What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (33 Viewers)

[GORDA91]

Drained coolant and replaced heater control valve, lots of heater hoses, including the two that attach to the oil cooler (one was in bad shape which is what precipitated the project). Also did the thermostat and 3 of the sensors attached to the housing. Broke air cleaner hose No.1 trying to remove the hose that connects to the intake manifold behind the IAC valve. The rubber just separated where the metal nipple goes in. Glued it back together until I can get the new part and it seems to run ok. Fix one thing, break another seems to be a general rule for these trucks.

The old coolant actually looked great. The PO had the radiator and upper / lower hoses and water pump replaced in 2019. Everything looked pretty clean. The o-ring gasket for the t-stat had seen better days but everything else was in good shape.

 

[Fj80oregon]

Bought an old nasty 78 fj40! Guess I’m going to be in the 40 section a lot!!!

 

[cruiserdan]

That's... um... a handful.

 

[HighDesert Dawg]

In preparation of drving up to Denevr in a couple of days to drop off my old girl with Cruiser & Company for a turbo install, decide to clean up the engine some and treated it to a tune with new plugs, wires, and rotor.

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Also painted the yellowing sunroof control panel surround to match my new interior.

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[suzuguru]

Bought an old nasty 78 fj40! Guess I’m going to be in the 40 section a lot!!!

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Yeah, it looks like you've got your work cut out for you.

 

[Dusten]

Hmmm... is it an oem cluster?

Yes. Middle Eastern rigs

SOLD - Dubai: 80 Series - HDJ80 MPH Gauge cluster (1HD-T and FT)

Mile per hour clusters for HDJ80s pre and post facelift FT Model has broken bottom tabs x2 400$ shipped for 1HD-T 350$ shipped for 1HD-FT Tracked 2 week shipping

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[Ragnaroek]

Hmmm... is it an oem cluster?

My HDJ80 from England had one from factory. I'd offer you a trade, mine vs yours, but shipping costs Germany/USA are horrendous.

 

[Trigger6]

Yeah, it looks like you've got your work cut out for you.

definitely some patina action going on there…. looking forward to following the build thread

 

[duece71]

Overland Adventure Summit in Stanton KY.

 

[duece71]

OAS, Stanton KY. Battle scar from a rock.

 

[2KCruiser]

Went to All Toyota Fest in Long Beach and won an Award!

 

[Tears]

1994 with 190,000 km is definitely low odometer, but I lost interest when I found out it had an automatic transmission.
I don’t see anything special since it’s automatic.

 

[thatcabledude]

Bought an old nasty 78 fj40! Guess I’m going to be in the 40 section a lot!!!

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Dang, a York OBA and a ARB compressor. Must have locker(s)

 

[Fj80oregon]

Dang, a York OBA and a ARB compressor. Must have locker(s)

Yah buddy! Haven’t moved in years but you never know.

 

[thatcabledude]

Yah buddy! Haven’t moved in years but you never know.

Whatever you do, keep Swampers on it.

 

[Fj80oregon]

Whatever you do, keep Swampers on it.

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They have zero psi and look full!

 

[SNLC]

Went camping, didn’t take any pics of my Cruiser though.

Cheers

 

[exakt0h]

I got lucky that it was in stock about 3-1/2 hours away from me in Denver. The short block was ordered by someone else, and when it came in, they decided they didn't want it. I inquired a couple days after that, and jumped on it when they said yeah, you can have it. The two cams (left and right or 1 and 2) were also in stock. The head was in stock in Kansas City, and they had it there with the short block and cams in just a couple days.

If anyone else is looking for a new short block, I was told there's one at a dealership in Bakersfield California.

Otherwise, it can take up to 9-months of waiting to get one once ordered.

Sweet! Came up!

 

[Fj80oregon]

Picked up another engine!

 

[Fj80oregon]

Also bought a bunch of old warn 8274’s