Harbinger

Wow, good find 88! Everything else on this site points to it being a royal PITA.

Its not an easy job. The supports for the tire rack are under the body sheet metal, and would be a big PITA to install in a truck that didn't have it done @ the factory.

The g/f and I got a new puppy this weekend! Purebred (and soon to be registered) Mini-Daschund! 7 week old male. Tenativley named Bruiser due to his oversized paws. Got to meet his parents and everything, was really impressed by them and the breeders. Paid $300 total. He gets his first shots this weekend. Sorry for the crappy pics -- they were taken with my moto razr, haven't had a chance to get at him with the real cam yet. I really wanted to get a beagle, but the g/f nixed it -- she was to worried about the howling and digging, since we live in a close knit subdivision and our rental has a lot of garden work done by the real owners.

My opinion? I'd rather have the diesel Land Cruiser-- but I'm hardly an expert :-)

If you were in america I'd say that price is a tad high -- not sure of the market down there though.

I've got some advice, theres a key on your keyboard called caps lock, press it please On to the truck: 159K isn't a LOT on these trucks, particularly if they've been taken care of. You can expect roughly 15mpg from it, give or take 2mpg. You might check for rust -- under the rear seats is good place to look. I'm sure someone else can give you a better idea of what to check.... How much do they want for it?

OMG -- That thing is awesome -- I'd love to be able to shove a Cummins 4B (or even a 4BT) into my pathy.

If thats what it takes, dave has his work cut out for him But :o Thats a sick ride man. Good work!

All the steering components are going to be swapped out as soon as I can come up with the $$ for a complete L&P setup. I'm not to worried just yet though, the trucks not a daily driver, so it doesn't see much use, even less in 4WD.

I would have, but one of the mods closed it.

A lot of you probably saw the disaster that was my CV axle thread in the garage. (Found here) I said I'd report back so here I am I took the pathy & the g/f up the mountain yesterday, and am proud to say theres no more insane steering wobble in 4HI with the new axle. Granted my steering is still sloppy, due to my worn steering components, but its not uncontrollably out of whack like it was.

Well there are people around here that have copies -- there might even be an electronic version floating around -- I'd look into that before spending the extra $$. Not that its a bad investment, but if your strapped for cash I wouldn't go for it right off.

Good luck with the install slick! And I think this can be a lesson to all of us to just say NO to bars leak What needs taken apart in the suspension to remove the engine though? *never pulled an engine before*

Nice work! Makes me wish the 2-doors had double dins!

Thats good info to know! Yay for the quirks that come from the first year of introduction FSM= Flying Spaghetti Monster OR in this case Factory Service Manual

I've got pics of mine, but no scanner.

This isn't mine -- but its close -- 1983 Olds Toronado w/ 5.7 350 Diesel Motor. Bought it from my uncle for $500 (more than I got my pathy for! ) with 270K miles on it. Was a sweet car -- top speed of 85 going down hill, but 35mpg!

GG you have a PM.

I just checked autozone online (don't have a pep boys or advanced near me) and they want pretty close to Napa -- $29.99 for the upper and $42.99 for the lower. Those little bastids are expensive! Thats upwards of $150 depending on the sales tax in your area. Course you don't have to have them shipped and you get a lifetime warranty, but still! Guess I'll have to take a closer look @ mine to see if it REALLY needs done or not. Probably does

Hmm -- the e-bay auction listed above might not be a bad deal for all four. NAPA online has them for closer to $43 each

How do you know they're knackered, without them physically going boom?

Wow, this got a tad outta hand eh? Not much like this place at all. I'll report back for sure -- I just picked up the re-man'd axle & boot kits (for the DS) today, will hopefully get it all put back together this weekend. LOL -- Just goes to show I should check NPORA before running down to NAPA. Is there anyway to check this with auto hubs? I haven't upgraded to manuals yet. As I said, I'll report back with the findings once I get this fixed. I'm guessing it will be better, as MWS seems to have described what I experienced fairly well. I'm not saying my steering isn't worn -- but I'm fairly certain this axel wasn't helping anything at all.

BJ's are that cheap? (no pun intended ) -- not to thread jack, but how hard are they to replace? Seeing how I've got my front end already ripped apart anyway.

Pardon me for not being more specific -- the 18 miles encompasses some 200 odd corners -- some of them gradual currves, some of them sharp switchbacks. Heres a sample about a mile or two before the ski resort -- elevation is roughly 5500 feet. Props to google maps for the image.

Well for the record the axel was making noise and it wasn't an entirely straight line -- bogus basin road is NOT a straight road. Some 200 odd curves in an 18mile stretch.