Nice! Is this the luxury premium or deluxe?
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (34 Viewers)
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NLXTACY
Wits' End
I'd say 30 odd years of experience with Toyotas rusting out pretty much backs me up. A 1979 Chinook, 1981 Hilux, 1981 Corolla and 1988 Corolla. All reasonably maintained, all rusted completely out. The Hilux rusted IN TWO.
I'm not obsessive like some people are with washing the undercarriage every day and screeching if someone gets dirt in it. My cars are tools.
Here is my first car, a 1967 Mustang I've owned since new, which I parked from 1982 to 2012, in a sound building. The rust is from moisture that somehow made it's way into the building, through just humidity. It has been driven in the rain twice. Never in winter.
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Leds are the way to go, I've changed every light on mine over
haha yes, once you start, it's very hard to stop
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Yeah, it's addictive I think.
Anyway, it's also good fun!
Anyway, it's also good fun!
LS1FJ40
SILVER Star
I'm obsessive about my 80 but I've owned a lot of cars and have never had one rust. Washed once a week in the winter.
And my 80 gets plenty dirty. I just wash it after it gets dirty. I treat it like I do my tools. It gets cleaned and taken care of. Which is why I still have all of the tools I bought when I was 14, 26 years later.
I like that rack. Are those standard Thule gutter feet?
Quote of the day!
Get outta the gutter. I am interested in the kayak carrying abilities and the feet.
Yes, the standard short gutter feet. That is unistrut bars on the side. The regular square Thule cross bars fit perfect inside the unistrut channel, then just painted black. It was always a temporary homemade deal until something more solid could be put up there. Thanks.
malteserunner
Dr Evil
Pulled into the garage for a brake system flush. Not much room left on top...
serenity
SILVER Star
So this happened. Got it most of the way out last night and the rest of the way this morning.
The first reason I'm replacing the box.
The second reason is the lack of synchros.
Gonna pull the transfer case and bolt it to the new box today.
I'll be fitting a new rear main seal and clutch while I'm in there, anything else I should do while I'm in this far?
The first reason I'm replacing the box.
The second reason is the lack of synchros.
Gonna pull the transfer case and bolt it to the new box today.
I'll be fitting a new rear main seal and clutch while I'm in there, anything else I should do while I'm in this far?
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Emptied my tuna can under the air filter. Also, took her through the carwash earlier this week. One of the attendants said to the other "I really like these older Cruisers!"
Got some links/part numbers for all these please?
It's the deluxe.
Cool. How hard was it to install?
More photos will be much appreciated especially if you do anything else while you at it!
We're going out tomorrow into Hohenfels Training Area (HTA), so I worked on my basic load plan a bit.
Needed to get rid of the "rattly, shifty, crashy, bangy" from the cargo compartment in the back.
Needed to get rid of the "rattly, shifty, crashy, bangy" from the cargo compartment in the back.
serenity
SILVER Star
What else would you like photos of? So far I have it stripped right back to the crank so I can replace the rear main seal.
