What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (43 Viewers)

[Will Van]

Another roof rack delete. My nutserts were toast so I drilled them out ala @Will Van.
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Looks pretty good in dark.

Looking good!!!

 

[Box Rocket]

I colluded with some Russians!
I've been watching for an OEM rear wind deflector (spoiler type with rotating vents) but they've been difficult to find in decent shape. The good ones are also very expensive. Anyway. I ordered one on eBay and it ended up shipping from Russia. I'd ordered it a while ago and actually forgot I ordered it until it showed up a couple days ago.
Overall, it's not bad but definitely not OEM quality. I didn't feel too bad about trying it out though so I'll see how it holds up.
Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr

Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr

Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr

 

[Jroc561]

I colluded with some Russians!
I've been watching for an OEM rear wind deflector (spoiler type with rotating vents) but they've been difficult to find in decent shape. The good ones are also very expensive. Anyway. I ordered one on eBay and it ended up shipping from Russia. I'd ordered it a while ago and actually forgot I ordered it until it showed up a couple days ago.
Overall, it's not bad but definitely not OEM quality. I didn't feel too bad about trying it out though so I'll see how it holds up.
Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr

Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr

Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr

It looks great

 

[SpenserAK]

Was going to get down with a fluid film session, but instead spent a while cleaning up the half gallon that was everywhere but in the can, and then took the dogs for a walk. Wouldn’t normally order online, but can’t get it locally. In the end, got refunded and still have the other half had a laugh about it

 

[brockdeck]

Last weekend:

White Knuckle Sliders installed. 69” higher angle / DOM tubing. Very happy with my purchase, and even unknowingly drove 2 hours to will call, to find they are closed. Dude outside was nice enough to let me in and grab my sliders for me, ambient temp was 108 degrees.

This weekend relocating my M8000 solenoid to inside the engine bay, doing drive belts/valve cover gasket/plugs and ordering up my power steering lines.

Debating Line-Xing my rockers since the hope of me re-adding flares is probably zero

I never made a build thread but also might do that so I can actually keep track of my garbage.

Oh and discovered a wing of my arb is sleightly bent in. Hooray! I think it came that away but I was too stupid to pay attention.

 

[BamaCruzer]

This is why you order Toyota OEM. SO nice and already routed in order. A no brainer project.

 

[COYS]

Reluctantly going from 16s to 17s, ATs to hybrids. Maybe I’ll like it better.

 

[250below10]

Went up to Sunrise to see Mt Rainier with the wife and the dog!

In a less fun note, temps got up to 224F
I think it is time for a new fan clutch.

 

[Defterdar]

A sweet 10.000km trip around Sweden, Norway and Finland. Visited Cape north

 

[cvenom96]

Started the replacement of the steering gear, PS pump, hoses, and paper clip. Got everything out, PS pump gear swapped, and was just about to install the steering gear when we pulled the "refurbished" sticker off and an entire section of the paint peeled off. Ended up taking a wire brush and wire wheel to it and removed all the garbage paint that was on it. It looks like they sprayed it while it was coated with something. Anyway, cleaned up the frame and ajoining areas. I was happy to see there was zero in the way of rust anywhere. Good ole self-protecting oil leaks LOL! Heading out to Seattle tomorrow so I'll have to finish this up when I come back. At least everything is apart and cleaned ready to install. Planning to change the fuel filter "since I'm in there"......

 

[JohnnyFish]

This is why you order Toyota OEM. SO nice and already routed in order. A no brainer project.

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Just did that this afternoon. WitsEnd sends the same stuff. Easy peasy.

 

[JohnnyFish]

I would like to have a word in a dark alley with the engineer who decided that that was the place to put the fuel filter on the 1FZ. I'm pretty sure I'd do okay because he (assuming gender) is almost certainly not 6'2" with tomahawk steaks for hands. That was a multi-hour ordeal that I will pay someone else to do in the future.

[edit] I had no choice the day after changing the fuel filter but to drive 2.5 hours with a P0330. A miserable experience. So now I have to go back and remove the intake to get to the knock sensor, which in hindsight I should have done for the fuel filter.

 

[allian04]

this showed up on my doorstep from a little place called Michigan

i tried to take as many pictures as i could

very straight forward install and i couldn't be happier with the final product..... thanks Patrick ad bowfin Cruisers

 

[Tinkertoy]

Changing the PHH. What a PITA

 

[Perfected]

Big day today! Cummins build 2.0 has begun.

I have been waiting all summer for the weather to get out of the 100’s so this job wouldn’t be a miserable affair. Forecast for today was a high of 85...perfect.

@bryson came over at 11am to start turning some wrench with me. Goal was to get as far as possible today, we ended up getting more done than I thought we would.

Pulled the front bumper, winch, lights, grill, core support, condenser, radiator, intercooler and lower valance.

Got and the plumbing and electrical disconnected, shifters removed, driveshafts off, hood off, 2 crossmembers pulled, motor mounts out of the way and slid the big Cummins donk, trans and xfer case out of the engine bay as one unit. Always a bit sketchy lifting that much weight 7 feet in the air.

We separated the trans from the engine and got the motor mounted onto my purpose built engine stand ready for surgery.

We then cleaned up all the tools and figured well it’s still daylight, so also pulled the rear Slee bumper off. She is almost ready for the next phase of build 2.0.

It is soo much nicer working on cruisers with a friend than by yourself, it’s fun, keeps the motivation going, and you make so much more progress in a short period of time. Thanks again for spending the day getting greasy @bryson!

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Please document and film as much as you can if possible.

 

[highsierra4x4]

Reluctantly going from 16s to 17s, ATs to hybrids. Maybe I’ll like it better.

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are those the black rhino wheels? dose the hub fit with out a spacer or boring it out?

 

[WhitePhoenix]

Well after a fun few weeks, finally back on the road. It all started with replacing the fan shroud since my old 1 was cracked in the center and both the mounting holes at the top were broken. Seeing all the room I had, figured I'd go all the way down the rabbit hole and replace the oil pump seal and crank seal. My harmonic balancer was a nightmare to get off, took 3+ hours. Then went to the oil cover, 2 of the screws were already stripped and I stripped another 1. Overall not bad. Got a right angle drill and got the heads to pop off easily. Tried to get out the remainder of the threads by hands, pliers, no dice. Some heat/drill/extracting much later, finally all of them came out. Found some red stuff on the threads which i suspect someone put red thread locker on . My seal was stuck to the cover and quite brittle. My hats off to all you folks that have had a casual few hours at this job, what a delightful afternoon that sounds like. Took the opportunity to cleanup some of the front and actually be able to see the timing marks.
Replaced the screws the right way, got things buttoned back up, new pulleys as well and new belts cause I'm sure they were long past due.

 

[COYS]

are those the black rhino wheels? dose the hub fit with out a spacer or boring it out?

Winner chicken dinner. They come with hub rings Aka hub centric as the center bore is 112mm (106mm).

I personally never buy wheels that require spacers/adapters or any modifications to make fit for my liking. Hope this helps!

 

[Tinkertoy]

Well after a fun few weeks, finally back on the road. It all started with replacing the fan shroud since my old 1 was cracked in the center and both the mounting holes at the top were broken. Seeing all the room I had, figured I'd go all the way down the rabbit hole and replace the oil pump seal and crank seal. My harmonic balancer was a nightmare to get off, took 3+ hours. Then went to the oil cover, 2 of the screws were already stripped and I stripped another 1. Overall not bad. Got a right angle drill and got the heads to pop off easily. Tried to get out the remainder of the threads by hands, pliers, no dice. Some heat/drill/extracting much later, finally all of them came out. Found some red stuff on the threads which i suspect someone put red thread locker on . My seal was stuck to the cover and quite brittle. My hats off to all you folks that have had a casual few hours at this job, what a delightful afternoon that sounds like. Took the opportunity to cleanup some of the front and actually be able to see the timing marks.
Replaced the screws the right way, got things buttoned back up, new pulleys as well and new belts cause I'm sure they were long past due.
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Now do the PHH just because. Lol. Good job though.

 

[tpizza01]

Finally deleted the third row seatbelts. The passenger side bracket bolt was rusted so I had to cut it off, but other than that it was an easy process. I’m much happier now without those things in the way.

I also kept the belt assemblies so if anyone wants to buy them, let me know.