Some fun in the national forest with friends.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (46 Viewers)
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Some fun in the national forest with friends.
Ocala?
Dirt Ferguson
SILVER Star
Replaced my VSS on the transfer case and DIDN’T destroy the housing connector upon removal. Small victories.
I think they are great. They were pretty cheap on amazon, they throw out plenty of light and the contrast is nice. I did order some 9006's for the low beams to try but I say go for the high beams for sure.
how much did that run you?
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That happens to kids unless they never do anything.
I cut my knee to the bone when I was 8. Floating down the Deschutes River in Bend on an inner tube. Legs hanging behind the tube in the water, hit a big sharp piece of obsidian and opened it up to the bone. Still got the scar 40yrs later.
Cheers
At this point I'm planning on a thorough cleaning, a layer of underlayment, and then installing new oem carpet over top. I probably won't bother with Dynamat or Second Skin on the floor, but the doors will likely get sealed up with it.
$50/1hr cargo net.
Packed up the supercharger and sent it off to SCOL for some love. Rotors and housing looked good but it developed a rattle between 900 and 1k rpm.
Drove to ATL (ho) and scooped up this Yakima Skybox on the cheap.
$58.00ish after tax. Basically 7 cents a round. I'll take it lol. I picked up a Smith & Wesson m&p .22 compact semi auto a month or so ago. I have already put 400 rounds through the little gun so I am glad to replace what I shot and then some.
Fyi this gun is so sweet, it is a shooter for sure. I am so happy with it, the gun is little, light, aims good, and best of all it hasn't jammed once regardless of ammo, it even likes the cheap thunderbolt stuff.
Nothing amazing and no fancy flex shots but I did drive it across town to a local trailhead. This trail is one of the hardest in the area but it also offers some of the best views.
The trail goes up the big red mtn in the background of this picture.
Here are some more views of the climb. 1400ft of elevation gain in .6 miles.
Here is looking down at the cruiser about 5 minutes after leaving the rig...
And one from the top
All in all it was an awesome hike and day. Temps around 60 F and no wind. Hell of a way to burn off a hangover.
The trail goes up the big red mtn in the background of this picture.
Here are some more views of the climb. 1400ft of elevation gain in .6 miles.
Here is looking down at the cruiser about 5 minutes after leaving the rig...
And one from the top
All in all it was an awesome hike and day. Temps around 60 F and no wind. Hell of a way to burn off a hangover.
I was wondering what that was. Good to now know.
What did I do this weekend? I was defeated!
Starting with Friday, caught my house on fire while soldering, Saturday I caught myself on fire while welding and Sunday this:
My friend who is new to land cruisers and wrenching needs front oil seals replaced on his 470,000 mile 80 series. No problem, I'll show him how to do it. We get to the crank shaft bolt and it wont move with the impact wrench. Ok, I have a trick: Showed him the starter trick to torque the bolt off. Nope! Busted a breaker bar. Got another trick, put a deep socket on one of the bolts on the flex plate and use a breaker bar and add the handle of the floor jack. Nope! Busted another breaker bar. Ok, time to break out the big guns. Heated up the bolt with my torch... Nope! Busted the third breaker bar. Sorry dude, you better take this one in... Now I sit in shame.... But wrenching on a cruiser with a buddy beats a day at work.
The carnage:
Starting with Friday, caught my house on fire while soldering, Saturday I caught myself on fire while welding and Sunday this:
My friend who is new to land cruisers and wrenching needs front oil seals replaced on his 470,000 mile 80 series. No problem, I'll show him how to do it. We get to the crank shaft bolt and it wont move with the impact wrench. Ok, I have a trick: Showed him the starter trick to torque the bolt off. Nope! Busted a breaker bar. Got another trick, put a deep socket on one of the bolts on the flex plate and use a breaker bar and add the handle of the floor jack. Nope! Busted another breaker bar. Ok, time to break out the big guns. Heated up the bolt with my torch... Nope! Busted the third breaker bar. Sorry dude, you better take this one in... Now I sit in shame.... But wrenching on a cruiser with a buddy beats a day at work.
The carnage:
It is hard to tell but those look like quality tool truck grade breaker bars. Hopefully you can get them warrantied/repaired. Time to step up to the 3/4" drive plate lol
For what it's worth after i busted 2 or 3 breaker bars i went to lowes and grabbed a length of steel. I drilled a 2" hole in it to allow the big impact socket to fit through. Two more holes to allow me to fix the steel to the harmonic balancer and job done. I think it cost me 20 bucks all in....oh i bought a 3/4 breaker bar, so there is that.
I had discussed this option but wasn't sure the advantage. Holder the harmonic balancer from spinning was not the issue. It was busting the breaker bar. Although I did not think of going to 3/4. Maybe should have.
