Decided to take the axles off and REALLY do a serious job cleaning up the frame and axles before coating them. Loving this warmer weather!!
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (85 Viewers)
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Smart move, I need to do this.
Helps to not be married or have kids, and also to not have a job
thatcabledude
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I do that twice a year!
I feel like I just attended a gay pride parade with all these colors everyone has going on
I wish everyone would go back to black, suppose this comes with more cost. Prepping the sway bar front/ rear. More beefy bolting on...
Most the day spent scuffing up YZ and this awful blue to go black.
I wish everyone would go back to black, suppose this comes with more cost. Prepping the sway bar front/ rear. More beefy bolting on...
Most the day spent scuffing up YZ and this awful blue to go black.
The Lx needed a break from the Daily Duty Grind, so I loaded up the family then took a 2 hour drive South to Oceano Dunes. Took a quick spin down the beach then a few quick pics & ate some Fish & Chips in Pismo. We could of done all that in the Honda mini van, but the cruiser was more fun, well for at least me.
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Fj80oregon
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Did you do new end links also?I feel like I just attended a gay pride parade with all these colors everyone has going on
I wish everyone would go back to black, suppose this comes with more cost. Prepping the sway bar front/ rear. More beefy bolting on...
Most the day spent scuffing up YZ and this awful blue to go black.
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Bludozer
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Wow you are low. I am all for big tires with little lift, but this seems pushing it. Maybe I'm wrong though how do you like it set up like this?
desmocruiser
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Is noise a characteristic of these springs that requires rubber isolators to eliminate?
Swbkrn2003
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Yeah, Ive been pushing the limits of how low can you go... in the end Ive lost the ability to go fast type off-road. Meaning I cant do bombing runs though terrain like I did with the 75mm Slinky set up. At empty ride height I have 4" of up travel, but once I get my adult size family & dogs get in Im like you see with 2" of up travel. Its super stable though...
Since Ive played with the full spectrum of lifts & tires the sweet spot on a 80 series is 3.5" lift & 37s.
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Bludozer
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I think I remember you saying that somewhere else actually. Pretty cool to see all the info you have from all of the experimenting. Do you have any plans to go back to the "sweet spot?"
Good news: picked up my rear bumper pieces from the laser cutter yesterday.
Bad news: head gasket decided it had waited long enough yesterday. Made it to 316k miles. I feel like I got lucky though. I came to almost a complete stop for traffic, noticed the temp gauge move and heard something. I was right at an exit so pulled over at a gas station. Literally drove it maybe 500 ft. It runs smooth still so I'm hopefully no permanent damage.
I found this thread:
forum.ih8mud.com
I'll probably order new exhaust studs/etc seeing as I'm sure at least one of those fkers is going to be a pain.
Is this still the good p/n for a 96 head gasket kit?
Bad news: head gasket decided it had waited long enough yesterday. Made it to 316k miles. I feel like I got lucky though. I came to almost a complete stop for traffic, noticed the temp gauge move and heard something. I was right at an exit so pulled over at a gas station. Literally drove it maybe 500 ft. It runs smooth still so I'm hopefully no permanent damage.
I found this thread:
ead Gasket DVD, HG “cheat sheet”, TIS HG info and other links?
where’s that head gasket DVD again? also, anyone have a purchase order or crib sheet or iPhone/Android notes of what they bought with part numbers or something?anyone care to share photos or scans with me on what they have for parts orders? lastly, is there any printed material that...
forum.ih8mud.com
I'll probably order new exhaust studs/etc seeing as I'm sure at least one of those fkers is going to be a pain.
Is this still the good p/n for a 96 head gasket kit?
04112-66036
I did, everything both SB's. They were feeling a bit loose and one was spewing out grease, with the 30mm bars I wanted the entire set to be solid.
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Fj80oregon
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Did you order oem rubber or that super bushing rubber?
All super pro at this point outside the OEM SB end ties to the frame. Being a 30mm upgrade I was thinking the OEM wouldn't work? Wits end should really consider a 30mm mount and bushing set. The OEM SW mounts he has look nice. Unfortunately the rubber in the SP 30mm kit is all an ugly blue also and the SB axle end is a larger hole and includes bushing as well. I didn't realize this and not sure I'm liking that.
My guess is the whiteline 30mm SB is from the exact same manufacture, just painted a different color and re-badged. I just went this route since Cruiser Outfitters is a bit more local and already getting a pile of parts from them. If I'm wrong and the whiteline has the smaller factory size axle mount holes, I would have gone that route,
Pairing up with the LP disconnect and LT beefy axle mounts. Hope its solid and plays well together,,,,
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COYS
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Prevent d fence on the fuel pump. New OEM unit swapped in,all the gaskets and rubber bits plus clamps from T.
Was going to do the sending unit, but I couldn’t get a couple of small screws off without a VIS driver so left it alone.
Also did my first diy engine oil change . Only took 3 years and 40k miles.
Needed this cool T oil wrench to get the big can off.
Was going to do the sending unit, but I couldn’t get a couple of small screws off without a VIS driver so left it alone.
Also did my first diy engine oil change . Only took 3 years and 40k miles.
Needed this cool T oil wrench to get the big can off.
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One step further along in my very protracted engine swap. The 1FZ has been on the engine stand for many months and I finally got it off the stand and constructed a wooden cradle so that I can reattach the transmission. Once that's done I just need to set aside a block of time and dive in.
Spending the day at the airfield with my buddy cleaning my cruiser and cleaning his Stinson.
