John from Columbia, where y'at?! Edit. Nevermind. You tagged him. 
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Photo of SAS Sequoia. Beastly. Also, that custom roof rack was a really neat / functional design.
Been doing some work on the 60 to prep for OTMT and lifted the hood this afternoon to find this little guy. No telling how long he's been there, but the trucks been in the shop for at least a week.
Tried to get him out and he just slithered into the fenderwell. Came out about 2 hours later and Owen and I chased him out of the shop.
Tried to get him out and he just slithered into the fenderwell. Came out about 2 hours later and Owen and I chased him out of the shop.
Awesome. Hope that doesn't mean that it was following a mouse.
I got to meet one yesterday unexpectedly in some Carolina Yellow Jasmine we have growing on our fence.
I should have behind that I HATE snakes. Really think he found a warm spot when it was parked outside and ride into the shop. No signs of mice, yet. 
Kano beats PB. Cone washers popped out easily after a squirt and some time.
As with everything else on this 80, the PO either just plain lied or got ripped off by a shop himself. The wheel bearings were the last thing on my list to get in and check after going through cooling system and brakes. Whoever did them at some point didn’t have the right sized socket and used a chisel and hammer. Also looks like they reused the Star washer. Bearings looked okay after they got cleaned up, so fresh grease and a torque wrench makes me happy to roll. $30 for new seals and washers, and an afternoon. Brakes will need attention in the near future.
As with everything else on this 80, the PO either just plain lied or got ripped off by a shop himself. The wheel bearings were the last thing on my list to get in and check after going through cooling system and brakes. Whoever did them at some point didn’t have the right sized socket and used a chisel and hammer. Also looks like they reused the Star washer. Bearings looked okay after they got cleaned up, so fresh grease and a torque wrench makes me happy to roll. $30 for new seals and washers, and an afternoon. Brakes will need attention in the near future.
Rear diff leak...aka...rabbit hole. Now to scrape off the old gasket, clean up the gunk, get rid of rust, paint, clean nuts and washers, replace gasket, refill. My son is 12 and has already said he wants the 62 when he starts driving. This is a pretty good lesson For him in owning an old vehicle. Each regular maintenance task is bigger than you think it’s going to be.
Spent the afternoon washing the 60. Got some work to do on the frame rails, good amount of dirt buildup inside. Got one frame rail clean before I need to tend to fatherly duties.
Truck looks better though, paint still needs a lot of work.
Truck looks better though, paint still needs a lot of work.
I replaced the stock turbocharger with a G-Turbo Grunter Extreme turbo. My stock turbo was only producing about 9PSI of boost under full load. Now it is doing 17PSI without making any other adjustments. The EGTs seem to be significantly lower now, but I will need to do some testing under load to be able compare apples to apples.
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I spent the better part of my day diagnosing a will crank no start on the 100. Learned a lot about the common fuse block issues, tested relays, found the roll over inertia sensor, etc. Pulled the hose off the filter and found no fuel. Hot wired the fuel pump and it ran great. Then noticed a rodent had chewed thru two of the fuel pump harness wires. Drove fine yesterday, so must have happened last night. Disassembled the connector and spliced and soldered up the broken wires. All is well now. Still don’t know why mice like the taste of Toyota wiring though.
I finally got all the maintenance done this weekend. New Plugs, new transfluid flushed 12 quarts, stripped trans pan bolt definatly not 15 ftlbs! So new trans oil pan, valve cover gaskets, and changed the oil. Ready to hit the trails
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Mounted my brand spanking new RTT on the 80 which I order before OTMT but just arrived last friday 
Installed the Toyota H4 update kit. Super easy, everything is OE quality and you can't beat the price. ~$40 online. Light output is good with the stock bulbs, will run them until they die then upgrade.
plug and play?
Not something I did with my truck, but for my truck. The 40 now has a ride to and from GSMTR.
It might be for the FJ60, I'm not sure if you have relays for your lights... I installed it on my 40 and had to run a small harness and find a mounting point for a relay. It was really simple to do, though.
It requires installing their wiring harness, but other than that, yes. I had to open up the ring terminals a little to fit on my battery terminals.
Newest addition to the Cruiser lineup, just got the lift installed and paired it with some ko2s and new rims. Went with @Jsparks117 and took it Charlie’s Creek on the way to Cleveland and Helen and it did great. Enjoyed the great weather and some Octoberfestivities. Camped close to Lake Burton at a site right next to another LC guy driving an 80 from the Northwest Florida club. Also did a little scouting while out and found a couple cool campsites and trails.
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Finished the valve cover gasket job I started almost a year ago 
on my wife's 4R. I did the passenger side last year because it was leaking bad enough to kill the starter and then got side tracked with other projects. I did the driver side this weekend because it started leaking pretty badly in the last month. It's not the best design Toyota has left us with on the 5VZFE platform. As the gasket dries out it shrinks and the valve cover bolts become loose. Getting to those bolts is not convenient at all on the high side of the cover, so they don't receive the proper attention over the course of regular maintenance. These were the original gaskets on a 19-20 year old truck, so I guess that's not horrible. ALL of the bolts on this side were just finger tight when I went in to remove them!
Not technically difficult, but a little taxing on the body, from leaning over the engine bay while on a step ladder for 4 hours. The crappy hard plastic wiring loom Toyota used is crap. It's all dried up and brittle and I had to retrieve a piece that popped off and fell into the intake. You have to jostle the harness around to get the cover off, so it's inevitable that it will break up while doing this. After that I removed all the plastic and just re-wrapped all the wiring harness in e-tape. Here's the naked wiring harness before I re-wrapped it.
Had to carefully chisel the old coil pack seals out as they were cooked on as well. The old gasket could stand up by itself.
I should have stuffed rags in these intake holes, as the plastic bit went down hole #3. Also, I sheared a stud trying to remove the first nut holding the lower intake manifold on. Small needle nose vise-grips made short work of it.
All buttoned up.
The crap-tastic pile.
on my wife's 4R. I did the passenger side last year because it was leaking bad enough to kill the starter and then got side tracked with other projects. I did the driver side this weekend because it started leaking pretty badly in the last month. It's not the best design Toyota has left us with on the 5VZFE platform. As the gasket dries out it shrinks and the valve cover bolts become loose. Getting to those bolts is not convenient at all on the high side of the cover, so they don't receive the proper attention over the course of regular maintenance. These were the original gaskets on a 19-20 year old truck, so I guess that's not horrible. ALL of the bolts on this side were just finger tight when I went in to remove them!Not technically difficult, but a little taxing on the body, from leaning over the engine bay while on a step ladder for 4 hours. The crappy hard plastic wiring loom Toyota used is crap. It's all dried up and brittle and I had to retrieve a piece that popped off and fell into the intake. You have to jostle the harness around to get the cover off, so it's inevitable that it will break up while doing this. After that I removed all the plastic and just re-wrapped all the wiring harness in e-tape. Here's the naked wiring harness before I re-wrapped it.
Had to carefully chisel the old coil pack seals out as they were cooked on as well. The old gasket could stand up by itself.
I should have stuffed rags in these intake holes, as the plastic bit went down hole #3. Also, I sheared a stud trying to remove the first nut holding the lower intake manifold on. Small needle nose vise-grips made short work of it.
All buttoned up.
The crap-tastic pile.
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