What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (139 Viewers)

[Irish Reiver]

Engine building today…..

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Signed and dated like all great artists

 

[KrowaFJ80]

I did install it and it was a PIA. I don't love it, I will probably go back stock there. It also sits lower than I thought it would, so you don't gain anything by removing stock in my opinion.

Thanks for sharing. Did you install the tire swing as well? I’d like to see some pics. I think I’ll pass then on this bamper and swing

 

[Dusten]

Rotated the tires. Cleaned the air filter. Fixed a squeaky brake. Painted the air box.

 

[HighDesert Dawg]

Guess what showed up! Now the magic begins with installation of engine, turbo, and custom SS exhaust @Cruisers and Co ...

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[Cruisers and Co]

Guess what showed up! Now the magic begins with installation of engine, turbo, and custom SS exhaust @Cruisers and Co ...

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@Fj80oregon thanks for the motor. Now I need the cerakoter to hurry up so we can put the pretty bits on it! Really looking forward to seeing the colors you've chosen @HighDesert Dawg .

 

[Ragnaroek]

Started to build a 3" exhaust, trying to copy @mudgudgeon 's low profile system inside the frame, altough I went with a simpler dump pipe design.
Did my first ever TIG welding on the turbo dump pipe.

 

[sterling]

Fixing oil leaks on an 80, usual suspects.

 

[sterling]

80 garage buddies

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Been too busy playing the last month to post much, but I have definitely been taking it to some trailheads.

 

[duece71]

Oil drain, coolant drain, AC system upgrade, rear heater delete, tire rotation, replaced old rubber hoses.

 

[duece71]

New thermostat, coolant pipe. Attacking the evaporator and rear heater core tomorrow.

 

[duece71]

New thermostat has 76c printed on it vs 82c on the old one. Getting rid of the rear heater hoses, the rubber was quite hardened, glad there will be no more worry about a major leak.

 

[whiskeytooth]

I’m doing that thing where you rip out your entire interior and find all the stuff the previous owner forgot to tell you. Oh and sound deadening/heat shield/re-carpeting and running speaker wire.

 

[NicksFJ40]

Randall Knife?

 

[tampacruiser95]

Thanks for sharing. Did you install the tire swing as well? I’d like to see some pics. I think I’ll pass then on this bamper and swing

I don't have a pic from behind but you can see the profile here:

 

[leonard_nemoy]

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It was my old man's. If you know you know.

 

[nigelsiam]

i was on that train of thought until this summer. picked up a screw in the tread of my daily driver sedan. stock it came w/ run flats and no spare at all, or even a place to stash one, so i keep a tire plug kit onboard. well i picked up a screw/nail earlier this summer and the TPMS alarm went off as I arrived at home. plugged the screw hole like i've done before, but after a week it was leaking air around the plug. shoved another plug in there, with rubber cement this time, and got another week before it was leaking air again. i needed new tires anyways, so put 4 on order and plugged it one more time. yep, leaking again after a week.

now the plug did get me back on the road fine, and the leak it kept developing was very slow and would get me back to civilization. not sure why this tire kept rejecting my plugs, when I've plugged the same brand tires (michelin pilot sport a/s) in the past with no issues at all.

gluetread looks interesting for sidewall blow outs. but is there a better plug kit, that doesn't require dismounting the tire, than the standard auto parts store rubber worms i've been using?

I think you just had a bad plug kit. You don't have to take the tire off at all (not off the car and not removing the tire from the rim). I just plugged a passenger tire (2000 Honda Accord) and it's been fine. I've never had any tire that I have repaired with a plug leak. But yeah it did get you back to civilization and that's the biggest challenge.

 

[Toy4Fun2]

New thermostat has 76c printed on it vs 82c on the old one.
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Which one is the original and what is the part number for the 76c?

 

[Dusten]

76c is what my 1hdt has stock

82c is 180*

 

[Leks]

I bought mine, brought it home yesterday (Saturday)!

So far I've replaced the amber corner lights with clear ones (driver side was broken) and done a ton of cleaning. Needs a windshield and I have to diagnose a possible faulty brake switch (brake lights don't always work and won't shift out of park unless you jiggle the STOP relay) but should have it roadworthy soon!