I don’t think the 80 series had any of these issues when it was introduced.
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Mine isn't made for it but did it anyway. I figured I can stand up there so..... I'm the one that built the hole house/shop and I figured it's good for 500lb+ at the point where I have the hanger. I have always told myself that if I have something really heavy I can put a 4x4 brace and more than double the weight that it can hold. But once again I'm in to much of a hurry. And have lifted the engine out of our 100 and may other things that are heavier than I should chance. But I guess it will be me that fixes it just like everything else.
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Overdue replacement of sparkplugs - got my money's worth out of them Did notice that there was a reasonable amount of oil that has leaked down the tubes, so will need to get new sparkplug tube seals and may as well also do the valve cover gasket at the same time. Another job that will need to be addressed sooner than later. Last replacement was 12yrs ago - time to do again...
#6 is always a fun plug, but I just move the s/c vacuum hardline that runs from the booster and then use a swivel joint unijoint and a swivel end 3/8" extension. There's just enough room to pull the plug wire and then get the plug out, no need to touch the heater valve stuff. All torqued to spec and good to go.
Fired up and purrs as always.
Of course my old sparkplug socket's rubber insert has perished, so ended up using a magnetic pickup tool to extract the sparkplugs, very easy to do.
cheers,
george.
#6 is always a fun plug, but I just move the s/c vacuum hardline that runs from the booster and then use a swivel joint unijoint and a swivel end 3/8" extension. There's just enough room to pull the plug wire and then get the plug out, no need to touch the heater valve stuff. All torqued to spec and good to go.
Fired up and purrs as always.
Of course my old sparkplug socket's rubber insert has perished, so ended up using a magnetic pickup tool to extract the sparkplugs, very easy to do.
cheers,
george.
Azca
If there is a harder way - I will find it...
Okay, not this weekend, but the last 4 plus years of weekends... I will put together a belated build thread on this with more details later.
This has taken more than 4 years for me to get to this stage. I tore the rig apart the week of Thanksgiving 2020 believing I was going to have a few months off as I had retired, however life had other plans for me. Between teaching, some side work, children’s needs, and then an offer to join an engineering firm as a partner, my time rapidly evaporated. I have had approximately 20 days that I did not work each year since then. Work hours hit a peak of 121 hours per week with 80 to 100 work weeks being the norm. The old lady had to take a back seat to life again.
I started by I almost completely stripping the interior, just leaving most of the dash. Exterior, removed the front bumper and winch for some mods.
She languished between infrequent opportunities to wrench on her, sometimes months before I could take a day off or two and work on her. Something I thought I could have wrapped up in 3 to 4 months, agonizingly drug on and on. Worst yet, as time passed, the direction I originally wanted to take changed, some parts I thought I would use are now collecting dust. Felt like the last two years when I did wrench on her, I was rushing it just to get it done.
If you look at the list below, many of the parts I added were purchased up to 5 years ago as at least one of the suppliers is no longer in existence or the parts are no longer available.
It has been a bit frustrating as I wanted to get her back on the road but really tried not to rush it. Finally, a break, we decided to close our offices the week between Christmas and New Years this year and I got a full 7 days to work on her again. We had slowed (until the last 6 weeks anyway) and I was able to put in about 10 – 2-day weekends on her.
I will never undertake such a large amount of work at once on her unless I take it to one of the fine people who rebuild rigs on this site. I really regret not being able to get out and enjoy her, although wrenching on her was therapeutic for me.
As always, a shout out to the IH8MUD braintrust out there, you guys helped immensely whether you knew it or not.
So, without further ado, here is the list of items I completed through the refit, items I had already completed: and the to do items that will have to wait a bit.
This has taken more than 4 years for me to get to this stage. I tore the rig apart the week of Thanksgiving 2020 believing I was going to have a few months off as I had retired, however life had other plans for me. Between teaching, some side work, children’s needs, and then an offer to join an engineering firm as a partner, my time rapidly evaporated. I have had approximately 20 days that I did not work each year since then. Work hours hit a peak of 121 hours per week with 80 to 100 work weeks being the norm. The old lady had to take a back seat to life again.
I started by I almost completely stripping the interior, just leaving most of the dash. Exterior, removed the front bumper and winch for some mods.
She languished between infrequent opportunities to wrench on her, sometimes months before I could take a day off or two and work on her. Something I thought I could have wrapped up in 3 to 4 months, agonizingly drug on and on. Worst yet, as time passed, the direction I originally wanted to take changed, some parts I thought I would use are now collecting dust. Felt like the last two years when I did wrench on her, I was rushing it just to get it done.
If you look at the list below, many of the parts I added were purchased up to 5 years ago as at least one of the suppliers is no longer in existence or the parts are no longer available.
It has been a bit frustrating as I wanted to get her back on the road but really tried not to rush it. Finally, a break, we decided to close our offices the week between Christmas and New Years this year and I got a full 7 days to work on her again. We had slowed (until the last 6 weeks anyway) and I was able to put in about 10 – 2-day weekends on her.
I will never undertake such a large amount of work at once on her unless I take it to one of the fine people who rebuild rigs on this site. I really regret not being able to get out and enjoy her, although wrenching on her was therapeutic for me.
As always, a shout out to the IH8MUD braintrust out there, you guys helped immensely whether you knew it or not.
So, without further ado, here is the list of items I completed through the refit, items I had already completed: and the to do items that will have to wait a bit.
- Re-powder coat 4xLabs front bumper
- Modify front bumper with new welded in light support bar (my fist attempt at welding)
- Replace paper clip power steering cooler with Wit’s end power steering cooler
- Notch front bumper to accept the power steering oil cooler
- Fabricate new oil cooler skid plate
- New 3.5 inch Dobinsons C97-144VT front coils and C97-145VT rears
- New Dobinsons MRA shocks
- New Dobinsons front and rear pahnards
- New front hydro bump stops.
- New steering stabilizer
- New hood prop rod
- New hood and tailgate struts
- Baja Designs LP9s
- Relocate winch controller under the hood
- Add adaptive lighting brackets with KC pod lights
- Fabricate wire management bracket in battery compartment with 500A distribution block and fuse holders
- Install 2nd battery and tray
- Blue Sea battery control system
- Delta washer bottle relocate kit
- Delta battery control support bracket
- Remove most non-factory wiring and replace and reroute.
- Add Wit’s End QPM with Delta wire management
- Replace factory stereo with new head unit and amp.
- New speakers (not happy with how they perform)
- Fabricate mounting plate at rear console CD location for Blue Sea USB/12V outlets
- Blue see USB outlets in dash
- Install switch pros lighting controller
- Install Puma air compressor on LCP compressor mount
- Remove rear dust deflector and replace with LED light bar
- Add rock lights
- Add ditch lights on YodaTEQ ditch light brackets
- Add puddle lights at front doors
- Add Red and White LEDs on the interior of the rear hatch with touch dimmers
- Delta tailgate storage lid
- Delta attic storage rack
- Slee rear locker skid plate
- New window runs
- New window weather strips all around
- Replace all window motors and regulators
- Rebuild seatbelts with new webbing by Safety Restore
- Refurbish the steering wheel and added thumb supports
- New interior carpet (which I botched badly)
- Removed old hardened sound deadener from floor panels
- Dynamat, or Noico mat the entire interior (big difference!)
- Additional sound and thermal insulation throughout.
- Extended diff and transmission breather tubes
- Added oil catch can and bracket from Epic Cruisers
- Removed antilock braking system
- Fabricate new bracket for the winch controller and support for new brake lines
- Replace factory vacuum boosted brakes with a hydro boost system
- New PSC reservoir and mounting bracket to support the hydro boost.
- New Baer master cylinder
- LCP electric fan
- LCP HD Severe Duty Rear Sway Bar Links
- LCP rear window hatch
- Replace most dash trim and vents with new
- New instrument cluster cover
- New parking brake boot
- New ATS shift lever handle replacement
- Rear bump stop extension brackets
- Landtank rear extreme duty control arms
- Clean about 2-lbs of dust and dirt from as much of the interior as possible, especially the quarter panels.
- New Grill from Landcruiser Grills (I really like it, not only looks good but beefy!)
- New Icon Rebound Pro wheels with Delta VS hub spacers
- New 315/70/17 Mickey Thompson Baja Boss M/Ts
- New 2kw starter
- New TYC radiator (ToolsRus recommendation) & coolant hoses (all other hoses are less than 8 years old)
- New fan belts
- 90 degree oil filter adapter
- New spark plugs, wires, and cap
- New wits end windshield washer sprayer mod (to be completed)
- New passenger mirror (can’t find the DS)
- New side OEM passenger side marker (can’t find the DS)
- New turn signal lights
- New rear tail lights
- New Factor 55 winch fairlead and Flatlink shackle mount
- New AC condenser
- New water pump
- More small stuff that I can think of at this point.
- OME 2.5” lift (replaced with Dobinsons)
- 4xLabs front and rear bumpers
- White Knuckle sliders
- Smittybilt 12k winch
- Rebuilt engine and replaced almost everything under the hood 45k miles ago
- Photoman alternator bracket and Sequoia alternator
- Delta 4” radius arms
- Delta panhard bracket (replaced)
- Lseat front leather (would not buy again)
- New driver side foam cushion
- Fan Clutch mod
- Iron Pig trans/Xfr case skid
- Under drive and low range gear change for the xfr case.
- Hand throttle cable
- New axle gearing (4:88s)
- Jump to 37” tires?
- New double cardan front shaft for the increase in lift height to 3” or 4” (TBD)
- Weld on the diff armor (sitting on the shelf now)
- Big brake kit? Will see after I play with the hydro boost a bit.
- Design a skid for the AC dryer.
Running 3UR-FE Coils as Direct Fire, each cylinder has its own coil and is fired individually. Controlled by a MoTeC M130 ECU.
Idaho Savage
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Some summertime exploring. Morels and Rocky Mountain mining roads replete with alpine flowers. The girls are having a great time in Nemo.
I finally got around to installing a new diff breather and locating it in the engine bay. I will get to the rear next weekend, front was priority cause when I did a drain fill a few weeks ago the front diff burped grease on me when I opened the fill plug.
Also cleaned up some wiring in the engine bay, part of the dual battery system. Now the whole system is 1 gauge, before it was a combination of 1 gauge and 1/0.
Also cleaned up some wiring in the engine bay, part of the dual battery system. Now the whole system is 1 gauge, before it was a combination of 1 gauge and 1/0.
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Bowfin rack, Touge Nation stripes and new OEM mud flaps installed.
I think this is it's final form!
-Rob
I think this is it's final form!
-Rob
Ordered some parts with hopes to avoid future issues with the new engine. EGR things and catch can things. Now I am trying to diagnose why the A/C clutch doesn't want to stay engaged. Its only going to be in the upper 90s here in Georgia this week.
Hornd
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Never Realized for $55 that I could turn my Cores into this.
Do not pay $100 for the Napa Reman like I did, when you can get this for $60.
I would get a New Bajo Bolt for the Brake Line and Washers while you are there. I forgot.
** Just an FYI they keep the box to send the Core back. I put this in Attic in Gallon Ziploc with Purchase Date.
Do not pay $100 for the Napa Reman like I did, when you can get this for $60.
I would get a New Bajo Bolt for the Brake Line and Washers while you are there. I forgot.
** Just an FYI they keep the box to send the Core back. I put this in Attic in Gallon Ziploc with Purchase Date.
This could be a number of things. Check easiest first, if the refrigerant level is low it will shut off. Might be a leak somewhere.
Thats the plan. Freon check then try to unplug the coolant temp a/c cut off switch in the head. This also sounds like to perfect time to break out my brand new FSM.
NeverFinis
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I haven't seen mine for years. I know it is on a shelf collecting dust. I prefer the PDF, and then print out what I need. Yes, I got tons of random FSM printouts scattered throughout my garage, with plenty of grease smudges.
I haven't seen mine for years. I know it is on a shelf collecting dust. I prefer the PDF, and then print out what I need. Yes, I got tons of random FSM printouts scattered throughout my garage, with plenty of grease smudges.
I do the same thing so I don’t get my hard copy FSM all grungy. The sad thing is I have multiple copies of some section because I forget what I printed already.
COS80
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I recently made these shelves. The one now permanently houses this old laptop for FSM duty.
I found this weird cart for free at a ham fest. It held some rolling electronic stage equipment. I put my laptop on it and now I have a rolling FSM.
I do the same thing so I don’t get my hard copy FSM all grungy. The sad thing is I have multiple copies of some section because I forget what I printed already.
I have two. One for the garage, one for the dining table.
kelly saad
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Back together somewhat and off to my friends house to finish the mechanical stuff.
FMC80
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Well done. Looks lovely.
Hornd
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For the Toyota Nerds:
See the Marking on the Caliper Casting.
Marking is Sumitomo which is a Toyota Family Company.
They also make Brake Pads which are a Substitute for OEM - High Quality, I run them
Toyota Also Uses AMBrake, Advics, Bosch (my Avalon had Bosch), and Akebono (Most Lexuses).
Items from all those Companies are Solid.
**Jeep Grand Cherokees also use Akebono and Denso Alternators & AC Compressors.
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