The replacement harness isn't that bad to get in. I replaced mine in ~2 hours. I pulled the upper intake to do it. Where it mates with the trans harness at the tunnel is the worst part. If you dont have meat claws like me you should have an easier time.
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The replacement harness isn't that bad to get in. I replaced mine in ~2 hours. I pulled the upper intake to do it. Where it mates with the trans harness at the tunnel is the worst part. If you dont have meat claws like me you should have an easier time.
The part that sucks is that I had the entire engine, transmission, transfer case already out. The refresh was very successful and the truck actually had a little pep until the wiring acted up. I installed the old harness back in not thinking about 20 something old wiring and brittle insulation. Rust and corrosion never sleep. Intake is off, starter is about to come out. My hands resemble meat claws so I will have to employ child labor for a few connections. THanks for the words of encouragement.
The fit and finish of these shocks is top notch. Everything fit - no mods to my Cruiser, shocks, reservoirs or their mounts.
I'm still experimenting with the tuning, but so far I haven't been able to stop smiling while behind the wheel.
If it makes you feel any better, i had the whole drivetrain out. Did a full motor rebuild, top and bottom end. Tossed the harness back on and on first start got no signal at the TPS. Thought the harness wasn't getting voltage to it per the multimeter (read the wrong wire like an idiot in a frantic I just blew so much money on this motor moment).
Replaced the whole harness with new OEM, with drivetrain in. Nope. Still had it. TPS was clocked out by the PO so it wouldn't register correctly.
TLDR; replaced a totally fine and working harness with a new one and now I have a working 96 harness if anyone needs it!
Like the 40 and 60 brothers (and sisters), we will soon become hoarders of old parts for our trucks. Hold on to that harness. I am going to slowly rebuild the old one. ALL the injector wires were toast, one of the four wires to the distributor was toast, and I'm not even going to go into what the loom looked like at the EGR. Amazing how fifty insulated wires can fuse into a carnival of colors and copper bloom when heat is applied over long periods of time.
I had a ScangaugeII mounted to an A-pillar pod, and while I loved the location, I was never fan of how it looked. Well, the SGII crapped out, so I've been running a cheap Bluetooth OBDII adapter and the Torque free app on my phone (which typically sits in a Panavise mount to the right of the stereo). I wanted to see Torque in the same position that my SGII was, so I used a Ram Mount 1" ball that is designed to be bolted to motorcycle handlebars. I simply unscrewed the factory grab handle screw, and replaced it with the ball and a longer bolt (idea shamelessly stolen from elsewhere on 'MUD). I might need a different Ram arm to put it just where I want it, but it should work out nicely. I'll probably use an old phone that I can dedicate to diagnostic duty to mount there, and leave my actual phone in the Panavise mount.
voodu3
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Finally getting my winch mounted and bumpers finished. Hopefully completed by next weekend.
The funny thing is that it actually shows boost. My best guess is that it picks up some kind of vacuum reading. The engine is stock, no turbo, no supercharger.
Painted the top of the roof on my old Jeep JK white, made a huge difference in the summertime. Kinda UPS truck status but it works!
We are at Pardoo Station, North Western Australia, the tides here are 6 meters between high and low, it was a 2 km hike out to the water for the dog to have a swim in the shallows, the station owners advise againts going swiming any deeper as there is alot of sharks, back at camp now cooking a pork roast in the webber, its been a good day 
Not mine but I have spent the past weekend driving this 1HDT auto powered HDJ80 series. Its sad this awesome drivetrain is not easily available in the USA.
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LHD too! He selling?Not mine but I have spent the past weekend driving this 1HDT auto powered HDJ80 series. Its sad this awesome drivetrain is not easily available in the USA.
Do you know which ram ball or kit you used? Most of the balls i see on their site now look like the threaded portion cannot be removed from the ball and swapped with a longer bolt.
Yes LHD was going yo sell but decided to keep it because the only vehicle in the fleet they can hold multiple people
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The bolt I used is a 6mm x 1.00 pitch allen head that is 40mm long. I didn't end up using the lock washer pictured (I needed a tiny bit more length to start the bolt). Instead, I kept the flat washer and just used some blue Loctite on the bolt. The new bolt (like most SHCS) is 12.9 rated, so I have no doubt that this new setup is plenty stout.
Awesome. I'm going to give this a shot.
I was thinking the 6.25" multi bend arm like yours was the best option. What arm do you think would be better in an 80? the long straight option? or just a short arm?
To keep your device close to the pillar, face the driver and not interfere with the steering wheel, you'd need a jointed arm like I used. I think with just some adjustment of the arm I have, I'll be very happy with it.
Bought my bone stock white '91 (dubbed "Miller" because my wife says he looks like a Miller Lite can) back in May. Baselined over June (mostly... still working through some kinks), and then last weekend took the family on Burns Canyon Trail from Pioneertown up to Big Bear. What an absolute blast.
I'm traditionally a "car guy" (my other car is a '72 BMW - hit 10 years of ownership last February), so I have never been off-roading before last weekend. I'm hooked.
I'm traditionally a "car guy" (my other car is a '72 BMW - hit 10 years of ownership last February), so I have never been off-roading before last weekend. I'm hooked.
did you go up 3N16 to big bear? My white 91 was also bone stock when i bought it and we called it the "marshmallow", but since i have been slowly transforming it with armor, lift and tires, we no longer call it that anymore. I also owned a 72 bmw 2002, a 73 Mazda RX-3, and the cruiser is my 1st off roading rig also. Big bear is alot of fun, we also did Gold Mountain and Oxyx summit also..
