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What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (64 Viewers)
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There's your problem, son...LOL!
Camped in the rain and mud
Took the 80 down to Calgary. Got 704 km on one tank on the way down. Took the cruiser to Proactive automotive, for a birfield rebuild and disabled my cold start device (which was causing a 1200 rpm idle, she idles down at 6-800 now) and a few other odds and ends. They did a great job!
Also put money down on a vinyl wrap to fix the peeling paint!
New rear axles seals ('92 semifloat 
) new brake shoes & hardware, throttle & kickdown cable adjustment. Some of the little things that I've been ignoring for way too long!
) new brake shoes & hardware, throttle & kickdown cable adjustment. Some of the little things that I've been ignoring for way too long!
Not the weekend, and not technically with my truck.
But i just wanted to brag that i went to my friendly neighborhood freight salvage dealer on my lunch hour and bought three 8.5 ton Campbell clevis shackles and matching 8.5 ton Campbell clevis slip hook for about $38.
Salt Lake City area mudders in need of more of the heavy parts associated with recovery should get over to NPS Industrial. They sell that stuff for $2/lb and have a lot of shackles right now.
But i just wanted to brag that i went to my friendly neighborhood freight salvage dealer on my lunch hour and bought three 8.5 ton Campbell clevis shackles and matching 8.5 ton Campbell clevis slip hook for about $38.
Salt Lake City area mudders in need of more of the heavy parts associated with recovery should get over to NPS Industrial. They sell that stuff for $2/lb and have a lot of shackles right now.
Beneath a tree
Slid beneath a downed burned-out tree, Los Padres Nat'l Forest, east of Big Sur, CA
Slid beneath a downed burned-out tree, Los Padres Nat'l Forest, east of Big Sur, CA
NLXTACY
Wits' End
Looks great. Had you been there before? I'm down the road in the city of Cinci.
I'm in Cincinnati too. I was lucky enough to take my Land Rover Discovery to Livingston before it was closed down. It was a fun place. Wish I was able to take the LC down there.
It was my first time there and it was a good time... A lot of potential and already some good trails... I hope to get back soon...
I'm just south of K.I. in Deerfeild twp...
Northern Minnesota. 9th annual crawl 4 the cure. raised $105K for MS. jeepin
Coolant flush, new red blood with new tstat and o-ring. Thank god for cardboard!
2nd battery install. required some trimming of the battery tray, especially around the fan shroud.
i made a really nice aluminum hold down and did terrible things to a set of j-bolts from napa before finding out that the battery i stuck in there is so big that the end of the j-bolt interferes with the hood on the fender side. I'll have to fab an over-the-middle hold-down.
Lemme know if you need an extra wide bar for a set of j-bolts. i've got a nice one.
The 2nd battery is grounded to the head via an unused M10x1.25 boss on the front passenger side, and the charging solenoid is bolted to the radiator bracket, but the rest of the wiring and fabrication of a bracket for the washer bottle is still to come.
It keeps threatening to rain but it just stays hot and muggy. Might try to fab the brackets tomorrow.
i made a really nice aluminum hold down and did terrible things to a set of j-bolts from napa before finding out that the battery i stuck in there is so big that the end of the j-bolt interferes with the hood on the fender side. I'll have to fab an over-the-middle hold-down.
Lemme know if you need an extra wide bar for a set of j-bolts. i've got a nice one.
The 2nd battery is grounded to the head via an unused M10x1.25 boss on the front passenger side, and the charging solenoid is bolted to the radiator bracket, but the rest of the wiring and fabrication of a bracket for the washer bottle is still to come.
It keeps threatening to rain but it just stays hot and muggy. Might try to fab the brackets tomorrow.
smittycrusher
"Hey big guy, you a golfer" - Roger Dorn
Trying to get the truck ready for a long term shipment out west. I plan to keep it out there for a while since I much prefer wheeling and exploring the west and desert opposed to the red clay and trees that we have here in the southeast. Today I did the following:
Change plugs (Denso IK16 Iridium)
Change wires (OEM)
Install new Group 34 Diehard Platinum (took advantage of the 20% sale this month)
Installed Marine grade battery terminals
Added OEM Fusible Links and Starter rebuild kit to my spares drawer in the back (trying to be prepared for myself and other 80s while hanging out in the desert).
Next up, I will be replacing radiator and all coolant hoses, installing an IPad Ram mount system in cockpit and also installing a dual battery kit....not sure when I will have time for this.
Smitty
Change plugs (Denso IK16 Iridium)
Change wires (OEM)
Install new Group 34 Diehard Platinum (took advantage of the 20% sale this month)
Installed Marine grade battery terminals
Added OEM Fusible Links and Starter rebuild kit to my spares drawer in the back (trying to be prepared for myself and other 80s while hanging out in the desert).
Next up, I will be replacing radiator and all coolant hoses, installing an IPad Ram mount system in cockpit and also installing a dual battery kit....not sure when I will have time for this.
Smitty
Went to Rausch Creek Offroad Park in PA. Awesome time with a 4Runner friend, Pics here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200666778926482.1073741827.1070973368&type=1
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