What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (90 Viewers)

[plejman]

Went for a ride with the family, and we washed her..

 

[B Point]

Nice cruiser. Couple questions about your rig.....Why is there a coil spring on the steering damper? Also did you build the rear bumper wings? They look good.

Thanks. The coil over shock damper is a return to center damper. Works quite well I think with the 315's and 5 inch lift. I didn't build the bumper wings. A company in Japan makes them however I got these ones used off of Yahoo Auctions Japan.

 

[mills13b]

Took all the chrome off the front, cleaned primed, ready for john deere blitz black tomorrow. Paint done, 285/75/16s installed on stock springs.

 

[concretejungle]

Went for a beach drive on NC's Crystal Coast.

 

[Fly Rod]

The cooling system maintenance made a huge difference. Changed front diff and transfer case fluid. The diff fluid was moly soup as was the PS wheel bearing grease. I will need to rebuild the birf on the PS side soon. For now I repacked the bearings with synthetic bearing grease that has moly in it. That should hold till I get to the birf.

I planned to replace the pads with the rotors but the current pads were at @ 45% with 31k on them so I will run them a little longer before changing them out. The new rotors make braking so much smoother. The old rotors were warped and making braking uncomfortable. They had 72k on them!

It feels good to get delayed maintenance done!

 

[rjinga]

Did a little trail riding with my son, in his Cherokee, and a buddy, who was taking out his '88 4runner for the first time since he bought it months ago.

 

[2003LC]

Started my tool box build. Will have two drawers on sliders, still building the second drawer. Trying to save money and use what I have in my garage. Base is 1/2 ply top is 3/4 ply, supports are 2x8s, glued and screwed.

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[2KCruiser]

Took the dog out for a quick hike. Temps starting rising so finished early and went back to the truck. Then he left me in the heat and climbed up under the 80. Smart dog.

 

[Toyote]

Buttoned up (almost) upper intake maintenance and various "while I'm in there" goodies. Installed new spark plug gaskets and successfully mangled them; long sad story, so will get to repeat that (but did learn in all this that the valve cover removal is easy peasy.)

Also missed installing the no. 2 coolant hose that goes on back of throttle body and runs back near PHH.

 

[Volunteer]

Tested the frontend rebuild and spent the week in Tennessee wheeling for GSMTR and had an awesome time doing it

 

[Volunteer]

GSMTR. 2013

Nice shot

 

[mfuss]

Spent some money at TorFab for ARB , winch and sliders. That guys does good work.

 

[floridan surfer]

Took the dog out for a quick hike. Temps starting rising so finished early and went back to the truck. Then he left me in the heat and climbed up under the 80. Smart dog.

Care to talk about that turbo some?

Pat

 

[retrofive]

Care to talk about that turbo some?

Pat

https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/728432-diy-turbo-v1-0-boosted-80-happiness.html

 

[jynx]

Abused it at GSMTR 2013.

 

[iptman]

Same. Imagine mfuss's truck except with fresh pin striping.

Abused it at GSMTR 2013.

 

[Polar Bear]

Took the dog out for a quick hike. Temps starting rising so finished early and went back to the truck. Then he left me in the heat and climbed up under the 80. Smart dog.

Awesome pooch/product placement picture ;D

 

[wasnt me]

Worked on the tire carrier.
Still need to cap the ends and add the gas strut.

 

[2KCruiser]

Care to talk about that turbo some?

Pat

Retrofive just shared the link. It is also on my sig line.

Been happy boosting for a little over a month now. Turbo Kits available soon

 

[Fosters]

Installed my yaesu ft 857d and 2 antennas utilizing socalfranks antenna mounts.