What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (33 Viewers)

[MDarius]

I clocked 750 miles in Southern Utah. I learned that I need to add some tools to my trail kit. I met some great new friends. Thanks for coming along @Jason hansen and @mwengr for putting up with my agenda, and for offering your better judgement. It's time for some maintenance.

 

[bhsdriller]

Dad's got a trailgear bumper...really impressed with it for the price


And cleaned the engine up on mine. Valve cover gasket is leaking toward the rear, those couple bolts in the back were really loose so snugged them up but will change the gasket eventually

 

[heckler]

Finally made a hi lift jack holder for 4x4 labs bumper

 

[joez]

Shoehorned in a hydro assist setup, should make turning the 40's in the rocks a whole lot easier. Now I just need to get all the air out of the system.

 

[scrowley]

Ice wheeling in mass today. Challenging but very fun.

 

[NLXTACY]

I made some mats for the fridge. Tired of rust and rub marks from the basket. I'll be making more

 

[Noahrob]

Got most of the lift in...

 

[allan man]

 

[ajax1]

Just had a customer emergency. Guy calls up on a trip down in Baja Mexico. Steering started getting squirley so he pulled over. Two studs and hardware are completely missing from his right knuckle and the other two are loose.

Of course he has no spares but there is a small hardware store not terribly far from him. A quick measure with the studs I have here in stock and the knuckle-side of the stud is M12 x 1.5

The emergency solution is to get a set of 40mm long bolts to replace the two missing studs and tighten the two that are still on and use the new bolts in place of the studs.
The thing I made sure to keep in his mind is that Toyota does not spec a torque for the stud into the knuckle itself. It's just...tight. The clamping force and torque is on the nut and cone washer. The bolt could be threading into the knuckle which is why Toyota uses a slightly thicker shoulder to prevent that.

It's a good emergency solution if you have the correct bolt but definitely needs to be replaced when back at home. In fact all of the knuckle hardware needs to be replaced because it's been compromised.
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Here is the torque values for studs and bolts

 

[2KCruiser]

Finally got around to tinting all the windows before the scorching heat begins. Used 20% all around and used 70% film for the windshield. I also think I got a pretty good match for the front windows when compared to the factory silver mirror tint found on all the rear windows. Used two different films on top of each other on the front two windows to mimic the rear silver mirror style glass.

 

[allan man]

Took the fun route home.....

 

[bloc]

Grounded, no offroading this full-moon weekend
Finally changed the light bulbs on my AC control panel.View attachment 1418296
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I'd switch to the bare-bones AC panel in a heartbeat if I had access to all the stuff. And yes, I know that means pulling the dash. Worth it.

In fact all of the knuckle hardware needs to be replaced because it's been compromised.

Should also give the threads in the knuckle a good once-over and possible thread insert if they aren't perfect.

Personally I'd go as far as pulling the knuckle to fully degrease the holes and threads for proper install of the new hardware.

 

[9780LC]

I clocked 750 miles in Southern Utah. I learned that I need to add some tools to my trail kit. I met some great new friends. Thanks for coming along @Jason hansen and @mwengr for putting up with my agenda, and for offering your better judgement. It's time for some maintenance.

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Is that part of the Comb wash? I've done the southern most part and need to go back and do it all.

 

[916rockcrusher]

Missed last weekend. Last weekend drove to Nevada from Sacramento in a snowstorm. This weekend installed new D.C. Front driveline and happy to be rid of the bad vibes. Went on a little adventure in Nevada.

 

[allan man]

Missed last weekend. Last weekend drove to Nevada from Sacramento in a snowstorm. This weekend installed new D.C. Front driveline and happy to be rid of the bad vibes. Went on a little adventure in Nevada.

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Where in Nevada is this?

 

[916rockcrusher]

Where in Nevada is this?

Near Spanish Springs outside of Sparks. Close to Moonrocks.

Have to pick my daughter up in Reno three weekends a month try to have some fun to make it suck less.

 

[916rockcrusher]

Where in Nevada is this?

Other pics are from HWY 49 at the summit as 80 was closed. 5 hrs to get from Rocklin to Reno

 

[acai]

Got my 80 back from the body shop and found a tortilla in the back... you get what you pay for hahaha

 

[916rockcrusher]

View attachment 1419716 Got my 80 back from the body shop and found a tortilla in the back... you get what you pay for hahaha

Or a little extra hahaha

 

[TheRareElement]

I'd switch to the bare-bones AC panel in a heartbeat if I had access to all the stuff. And yes, I know that means pulling the dash. Worth it.

And I've always wanted that fancy looking AC panel with the thermostat function . BTW I didn't have to remove all of the dash board, just the center console (AC control panel area) and used a pair of haemostats to remove those tiny bulbs and re-install the bulb-socket of the lower one in place (that was a b***h) and all went just fine.