I knew it wasn’t the ideal location. But it was out of the way and already set up. Also, I really only got the gauge to have actual coolant temp and average fuel economy. Don’t need to look at that very often.
Uses it to deliver a canoe. Getting ready to swap a broken light, do an oil change, and install a slee headlight harness.
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Fj80oregon
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Putting the 30 ton press to work! The @trailtaylor press kit is legit. All new bushings going in on everything. Also got all new body mount bushings all the way around took a couple weeks to come in from various vendors in japan and the local dealer.
Fj80oregon
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No local guy to me just outside of Portland.
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Install the rear alone and then drive it. You might find the front is overkill.
Agreed! I look at mine all the time. Temp, RPM, air intake, and fuel economy (LOL).
COS80
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Fuel economy is a laugh a minute on a trail ride, isnt it?
hisandhers80s
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Took off at lunch today in the name of watching March Madness with the full intention of working on the cruiser! Got the ABS/LSPV delete finished and also finished rebuilding the new rear axles (RCV 300M) and got the rear third member with the new 4.88’s and ARB air locker installed today! Almost forgot the new DBA brakes as well!
What did you do for the dowel's
It looks like you just left the stock ones lose ?
The way RCV did that part bugs me.
If they would have just left the dowel size the same it would’ve be much better IMO.
hisandhers80s
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Well I did leave the stock ones. There were no instructions or videos i could find so I just went with what was in there. Any idea what I was actually supposed to do so I can fix it?
You still watched even if the games were on in the background.
Radio install. All went perfect except the 10 amp fuse in the back of the radio blows every time on startup! Factory radio works fine so I’m assuming problem is either with the wiring harness that crutchfield provided or internal to the radio. I paid $27 to have them wire up the metra harness to the Sony wiring. Hoping they just messed something up and there is an issue with the ground. Tomorrow’s job
Radio day here too.
Had a mate 3d print a pair of spacers for the front speakers out of PETG a while ago. Fitted them and some older JVC speakers i had on the shelf.
Nice having the front doors working again. Next mission will be the other 6 speakers and sub.
Had a mate 3d print a pair of spacers for the front speakers out of PETG a while ago. Fitted them and some older JVC speakers i had on the shelf.
Nice having the front doors working again. Next mission will be the other 6 speakers and sub.
Speaker ring can be found here free of charge.
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100% infill with petg should hold up for years.
Toyota Land Cruiser FJ80 Front Door Speaker Spacer by whitetail85
The factory speakers on an FJ80 are super shallow and in order to install aftermarket speakers you'll need a spacer for the front doors to keep the magnet away from the window. This ring works with Pioneer TS-A1676R shallow mount speakers and allows you to retain the factory speaker grills.
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100% infill with petg should hold up for years.
You will need to drill new holes for the additional pins. My kit came with the drill bit. I ended up having to drill out the old pins. They are case hardened.
I bought a new set of hubs pre-drilled from @cruiseroutfit You can also drill them yourself or have a local machine shop do it.
I originally thought I would go with a 4 large + 2 small dowels to allow the use of the original toyota axles in an emergency but went with all large dowels for maximum strength.
I just put a new head in and was told almost all new ones need a 15 amp. My old was 10 and it blew as well.
New fuel pump and filter, new power is awesome!