What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

[Broski]

Started the weekend early an put a new rear driveshaft in. Standard length and travel but 2.5" D, .120 wall and 1350 joints in my 1995 FZJ80. It is very well balanced btw.

Highly recommend these guys Home | Custom Driveshafts from Full Torque Driveshafts Inc. - https://www.fulltorquedriveshafts.com/ and told them they need to advertise on here as it took me awhile to find them. Called them up and told them what I wanted. Same price point as Tom Woods but 1350 joints for an 80 series on stock flanges which TW couldn't do. Actually if going to 1350 joints probably cheaper for Toyota as TW has you change your flanges.

I do like those Flanges

I believe he was talking about not requiring a change to the companion flange located on the transfer case and differential.

Nice to have info on another vendor.

Exactamundo. TW requires you to swap flanges on T-case and driveshaft. This is direct fit. My FZJ80 is a 66mm square pattern for what its worth

Agreed, but he states stock flanges with 13.50 U-joints which is impossible as 13.50s are in Inches not MM
I run a TW long travel thick wall .120 DS with 13.50 U- joints and did not change the companion flanges on ether side
I just checked the Full Torque site and it about double the price for a comparable shaft

I do like the flange it's not stock Toyota though

 

[thatcabledude]

It's a great tire. I have them on my Titan XD. Ben @Dissent is running them on his Saudi 80 while it's still stock.View attachment 4180518

Those aren’t Yokohamas

 

[kangjinsoo]

Got some new shoes for the FJ80 and a window tint.

 

[Godwin]

Back to stock OEM suspension and tire size on family 80. Mounted up a set of Yokohama X-AT .

 

[Old Nick]

Last weekend, went wheeling in The Daniel Boone Back Byway in Slade, KY. Had an excellent time. Got to
Meet @Tim Herald which was great… and he brought donuts…

Field repaired a dead fuel pump with a spare and some good natured help from some friends…

 

[Old Nick]

New exhaust has been on the list for a while… looks like it’s getting bumped up near the top… lol.

 

[Old Nick]

Today, swapped out the fuel pump assembly with oem parts and stashed the other for a trail spare.

 

[Old Nick]

And… a snorkel… lots of deep water crossings in KY

 

[Tim Herald]

And… a snorkel… lots of deep water crossings in KY

Great visiting with you and the Mrs. Loved her rig! Just back from the WY trip and hopefully picking up an ARB front bumper and winch on Monday.

 

[Old Nick]

Great visiting with you and the Mrs. Just back from the WY trip and hopefully picking up an ARB front bumper and winch on Monday.

Great to meet you and to check out your truck. It’s a very nice looking rig and that classic arb will look great on it.

 

[boostedt0y]

Landtank double Cardon front drive shaft installed today. Fixed a driveline vibration issue I was having on decel at highway speeds.

 

[Irish Reiver]

Reiver Jr. and his 2 amigos are continuing their road trip across the western states. So far they have hit New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and Montana. These kids are having an experience they will never forget.

 

[travisimo]

Wired up the Baja designs rear spots on the 4x4 Labs rear. It ended up taking way more time because running wire ended up being full interior pass over. Ended up replacing MOST of the retention clips.

When I installed the bumper I found a paint over rust spot, tried my hand at fiber glass repair. Ended up coming out great, when I was inside today I added a layer on the inside of the rear quarter well (after wire drilling and cleaning the inside)

Now looking at how disgusting my exhaust looks, I’d imagine that will be next.

 

[SKULLGRINDER]

Wheeled the truck Friday then downed it today for some maintenance… New belts. Fresh gaskets for the o2 sensor holes after relocating to manifold. Speed sensor o ring on t case. Grease u joints Fresh panhard bar bushings. These were a bear. Had to take a few thou off in the lathe to ease pressing them back in. While under the truck also discovered my driveshaft has been touching my muffler as a result of all 3 rubber mounts separating and found my upper links in the rear are due for new rubber. Parts in the mail from cruise outfitters. After that truck should be pretty dialed!

 

[06reg4x4]

It lost some weight today. Lifted almost another inch.

 

[Dubbinchris]

I got a roll of that stuff for my sliders but I never put it on. Guess I now have a new use for it.

That’s exactly what I use it for.

 

[Trigger6]

Gettin the 40 trail ready for SAS, but the 80 was feelin a bit depressed, so got it a bath.

 

[Fj80oregon]

Got this rig fired up today after a rebuild, customer never told me it has a massive exhaust leak! I installed a precision Land Cruiser catch can very nice product and always in stock! @raisinhell2

 

[nigelsiam]

Wired up the Baja designs rear spots on the 4x4 Labs rear. It ended up taking way more time because running wire ended up being full interior pass over. Ended up replacing MOST of the retention clips.

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When I installed the bumper I found a paint over rust spot, tried my hand at fiber glass repair. Ended up coming out great, when I was inside today I added a layer on the inside of the rear quarter well (after wire drilling and cleaning the inside)
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Now looking at how disgusting my exhaust looks, I’d imagine that will be next.

Did you spray the inside of that fender with anything to stop the rust that was already there? That's such a tricky spot for rust to hide especially when you have the stock bumper. Are there any drain plugs back there? I don't remember there being any. Fiberglass works great!

 

[Thealmightyphil]

For as long as Ive owned my 80 (2-3 years) its never had working A/C.
Slowly piece by piece weve been replacing parts, this summer I promiced myself wed get it done.

So this weekend gone, I finally replaced the last pieces of the puzzle.

First up was the condenser... which resulted in one job turning into 10, first I snapped off the bolts holding the headlight and bonnet latch. With the bullbar in place I wasn't able to get access with the drill, so I had to remove the upper tie-bar (which had the snapped bolts stuck in) only to then discover rust I couldn't ignore. so first had to treat the rust and repaint (im already 7 hours in to that 10 minute job as my wife sais).
(I wish with all my heart I could just leave things be, but Im obsessed with making my life harder and doing things "proper")

With snapped bolts drilled and tapped (they are the structure now), upper tie-bar plate de-rusted and refitted and new bolts replaced (with copper slip this time!) the replacement condenser went in easy.

There was some schenaniganery with refitting the grille as the bolts in there were rounded to hell, but that was just some swearing and agression with some vice grips to change them out for some proer hex bolts and copper slip!

Now the final piece of the puzzle, the bulkhead hardline, I had one imported from Pakistan as they are hard to come by in my region and it was cheaper than getting a hydraulic shop to make me a flexi.

I nearly cried getting the coolant hoses off the heater valve on the bulkhead behind my 1HD-T as my THICC hands struggled for access but with anger in my soul I persevered, upon refitting the Pakistani hard line I noted, the bloody female fitting is different! Why does it have all these steps in it! Alas the male fitting did not fit...

As a man already dischevelled from one job cascading into 100 and the rage of 2 men lit in my soul I proceeded to my tool shelves and manifested the precision tool needed, 320grit sandpaper taped to a 17.5mm drill bit.

Perfection, a precision factory spec female bore. (Naturally, I left all the swarf in there, its good for the compressor)

And with some "manual" bending, she fit right in and bolted up TIGHT (with fresh refrigerant rated o-rings lubed with refrigerant lube).
I then took her down to the garage where the A/C man was primed and ready to pull a vacuum and presumably tell me the whole thing still leaked and my bodge sucked.

And the result gentlemen... She held vacuum and took a fresh charge.
THE NUT VENT BLOWS ARCTIC WINDS!