What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (30 Viewers)

[Hornd]

Got back out on the 80 this afternoon. Installed a new DS seat belt, oak is NLA but I’ll take a brand new belt even in grey, I don’t think it looks too bad. Replaced the rear door DS light switch and gave it a quick bath. Pollen is pouring off the trees right now so I didn’t go crazy, good enough for the coming week.

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Is Belt Damaged or Dirty?
I Removed Belt and Stuck a Screwdriver in Reel - (Reel Stayed out the Water)
Soaked it in Oxy Clean and Hottest Tap Water in a Bucket and it was amazing how Dirty it made the Water.
I also Wrapped the Part in Retractor that Belt touches in Heavy Packing Tape - Definitely helped it Retract faster.

 

[77mustard40]

Is Belt Damaged or Dirty?
I Removed Belt and Stuck a Screwdriver in Reel - (Reel Stayed out the Water)
Soaked it in Oxy Clean and Hottest Tap Water in a Bucket and it was amazing how Dirty it made the Water.
I also Wrapped the Part in Retractor that Belt touches in Heavy Packing Tape - Definitely helped it Retract faster.

All of the above, just flat worn out. Thought about the restoration but went new while I still could, I'll be 92 when this one wears out.

 

[txfzj80]

Replaced power steering lines

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Nice work! How long did it take you and price? Thanks

 

[Irish Reiver]

I finally got started on the new project. She's a '95 in 6M1 on K292 axles. Plan is to keep her as stock as possible. Paint and interior will need a fair amount of TLC but thankfully she has zero rust. The engine is good but will get a refresh anyway but that will be scheduled for May/June timeframe.

 

[suzuguru]

Replaced old hood struts with new OEM, as well as inner door handle bezels.

 

[Presidio]

So Ive been putting together a quad light kit. I have the mounting brackets, the bezels, the corner lights, wiring harness (Courtesy of Jose) and the lights themselves. What I dont have are the retaining frames (found on partsouq) the light buckets and assorted hardware (springs, screws, clips etc). The light buckets on partsouq seem to be unavailable, but when I enter the part number (81114-22391) they pop up as available in the US for early 90’s Tercels and 1990 Land Cruiser. Anyone have an idea if they will work with a for my quad light conversion? The photo attached is a screen shot from partsouq.

 

[Stew80UT]

We had a meet up at Sand Hollow and had some fun. Got my unlocked 80 up the Chute and met Wesley with probably the most popular 80 on the Internet. I have to say an 80 on 40 inch tires is pretty cool to see on the trail

 

[Stew80UT]

35s vs 40s. Almost comical

 

[ikarus]

So Ive been putting together a quad light kit. I have the mounting brackets, the bezels, the corner lights, wiring harness (Courtesy of Jose) and the lights themselves. What I dont have are the retaining frames (found on partsouq) the light buckets and assorted hardware (springs, screws, clips etc). The light buckets on partsouq seem to be unavailable, but when I enter the part number (81114-22391) they pop up as available in the US for early 90’s Tercels and 1990 Land Cruiser. Anyone have an idea if they will work with a for my quad light conversion? The photo attached is a screen shot from partsouq.

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I can't help with the Tercel/60 part, but it looks like Amayama has some frames available:

Toyota 81111-20360 (8111120360) RING, SEALED BEAM RETAINING

Toyota 81111-20360 (8111120360) RING, SEALED BEAM RETAINING. New & genuine Japanese car parts. Fast shipping. Low prices. Request a quote from Amayama Trading Co. online.

www.amayama.com

 

[Stew80UT]

Sorry for the spam but also wanted to share that Lee (solvefunction) was brave enough to winch to the bumper ive been making myself. I weld for work from time to time but always good to see the stuff you make hold up.

 

[Stew80UT]

Interior gutted! No rust just wet carpets. Lots of cleaning to do.

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Stick with it man. It sucks but it's well worth it. You can use dry ice and put it on the factory insulation, it chips off well when frozen. You can also freeze it with canned air. I also used a putty knife and just hammered on it.

We did raptor liner, kilmat, jute pad and then a high stretch carpet using 3M high strength spray adhesive. I got the carpet and jute from Albright's supply
Superflex Stretch Carpet - https://www.albrightssupply.com/superflex-stretch-carpet. We did the dark grey.

Jute Pad 40oz

Jute Pad 40oz

www.albrightssupply.com

I used the point of a line up bar and a big Phillips screwdriver to punch the holes for the seats and console, etc. Heat it up with a butane torch and when you melt the bolt holes it will prevent the carpet from fraying or whatever. The carpet is pretty easy to install just work from the front to back and always move the wrinkles from the center to the outside. The super stretch carpet is really forgiving and easy to work with.

@Irish Reiver also

 

[Presidio]

I can't help with the Tercel/60 part, but it looks like Amayama has some frames available:

Toyota 81111-20360 (8111120360) RING, SEALED BEAM RETAINING

Toyota 81111-20360 (8111120360) RING, SEALED BEAM RETAINING. New & genuine Japanese car parts. Fast shipping. Low prices. Request a quote from Amayama Trading Co. online.

www.amayama.com

Do I need the buckets or are the retaining frames all I need?

 

[ikarus]

Do I need the buckets or are the retaining frames all I need?

Oh sorry man I misread your post. I thought you were looking for frames. Yes you need both buckets and frames.

 

[Presidio]

Oh sorry man I misread your post. I thought you were looking for frames. Yes you need both buckets and frames.

Ok. The outer buckets are available but I can’t find the inner ones. Are there after market ones available?

 

[ikarus]

Ok. The outer buckets are available but I can’t find the inner ones. Are there after market ones available?

Not that I'm aware of. It seems like quads are a dime a dozen in Australia - you might be able to get used parts from a place like All Four x 4 Spares:

https://www.allfourx4.com.au/8621-05-91-TOYOTA-HDJ80-LANDCRUISER-1HD-T-5SPD-GXL/

And I can dig up some contact info for guys selling whole kits if you want, but I imagine you don't want to do that if you already have all those parts.

 

[Fj80oregon]

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Stick with it man. It sucks but it's well worth it. You can use dry ice and put it on the factory insulation, it chips off well when frozen. You can also freeze it with canned air. I also used a putty knife and just hammered on it.

We did raptor liner, kilmat, jute pad and then a high stretch carpet using 3M high strength spray adhesive. I got the carpet and jute from Albright's supply
Superflex Stretch Carpet - https://www.albrightssupply.com/superflex-stretch-carpet. We did the dark grey.

Jute Pad 40oz

Jute Pad 40oz

www.albrightssupply.com

I used the point of a line up bar and a big Phillips screwdriver to punch the holes for the seats and console, etc. Heat it up with a butane torch and when you melt the bolt holes it will prevent the carpet from fraying or whatever. The carpet is pretty easy to install just work from the front to back and always move the wrinkles from the center to the outside. The super stretch carpet is really forgiving and easy to work with.
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@Irish Reiver also

Nice work, I’m gonna clean my original carpet and see how it turn out, if I don’t like it I all go with the stock interior carpet kit.

Auto Carpet for Car, Truck, Van - Stock Interiors

Auto Carpet custom molded to fit the interior of your car, truck, van or suv just like the original carpet. Our replacement automotive carpet kits are the highest quality for your vehicle and are made of OEM quality materials.

www.stockinteriors.com

 

[Dubbinchris]

It started out as a bad misfire which I traced back to a crumbling injector plug has turned into multiple crumbling injector plugs due to age and heat. Decided to pull the manifold to replace all the vacuum lines as well as that coolant line into the throttle body I couldn’t reach before as well as sending the injectors out for service. I have a pile of connectors with pigtails on their way from Ballenger as I assume once I start digging into the harness I’m going to discover lots more brittle wires and connectors. I’ll likely just end up rebuilding the harness back to the firewall and getting some heat wrap on it. Almost pulled the trigger and spent the $450 on a whole new harness but really it only needs to last another year at the most as I’ve been collecting parts for a Cummins swap.

 

[CrabCake]

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It started out as a bad misfire which I traced back to a crumbling injector connector has turned into multiple crumbling injectors due to age and heat. Decided to pull the manifold to replace all the vacuum lines as well as that coolant line into the throttle body I couldn’t reach before as well as sending the injectors out for service. I have a pile of connectors with pigtails on their way from Ballenger as I assume once I start digging into the harness I’m going to discover lots more brittle wires and connectors. I’ll likely just end up rebuilding the harness back to the firewall and getting some heat wrap on it. Almost pulled the trigger and spent the $450 on a whole new harness but really it only needs to last another year at the most as I’ve been collecting parts for a Cummins swap.

Hah! I'm in the middle of the exact same project...hopefully back to running today. Looks like the 93-94 (mine) has a few more vac lines under the intake! Since one of my injectors looked like crap and I was re-doing all of the harness plugs anyway, I'm giving the Bosch 4 hole injectors a try.

 

[Dubbinchris]

Hah! I'm in the middle of the exact same project...hopefully back to running today. Looks like the 93-94 (mine) has a few more vac lines under the intake! Since one of my injectors looked like crap and I was re-doing all of the harness plugs anyway, I'm giving the Bosch 4 hole injectors a try.

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Yeah I have a 97 so a little different I guess. Are you going to rewore your harness with the Toyota injector plug and use adapters for the Bosch style or are you going to just wire in the Bosch to the harness?

 

[CrabCake]

Yeah I have a 97 so a little different I guess. Are you going to rewore your harness with the Toyota injector plug and use adapters for the Bosch style or are you going to just wire in the Bosch to the harness?

Yeah, I cut the old plugs off since they were all toast and soldered in the new conversion plugs to avoid 6 more connectors with the conversion pigtails. Had a handful of other connectors to replace as well.