What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

[76lcmike]

Before the summer I built a set of drawers. Nothing special but I never had the time to finish them. In addition the delay allowed me to field test them and decide how I wanted them finished. Spent most of the weekend adding the wings and re-configuring my home made Joey panel so I can now get the original cover back on. I added a nice little power corner to keep things tidy. Tomorrow I will add a couple of fans to help move air through the cavity once the panel is back on. Someone once said that you don't need to be great with a welder if you are great with a grinder. Now I know you don't need to great at carpentry if you can glue carpet
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is that HAL from 2001 space odyssey, don't play the wrong song or it's out the airlock.

 

[xeuxaz]

Did some light wheeling with friends in Lake Tahoe. Holy cow is it beautiful up there.

 

[vwauditech]

Coming home from Cruiser Fest my 97 started losing power and I exited 84 where it abruptly shut off. Coolant temp and oil pressure looked fine when I first noticed the loss of power. She was tight when I attempted to crank. Opened the hood and she was definitely hot. Let it cool down to 210 and got her started and gave it a blip and heard what I assume was rod knock. Finally got it home to Boise with the help of friends and luck finding a transporter heading to Boise. Now to decide what to do moving forward. I really don't want to LS swap as so many do. I'd like to just keep it stock and rebuild/replace the 1FZ. My truck is pretty nice for 294K miles. Head was machined in 2020 for a head gasket replacement at 280K miles. I see that short blocks are currently unavailable form Toyota. RM Garage on YouTube had rebuilt his early 1FZ and recently pulled it with around ~3000 miles on it for an LS swap and is asking $5000. He is local to me and would definitely save me time and probably some money by the time I buy all the parts and machining costs. His is an early '93 engine so I would need to pull the timing cover and oil pan to install the CKP trigger wheel and replace the pump drive gear to work in my '97.
Anyway, thoughts on this. Recommendations?

 

[SNLC]

First time ever using a sawzall and angle grinder, pretty happy with the turnout... can definitely feel the weight back there now. Removed the strut stickers and painted bolts black to match

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I seen a couple first timers on the grinder shatter a disc and put chunks in their eye, the other guy nearly cut his toes off with it!

That is cut off wheel, I am guessing you used the sawzall to cut it and the grinder to clean it up.

Cheers

 

[Broski]

Did some light wheeling with friends in Lake Tahoe. Holy cow is it beautiful up there. View attachment 4213733View attachment 4213734View attachment 4213735View attachment 4213736

That it is !
Don’t tell anyone

 

[bhsdriller]

I see that short blocks are currently unavailable form Toyota. RM Garage on

Where did you see/hear this. I'd double check last time I looked into it was no problem

 

[RrCoX22]

I seen a couple first timers on the grinder shatter a disc and put chunks in their eye, the other guy nearly cut his toes off with it!

That is cut off wheel, I am guessing you used the sawzall to cut it and the grinder to clean it up.

Cheers

Used both abrasive wheel and cut wheel. Cut wheel ontop of middle braces going at an angle into the frame rail as it was a bit hard getting a sawzall in there without the blade hitting the body. Also cut wheel on the bottom angle on frame rail ends. Abrasive to clean up any weld material left.

 

[vwauditech]

Where did you see/hear this. I'd double check last time I looked into it was no problem

I was just going by what the online parts availability said. I did message my wholesale parts person and it is available out of Ontario in about a week for $4219

 

[GA Trevor]

Noticed my hood cowl looked clogged. It was a-lot more clogged when I took off the cover. A reminder to check this periodically, mine was cleaned within the last 2 years, fills up fast.
Blasted it with the leaf blower then cleaned with simple green.

 

[FMC80]

I was just going by what the online parts availability said. I did message my wholesale parts person and it is available out of Ontario in about a week for $4219

I’d shop around a little more. I’ve bought a few short blocks and paid $2,800 for the first one ( massive sale) and $3300 for the second and third relatively recently. Maybe a year, by a loose estimate.

 

[Broski]

I’d shop around a little more. I’ve bought a few short blocks and paid $2,800 for the first one ( massive sale) and $3300 for the second and third relatively recently. Maybe a year, by a loose estimate.

Me thinks prices have gone up

 

[FMC80]

Me thinks prices have gone up

Yeah, probably, but Toyota short blocks vary in price wildly from dealer and region. That’s why most of us order from the other side of the world. That’s also why I’ve bought my short blocks from somewhere in the SE Region…they usually have the lowest pricing IME.

 

[xeuxaz]

Bell Lexus with the current sale …

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[LLTB]

He hasn’t been answering the phone or emails

He’s a great guy. Last I spoke to him he had a family member with some serious health issues.

 

[LLTB]

Coming home from Cruiser Fest my 97 started losing power and I exited 84 where it abruptly shut off. Coolant temp and oil pressure looked fine when I first noticed the loss of power. She was tight when I attempted to crank. Opened the hood and she was definitely hot. Let it cool down to 210 and got her started and gave it a blip and heard what I assume was rod knock. Finally got it home to Boise with the help of friends and luck finding a transporter heading to Boise. Now to decide what to do moving forward. I really don't want to LS swap as so many do. I'd like to just keep it stock and rebuild/replace the 1FZ. My truck is pretty nice for 294K miles. Head was machined in 2020 for a head gasket replacement at 280K miles. I see that short blocks are currently unavailable form Toyota. RM Garage on YouTube had rebuilt his early 1FZ and recently pulled it with around ~3000 miles on it for an LS swap and is asking $5000. He is local to me and would definitely save me time and probably some money by the time I buy all the parts and machining costs. His is an early '93 engine so I would need to pull the timing cover and oil pan to install the CKP trigger wheel and replace the pump drive gear to work in my '97.
Anyway, thoughts on this. Recommendations?

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Why not rebuild yours? Fun project.

 

[SNLC]

Me thinks prices have gone up

Prices have been going way up on Toyota parts since all the tariffs. I am talking US parts, dealerships have raised their prices a noticeable amount.

Importing parts available in the USA is not even worth it anymore. It used to be cheaper in many cases.

Cheers