There is a price to pay for all that extra HP!
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (46 Viewers)
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Life has been busy and really haven't done anything with the cruiser for a while besides drive it to work here and there. I did order 10 OEM oil filters because I discovered that both of my LS and LX use the same exact filter. 
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LS1FJ40
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I followed this. I went ahead and pulled the radiator while I was at it. He doesn't cover pulling the crank shaft seal very well though. I used an angled needle nose pliers but you could use a hook pick. Im glad I took the radiator out because I felt like I could get after things a little bit more aggressively since I wasn't worrying about smashing it.
It was actually pretty simple. Gear wrenches for the fan clutch removal. Order new nuts for this because they get chewed up. Order the square drive screws for the oil pump cover from @Hornd. Be careful with the oil pump cover screws. Some people have a hard time with them. I didn't but I used the #3 Phillips bit and two them in method. Then light on the trigger from the impact.
The worst part was cleaning all of the oil off. There were parts of the motor that had 1" of oil/dirt.
If I had it to do over I would have all new belts, hoses, clamps on hand. I think my power steering hoses are both leaking so I would've replaced them while I had the radiator out and had more room. I'm going to order them today.
LS1FJ40
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Been toying with the idea of doing this ^ and was curious as to how it would look. I thought about using plastidip so I can easily remove if I don't like it. I think I would keep the TOYOTA a different color myself.
Got my new tires mounted on the factory wheels. Fit all 4 tires and the 4 stock wheels with mounted tires in the back. Wow what a night and day difference in the ride. First off steering is easier, I think this may be due to the 18s being underinflated (my fault). The only downside so far is the noticeable weight difference, these Falkens are HEAVY! Acceleration is slower now. But they look better and I feel better riding on them as opposed to the others.
Took our old mattress to the town recycle center on Saturday, was able to get it fit in the cruiser while keeping the 2nd row in.
Towed my Accord from my GF's parent's garage using a U-Haul tow dolly. It was a local 5 mile trip with only a little highway but man, the cruiser didn't miss a beat! Unfortunately as we were loading the car, we discovered the rear brake lines or line had ruptured.
I will be painting the TOYOTA with an off white. I hate chrome. I painted the front on my 92 and the 93 just looked dated with the chrome. Blech.
Box Rocket
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Right on. Thanks for the tips and the vid.
Repaired one exhaust hanger by the cats abd tightened up the two bolts sealing a leak at the cats union. Repaired the little exhaust bracket by drilling out the studs used and drilled slightly larger hole all the way thru the rubber thru the studs holes to make it one piece again. that annoying squeak is now gone
LS1FJ40
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And a case of throttle body cleaner, a box of shop towels, and a box of nitrile gloves.
Tools I used:
12mm gear wrench
14mm socket with extensions
14mm gear wrench
30mm 3/4" drive impact socket. Nobody sells this in store by itself. If I were to do it over I'd order one online but I bought the kit from HF.
3/4" 300 ft lbs Torque Wrench from HF
3/4" breaker bar
Angled needle nose pliers (or hook pick, the video recommends a pick set from HF. I forgot to get it.)
1/4" cordless impact gun
#3 Phillips bits
You need the crankshaft seal, oil pump cover seal, and distributor shaft seal (if you haven't done this yet, it take 5 min with the battery box out!)
If I wasn't on a budget I would've replaced the water pump and upgraded to an Orange hub fan clutch while I was in there. And probably changed the alternator out too.
Here's a few pics from this week(end)... We had some fun in death valley and by chance I ran into a few other land cruiser owners. Lippincott Pass was a piece of cake in current conditions. The only thing that happened was that we lost the upper half of our antenna. It's the first time I've gone to explore the southern California desert and I must say it's an amazing place. Desert sunsets & sunrises are hard to beat. Now off to Joshua Tree!
Box Rocket
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Two of my BIL's are slowing getting into more offroad stuff. One of them has a really nicely built LX470 and the other has a FJCruiser that is still stock. We all took our families to St George, Utah over the weekend to hang out and do a little wheeling in the Sand Hollow area. @woody lives "around the corner" from St. George and has talked up the wheeling in the area for a while now and I'd been itching to go check it out. We were not disappointed. Had a great couple of days. We ran the West Rim trail, parts of Renegade, Triple 7's and Milt's Mile. All were fun trails. Definitely a challenge for the FJCruiser since it was stock and dragging bottom a lot. A few tight spots and some good challenges in an 80. Definitely going back to see more of the area.
I agree about the chrome. There's a time and a place, and it isn't now and it isn't on my vehicles.
Started out to replace my PHH, turns out that wasn't the source of my leak. I only wish it had been the source...
Ended up spending about 8 hours on Saturday replacing the hoses that go into the firewall for the heater core dead center behind the motor. I was ill prepared for materials and ended up going with Gates green stripe hoses. Really wish I could have found some good silicone ones local as they are more flexible along with different style clamps. After several profanity laced rants, multiple cuts, falling out of the engine bay once and countless cramps I was able to get them on and clamped down. Hands down the most frustrating thing I have ever done on a vehicle.
Oh, put my new OME steering damper on too.
Ended up spending about 8 hours on Saturday replacing the hoses that go into the firewall for the heater core dead center behind the motor. I was ill prepared for materials and ended up going with Gates green stripe hoses. Really wish I could have found some good silicone ones local as they are more flexible along with different style clamps. After several profanity laced rants, multiple cuts, falling out of the engine bay once and countless cramps I was able to get them on and clamped down. Hands down the most frustrating thing I have ever done on a vehicle.
Oh, put my new OME steering damper on too.
Managed to get Friday off work, so I took it on a solo trip to Saadani National Park, about 3 hours north from town.
Camped in a little shaded clearing on the bank of the Wami River, which I learned from a ranger the next morning was created by elephants. Those elephants tore down my hammock during the night.
I also learned that the one design flaw in my rooftop tent setup is that, during a rain, it's impossible to take down without getting drenched and filthy.
The rains turned our black cotton soil to absolute mush, and I passed 3 different cars slid into ditches like so much snow on my drive out. The 80, of course, never missed a beat and got me home in time for Saturday's Halloween party. The isolation was a welcome change from life in the city:
Then I discovered this morning that my insurance and road license expired 3 weeks ago, meaning I avoided impoundment by not getting stopped at the two dozen police checks between the park and home.
Camped in a little shaded clearing on the bank of the Wami River, which I learned from a ranger the next morning was created by elephants. Those elephants tore down my hammock during the night.
I also learned that the one design flaw in my rooftop tent setup is that, during a rain, it's impossible to take down without getting drenched and filthy.
The rains turned our black cotton soil to absolute mush, and I passed 3 different cars slid into ditches like so much snow on my drive out. The 80, of course, never missed a beat and got me home in time for Saturday's Halloween party. The isolation was a welcome change from life in the city:
Then I discovered this morning that my insurance and road license expired 3 weeks ago, meaning I avoided impoundment by not getting stopped at the two dozen police checks between the park and home.
LS1FJ40
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Be thankful you didn't have the silicone hose. Multiple people have had problems with silicone weeping. It doesn't create the seal that rubber does. Gates Green stripe is excellent hose. You didn't go wrong.
BGMachine
Working on cars I can't afford
Went wheeling with a friend of mine at Rocks n Valleys in Harrison, Michigan. There were some good trails but most of it was pretty tight quarters... resulting in the loss of my new to me fender flares I guess they weren't meant to be. But hey, I got to play jeep recovery vehicle all weekend. Especially when his axle shaft broke and his wheel fell off. Then we got out the big guns
I may have underestimated these rocks...
Trail cooking
The crippled Jeep
This is how you load a rig onto a trailer the cool way
In the end, it was a good weekend and I learned that I need 35's and some rear armor.
I guess they weren't meant to be. But hey, I got to play jeep recovery vehicle all weekend. Especially when his axle shaft broke and his wheel fell off. Then we got out the big guns
I may have underestimated these rocks...
Trail cooking
The crippled Jeep
This is how you load a rig onto a trailer the cool way
In the end, it was a good weekend and I learned that I need 35's and some rear armor.
orttauq
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Chase Lake, ID
This one came by just as I was about to leave the lake
orttauq
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SUMMIT CRUISERS Jr
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I went to Northwest Arkansas to pursue the 2 wheeled passion and to camp.
Got to ride a pretty nice demo bike
And then the seal on the back of the power steering pump failed roughly 50 miles away from home. After replacing the pump and refilling all the fluid, my steering box decided it was time to empty everything onto the driveway.
Got to ride a pretty nice demo bike
And then the seal on the back of the power steering pump failed roughly 50 miles away from home. After replacing the pump and refilling all the fluid, my steering box decided it was time to empty everything onto the driveway.
Bludozer
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Hard to tell from your photo, but what rear bike rack attachment is that? Looks like exactly what I need!
That Santa Cruz looks amazing too btw...
This one?
And did you remote mount the compressor at all?
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SUMMIT CRUISERS Jr
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It's a Northshore NSR-4. The Santa Cruz was amazing, but for being a $9k bike it can't be bad, right? Too bad I only got to ride it for the morning.
