What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (50 Viewers)

[Broski]

Took Sassy the rock crawling cattle dog ( Puppy ) for her first trail ride.

The spot is called top of the world, it's just a few miles from my house.

 

[Nj2k]

Took some photos in south phoenix always drive by this chicken spot on the way to work and always thought this tag was badass #RIP

 

[ERG80]

This weekend I started building some step sliders. I started this morning thinking I would have made a lot more progress today. NOPE. I’m the slowest.

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I’m still the slowest. Three months have passed since I started these and I made a few changes and little progress. Drivers side is almost done. Passenger side is still under construction.

 

[dannyp]

I crunched my rear tail light and quarter panel at GSMTR a few weeks ago so I did a little kicking and banging on sheet metal to get the replacement to fit. Also fixed my trailer lights controller thingy while I was in there

 

[MrMikeyG]

I'm not trying to clutter the thread, so anyone with input feel free to pm me. To those that have done a lot of brake work recently, what do you watch/feel/listen for in the first few miles? My drive back to my buddy's house after new rotors, pads, calipers and soft lines was only 3 miles but there was a pretty evil smell wafting up from the wheels. I've never done my own brake work before, so aside from something super obvious, I don't know what to keep my eye on.

 

[Reiti]

 

[COYS]

Old rubber out. New ones in. New pcv shows clean. NLA oil can put out to pasture (last one in stash).

 

[ajax1]

Finished up my swap to the new ride,94 to 96 full suspension swap including links, axles swapped, arb compressor and wiring. Bumpers winch. Need to get new sliders .

 

[Gappy]

We did some of this crawling and camping thing at Flat Nasty ORV.

 

[fguil80s]

So it was the master cylinder upgrade that really made the difference? Got a link for that? I need all the braking help I can get.

2nd this... couldn't find it on cruiser outfitters website. Thanks in advance!

So here is the link fellas but I actually called and spoke to Kurt and ordered w/him. After talking to him for a few, it was discussed that my MC had prob had a leaky internal seal not allowing pressure to build and is why my brake pedal would sink after trying to stop. As stated after driving all day today, city driving, the brakes are awesome. Now I can take my kids on a ride.

Brake Master Cylinder - Fits T-100 w/ 1-1/16" Bore Applications (BKN34031N)

Toyota Land Cruiser Brake Master Cylinder

cruiserteq.com

 

[bonestock]

I’m still the slowest. Three months have passed since I started these and I made a few changes and little progress. Drivers side is almost done. Passenger side is still under construction.

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do those bolt or weld on?

 

[94 TLC]

Finally got the 3FE sorted out. Drives great.

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Wow! That’s cool lookin. Got any more pics of that? And where did you get those ladder rungs?

 

[94 TLC]

Bouncing around some construction dirt piles. Triple factory locked.

 

[ERG80]

do those bolt or weld on?

they bolt on using Metaltech’s ubolts and frame mount plates.

 

[baldilocks]

Finished up my swap to the new ride,94 to 96 full suspension swap including links, axles swapped, arb compressor and wiring. Bumpers winch. Need to get new sliders .

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The new rig is super clean for guy who goes wheeling. The first few dents are hard to accept... why the swap? Got a turbo on your mind?

 

[Godwin]

We've had the 80 for about 14 years and have kept it stock except for swapping out the OEM saggy springs for OME stock height springs. I also added a 30 mm spacer. Over the years the rear developed a slight sag when loaded plus one side had a list. Grabbed a set of rear Iron Man springs this summer and finally installed them. Gave it a little test drive on the farm this morning and noticed the rear is noticeably more firm and level side to side. Also picked up some extra lift. When I installed the greenies I also remounted the spacer. I think if I had left out the spacer the Cruiser would be sitting more level front to rear. I'll run it as it is for a while before deciding if the spacer needs to be removed (i.e. I need to forget how much trouble this was before I'll dive in again ).

 

[SUMMIT CRUISERS Jr]

Camped and wheeled in the Ozarks

 

[Gappy]

We were at Flat Nasty, where were you?

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[SUMMIT CRUISERS Jr]

We were at Flat Nasty, where were you?

Ozark National Forest near Byrd’s adventure center

 

[thatcabledude]

We've had the 80 for about 14 years and have kept it stock except for swapping out the OEM saggy springs for OME stock height springs. I also added a 30 mm spacer. Over the years the rear developed a slight sag when loaded plus one side had a list. Grabbed a set of rear Iron Man springs this summer and finally installed them. Gave it a little test drive on the farm this morning and noticed the rear is noticeably more firm and level side to side. Also picked up some extra lift. When I installed the greenies I also remounted the spacer. I think if I had left out the spacer the Cruiser would be sitting more level front to rear. I'll run it as it is for a while before deciding if the spacer needs to be removed (i.e. I need to forget how much trouble this was before I'll dive in again ).

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I had no idea the “stock height” OMEs were progressive rate.