Proyota
SILVER Star
Installed a ARB front bumper!
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (25 Viewers)
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davidp14
SILVER Star
It's for the 70 series in oak. You have to drill new holes to make it fit and the magnets don't do anything but it still stays in place just fine. You could use double sided tape I suppose but I don't think I will.
Good choice! You ever fish the salmon fly hatch on the Bitterroot?
Added Front Diff armor a few weeks ago and worked out great on last trip. Now adding Rear diff armor today. Thanks Gemeral Green Manufacturing
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Got my 1994 running after replacing almost every coolant hose, radiator, fan, blue clutch, water pump, t stat, air injection delete, coolant flush (3x to remove green coolant) new power steering cooler, new trans cooler (both custom Setrab units) rebuilt steering box, 555 rod ends, all new oil lines for trans and ps.
DIDN'T set steering box backlash right so it's time to cry alone then take it back out. But hey! No leaks anywhere after replacing all of that
DIDN'T set steering box backlash right so it's time to cry alone then take it back out. But hey! No leaks anywhere after replacing all of that
Fj80oregon
GOLD Star
I have a few throttle cable brackets from the 95+ laying around if you need one. It supports the cable where the pair valve used to support it.
I don't have to get under my rig to change the filter, it's right on the side of the block, and on the Audi's in Volkswagens where I most used to it it's a filter cartridge on top of the engine
Sure thing send me a message
Proyota
SILVER Star
Sadly I haven’t done that. In fact haven’t gotten out fishing at all this year so far.
Fixed the shift arm. It must've been failing for a while. It's never felt this tight.
Ordered a set of front seat covers from escape gear. ****ing $130 in shipping is painful
Ordered a set of front seat covers from escape gear. ****ing $130 in shipping is painful
FMC80
SILVER Star
Wait until you get hit with the tariffs…fedex sent me a separate bill after receiving the items. I think it was around $100 for my fee but that was about 6 weeks ago…it’s gone up since then.
Still worth the cost of doing business with Escape Gear. Top quality gear and customer service.
I'm used to paying that upfront or at delivery but my last order from Japan was delivered by Fedex without any notice so I was like "Nice they forgot about it"
Found the bill in the mail a week later. I feel like they deliberately do that to jack up handling fees, because who's really going to complain.I'll pretend I never saw it
Finally found a good solution for attaching Mountain Hatch tailgate cover more securely.
The vinyl "Christmas Tree" push rivets that come with the cover loosen up over time, especially with fluctuations in temperature. Replacing them is cheap enough, but it's a short-term fix. Wrapping the threads with Teflon tape secures them a little better, but again only for a short while. Slamming the tailgate closed a few times and sure enough, the cover is loose again.
I tried these zip ties that have a sort of toggle bolt end on them, and conceptually it would have worked but they just weren't strong enough and kept breaking.
Finally I decided to go with rivet nuts and actually bolt the tailgate cover to the tailgate.
I used M5 rivet nuts and 30 mm M5 bolts with vinyl washers to prevent the bolts from cutting into the tailgate cover itself. It is super secure, and easily tightened should it loosen. Down the road I may replace the bolts with something with a wider head, but for now this is a great solution and minimally invasive.
Never worked with rivet nuts or used a rivet nut tool before, but it's super easy. And now I'm going to be looking for ways to use these things lol.
The vinyl "Christmas Tree" push rivets that come with the cover loosen up over time, especially with fluctuations in temperature. Replacing them is cheap enough, but it's a short-term fix. Wrapping the threads with Teflon tape secures them a little better, but again only for a short while. Slamming the tailgate closed a few times and sure enough, the cover is loose again.
I tried these zip ties that have a sort of toggle bolt end on them, and conceptually it would have worked but they just weren't strong enough and kept breaking.
Finally I decided to go with rivet nuts and actually bolt the tailgate cover to the tailgate.
I used M5 rivet nuts and 30 mm M5 bolts with vinyl washers to prevent the bolts from cutting into the tailgate cover itself. It is super secure, and easily tightened should it loosen. Down the road I may replace the bolts with something with a wider head, but for now this is a great solution and minimally invasive.
Never worked with rivet nuts or used a rivet nut tool before, but it's super easy. And now I'm going to be looking for ways to use these things lol.
got the front axel together and whent to a norwegian overlanding get together and meet some 80`s, hit some trail and showed our new swedish friends some mountain passes on our way home. had a blast!
the steering is super ligth now, maby a bit to light, could it be that i bumped the tires to 40PSI on the way home or the shim in the axel housing that needs to be a bit bigger?
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the steering is super ligth now, maby a bit to light, could it be that i bumped the tires to 40PSI on the way home or the shim in the axel housing that needs to be a bit bigger?
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