What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (34 Viewers)

[Burgman]

A good Bradford Pear is removed Bradford Pear..... just saying...

Looks like a few mulberry limbs in there as well...

Oh, Bradford Pear is actually good firewood being in the fruit tree familly, a hard wood

Good eye... not sure i like the amount of attention your giving my wood though

 

[surfpig]

That's right. 188000 miles.



Ironically (?) I got my Blackstone report yesterday afternoon: "there are slight signs of coolant in your oil..." Just hours later, BOOM

I could crush it right now.

 

[Kentex Rick]

Do it! Post pics!

 

[jjgarci1]

You don't have the approach angle. You're gonna have to stack rocks.

 

[dcguillory]

You don't have the approach angle. You're gonna have to stack rocks.

Duh, he has all the wood rdy for the job.

 

[dogfishlake]

I am in the midst of a repaint on my daughter's 80. Started Friday afternoon tearing down. Tonight I have body repairs pretty much done. Tomorrow will be tape it up and shoot epoxy primer/sealer, take a nap, then spend the evening painting it green, then back to get it out of the way by 5 a.m. to powder coat things and earn money.

 

[shocktower]

I replaced the new drive shaft, I had to tack weld one of the studs, to remove the nut, and the threads are toast, so I guess I'll be ordering a new rear out put flange/shaft or I'll just see if I can get new studs , But I did past 1000 miles with my diesel

 

[bloc]

I replaced the new drive shaft, I had to tack weld one of the studs, to remove the nut, and the threads are toast, so I guess I'll be ordering a new rear out put flange/shaft or I'll just see if I can get new studs , But I did past 1000 miles with my diesel

I seem to remember the rear studs not being available separately, but they might be the same as on a 60-series which were.

@cruiserdan or @beno any input?

 

[shocktower]

Yeah I need studs, and the only way is buy the rear out put shaft, I am not happy about this

 

[OGBeno]

11mm studs from a 100 series. $2.00 each or so.

90114-11003

 

[Noahrob]

Put my front arb in and reassembled most of the axle

 

[Twinair]

As I got started I thought, "this won't be too bad. I should be done in an hour." No. It took twice as long as I thought and everything from my elbows to the tips of my fingers hurts. I'm pleased it's done for nothing else than peace of mind.

 

[cc93cruiser]

As I got started I thought, "this won't be too bad. I should be done in an hour." No. It took twice as long as I thought and everything from my elbows to the tips of my fingers hurts. I'm pleased it's done for nothing else than peace of mind.

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Make sure you reconnect that knock sensor..

 

[half k cruiser]

As I got started I thought, "this won't be too bad. I should be done in an hour." No. It took twice as long as I thought and everything from my elbows to the tips of my fingers hurts. I'm pleased it's done for nothing else than peace of mind.

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So it only took you 2 hours ? I would say you came out way ahead of the average on that one !

 

[Twinair]

Make sure you reconnect that knock sensor..

Got it. Took care of that after reinstalling trans dipstick tube.

 

[Twinair]

So it only took you 2 hours ? I would say you came out way ahead of the average on that one !

I think I could've shaved 45 minutes if I installed the new hose on the engine side first and then worked the hard pipe into the hose. Once I went that route I had it together in 10 minutes. If you are a big guy with thick arms and thick hands I feel for you. This job is definitely designed for "little-fingered m$%&#r f$%@#rs", as an old plumber used to say about the Japs and their automobiles. Can I say that???

 

[LS1FJ40]

I am in the midst of a repaint on my daughter's 80. Started Friday afternoon tearing down. Tonight I have body repairs pretty much done. Tomorrow will be tape it up and shoot epoxy primer/sealer, take a nap, then spend the evening painting it green, then back to get it out of the way by 5 a.m. to powder coat things and earn money.
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You're going from the best color to the second worst color!!! Blasphemy!

 

[Irish Reiver]

Tomorrow will be tape it up and shoot epoxy primer/sealer, take a nap, then spend the evening painting it green.

WTF. Of all the colours green has got to be my least favorite. The colour it is now is really nice. I repainted my green 80 to white earlier this year. Couldnt be happier.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

I am the American dream. Cleared 860 miles from Arizona to Eastern Oklahoma with the 80 series on 35s and trailer. I racked out in a sleepy little I-40 town for the night and now I'm back on the road to the Great Smoky Mountains. Less than two days ago I was in California.

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Reminds me of driving my old tacoma with 35s and a trailer full of tools and a dirt bike from Utah to Georgia and back a few times. I always stopped in Elk City Oklahoma, right off I40. There is a lake with free camping off the interstate there. Lots of fun

 

[GeoRoss]

I hate greasing my u-joints. No matter what I do I can't get one of the zircs to line up without dropping the shaft. I recall someone recommending a 3oz gun with a needle making it easier.

It is a winner. It is so much easier and cleaner. I still will have to drop the shaft one more time as one of the joints on the difficult one didnt ooze, but it shouldn't be a problem in the future with more regular greasing.