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Turbodiesel with a 5 speed too? It just keeps getting better. Next thing you'll tell me it comes equipped with a Victoria Secret model who knows her way around a camp kitchen.
What flavor?
It was a fun weekend. Sorry you missed out. We had around 60-70 trucks in all. The whole area has dried up pretty well except for the mud holes. You can download some of the trails Daniel Boone Backcountry Byway | CartoTracks. Have fun and safe travels. Post up some pics of the adventures.
I would be willing to pay Joe Rogan 80 series prices for that version
Not really this weekend, but I couldn't find a better thread to post this. Bought this '97 LX450 Limited Edition with a poorly done lift, no lockers and a leak in the engine bay (turned out to be oil pump). Over the course of couple of months, my local truck rebuild superhero executed a number of PMs and upgrades/mods/fixes. Primarily - fixed the lift with adjustable arms and swapped non-locking axles for locking ones, and added a bunch of armor all around. However, none of these fixes/mods would've been possible without very generous support from this forum, including a phone call to @LINUS who helped my friend identify the right parts to rob off a donor truck for the locker harness (while we were in the yard). Several other members routinely and quickly jumped in with help so as a token of appreciation, I upgraded my membership from Silver to Gold (for 6 years).
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Since the rebuild, I've been to this place called Frank Raines OHV park (Stanislaus County, CA) - even the expert level trails felt like walk in the park, especially coming from leaf sprung trucks and auto-lockers (a '85 Toyota pickup and Samurai).
That's a great looking 80!
No, i have one in a box, but have not installed yet. I am not sure i need it, its 110+ degrees out here and nothing warm at red lights, i have not tried stop and go traffic yet though.
Was this worth the price of admission? I love the cnc wrk etc. but what about weight? fit/finish etc. Ive never seen GG in an 80 series.I was given a 1" body lift a while back that I was maybe going to use when I went to 37's. I took the necessary step to trim and adjust bumpstops to fit the 37's without the body lift. But I decided to install the body lift over the weekend so that I can shorten the bumpstops and regain a bit of travel that was lost with the taller bumpstops. I expected maybe 3-4 hours start to finish to get it installed. Well, as things normally go, it turned into 6 hours on Saturday and another 5 hours yesterday to finally get it done. Technically it's still not done because I have the whole front of the truck off and the seats out of the interior and that all needs to get put back together but the body lift pucks are installed with all new hardware. No pics just yet.
Everything was extremely smooth except for 3 of the bolts. Both of the front ones near the radiator were rusted inside the sleeves and wouldn't come out. Another on on the driverside near the dead pedal was also seized in the same way.
I ended up cutting the driverside footwell bolt out with a sawzall after working on it for about an hour. But there was no way to fit a cutting wheel or sawzall anywhere for the front two bolts. One of the bolts snapped off at the bottom of the sleeve. The remaining 5" of that bolt was drilled out. The last one finally came out after some serious hammer work to break it loose from the sleeve. What a pain that was! Seriously, I think I could have been done in 2-3 hours if those 3 bolts had not been so stubborn. Very straight forward job without corroded bolts. I'll be putting the front of the truck all back together tonight.
While I was working on the BL I noticed I have a bad rear axle seal so I'll be tackling that as well.
But....on a much more positive note, I was contacted by Goose Gear and they notified me that my rear drawer setup that I've been waiting for since April is finally done and is shipping today! I've always been a fan of the GooseGear products and really admire the fit and finish of their drawers and cabinet work for vehicles. I chose a relatively simple arrangement with just two equal sized drawers. No fridge/kitchen cabinet or other features. The plan is to use a MSA drop slide for my fridge. But I'm really looking forward to finally having some rear drawers to better organize the stuff I like to keep in the truck.
Here's the pics of my drawers that they shared on IG after the final test fit in their shop 80.
GG_drawers1 by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
I know some of you will have some questions about these since they are a brand new 80 series product. I don't have a ton of info on them but between this captured image of their IG post and the website it should answer any questions you have.
Land Cruiser 80 Side x Side Drawer Module - 43 3/8" Wide x 40" Depth
Land Cruiser 80 Series Specific Side x Side Drawer Module This module is designed specifically for the LC 80 and comes in 8" height only to work with optional items such as sleeping platforms and storage compartments. Side x Side Modules are available in 50/50 split, 1/3-2/3 split and 2/3-1/3...www.goose-gear.com
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