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Right,pics as promised! My apologies for the state of the truck,:oops:I dont spend my Sunday's polishing/hoovering it etc. I'm a 'function over form' man although I think the armrest will be ok once its had a chance to get some oil/grease/coffee/doghair/whatever all over it so it matches the...

Just been out and moved mine back a bit,its much better now,I can't post pics from my phone will do later on. I still can only get hold of the last 2or3 inches of the handbrake lever without moving my arm but its adequate,not such a problem for auto trucks I suppose.

Mine is in,will add some pics later. I used the bracket without the extensions fixed into where the factory cup holder thing used to be so it picks up on the steel bracket inside the centre console,then used pop rivets and very big repair washers for the front end. I was concerned about any...

I've chopped the big centre box out of my 80 and replaced the tailpipe with a bit of 3" stainless pipe. Sounds fantastic,a bit louder than standard al.ost a v8 bellow when under load at WOT.

Yep,mine arrived too.Not eyed it up yet as the missus has nicked my truck and left me her disco to put right. Will be interested to see which bracket is the preferred method for mounting?

Bummer! TBH I dont think Ive ever HPI'd a car,Most of the stuff I buy costs less than a check:lol:

Makes me laugh at how many ads you see stating HPI clear? Assumption is the mother of all.....

'93-2000 rav4's it would seem. have a look here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-TOYOTA-RAV-4-4-WHEEL-DRIVE-4WD-4X4-SWITCH-FREE-P-P-/160886750561?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarPitem257598fd61arts_SM&hash= Or...

Mine came from a '96 Rav4 so around that age I'd assume?

Clive,you just need to pull one plug off on the gearbox and CDL will be switchable in high and low. Looking at the back of the box,its on the right hand side just above and forward of the output flange Easiest way is to put your truck in low so the cdl is locked then pull a plug off and you...

Mine also now marked as despatched. It's a pretty poor service,I sell a fair amount of bits on Ebay and generally I send out items the next day,even the same day if its small enough for the post office and its a part I have off of the truck and ready to go.But if people don't have stuff within...

Got myself a Rav4 switch off of Ebay for £3.50 so my dash looks complete! Thanks for the tip!

Anyone seen theirs yet?

I know this mans pain! Ive onwed at least one(usually many more) LR's since about 14YO. I have/still do a good trade in used LR parts. It was a Disco very much like this one (colour/year/spec) that finally convinced me to go an buy an 80!

80 with much used and abused Sankey Probably an even rarer sight?:think:

80's are a bit scarce down this way,although I do see a few about. I do get around a fair bit but based Redruth/Blackwater.

Cheers Mark! I wasnt over fussed about lift,moreso wanted that bit more 'strength' in the springs but as its turned out Im very happy with. As a note it was the easiest suspension swop Ive ever done,took about 1.25 hours to do all four:icon-biggrin: I do like the way everything undoes on these...

Is the timing belt still on it? Oh,and welcome!

Another quick update,The 80 is now sporting a 2" lift with Ironman B's courtesy of another member(Thanks Andrew!) and Ive also ditched the centre silencer. Original springs were showing thier age after nearly 300k/18 years,especially so when pulling my loaded flatbed trailer,to the point that...

That's just what I wanted to hear,Thankyou! Mine has been fine,just seemed a little too easy! Will keep an eye out for a rav4.

Staying with BFG AT's is always a good bet,well mannered,long lasting and look fairly cool! I have run a set of General Grabber at2's on another vehicle recently and found them to be a little more 'refined', and cheaper! As for size,I've no real idea,I assume you're sticking with the same rims...

Nice one Grant,Thanks! It does seem to work alright and I've done a search that brought up nothing in particular. It seems a quick,easy,cheap fix and I was just worried that someone has tried it before and found that an extra pin in the hazard switch then sends power to something else or whatver...

Some weeks ago I pulled the plug to stop the cdl locking in low range in order to save tyres/clutch/already knackered cv's whilst shunting trailer around the yard etc. To my own disappointment/embarrassment this has caught me out twice in that I've been unable to pull a loaded trailer across a...

Yep,excellent! I'll have one of those. Thanks for pointing it out!

Not so sure on the 3 spoke alloys:wtf: Looks well enough though,seller appears to be a dealer judging by the other stuff he has for sale so probably has somewhere you could get underneath etc for a decent inspection?

Wow just about sums it up,beautiful truck. Thanks for sharing

I bought mine blind,with 278k,no history at all,just an mot ticket and v5. Has afew dents and scratches,somewhat worn interior etc. I had an electrical problem that turned out to be a broken wire,knackered clutch,seized viscous coupling and one brake flexy closed up. I've fixed these issues and...

Mine generally reads fairly low most of the time although there are days that it seems to run higher. I was a little concerned to begin with but did a search and realised the general consensus is that 80 OP gauges are crap,I've not worried about it since. If it suddenly drops off some more Ill...

Remember watching the vid back when I was looking,think it was up for 5.5k then??? It is the same site,I seem to remember whilst I was iffing and amming it was updated as sold. Must of fell through?