What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (38 Viewers)

[LS1FJ40]

Used my 80 to haul baseball equipment to my son's baseball tournament then went and picked up a couple of new Abu Garcia bait caster fishing poles at a steal of a price. Couldn't pass up the deal. Getting stocked up for my son and I's fishing excursion in the 80 next month.

 

[LS1FJ40]

Also found time to add a little bit more horsepower...

 

[diamondfj]

Found a twin!

 

[FXJ 96]

Wired up some Hella lights on the ARB bumper

 

[Rob1983]

It's been ongoing since last weekend, but continued the twin carrier build onto my existing tube rear bar. Using 100 pfc for the extensions and wings (with a bit of cut & shut ), I got a couple of component kits from Rijidij http://rijidijoffroad.bounce.com.au/#/kit-page/4551195113 and made the swing arms from RHS I had lying around. Little bit more welding to do (gussets, latches (only tacked at this point), hi lift mount), some paint, and some lights (still on order)

 

[SammyT96LX450]

New dc drive shaft in

 

[M32H32is]

Towed the Rzr to the mud park.

 

[scrowley]

Towed the Rzr to the mud park.

That's the same powersport combo I'm looking for!! Nice. The damn razr is too expensive though for a toy there is nowhere to ride in CT.

 

[ewillis]

Survived COACHELLA!

 

[BGMachine]

did some work on the cooling system and then went to the local cars and coffee.

 

[baldilocks]

Installed a brand new engine wire harness. There were bare, and cooked wires at the EGR and a crappy repair at #6 injector and a few receptacles not locking positively. My head is still off so testing has not happened yet. Also while in the process I decided to make a new bracket for my ARB compressor because whoever made the previous one did a hack job plus it impinged on the harness at the fire wall. I do not comprehend such low standards.

 

[Dubbinchris]

Took it to a mtn bike race 1 1/2 hrs away and afterwards met up with another Mud member and 80 owner. @08720 was gracious enough to give me an old tow bar he was scrapping. Wanted to hang out longer and chat 80's but the wife needed to be somewhere. Took a quick picture of his rig. Lots great little things have been done to it. First mud member I've met in person since joining. Great guy.

 

[Traakon]

Spent yesterday servicing the Tundra and overhauling the brakes front and rear. Been fighting front rotor warping since it was new (there is a TSB on it but Toyota wants 900 bucks to implement. When I next pull the hubs I will order the replacement backing plates and do it myself)

Sunday is 'cruiser day. Started the process of getting 23 years of gunk off the drivetrain. Process began with removing the brush/grill guard and sending it to a dark corner of the shop to live until someone wants to give it a new home. Then filling the 1 gallon sprayer with ZEP. Coated the engine, drivetrain and front axle, let stand 30 min and blast with the HP nozzle on the hose, let stand 30 min and retreat with the ZEP...rinse and repeat. After 5 hours, had enough gunk off to see the metal in most places and them moved back to the shop and began removing the skid plates underneath so I can tank them and repeat the aforementioned process on the undercarriage again next week.

Naturally, the old girls now has a miss. Water went somewhere she didn't like.

 

[Traakon]

Installed a brand new engine wire harness. There were bare, and cooked wires at the EGR and a crappy repair at #6 injector and a few receptacles not locking positively. My head is still off so testing has not happened yet. Also while in the process I decided to make a new bracket for my ARB compressor because whoever made the previous one did a hack job plus it impinged on the harness at the fire wall. I do not comprehend such low standards.

Where did you get the harness and how much? Been a good deal of "Black tape" fixes on mine by someone and I'm not looking forward to routing out all the bugs.

 

[baldilocks]

Where did you get the harness and how much? Been a good deal of "Black tape" fixes on mine by someone and I'm not looking forward to routing out all the bugs.

Got it for $400 from Cruiserparts.net.

 

[Traakon]

Got it for $400 from Cruiserparts.net.

Gonna give that a look. Thank you.

 

[SammyT96LX450]

Finished my prep for lone star jamboree. Can't wait.

 

[musthave]

Got it for $400 from Cruiserparts.net.

Is that used or new?

 

[baldilocks]

That is brand new for a 93-94. The 95-97 was $650 if my memory serves me. The new harness is sweet. Toyota quality and engineering makes owning and even working on an 80 an enjoyable experience.

Is that used or new?

at is brand new

 

[LFD2037]

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Finished my prep for lone star jamboree. Can't wait.

Can't wait to see your rig there!