What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (157 Viewers)
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I changed the rear sway bar links and pulled out the dash to begin installing the LEDs that are on their way to me. First jobs - only had her for 3 weeks.
I finally got it back from the body shop! After 5 months of fighting with my insurance company they finally agreed to fix it!
Installed a wheelskin wrap on my ragged looking steering wheel. It looks and feels much better!
It's Maine it doesn't get hot enough to replicate overheating as in the absolute wits end thread.
Did two trails trails, 4w339 and 4w334 outside of liberty, wa. A few technical spots, some barely make it between the tree sections and didn't see a person the whole day.
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NLXTACY
Wits' End
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Got the Baboon resprayed last week!
I really want to swap to those ↑ headlights!
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A job that was waiting to be done for way too long.
Getting these daft 7 screws out was the most stressful part of the whole job. I had Vessel bits especially to mate with the JIS heads and even then all tried to cam out. Finally I came out with the method that worked well for all 7. I rolled (on the creeper) under the vehicle so my legs and hips were under the front axle. Then I could comfortably access the area between the radiator and the oil pump cover and hammer the JIS bit into each screw tightly (multiple taps). Then a socket and 1/4 ratchet and while pushing/keeping the bit tight into the screw head applying a quick 'jerk' to the ratchet to break each free. Was a great feeling as each broke free one by one.
They were replaced with torx head screws so this job will be trivial when done in the (far) future.
Obviously I replaced the crank seal - be crazy not to even though it didn't appear to be the source of the leaks. Picture below is the original prior to pulling out to install the new one.
New o-ring held in place with some vaseline. The old o-ring was dead as a door nail, brittle and broke into pieces as it was removed.
Used a breaker bar to break the crank bolt free (32mm on the S/C setup) and my 'SST' to hold the harmonic balancer assembly in place when re-torquing with a honking 3/4 drive torque wrench.
All up including a fresh oil/filter change it took about 6 hours including time to educate my two sons as they helped. This on a S/C 80 with dual batteries, so a little bit more stuff to deal with to get the radiator shroud off.
cheers,
george.
Getting these daft 7 screws out was the most stressful part of the whole job. I had Vessel bits especially to mate with the JIS heads and even then all tried to cam out. Finally I came out with the method that worked well for all 7. I rolled (on the creeper) under the vehicle so my legs and hips were under the front axle. Then I could comfortably access the area between the radiator and the oil pump cover and hammer the JIS bit into each screw tightly (multiple taps). Then a socket and 1/4 ratchet and while pushing/keeping the bit tight into the screw head applying a quick 'jerk' to the ratchet to break each free. Was a great feeling as each broke free one by one.
They were replaced with torx head screws so this job will be trivial when done in the (far) future.
Obviously I replaced the crank seal - be crazy not to even though it didn't appear to be the source of the leaks. Picture below is the original prior to pulling out to install the new one.
New o-ring held in place with some vaseline. The old o-ring was dead as a door nail, brittle and broke into pieces as it was removed.
Used a breaker bar to break the crank bolt free (32mm on the S/C setup) and my 'SST' to hold the harmonic balancer assembly in place when re-torquing with a honking 3/4 drive torque wrench.
All up including a fresh oil/filter change it took about 6 hours including time to educate my two sons as they helped. This on a S/C 80 with dual batteries, so a little bit more stuff to deal with to get the radiator shroud off.
cheers,
george.
Installed an ARB awning
Awning opened measures 6.5'x8.2'
Made for solo operation
Planing the next mod
Awning opened measures 6.5'x8.2'
Made for solo operation
Planing the next mod
Just finished up my first real fab job for my 80. I had to lose the running boards cause I kept bending them up, but the wife and kid complained they had a hard time getting into to truck without them. Great excuse to weld up a set of sliders. Here's a teaser while I wait for the paint to dry. I'll go over it with a textured black before I hang them on.
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LFD2037
TEXAS LEXUS!
If your mounting those strips to/on the awning, I'd really appreciate a mini write-up of sorts.
Put my cruiser up on blocks for a few weeks. Began gutting the interior, pressure washed carpet, it's drying.
Removed door panels and disassembled, sent pieces off to musthave for some steel door panels.
Removed door panels and disassembled, sent pieces off to musthave for some steel door panels.
NLXTACY
Wits' End
You are going to love it. Put the filter adaptor on and you will have three minute oil changes. I may YouTube my next oil change to show how quick my oil changes are now. 
It's Monday but I took the day off so it's still the weekend for me.
Just watched the video:
Interesting.... so you are happy with it? Any chance it will get hit offroad, or is it protected pretty well?
Do share, if ya do!
You are going to love it. Put the filter adaptor on and you will have three minute oil changes. I may YouTube my next oil change to show how quick my oil changes are now.
