85 Runner

[uglyota]

Some exhaust advice:
If your header didn't come with a gasket, order one from Thorley, they're beefy and way cheaper than the $70 dealer one.
Helicoil all the studs when you repair the one
Put some sort of flex in the exhaust directly behind the header. Your muffler/cat will hit rocks and it will cause header leaks if you don't

[FJAggie07]

I predict you will sell this within 2 months, 7 days of your funeral...er uh wedding.

Haha, funny!

Nope. She is all for this cause it means she gets to wheel the FJC....

[FJAggie07]

Some exhaust advice:
If your header didn't come with a gasket, order one from Thorley, they're beefy and way cheaper than the $70 dealer one.
Helicoil all the studs when you repair the one
Put some sort of flex in the exhaust directly behind the header. Your muffler/cat will hit rocks and it will cause header leaks if you don't

Advice all noted and will be done. Thank you sir!

[uglyota]

no prob, I'll try and remember to take a pic this weekend of how my exhaust is currently set up, complete with Clarke's kickass rebar hanger!

[RCcola55]

damn i forgot about that!

[uglyota]

overdue pics

[Eckert]

i bough ta $20 manifold gasket from napa. been on there for 6 months w/ a rusty no name used muffler, no leaks so far.

i didnt see much of an improvement, from the stock manifold/down pipe/IH muffler to the header, gutted cat, no name muffler.

[uglyota]

what header, and what size pipe?

[Eckert]

i have no idea. never cared to measure. it came off a hoped up 22r(if thats possibe) that melted a piston.

[FJAggie07]

Ok time to update this thread a bit, did some cosmetic work this weekend:

-Removed the Top
-Installed driver side window regulator
-Installed new window felt and door panels
-Replaced gauges with SR5 Gauges for battery volt gauge thingy and Tach (though it doesn't work, think i am missing a fuse somewhere)
-Took apart the old speedo and odometer and started rolling it back but took WAY too much work.
-Painted and installed Marlin Crawler Rear bumper
-Took off the shatty chrome excuse for a bumper, roughed it up and shot it with black rustoleum and stuck it back on there.

All in all made for a fun Saturday. Next Saturday it is off to the Exhaust shop to fix the header bolt hole and weld me up some new pipe to put on the new muffler.

Got a big wrench a thon with my local club in August where we plan on taking two days and re-doing all the suspension and installing hy-steer and am IFS steering box.

After that I weld up the sliders and we be wheeling by september.




On a side note this project has officially been named Project WOFTAM Jr.

[FJAggie07]

Oh and WOFTAM = Waste of F*cking Time and Money

[JeepPhisherman]

Where'd you get the new panels for the doors?

[FJAggie07]

Didn't get new ones, just had the old ones off for the past year Just cleaned them up with soap and water and installed new felt and new window knob thingies. All the handles can be had from TRDParts4u.com, actually I just bought an FJ40 hood from them because Toyota still makes 40 hoods (whodathunkit?) so they may have complete door panels.

I also installed a new toyota emblem

[JeepPhisherman]

Didn't get new ones, just had the old ones off for the past year Just cleaned them up with soap and water and installed new felt and new window knob thingies. All the handles can be had from TRDParts4u.com, actually I just bought an FJ40 hood from them because Toyota still makes 40 hoods (whodathunkit?) so they may have complete door panels.

I also installed a new toyota emblem

Probably more than I want to spend on them. I've got some black aluminum diamond plate I was planning on using, but I'd rather have the stock panels and mine are a little beat up.

[uglyota]

The still make 40s, don't they? Just can't get them here.

Bet the muffler shop wants to pull your head to fix that stud. Get a reamer and helicoil and do it yourself.

I want a picture of that new emblem when you smash it.