1994 Toyota Land Cruiser

Description

Toyota Land Cruiser.
1994 fzj80 (the Pickle) 260,000miles
Where to start I have owned this truck for 10 years and have installed and  purchased all the maintenance and upgrades as follows.
I will try and put dates as I can recall them, but if I list it as an upgrade then it was done while I have owned the truck. This truck was a daily commuter (1.9 miles each way) and weekend wheeler ( 4-5 times a year, I wish it was more) so to be honest I spend way more time in the garage working on it, and too much time on Ih8mud.com seeing threads on all the little cool mods others have done, than I actually do getting it off-road :(
Body
body had the typical oxidation of the dark green metallic paint so I Monster lined it 'all nighter' which is a light green. Added the toyota colors and lettering.
- changed drivers side rear sliding window for a flip up lockable window
Electrical
- 145 amp Sequoia alternator
- red acr 1250DC-BC charger
- Dual batteries
- Casscadia 100w hood solar panel and solar controller hooked up to house battery.
- 200 amp solenoid to switch off draw to house battery when parked.
- Trigger 6 shooter to control aux lights
- trigger switches mounted to a JDM ceiling switch panel
- many usb ports in the cab for charging
- Pioneer AVIC- 7200 gps touch screen double Din Apple Car play stereo.
- 10' sub woofer. 2 amps one for woofer one for all speakers.
- speakers sony marine grade all 4 doors.
- Wits end rear cargo panel with power in the rear. Set up for a fridge or power to rtt.
- Vlair 450 high flow compressor in rear quarter panel.
- gmrs radio
- Whits end rear quarter panel installed with a Blue sea fuse panel running a blue sea Aux usb and cig lighter power
- as well as a Vlair 440 compressor.
Interior Mods
- Delta 3rd row ceiling shelf.
- custom two drawer slides on drivers side with room for fridge on pass. side.
- usb ports in back of center console
- water bottle holders retrofitted into rear door handles.
- new door cards reusing some of old parts and new marine vynil
- dynomat full floor and all 4 doors and tailgate.
- bar custom made across the dash to mount ram mounts.
- new carpet (6years ago)
- stripped electrical motors out of front seats and made them manual, new seat cushions, and Lseat leather covers, and added heated seats. (I love these seats) moly panels hog ringed to backs of seats
- blue ridge overland attic.
- recline third row adjustments added to 2nd row seats
- Whits end fire extinguisher seat frame mount.
- Rosen aircraft sun visors for both sides
JDM added parts
- pass side dash grab handle
- rear hatch ladder
- hand throttle
- center gauge mount (above rear view mirror) retrofitted for 6 shooter controler
Axles:
triple locked
stock fzj80 elockered axles with the following upgrades and maintenance
- longfield chromoly birffs
- ARP studs in hub and on knuckles
- 4.88 gears 06/14
- extended breathers
- new elocker actuators 08/21
- new (3)
DIFFERENTIAL LOCK INDICATOR SWITCH 08/21
-  trail gear front and rear diff armor F-0819 R-11/21
- rust free used rear axle housing all components swapped over. 11/21
- last front axle rebuild 08/21
– Front Double Cardan drive Shaft
- new ujoints in rear shaft.
- spare front and rear drive shafts
Brakes
- new calipers and slotted rotors. 02/21
- rear lsvp deleted 06/20
- Willwood adjust added inline
06/20
- new Master Cylinder
- New Brake booster
Tires Wheels
-
37x12.5r17 Goodyear mtrs 1/2 tread left picked up used to see how 37's fit truck ran on 315's for most of the years I had it.
-
Pro Comp Steel Wheels Series 51 Wheel with Gloss Black Finish (17x8"/6x5.5")
Suspension
- Slee 4" springs front
- Slee 4" heavy duty rear springs
- land tank rear lower control arms(bushing too) 05/18
- trail tamer rlca armor for frame mount
- trail tamer adjustable upper control arms (bushings too) 06/18
- Slee caster correction plates
- Slee drag link and tie rod
- OME shocks 08/20
- new bushings on both panhard bars and radius arms 02/21
- Whiteline heavy duty sway bars front and rear. I have not put rear back on since the axle housing swap in 11/21
Engine/ Transmission upgrades and maintenance (major items)
-  head gasket 02/18 (nothing wrong with old but toyota recommends changing at 200,000)
During above I took the opportunity to change the following
- new timing chain and guides
- new Sequoia alternator 145 amp
- new starter
- belts /plugs/cap and rotors
- engine mounts
- had the head decked and the valves done.
- Wholesale Automatics extreme valve body in transmission
- land tank blue fan clutch
- new stainless steel fuel fill neck and houses to gas tank.
Other engine mods
- remove PAIR system 08/13
- new egr and vacuum lines 05/20
Exhaust system
- Stainless exhaust 07/13 ( it needs patching periodically best to replace at some point)
- new cat 04/20
- new O2 sensors (plus a new pair in box for next exhaust)
- ceramic coated headers and heat shields
Steering
- new steering box 08/17
- Slee drag link and tie rod
- rebuilt reservoir
- new ps pump and lines 02/18
- ps cooler
Lighting
- front headlights are Depo housings with Retrofit 50w Morimoto 3" projectors, originally I went with 30w which was a huge upgrade but with the 50w I no longer use any of the other lights. ( I see everything)
- 2 Hella 1000w in center of roofrack
- 2 projector lights next to the hellas
- 2 PIAA 3" fog lights in bumper
- 2 led day time running lights in bumper
- 2 work lights in rear of roof rack
- all run by a trigger 6 shooter switch system.
Bumpers / armour / exterior
- truck came with an arb front bumper which I have plated/skinned
- superwinch 12k rebuilt winter of 2022
- fox fab sliders with brush bars
- expedition transmission crossmember and t-case protection.
- rear bumper is a custom tube high departure angle bumper that has been plated with a smittybilt swing out retro fabbed into it.
- roofrack is a flat style rack so tents could be mounted and open in any direction, cut out for sunroof and reverse basket cage so the rack is low profile without losing strength.
- camping labs awning and screened room on Gramaviti quick release pins.
- 2 x 2.5 gallon scepter jerry cans one fuel one water on smittybuilt swing out arm with spare tire.
- 60" hilift jack mounted to front bull bar with billet hilift mounts.
- safari snorkle
The bad
- rear windows seem to jump off track regularly.
- exhaust would be good to replace at some point.
- ps pump circuit leaks need fluid every other month.
- the oil pan leaks very slowly, maybe a half quart every other month.
- body has some rust and dents the monsta liner does a great job of protecting the body though
-- Frame has surface rust but no rust thru areas or areas that would be concerning .