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What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (49 Viewers)
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davidp14
SILVER Star
I've had the same battery for 4+ years now and it's been great. Still starts strong even when I leave it out in the the single digits for weeks without starting it. (embarrassing how little I've been running it lately).
93yotasr5
Come and take it
That’s good to know. After we had some below freezing temps earlier this month, the lack of CCAs in my other battery showed its ugly head. I’d be very happy if I got 4 years out of this battery!
Haven’t really gotten into revolvers yet.
However S&W just came out with a lever rifle in 44 mag. Going to wait for the 45-70 version to come out.
JohnnyFish
GOLD Star
If you're ever in Austin let me know. You can try mine. Fair warning though, you're going to fall in love with it.Haven’t really gotten into revolvers yet.
I thought I would post this here, but it not my rig; it was someone else's "what have you done this weekend". I spotted this while I was on a trip to the Serengeti in Tanzania this past couple of weeks. There was a leopard lounging in the tree, after just eaten part of a baby zebra. I spotted the rig a ways out, and was more interested in checking out the build, over checking out the leopard for a bit. I think my wife said something to the effect of "we're not here to look at Land Cruisers". 
I have a 100, so I do not read this thread often. Is this member on mud?
I have a 100, so I do not read this thread often. Is this member on mud?
Replaced the motor/trans mounts on the LX and SC last night. Hurt waking up this morning.
Difference is insane on the SC. So smooth. LX isn't great in comparison but way less vibrational.
Difference is insane on the SC. So smooth. LX isn't great in comparison but way less vibrational.
going to do this myself soon, my 1-HDT shutdown is quite noticeable. 
Ticked off a handful of drivers in Atlanta.
Driving to dinner last night I noticed driver's low-beam, which had been working the day before, was out. Then, after dinner, the passenger low-beam also didn't fire up and I had to drive the few miles home with the high-beams on. I thought for sure that there was a wiring or relay issue as two bulbs shouldn't burn out at essentially the same time like that. Got home and both of the 9011 low-beam bulbs were burned out, swapped new ones in and all appears to be well
Lights go out when I turn the key off and then open the door, etc.
The old ones were 6+ years and 10s of thousands of miles old so this may have just been a coincidence though I probably need to monitor voltages and keep an eye out for alternator or other issues that may have caused this. Any ideas for something that would burn out both low beams so closely together like that but cause no other noticeable issues?
Driving to dinner last night I noticed driver's low-beam, which had been working the day before, was out. Then, after dinner, the passenger low-beam also didn't fire up and I had to drive the few miles home with the high-beams on. I thought for sure that there was a wiring or relay issue as two bulbs shouldn't burn out at essentially the same time like that. Got home and both of the 9011 low-beam bulbs were burned out, swapped new ones in and all appears to be well
Lights go out when I turn the key off and then open the door, etc.The old ones were 6+ years and 10s of thousands of miles old so this may have just been a coincidence though I probably need to monitor voltages and keep an eye out for alternator or other issues that may have caused this. Any ideas for something that would burn out both low beams so closely together like that but cause no other noticeable issues?
suzuguru
SILVER Star
Don't know if you wheel your 80, but sometimes the jarring around will blow the bulbs. Also, I've seen grounding issues cause bulbs to blow often.
Pulled today. Just confirming what I broke snow wheeling.
Was able to sneak into the garage for an hour on Saturday and replaced the gutter mounts on my Prinsu rack with the updated brackets. I never had an issue with the original brackets but this new design is definitely MUCH better.
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
I also swapped out my taillights for some cheapo LED ones. I wrapped up my OEM taillights and put them on the shelf since they're in good shape. I won't feel bad if I smack these cheap ones on the trail.
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Now back to the big headache that's inside the garage hiding behind the 80. I'm gonna need to enlist some MUD help to get that thing finished up.
Untitled by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
How much interference do those rear taillight leds cause with your ham/gmrs? I reverted back to incandescent bulbs in several places due to the interference leds caused. I really like those taillights though.
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lumbee1
Native American
Upper control arms. A little more difficult than I thought since the bolts are removed towards the springs and there's not enough clearance. I used the hi-lift to jack up the drivers side and pull the bolt between the coils. I only wish it was that easy on the passenger side. I had to jack up the rear to pretty extreme heights, remove the shock, and the sway far for full droop, and rotate the spring before I could get the bolt out.
I reinstalled the bolts reverse from the factory. I can't use an impact on the nuts anymore but removing the bolts is a LOT easier.
Oh and once again the mechanical jack saves the day and makes fine tuning easy.
I reinstalled the bolts reverse from the factory. I can't use an impact on the nuts anymore but removing the bolts is a LOT easier.
Oh and once again the mechanical jack saves the day and makes fine tuning easy.
Box Rocket
SILVER Star
I haven't noticed any interference.
Box Rocket
SILVER Star
why did you have to remove the bolts for the upper control arms? you should be able to adjust the pinion using the adjusters on the arms without removing them.
lumbee1
Native American
I replaced the stock arms with new Dobinson adjustable upper arms. You can see the new arm hanging in the picture.
BTW, the new arms fixed my 50mph vibration and the Cruiser seemed a lot smoother at 70mph.
Box Rocket
SILVER Star
gotcha. I misunderstood your post. I thought you already had the dobinson arms are were trying to get pinion angle correct. Didn't understand why you'd need to remove one end of the arms if you already had the adjustables. I didn't catch that you were removing the stock arms.
RiverCityDave
SILVER Star
ohhhhh damn.
