What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (77 Viewers)
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Finally finished my rear bumper. Had it blasted and powder coated along with my Metal Tech sliders.
Looks good ^^
Thank you. Gave her a bath this morning.. No more rusty sliders! Looks 4 years younger!!
Swapped from OME mediums to TJM 2.75 HD's last night and am packing her up for some cold weather camping and snow wheeling this morning.
Recently did Ironman panhards and MAF rear control arms. Everything is moving and positioned correctly again. Just got my axles done at JT's / Just Differentials this week. 4.88's and rebuilt knuckles. Great people and shop! It's nice that they're within driving distance for me. LC drives like it should again. Speedo is now 11.5% high. Thinking of Mark's 4x4 speedo correction box. Does 75 mph (easily) at about 2850 rpm.
Changed out my upper hatch struts as the 22 year old ones were getting tired. No longer have to worry about the hatch dropping on my head, instead I have to watch I don't take an uppercut in the chin! Much improved! Went with the McMaster Carr units.
Finishing up the lift and got new shoes for the Cruiser.
Got my tires mounted finally
255/85/16 BFG km2's
Looks good. We have a few local 80 owners here running the same tires. They ride pretty nice for such a knobby tire
soldered in the tail light harness pigtail i got from brakasha's part-out.
coincidentally into the tail light i got from him.
his truck seems to have been in great shape. Recommended source of parts.
coincidentally into the tail light i got from him.
his truck seems to have been in great shape. Recommended source of parts.
Spartan Locker Installed
After I destroyed the spider gears in my rear third on a wheeling trip a few weeks back, I am trying another route. I went ahead and installed a drop-in auto locker, of the Spartan variety, in the rear third of my Land Cruiser.
The Spartan locker went into a spare used rear diff that I purchased here on MUD. It was missing the spider gears, so with the carrier empty, it seemed like the perfect time to try one of these out.
I am interested to experience first hand how it changes the driving characteristics of the vehicle. This truck doesn't see snow, so that potential concern isn't an issue. However, it will be interesting to see if I can get used to the pops and clunks on the road (how much, how bad, etc.), and how the locker improves off road driving.
Spartan locker
After I destroyed the spider gears in my rear third on a wheeling trip a few weeks back, I am trying another route. I went ahead and installed a drop-in auto locker, of the Spartan variety, in the rear third of my Land Cruiser.
The Spartan locker went into a spare used rear diff that I purchased here on MUD. It was missing the spider gears, so with the carrier empty, it seemed like the perfect time to try one of these out.
I am interested to experience first hand how it changes the driving characteristics of the vehicle. This truck doesn't see snow, so that potential concern isn't an issue. However, it will be interesting to see if I can get used to the pops and clunks on the road (how much, how bad, etc.), and how the locker improves off road driving.
Spartan locker
Busy replacing head gasket, third time in a year
Doing a presure test first this time.
Very strange issue, it pushes the water from the radiator to the plastic resivor all the time....
Done all the small things line radiator etc...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/diesel-tech-24-volts-systems/542327-radiator-water-lc-80-vx-diesel.html
Doing a presure test first this time.
Very strange issue, it pushes the water from the radiator to the plastic resivor all the time....
Done all the small things line radiator etc...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/diesel-tech-24-volts-systems/542327-radiator-water-lc-80-vx-diesel.html
Home brew diff-lock ECU
Fashioned my own diff-lock ECU to integrate ARB with factory wiring, switch and indicator lamps.
Joined 'MUD to share this project and see if there is any interest in this.
New thread on this here:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/687173-home-brew-diff-lock-ecu-air-lockers.html?
Fashioned my own diff-lock ECU to integrate ARB with factory wiring, switch and indicator lamps.
Joined 'MUD to share this project and see if there is any interest in this.
New thread on this here:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/687173-home-brew-diff-lock-ecu-air-lockers.html?
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Installed the Polk db651's, 6.5 front and rear. Couldn't find a paint color I liked so i painted them with Rustoleum hammered look brown paint. I thought it looked okay after I painted them, but got a bit impatient and an hour after painting I sprayed a coat of clear over them. Fast forward to the next morning and the clear had a different effect then I was expecting; it leveled all of the hammered effect out of the paint. So, the covers turned out a medium metallic brown. They are not an exact match, but i think they turned out pretty nice.
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