What have you done to your rig today?

[KC Masterpiece]

Delta arms went on. Easy install when you don't drop them in your fingers.

 

[Telly]

Spent some time on the 82 Pickup. Installed a P/S set-up and replaced the "wood grain" dash panel along with a vintage Audiovox radio. No more strong arm steering!

 

[kurtnkegger]

Cleaning up the signal switch on the 40 was short lived. Right signal stopped working again, I guess I'll tear in to it again and check the spring tension under the contactors. I should have cleaned that up as well...

Changed the oil on the 81 this weekend...The filter I got from Stevenson (ordered, and waited over a week for) was the wrong filter...Luckily I was able to get a WIX filter in the next day from Oreily's. I have a couple of the "right" filters on order again, from Stevenson for the next time around....A two-day oil change....Yeah, it was frustrating.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Also hit a nice milestone on the way to work this morning.

 

[rover67]

Spent some time on the 82 Pickup. Installed a P/S set-up and replaced the "wood grain" dash panel along with a vintage Audiovox radio. No more strong arm steering!View attachment 91068View attachment 91069View attachment 91070View attachment 91071

Awesome! where did you end up finding the box?

 

[Telly]

Awesome! where did you end up finding the box?

Found all the components, except the gearbox, from a guy in Yuma, CO. The Yuma guy connected me with a kid in South Dakota who sold me a box. Both really helped me out with the costs...all in for $200. They both said "we just want to see these old Toyota's stay on the road". Nice!

 

[subzali]

Cleaning up the signal switch on the 40 was short lived. Right signal stopped working again, I guess I'll tear in to it again and check the spring tension under the contactors. I should have cleaned that up as well...

Changed the oil on the 81 this weekend...The filter I got from Stevenson (ordered, and waited over a week for) was the wrong filter...Luckily I was able to get a WIX filter in the next day from Oreily's. I have a couple of the "right" filters on order again, from Stevenson for the next time around....A two-day oil change....Yeah, it was frustrating.

Kurt, you’ve seen the reports of wix filters toasting engines here and on mud right? Would suggest getting the right filter on there as soon as you get a chance.

 

[IoN6]

Kurt, you’ve seen the reports of wix filters toasting engines here and on mud right? Would suggest getting the right filter on there as soon as you get a chance.

I used to run Napa Gold or Platinum filters in everything I owned (20+ years now). I always had a hard knock on a cold start that I thought was the PAIR valve. Once I bypassed that and it did not go away my attention went to the filter. Picked up a Toyota filter on the last oil change. Knock still occurs occasionally, but it is much shorter lived.

My .02

 

[subzali]

I think I may have ruined my engine (97 1fz)

Yep pins do press fit but they say if heated should be hand press able. (There are clips each side too. ). I may ask them to do that though may make harder to test install and check the main bearings?

risingsun4x4club.org

 

[kurtnkegger]

Thanks for the heads up Matt. I was under the impression Wix had a decent filter....same as the Napa gold and platinum. I removed a Drive Joy filter...Japan filter....hopefully my new filters from Stevenson will be here this week

 

[simps80]

Electrical day has been about 6 days so far, getting there

 

[bassguyry]

Finally got around to installing my inverter and GMRS radio.

Couldn't find my heatshrink tubing, so I'll have to redo the connections at some point, but overall, both the radio and inverter went in relatively painlessly.

 

[On the RX]

I keep walking into the garage to see if it has warmed up yet to change some fluids... it hasn't so within the next hour I'll crawl under and drain the rear diff and engine oil... maybe.

 

[DaveInDenver]

Kurt, you’ve seen the reports of wix filters toasting engines here and on mud right? Would suggest getting the right filter on there as soon as you get a chance.

Wait, what? Can you summarize? I've always thought WIX was OK. I see mention of an issue in @coax's thread but don't see an explanation of what in the filter failed. I have a WIX filter in the garage for the Tacoma that I got with a jug of oil. I normally use Toyota filters (Denso from Thailand) and don't plan to change but figured I'd use that WIX some day.

 

[subzali]

There have been several loss of oil pressure threads on mud, with the common thread being a Wix oil filter. Probably could never be proven, but seems suspicious...

 

[On the RX]

2nd oil change after airlocker install, 1st was at 500 miles.
Diff oil change with 2500 miles on it. Clean oil pan prior to drain. .
2mm of metal shavings on the drain plug.
Does this seem too dirty for diff oil after this few of miles?

Second photo is of the smear on white.

 

[On the RX]

I grabbed this pump from autozone to make life easier with the diff oil change. It definitely did that. It was around $10. @bassguyry

 

[fjc man]

Replaced the rear springs on the 40, the front springs are next.

 

[Inukshuk]

Replaced my ignition switch. After the fact I do not think this is the source of my intermittent won't start hot issue but after 330,000 miles I'm ok with the replacement anyway. We'll see if the problem is fixed or not (and my starter solenoid is known good).

Fixed a burned out ECT dash bulb, replaced broken center heater vents,

Cleaned out a bunch of Baja silt!

 

[White Stripe]

Been doing some refreshing on my 6.0 motor to upgrade from the 5.3 on my 80 series. I kind of regret the decision because its costing more than planned. I did some port work on the heads while waiting for parts to show up. I also ported the oil pump too. Here are some b4 and after pics.