What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (90 Viewers)

[Lextronix]

Put all the Mud tips and tricks into action and pulled the head with some buddies. Thanks everyone past and present!

Everything came apart pretty easily but I ran into a bit of snag. The timing chain guide slipper has started to deteriorate or may have broken when the head came off. I recovered the pieces but I reckon this is a must fix item and the timing cover will have to come off. I found a few references to pulling the timing chain cover with the oil pans in place but not a whole lot of good examples. I will probably give it a try since I am not all that excited about removing the pans with the motor in the truck.

I'll keep researching while I wait on timing cover related parts, clean, and knock out some while your in there activities.

Bring out the scraper:

Original(328K mi) vs New....Ole No.6 lost his ring but the whole thing looks rough

Getting ready to go to the machine shop

Bagged and tagged

Naughty guide

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Put all the Mud tips and tricks into action and pulled the head with some buddies. Thanks everyone past and present!

Everything came apart pretty easily but I ran into a bit of snag. The timing chain guide slipper has started to deteriorate or may have broken when the head came off. I recovered the pieces but I reckon this is a must fix item and the timing cover will have to come off. I found a few references to pulling the timing chain cover with the oil pans in place but not a whole lot of good examples. I will probably give it a try since I am not all that excited about removing the pans with the motor in the truck.

I'll keep researching while I wait on timing cover related parts, clean, and knock out some while your in there activities.

Bring out the scraper:
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Original(328K mi) vs New....Ole No.6 lost his ring but the whole thing looks rough
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Getting ready to go to the machine shop
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Bagged and tagged
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Naughty guide
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This is the cruiser gods saying you might as well pull the motor and go full refresh.....

 

[TexasJack]

Mine won't hang her head out of either type, but she enjoys running between them to sniff when they are open.

I used to have a huge cat that would hang out the window as far as we would let him, just like a dog. He loved to go for rides in the car and would be completely insulted if we kept him
in a kennal and didn't let him hang out the window.

 

[MUDZLLA]

Went to Jasper, Alberta & drove to Maligne Lake early one morning... the virgin snow all the way in was kinda surreal.

 

[plutonius]

Nice! I had that same exact board in my quiver at some point (from big winds too). Lately been messing around on a Slingshot slingwing and foil...feeling like a kook and a noob again, but it has been a blast. #prayforwind

To keep this thread somewhat about Toyota: Tony Logosz has a bomber 1stgen pickup... (Slingshot is a Hood River company, and fun peeps to work with!!)


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Sweet rig. I will definitely look for it when up in the Gorge. Maybe if I re-line my 80 to match this one, Slingshot will "sponsor" me. Ha! It would make for a good pic and some laughs at least. I have some Slingshot gear too, and am also starting to play around with the foil and a Duotone Echo wing. Kookville! But when it all clicks together, man it's amazing. Another sport for the Cruiser to serve as base camp.

 

[HardyDanger]

Another sport for the Cruiser to serve as base camp.

seriously. Was just trying to convince my wife that getting one of those propane fired showers and an Ironman instant shower curtain would great to have at the beach too to “rinse of the sand flea kids”. She almost bought my story....almost.....

We might rally up to the gorge in July.

 

[efjayatee]

The Usal Beach-Mendocino. Made it out before the "Pineapple Express" storm hit.

 

[cme4lyt]

The Usal Beach-Mendocino. Made it out before the "Pineapple Express" storm hit.

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I LOVE Usal beach, so jealous !

 

[Dirt Ferguson]

@efjayatee i thought the gate was closed from Oct 15 - Apr 15 every year? Or are you getting there from the north?

 

[efjayatee]

@efjayatee i thought the gate was closed from Oct 15 - Apr 15 every year? Or are you getting there from the north?

The (Usal rd) gate is closed for the winter and getting in is the same as getting out from the north. Beware: traction boards are needed when it rains-very slippery..... Triple locked-no need!

 

[BILT4ME]

Put all the Mud tips and tricks into action and pulled the head with some buddies. Thanks everyone past and present!

Everything came apart pretty easily but I ran into a bit of snag. The timing chain guide slipper has started to deteriorate or may have broken when the head came off. I recovered the pieces but I reckon this is a must fix item and the timing cover will have to come off. I found a few references to pulling the timing chain cover with the oil pans in place but not a whole lot of good examples. I will probably give it a try since I am not all that excited about removing the pans with the motor in the truck.

I'll keep researching while I wait on timing cover related parts, clean, and knock out some while your in there activities.

Bring out the scraper:
View attachment 2593393

Original(328K mi) vs New....Ole No.6 lost his ring but the whole thing looks rough
View attachment 2593405

Getting ready to go to the machine shop
View attachment 2593384

Bagged and tagged
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Naughty guide
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Send your cams with the head so the machinist can get the proper shims installed after any valve work.

 

[on the rocks]

@Sanchez , how did you like the off grid? Any good or bad to it and how did it tow? I came very close to getting that model but backed out deciding to go a little bigger for more of a base camp and just go out of the back of the 80 a few days per trip up higher or more remote. Definitely one of my favorite small pull behind setups for the 80, the design is spot on and they look good.

 

[onsse]

finished my cheap rocklights. woohoo!

 

[High Lander]

New window rubbers all round, and now the power windows open and close like they should, mostly. Still a little slow but good enough

Realised as I was pulling door cards that I don’t have front door speakers - must just use the dash speakers at the front. Weird, because this thing isn’t poverty spec

 

[MUDZLLA]

New window rubbers all round, and now the power windows open and close like they should, mostly. Still a little slow but good enough

Realised as I was pulling door cards that I don’t have front door speakers - must just use the dash speakers at the front. Weird, because this thing isn’t poverty spec

Need this too. Where did you source the rubber and how many bukaroo bucks? Gonna get in there when my Pioneers (Pioneer TS-G1644R 2 Way Car Audio Speaker 250 watts) show up. Never knew there were 80s out there without door speakers.

 

[HardyDanger]

Nom nom.
295/75r16
Toyo open country AT3

 

[leonard_nemoy]

I ordered this on a weekend....... got it delivered and installed today.

I really needed a spare tire cover cause this spare is going on 5 years old. I want it to last until my next set of tires in another 2 or 3 years but I was afraid it wouldn't last that long in the constant southern Utah sun.

I was really hoping to find something like a trasharoo that would also cover the tire. I did find a kangaroo Joey thing online but no matter where I looked they were out of stock. This was the only 35" spare tire cover that looked like it wouldn't rip the first time I backed up into a juniper or pinion tree so I decided to give it a go.

I ordered it from retrofit offroad and I am super impressed with the quality. It is extremely well made.

Now I just got to figure out what kind of tacti-cool gear to attach to it....... in all honesty I doubt I will attach anything to it because I am not that cool.

35" INCH MOLLE TACTICAL SPARE TIRE COVER | Retrofit Offroad - https://www.retrofitoffroad.com/shop/jk-jeep-wrangler-2007-2015/35-inch-tactical-spare-tire-cover/

 

[High Lander]

Need this too. Where did you source the rubber and how many bukaroo bucks? Gonna get in there when my Pioneers (Pioneer TS-G1644R 2 Way Car Audio Speaker 250 watts) show up. Never knew there were 80s out there without door speakers.

I’m in Scotland and well priced parts are hard to come by. Ended up ordering the window rubbers from Australia. Bit worried I was going to get New Old Stock that had been sitting on a shelf for 20 years, but they came nice and soft and easy to fit

 

[TexasJack]

I installed this armrest that I saw Toy4Fun2 install on Dec 27 on this thread. I learned some things installing it that I wanted to pass along:

Arm rest for the 80 series that works

I have been driving my 80 series since 1997. I have made some very long trips and grew tired of not having an arm rest. I bought my wife a 2007 LX 470 (100 series Landcruiser) and right away I noticed the increased comfort an arm rest affords. At the end of December (27th) I saw a post by...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[HardyDanger]

Got me some more parts.

Still not sure how I can call a dealer, get a price 2x more and take 3x longer than partsouq.

Take part 9011912088 bolt for rear shock. Dealer wanted $9. It was a special order, I was going have to drive to dealer to pay before they ordered it, then was going to take 7-10 days to get there, and they
Would not ship to my house either. NOPE. I think it was $1.40 and arrived in 3 days. Yup.