What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

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Oh the shame! Performing a task better suited to a Honda Ridgeline :lol:


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During the new head/amp install went ahead and replaced all of the dash bulbs…. My “D” is glowing… :flipoff2:


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GORDA91 said:
Jealous!!!
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It’s a little thing, but I’ve got to say, I’m glad that I went ahead and dug in to it while the dash was disassembled.

The new head/amp, Tuffy console and the escape gear tranny hump and dash cover make it feel almost modern… still need to figure out the usb and accessory plugs. At the moment they’re hanging out of the ashtray slot… looking at Delta’s offerings to clean that up.
 
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Installed one of the world’s most useless cup holders in the 96. An Amazon knock off of the JDM unit. Brings back memories of my 95 4Runner, which was my first ever nice vehicle (2 yrs old when I bought it).
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I was about 180 miles away from Moab today and something on the Toyota side failed in the starter circuit. It is only needed to start the LS motor. Made it 2000 miles before this happened..🤦

In a McDs parking lot, found a way to start the truck and drove the last 200 miles directly to Moab...

I need to investigate the cause tomorrow at the Spanish Fair Grounds. Probably a flaky fusible link. It is working now.... Hate intermittent issues...

Anyone at Cruise Moab is welcome to stop by and say hi.

Look for the LX450 with the hood up and a guy with a volt meter. 😁

Picture from the road trip..
Driving down Pikes Peak.
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Rdonahe said:
Another seat retrofit. This time I went with some nice seats. 2010 BMW E92 M3 seats. Lots of adjustability and seat heaters.

The bracket fab work was very straightforward as the BMW seat rails are flat on the bottom and the same from side to side. The electrical work was a bit of a challenge as these seats expect CANBUS. I also got the seat heaters working with a pair pf PWM controllers. They work awesome and are nicely adjustable in terms of heat intensity. I will add details to the seat swap compilation thread.
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is there difrence in the height toyota vs bmw ?
i swaped my seats with land rover but did not like it being bit highet than toyota so i took it out
 
Fj80oregon said:
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.

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I just used the same press tool kit to replace all of my suspension bushings also. Great tools. Some of those bushings sounded like gunshots when i was pressing them out and they finally let go. the first time it happened it was shocking.
 
goranvolvo said:
is there difrence in the height toyota vs bmw ?
i swaped my seats with land rover but did not like it being bit highet than toyota so i took it out
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I can’t say as my 80 had Corbeau Sport seats when I bought it. I read that those sit a little higher than stock seats. My new-to-me BMW seats are a little lower than the Corbeaus were.
 
wolfmann said:
I have an impact wrench that could remove it, my torque wrench only goes up to 250 ft lbs; I've watched a ton of videos (OTRAMM has a couple good ones) on how to do that job just not feeling confident in that one. oil pump gasket I could do, but you need the HB off first. Knuckles/birfields is a mess and a half with the wheel bearings at the same time. I'm not new to fixing cars, but I've stuck to moderate/easy repairs (i.e. A/C Compressor / pressure switches, spark plugs/wires, brake jobs, and lots of electrical things (last one was the rear blend doors on an Explorer)).

Appreciate the help though!
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I rented a big A$$ torque wrench from Autozone and got the job done on 2 FZJ80's. it was cheap and not terribly hard to get done.
 
My kid filled it up, $133. Debating on having her drive my F-150 instead of the Land cruiser, but the F-150 gets about 13 to 14 miles to the gallon and with current gas prices it's a wash on which one cost more to drive because the diesel is getting about 19.
 
GORDA91 said:
Installed one of the world’s most useless cup holders in the 96. An Amazon knock off of the JDM unit. Brings back memories of my 95 4Runner, which was my first ever nice vehicle (2 yrs old when I bought it).View attachment 4120913View attachment 4120914
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I use mine all the time and love it. Makes a great spot to clip the baofeng ham radio to as well.
 
Here is a video from TrailRecon uploaded recently on Youtube. If you want to fast forward to about 2:30, there is a good drone footage of my 80s going up Metal Masher Trail in Moab during Easter Jeep Safari 2026. Our group passed Brad's group at the beginning and never ran into them again, but little did we know, Marcos (OverlandX) broke his axle on the 1st big obstacle when he attempted the same medium hard line I took. Enjoy!

 
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