What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (79 Viewers)

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On the website they describe the water as sulfurous. Does it smell like sulfur?

"Enjoy the desert sunset and sunrise, green palm trees and the sulfurous warm water that will relax your mind as well as your body."

LandCruiserPhil said:
El Aguilar is on the other side I was at El Sol
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scottryana said:
On the website they describe the water as sulfurous. Does it smell like sulfur?

"Enjoy the desert sunset and sunrise, green palm trees and the sulfurous warm water that will relax your mind as well as your body."
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Not at all very clean and clear. Tubs are freshly filled when you get there and if needed you can drain and refill overnight:flipoff2::eek:
 
I was tired of working on the ground and I needed a cart for my welder. So I decided to build a rolling fab table for my landcruiser projects, then I finished welding my second slider, prepped, and started painting
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. And we also went coyote hunting.
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leonard_nemoy said:
I was tired of working on the ground and I needed a cart for my welder. So I decided to build a rolling fab table for my landcruiser projects, then I finished welding my second slider, prepped, and started paintingView attachment 1656696 View attachment 1656691 View attachment 1656692 View attachment 1656694 . And we also went coyote hunting.View attachment 1656695
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hella nice work!! Nothing like working with a good set up, clean and everything accessible.
 
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Finally got some sand under the 80. Took pics when I needed to stop to air down more, went down to 20 from 25, made a big difference, but I think tires are in the future. Hopefully some 33x10.5r15's (31's now) will give enough flotation with less air down. First 3fe noticeable lack of power was plowing through the soft stuff in 4H, air down and 4L fixed that.

Earlier this week got the motor mounts, fan clutch, front diff fluid changed, hp power steering hose, and oem steering stabilizer installed.

One more edit: the trail to the beach had some good texture, it's a road that was paved about 100 years ago, so mostly dirt , deep big puddles, big dips and big chunks of old road surface. Took it slow on the way in to survey, then took it fast on the way out. The TD foam cells really showed their value, rode great with the original springs.
 
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Bill F said:
Put a set of Hexomats in the front, and hooray no more mats sliding around the floorboards. Also did the passenger side window run w/o removing the window - window works great now, but what a beast of a job... Also, noting that the Dorman replacement window motor from Amazon came with the wrong plug. As it happens, I don't think I need it. If all goes as planned, will be mocking up new Hella 7-inch lights tomorrow, and (god willing) stereo install on Monday!

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How did you do the window run? Pull out a bit at a time and work each section?
 
SteelHunterFJ80 said:
How did you do the window run? Pull out a bit at a time and work each section?
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Pulled the door panel, of course. Then basically figured out how to pinch it together, and the old one came out easy, just gently pull.

Put the new piece in the rear corner of the window frame for a reference on location, and just pinched and slid everything into place, which was easy (ier) on the front edge of the window because the track in the door was not occupied by the glass. I used an old wooden yardstick to reach down and smooth the gasket. Getting it in the backside required the use of a LOT of teflon dry lube and just working it around the back edge of the window into the channel. It would slide a few inches at a time. Almost every time I got the gasket to move a bit, I then ran the window up and down as far as I could w/o hurting the gasket to better seat things and then kept repeating the process. It was a PITA and my hands are sore, but it is done.

I would say that the 30 degree ambient temperature made things harder, and I would have a heat gun handy to warm and soften up the gasket next time. But the above seemed like an easier option than pulling the glass and having to re-adjust window regulators, etc., which I didn't want to try (and **** up) in the middle of winter. Anyway, hope that made sense and helps in some way.

Additionally: once I got the gasket in to the degree where I could get the window all the way up, I went back in the door to make sure that the track was seated all the way to the bottom.
 
Bill F said:
Pulled the door panel, of course. Then basically figured out how to pinch it together, and the old one came out easy, just gently pull.

Put the new piece in the rear corner of the window frame for a reference on location, and just pinched and slid everything into place, which was easy (ier) on the front edge of the window because the track in the door was not occupied by the glass. I used an old wooden yardstick to reach down and smooth the gasket. Getting it in the backside required the use of a LOT of teflon dry lube and just working it around the back edge of the window into the channel. It would slide a few inches at a time. Almost every time I got the gasket to move a bit, I then ran the window up and down as far as I could w/o hurting the gasket to better seat things and then kept repeating the process. It was a PITA and my hands are sore, but it is done.

I would say that the 30 degree ambient temperature made things harder, and I would have a heat gun handy to warm and soften up the gasket next time. But the above seemed like an easier option than pulling the glass and having to re-adjust window regulators, etc., which I didn't want to try (and **** up) in the middle of winter. Anyway, hope that made sense and helps in some way.

Additionally: once I got the gasket in to the degree where I could get the window all the way up, I went back in the door to make sure that the track was seated all the way to the bottom.
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Sorta like the way the guy in this vid does? I think I want to try this out as long as I think I will be able to slide the old runs back in. All of rubber is in good shape and not just buying a new one of everything on the truck seems alright as far as Mr. Wallet is concerned.

 
went out for some trail recon in the white Mtns. Beautiful country up north but trails are loaded with snowmobiles So I didnt want to be "that guy"

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@RFB how do you like your return to center style steering stabilizer?
 
Red Merle said:
Sorta like the way the guy in this vid does? I think I want to try this out as long as I think I will be able to slide the old runs back in. All of rubber is in good shape and not just buying a new one of everything on the truck seems alright as far as Mr. Wallet is concerned.

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seen that video, pretty cool, just cleans them and replaces, works for him.
 
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