What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (41 Viewers)

[surfpig]

Are those oem wiper blades? You are a true purist. Just curious how much they cost, I am tempted to try them out

I have not checked. I’m still pissed everyone stopped selling refills.

 

[surfpig]

Impromptu camping trip…

 

[surfpig]

Impromptu camping trip…

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[duece71]

Are those oem wiper blades? You are a true purist. Just curious how much they cost, I am tempted to try them out

The box says so. But after the install I am not sure, maybe the boxes were mis-marked, left should be right, right should be left. These front windshield wiper blades are shorter by an inch than the blades that came off.

 

[Andrew Bluemel]

@Andrew Bluemel Nice to see Taylor is open all the way! Have you heard or seen anything with Pearl?

I was up on Pearl a few weeks ago and it was still snowed in pretty well below treeline. But in these last few weeks the mountains have thawed out quite a bit. Probably can make it a lot further up Pearl now then I made it (tagret hut is right where it was snowed in). But Pearl definitely is more shaded than Taylor so I doubt it’s fully open

 

[JacobDewey22]

Was excited to get out and wheeling with @JacobDewey22 and his newly acquired LX450 on 40s. He bought the truck and drove it straight back from Redmond and met me in Aspen.

We ended up doing Taylor Pass. When climbing up the pass on the Aspen side which is pretty mild, his truck started running pretty hot. It was manageable for most the drive up (low 200s to 215) but towards the top it started getting a pretty damn hot (low to high 220s). It was running in the 220s right as we hit the summit, and parking it into the wind it cooled right down back to 186.

We thought that would be the worst of it as it was now the air temperature was cooling off for the day, and it was all downhill. And for the first half of the descent it was doing just fine. Then of course, right when the trail got gnarly it started getting really hot really fast. We took the hood off it as we thought it was a lack of airflow issue. The fan clutch was clearly shot not moving much air at all. Taking the hood off did nothing, and about 1-2 minutes after running it would instantly get really hot.

He was running the heater most of the day when it was running hot but at some point on the descent the heater stopped blowing hot air.

At this point I figured thermostat and since we had a spare, we decided to throw one in. We put it in and tried to bleed the system the best we could for where we were but still, no luck.

We did our best to remedy the situation, just letting it cool then nurse it down the trail, rinse and repeat.

He lives in Gunnison and the most efficient thing for us to do was to get the truck to Gunnison where it is at his place and safe.

Eventually we got it down the pass and made it to the dirt road that connects to Taylor Park, and Gunnison. We threw a strap on my truck and I dragged him the 40 some odd miles into town and got his truck back safely.

Quite the adventure and we had fun, but big bummer for him and the truck. I hope it’s an easy solution. It’s clear it needs a new fan clutch, and it has a aftermarket radiator cap that needs to be switched. The radiator looks newish. But I think at this point he should just redo the whole cooling system and start from scratch.

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Oh what fun! Thanks for dragging me back to Gunnison, the truck will get all worked out here soon!

 

[duece71]

Are those oem wiper blades? You are a true purist. Just curious how much they cost, I am tempted to try them out

Forgot to answer how much these were……I got a 3 blade kit from Wits End for $81……probably a bit much considering Costco would be much less.

 

[efjayatee]

Played around in the mountains this weekend and found the limit of my suspension and clearance for 37's.

I'm going to change out a few components for more compliant flex and more droop. Most likely will go with Dobinsons Flexi coils with longer shocks, some type of front swaybar disco, and a bit of creative fender trimming in the front. I've extended the rear bumpstops and will only need minor trimming.

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LCP front sway bar disconnect.

 

[efjayatee]

Got rid of my drawers and made this budget build sleeping thingy for me and my pup. It's anchored to the factory tie downs and to the 2nd row seat hole threads.

 

[Obrokoff]

Engine swap

 

[OffRoadScott]

Oh what fun! Thanks for dragging me back to Gunnison, the truck will get all worked out here soon!

When I read this it made me get the list together for refreshing the cooling system. Getting prices on new OEM hoses, clamps, thermostat and Toyota red coolant.

 

[96LandcruiserPJ]

Thanks to @ADVRSQD, I bought and picked up a pair of manual cloth seats I was hunting for.

 

[ryry263]

Not bad for a 1994!

 

[Rouleur]

Nothing. Mental health day! More fun than working on trucks or sitting in a traffic jam wheeling.

 

[Overlanderson]

window tint 5% and 35% windshield full ceramic. Finally got the car back after getting the block done at the machine shop to install the full turbo kit

 

[thecapedcapper]

Got rid of my drawers and made this budget build sleeping thingy for me and my pup. It's anchored to the factory tie downs and to the 2nd row seat hole threads.

What did you do to tie it into the factory tie downs?

 

[Yossarian]

Shipping the 80 out to SC to live the rest of its life as a lake truck. Big thanks to @Riverrunner

No more salty winters and failed Colorado emissions.

 

[surfpig]

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It turns out that this particular pound of glass happens to be a telegraph insulator. From about 1875 or something. Intercontinental railroad stuff. I was just trying to gather some firewood.

 

[Rouleur]

window tint 5% and 35% windshield full ceramic. Finally got the car back after getting the block done at the machine shop to install the full turbo kit
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Scroggins Machine?

 

[LandLocked93]

Just a little ground clearance check.
Ran thru it fine in the morning, then the sun came out. 4 other vehicles got stuck coming to get me out. lol