What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (52 Viewers)

[Fj80oregon]

#1 is dead also blew a freeze plug first time seeing that!

 

[Dubbinchris]

How do you mount these?
Frame or chassi?

Isn’t that the same thing?

 

[whiskeytooth]

With @whiskeytooth's help, got the new OME 861/862 springs in along with a set of Koni Heavy Track Raid shocks. Rear suspension fought all the way because of rust. I'm excited to see how the new shocks are.
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Ha ha yes it did fight all the way. Always happy to help!

 

[efjayatee]

Isn’t that the same thing?

Maybe he meant either weld or clamps

 

[Homey15]

Replaced all the tie rod ends with one of the 555 kits from @cruiseroutfit set toe in, centered the steering wheel(it was off by 1/4 turn and drove me nuts) and did a stereo upgrade.

 

[JoeCova]

How do you mount these?
Frame or chassi?

I’m using 1.5” 3/16 thick square tube for mounting legs that I’ll either weld directly or bolt to the frame using new 3/8 plate.

I’m currently designing a double shear bracket that I can weld to the frame that I could then bolt the sliders to but may just weld on.

 

[Trigger6]

To pull out the axle shafts you'll need about 1000mm of space on the left side and 700mm on the right side so you might have to do one at a time or do it outside

But highly recommended that you go ahead and do both sides…. Not that difficult, just messy and requires a lot of paper towels. Also recommend doing the full rebuild including bearings (not just gaskets/wipers). Make it one and done right.

 

[TXMeatball]

Finally found the LC005 edition of the Seiko Land Cruiser series from the mid-90s. Anyone else collecting these?

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I got this

 

[WhitePhoenix]

Had my coolant temp rise up when doing some low speed wheeling up a hill last year in CO and also saw the temps rise close to 210 while driving through the inland valley/AZ desert dead of summer. I replaced the fluid with some 10k in some cheap fan clutch almost 6 years ago thinking it would be fine. Well now to see the real results (yes the engine bay a little dusty here and there). Anyone ever heard of Torqflo?? The surface area of the Torqflo clutch fins doesn't even come close to the Aisin.

 

[ptotheo]

But highly recommended that you go ahead and do both sides…. Not that difficult, just messy and requires a lot of paper towels. Also recommend doing the full rebuild including bearings (not just gaskets/wipers). Make it one and done right.

Got the kit for both will do both

 

[ptotheo]

I’m using 1.5” 3/16 thick square tube for mounting legs that I’ll either weld directly or bolt to the frame using new 3/8 plate.

I’m currently designing a double shear bracket that I can weld to the frame that I could then bolt the sliders to but may just weld on.

Sorry English is not my first language.

And don’t judge, bought this car 4months ago and I’m giving it some long needed fixes, but there “step” bars are loose and the kids needs them to get in

Like mine is mounted like this, witch are not good:

 

[Ecliff5]

Installed a set of One Stone armrests.

 

[pawnthatdude]

Installed a set of One Stone armrests.
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I've got these on my 70 (absolutely mandatory) but never thought to put them on my 80. Nice.

 

[Ecliff5]

I've got these on my 70 (absolutely mandatory) but never thought to put them on my 80. Nice.

Just need to move the bracket out 13mm to fit the 80. I added some 3m stick tape where the magnets are meant for the 70 door.

 

[Fj80oregon]

Got another one back from the east! Long journey from Connecticut

 

[Fj80oregon]

Gantry crane top ten best tools I have ever purchased.

 

[Dubbinchris]

Got another one back from the east! Long journey from Connecticut

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What’s the cost to ship one from the east coast?

 

[ajax1]

Replaced all the tie rod ends with one of the 555 kits from @cruiseroutfit set toe in, centered the steering wheel(it was off by 1/4 turn and drove me nuts) and did a stereo upgrade.

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Paint the rod ends or they willl rust up quick on ya

 

[Fj80oregon]

What’s the cost to ship one from the east coast?

Roughly 700-1k depends if you have a forklift to unload. They charge like 250 for a drop gate fee.

 

[Homey15]

Paint the rod ends or they willl rust up quick on ya

No argument that this is a good idea. I thought about it but didn't want to lose a day waiting for the paint to dry, and I convinced myself that since this is my beater rig I could make peace with it. Also, I was being lazy. Now that you've called me out on it, next time I've got some dtm urethane mixed up I'll give them a couple good coats.