1993 FZJ80 TLC in Prescott. $4,000
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Project510
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Any luck? How is the sale looking?
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Not many bites so far just a few pms about it. I can part out all the armor very easily, but there has been almost no interest in the Cruiser itself.
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I can't believe noone is buying this whole thing. Head gasket is a few hundreds $$ for a DIY.
Economy must be really bad right now.
Economy must be really bad right now.
zimm
Expedition Leader
location. no one wants to ship a 4000 dollar rig for 2 gran more back east, so its limited to the local area. otherwise.....
Ozrockrat
Expedition Leader
As the previous owner of this vehicle I would like to put in a few observations.
Obviously I do not know the current condition of the vehicle but I will throw in some of my experience. As an FYI I bought the vehicle to do up as an international overland rig. We changed plans before taking it outside of Phoenix and went do the Sportsmobile path instead as we wanted something to live in instead of around.
But it was a very solid platform for building an overland rig that I would of been happy to perform the necessary preventative/preparatory maintenance on and take into 3rd world countries.
I think it is under-priced unless it has deteriorated considerably since he purchased it.
This is what I passed onto Phil the 1st time he mentioned his mechanic had suggested the head gasket was bad!
Hi Phil
The head gasket paranoia on IH8MUD had me crapping my pants when I bought the 80. So I went through the industry standard tests for the head gasket problems and they all came back clear. (Just for background, I used to manage a maintenance facility on a mine site that included a fleet of toyota landcruisers and hiluxes. I have done heavy equipment maintenance for about 20 years but have not been hands on for about 15 years now. This was mostly diesels)
My recommendation is to do the following tests before you spend any money on replacing the head gasket (unless you want to do it as preventative measure or for peace of mind).
1. Check coolant for exhaust gas (cylinder to cooling system leak)
2. Pressure test cooling system (cooling system leak to atmosphere or oil galleys and very rarely to cylinder)
3. Compression test / leakdown test (cylinder to atmosphere, coolant)
The other thing is that in my experience (sorry mainly mainly diesels not fzj engines) a head gasket does not fail catastrophically. There are tell tale signs that you can keep an eye out for. If you monitor the coolant level, check the oil for coolant contamination and keep your ears open for uneven running of the engine you should get early warning of trouble brewing.
Also an oil sample from the engine will give you warning of coolant contamination of the engine oil (usually either head gasket failure or oil cooler failure)
Yep that looks ugly. Someone prior to me welded the knuckle to the hub. It failed on me luckily at very low speed (coming up to a light).
The studs in that knuckle are new Toyota ones and were put in there after checking the quality of the knuckle threads. Unless they have loosened off again I don't think they will be an issue.
At the same time all the knuckle bearings, wheel bearing and seals were replaced. The passenger side one must not of been installed correctly and subsequently leaked.
It also had nearly all the rubber hoses etc under the hood replaced with either genuine parts or silicon. This included the air intake duct ($$$$).
The plugs, leads, rotor cap and rotor button were also all replaced with genuine Toyota parts.
Obviously I do not know the current condition of the vehicle but I will throw in some of my experience. As an FYI I bought the vehicle to do up as an international overland rig. We changed plans before taking it outside of Phoenix and went do the Sportsmobile path instead as we wanted something to live in instead of around.
But it was a very solid platform for building an overland rig that I would of been happy to perform the necessary preventative/preparatory maintenance on and take into 3rd world countries.
I think it is under-priced unless it has deteriorated considerably since he purchased it.
This is what I passed onto Phil the 1st time he mentioned his mechanic had suggested the head gasket was bad!
Hi Phil
The head gasket paranoia on IH8MUD had me crapping my pants when I bought the 80. So I went through the industry standard tests for the head gasket problems and they all came back clear. (Just for background, I used to manage a maintenance facility on a mine site that included a fleet of toyota landcruisers and hiluxes. I have done heavy equipment maintenance for about 20 years but have not been hands on for about 15 years now. This was mostly diesels)
My recommendation is to do the following tests before you spend any money on replacing the head gasket (unless you want to do it as preventative measure or for peace of mind).
1. Check coolant for exhaust gas (cylinder to cooling system leak)
2. Pressure test cooling system (cooling system leak to atmosphere or oil galleys and very rarely to cylinder)
3. Compression test / leakdown test (cylinder to atmosphere, coolant)
The other thing is that in my experience (sorry mainly mainly diesels not fzj engines) a head gasket does not fail catastrophically. There are tell tale signs that you can keep an eye out for. If you monitor the coolant level, check the oil for coolant contamination and keep your ears open for uneven running of the engine you should get early warning of trouble brewing.
Also an oil sample from the engine will give you warning of coolant contamination of the engine oil (usually either head gasket failure or oil cooler failure)
Knuckle, Studs, and Control Arm needs to be replaced on passenger side. I have new Knuckle seals, studs, and also have replacement Knuckle and arm. It just needs the work done so you will get all the parts.
Yep that looks ugly. Someone prior to me welded the knuckle to the hub. It failed on me luckily at very low speed (coming up to a light).
The studs in that knuckle are new Toyota ones and were put in there after checking the quality of the knuckle threads. Unless they have loosened off again I don't think they will be an issue.
At the same time all the knuckle bearings, wheel bearing and seals were replaced. The passenger side one must not of been installed correctly and subsequently leaked.
It also had nearly all the rubber hoses etc under the hood replaced with either genuine parts or silicon. This included the air intake duct ($$$$).
The plugs, leads, rotor cap and rotor button were also all replaced with genuine Toyota parts.
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Thanks Bevan.
I don't want to get rid of it as it fits me perfectly, but I need to crawl my way out of this poop I have gotten myself in over the years and if that means going vehicle less for the next year and taking a bus to Montana than so be it. I would like $5,000 for it, but I need it sold soon.
I don't want to get rid of it as it fits me perfectly, but I need to crawl my way out of this poop I have gotten myself in over the years and if that means going vehicle less for the next year and taking a bus to Montana than so be it. I would like $5,000 for it, but I need it sold soon.
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Change of plans
Looking to trade for vehicle that gets decent gas milaege and/or part out the Cruiser if you have the stock parts. No longer selling it whole
Looking to trade for vehicle that gets decent gas milaege and/or part out the Cruiser if you have the stock parts. No longer selling it whole
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Cruiser has been sold.
BIGdaddy
Expedition Leader
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Looks like I might be getting a 1990 Subaru just to get me and my stuff to Montana and then I will sell it there, pay off some more debt, get my motorcycle license, and during that time get around by bicycle.
BIGdaddy
Expedition Leader
THAT sounds like a plan, dude. People in Montana LOOOOVE subaru's. When I lived there, every other car was a subie...haha!