Your FJ80 repair videos are the best! They are so clear and step-by-step that even a novice like me can follow them. Whenever my FJ80 needs work, your videos are just like an official manual. Thank you so much! God bless.
I'm doing pretty good. You're very welcome. Yes, the Toyota Community is pretty damn cool. I've met lots of good people since we started this channel of ours.
Thank you very much for the thorough video. I used to owned a 3rd Gen 4Runner and always watched your vids, I have a fzj80 now and am glad that you occasionally make videos of them as well. I didn't plug the transmission lines so I think I have to top off the ATF
Excellent video! I am soon to be doing this exact job on my HDJ81 80 series. Looks like the radiator is exactly the same….tranny fluid pipes and all. I am also going to add an aux tranny fluid cooler that is seen on US market FJ80/FZJ80s. I will no doubt be referencing this video during the job. It looks pretty straightforward. Thank you for posting.
@@TimmyTheToolman I would drive my dad's 04 Tacoma all the way to the West Coast if it needed something done that you hadn't done before on your Channel and then I'd cook you a meal 🥩
You showed some patience with this job. What a pain in the ass vehicle! Step by step one pain in the ass to the next. It seems like every idea you have on how to make it come apart easy it would not comply. Thank GOD I don't own that vehicle!!!!
For most of our jobs, we learn as we go. Sometimes things work out smooth and other times not so much. It's part of the deal with auto mechanics. I wouldn't label this vehicle a pain in the ass but it's definitely easier to replace a radiator on a 3rd Gen 4runner. FJ80 Land Cruisers are awesome rigs and I would love to own one if they weren't so damn expensive right now.
Cameronquach, how much time did it take for you to do the raidator? I just picked up an OEM and need to install prior to a big trip in the mountains. Thanks.
Great video and work on the FZJ80. Very detaiked, informative and helpful. I like the fact you are moving onto other Toyotas as well! Awesome work, SIC MODS!!!!
Thanks. Glad you like the video. Yes, we are definitely expanding and challenging ourselves by working on other models. It makes life interesting and we're learning a lot. We have no plans of slowing down. Lots of Sic Mods on the horizon. Happy Wrenching!
mine also had threadlocker on those fan clutch nuts. I had to use vice grip to get them out. I added threadlocker on the bolt to water pump side of the bolt only and antisieze on the nut side of the bolt
Awesome guide mate. I have to do a friends rad. at their place and I now know exactly what tools to take! One thing though, in hindsight would you say it would've been easier to leave the belts tensioned up and use that resistance to undo the fan nuts/studs? You'd also save time by not messing with the alternator.
Lots of times the belt tension isn't enough to hold the fan clutch tight enough to loosen the nuts. That's why we had to do it another way. Good luck with the job.
Hmmm, I never finished the video description and provided those links. Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll work on it soon and update the video description.
Good tutorial, those alloy radiators develop a leak when the boiling water from overheating is so imense that the plastic tank swells and when cooled back down after boiling dry, the plastic returns to it's normal shape, but the alloy does not and the seal is lost. My only constructive critisisms are about the differing audio levels and that removing or replacing belts are the easiest by far done over the edge of the largest pulley.
Thanks for the comment. I think the only way we could normalize the audio is if I wear a mic somewhere on my body. We might go to something that one day
Getting the belts de-tensioned helps get the fan clutch off and back on. If you want to skip this step, let us know how it works out for you. I was simply following the instructions in the factory service manual. Sometimes they do suggest unnecessary steps.
Hello Timmy Great Video! I had an unrelated question and was wondering if you could offer a solution for my 80. Ive purchases a 2 inch level off metal tech and was told I would also need to purchase an extended trac bar because if I didn’t my axle would be off centered. Again amazing video love watching them I learn a lot. Cheers!
As you lift the suspension, the arm which is attached to the frame and rear axle will cause it to drag the rearend over a little because the arm is a fixed length. By getting a longer bar, you push the rear end back to center. Is it totally necessary? That's debatable. I have the rear of my 2000 4runner lifted 2 inches and I haven't gotten a different panhard bar or welded in lift or drop brackets to compensate for the lift.
@@TimmyTheToolman Thank you so much for the reply .It is for the lift. Just 2in metal “spacers” to level the front of the car out make it look a little better. So I took it to a shop and they said if the were to put the level on my axle would be off centered and told me for it to work I would need a new trac bar.
Hey, Tim. Thank you so much for this video. I'm planning on doing an overhaul of my cooling system, basically this plus PHH, water pump and thermostat. I am not sure what color coolant the previous owner used so I want to make sure I flush it out really well in preparation for the red coolant. Do you have any tips for that? And I'm assuming I should flush out my system using all the old parts and once I deem it clean, install all the new components? Thank you in advance.
You can use this flush video: czcams.com/video/oQsxmi-CNng/video.html It's basically a series of filling the system with distilled water, running the engine, draining it out and repeating until what comes out looks really clear. Yeah, I would flush the system out with the old parts and then install the new parts. You're welcome and good luck with the work.
Hey Timmy, how long did this job take. I have my new radiator. Top of existing radiator is all brown. I want to do the job before taking a 6-7 hour drive to the mountains. Trying to gauge how much time it will take. Will probably do the oil pump cover and front main seal while the radiator is out. By the way, do you have vids on oil pump cover and front main seal? Hmm, I'll check. If no video, have you done this job? If so, how much time did it take. Thanks.
It's hard for me to gauge the time necessary for a job because filming makes the job take longer, and I'm also not timing myself. If I had to guess, I'd say around 3 hours of uninterrupted time to swap out the radiator. I have never done the oil pump cover and front main seal.
@@TimmyTheToolman Thanks for the update. Finally getting around to doing this job, but those damn fan clutch nuts are seized on, previous owner musta used locktite or something, ugh.
@@KiyaWarrior Try some penetrating oil and even some heat from a butane torch. If they are that tight, I bet the studs end up coming out with the nuts. You'll get it done.
@@TimmyTheToolman I was able to get 2 off, but I had to cut the other ones off, other than that job is going smoothly. Any tips for putting the new studs in? Never done it before.
@@KiyaWarrior You can use a double nut technique to install them (two nuts tightened against each other) and then tighten the stud in place. I usually add some blue 242 or 243 loctite to the threads so they are less likely to back out.
@@lucaslaban4629 Gotcha. If you have that same bypass hose and the radiator you got didn't come with the nipple, you got the wrong radiator. That bypass hose serves a purpose and I wouldn't just block it off.
Hi, Tim Did you know T4R 5Th Gen Limited Full-time 4WD Propeller shaft bolts torque specs, please let me know and it really needs to tighten at 30000 miles. Dealer reminds me to come back and do this for my car but they will cut me off surely I want to do it myself but I can't find it.
I don't know what the spec is for your 5th Gen but I do know what it is for a 3rd Gen 4runner and I imagine the spec will be very similar. It's 56 foot pounds for the propeller shaft bolts.
@@TimmyTheToolman hey Tim. Let me day a heartfelt thanks for your work you out in on these videos. I hope you get rich off if CZcams because you have saved folks millions in repair bills. As an owner of 2 3rd generation 4Runners you are my go to guy and I can't thank you enough. Sometime I get in over my head and the whole Lexus GX 460 was one of those. My wife over heated hers and when I found a crack in the tank on the radiator I told her I would fix it, it looked pretty simple. I have changed probably 15 or 20 in my lifetime. I soon learned this was not a small block Chevrolet. Lexus put it on like it was going to be in battle. Lol. Anyway, thanks again for all of your expertise, clear instructions and excellent camera work! God bless you and yours!
@@TimmyTheToolman thanks Timmy and thanks for the video. I’m confident I can do it after watching your video, and I’m also confident it’s too messy if a job to be done on my new paver driveway :( Looking forward to more of your videos.
@@calokie5567 It's a messy job, but if you're careful and put stuff down like cardboard sections under the rig, you'll avoid staining your pavers. If you do stain them, a pressure washer would clean them up in no time. For the money you'd be saving doing this job on your own, you could buy a pressure washer if you don't already own one. Call a few shops and see what they'd charge and you'll realize the money you're saving doing it on your own.
@@TimmyTheToolman Thanks buddy we all appreciate you!! I cut as many corners as I could it wasn't to bad lol. Now I'm onto the PHH line, talk about a nightmare lol
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I blew my radiator and about to turn it on after doing this exact job, Hopefully no blown head gasket. So how did it turn out for Ray? Did you guys have head gasket issue after this?
Yes, he had a head gasket issue as a result. He ended up putting in a rebuilt engine. Hopefully your engine is ok. czcams.com/video/7_yCdlg_vzk/video.htmlsi=RWio32NqEBA1Pbdn
Your FJ80 repair videos are the best! They are so clear and step-by-step that even a novice like me can follow them. Whenever my FJ80 needs work, your videos are just like an official manual. Thank you so much! God bless.
Thanks for the nice compliment, Esteban. We appreciate it! We're happy to know our videos are helping you with your FJ80. Happy Wrenching!
Great video Tim don’t even have a land cruiser and still watched
Thanks Mike. We're glad you liked it.
Hope you are doing well Timmy. Thank you for making these videos for us. This community makes me proud to own such an awesome machine.
I'm doing pretty good. You're very welcome. Yes, the Toyota Community is pretty damn cool. I've met lots of good people since we started this channel of ours.
Thank you for making these video's. Your biggest CZcams Mechanic Fan.
You're very welcome and thanks for being a fan of our channel.
Thank you very much for the thorough video. I used to owned a 3rd Gen 4Runner and always watched your vids, I have a fzj80 now and am glad that you occasionally make videos of them as well. I didn't plug the transmission lines so I think I have to top off the ATF
You're very welcome. We'll be making more videos for FJ80s.
Excellent video! I am soon to be doing this exact job on my HDJ81 80 series. Looks like the radiator is exactly the same….tranny fluid pipes and all. I am also going to add an aux tranny fluid cooler that is seen on US market FJ80/FZJ80s. I will no doubt be referencing this video during the job. It looks pretty straightforward. Thank you for posting.
Thanks for the compliment, and good luck with the replacement.
Timmy Time? HELL TO THE YEAH!
Sounds like you really enjoy your Timmy the Tooman time. Thanks!
@@TimmyTheToolman always do brother. Hope you're staying safe out there in California
@@TimmyTheToolman I would drive my dad's 04 Tacoma all the way to the West Coast if it needed something done that you hadn't done before on your Channel and then I'd cook you a meal 🥩
You showed some patience with this job. What a pain in the ass vehicle! Step by step one pain in the ass to the next. It seems like every idea you have on how to make it come apart easy it would not comply. Thank GOD I don't own that vehicle!!!!
For most of our jobs, we learn as we go. Sometimes things work out smooth and other times not so much. It's part of the deal with auto mechanics. I wouldn't label this vehicle a pain in the ass but it's definitely easier to replace a radiator on a 3rd Gen 4runner. FJ80 Land Cruisers are awesome rigs and I would love to own one if they weren't so damn expensive right now.
This video came at a great time as I'm just doing a radiator replacement for my FZJ80. Thanks for the very detailed walkthrough!
You're very welcome Cameron.
Cameronquach, how much time did it take for you to do the raidator? I just picked up an OEM and need to install prior to a big trip in the mountains. Thanks.
I like how you do your work while instructing us clearly. Thanks, this is very useful.
You're very welcome. Glad you appreciate our detailed way we do things.
Thank you for making this video! I would never have figured this out on my own!
You're very welcome. I'm glad our video helped you out.
I give FZJ80 work an automatic like. I always learn something. Thanks, Timmy!
Thanks! We appreciate it.
Great step by step. Love all the detail, nice work!!
Thanks!
Yes! Another 80 series vid!
Woo hooo!!
Great video and work on the FZJ80. Very detaiked, informative and helpful.
I like the fact you are moving onto other Toyotas as well!
Awesome work, SIC MODS!!!!
Thanks. Glad you like the video. Yes, we are definitely expanding and challenging ourselves by working on other models. It makes life interesting and we're learning a lot. We have no plans of slowing down. Lots of Sic Mods on the horizon. Happy Wrenching!
This is an extremely helpful video. The camera work is excellent and very informative.
Thanks Chad. We're stoked you found our video helpful.
Thanks for the video.. my coolant bypass nipple on my radiator just cracked so Ill be swapping mine out soon
You're welcome. Good luck with the swap.
Thank you for your very informative videos and top notch presenting, you keep it fun and really detailed, Big props from the UK
Thanks Max. We appreciate the nice compliment.
changing this after my Rotors and Brake ...
Good luck!
mine also had threadlocker on those fan clutch nuts. I had to use vice grip to get them out. I added threadlocker on the bolt to water pump side of the bolt only and antisieze on the nut side of the bolt
Sounds like we both came after geniuses that decided loctite on the side with the nuts was a good idea. It's not.
@@TimmyTheToolman 😅
Intro music was perfect. 👍
You just made Sean happy.
Super detailed and immensely helpful. Bravo and thank you.
Thanks Brian. Glad you found our video helpful. You're very welcome and Happy Wrenching!
Awesome guide mate. I have to do a friends rad. at their place and I now know exactly what tools to take! One thing though, in hindsight would you say it would've been easier to leave the belts tensioned up and use that resistance to undo the fan nuts/studs? You'd also save time by not messing with the alternator.
Lots of times the belt tension isn't enough to hold the fan clutch tight enough to loosen the nuts. That's why we had to do it another way. Good luck with the job.
Thx Timmy!
You're very welcome!
Thanks for this video! You have just helped me cheers
You're very welcome. Good to hear our video helped you out.
Hey Timmy, great video. Do you have links for the replacement radiator and hoses?
Hmmm, I never finished the video description and provided those links. Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll work on it soon and update the video description.
Good tutorial, those alloy radiators develop a leak when the boiling water from overheating is so imense that the plastic tank swells and when cooled back down after boiling dry, the plastic returns to it's normal shape, but the alloy does not and the seal is lost. My only constructive critisisms are about the differing audio levels and that removing or replacing belts are the easiest by far done over the edge of the largest pulley.
Thanks for the comment. I think the only way we could normalize the audio is if I wear a mic somewhere on my body. We might go to something that one day
Maybe I am missing somethin, but what is the purpose of removing the tension of the belts? Can't the fan and shroud be taken out without that step?
Getting the belts de-tensioned helps get the fan clutch off and back on. If you want to skip this step, let us know how it works out for you. I was simply following the instructions in the factory service manual. Sometimes they do suggest unnecessary steps.
Great video, thank you.
Thanks Patrick. Glad you like it.
Hello Timmy Great Video! I had an unrelated question and was wondering if you could offer a solution for my 80. Ive purchases a 2 inch level off metal tech and was told I would also need to purchase an extended trac bar because if I didn’t my axle would be off centered. Again amazing video love watching them I learn a lot. Cheers!
As you lift the suspension, the arm which is attached to the frame and rear axle will cause it to drag the rearend over a little because the arm is a fixed length. By getting a longer bar, you push the rear end back to center. Is it totally necessary? That's debatable. I have the rear of my 2000 4runner lifted 2 inches and I haven't gotten a different panhard bar or welded in lift or drop brackets to compensate for the lift.
@@TimmyTheToolman Thank you so much for the reply .It is for the lift. Just 2in metal “spacers” to level the front of the car out make it look a little better. So I took it to a shop and they said if the were to put the level on my axle would be off centered and told me for it to work I would need a new trac bar.
Hey, Tim. Thank you so much for this video. I'm planning on doing an overhaul of my cooling system, basically this plus PHH, water pump and thermostat. I am not sure what color coolant the previous owner used so I want to make sure I flush it out really well in preparation for the red coolant. Do you have any tips for that? And I'm assuming I should flush out my system using all the old parts and once I deem it clean, install all the new components? Thank you in advance.
You can use this flush video: czcams.com/video/oQsxmi-CNng/video.html It's basically a series of filling the system with distilled water, running the engine, draining it out and repeating until what comes out looks really clear.
Yeah, I would flush the system out with the old parts and then install the new parts.
You're welcome and good luck with the work.
Hey Timmy, how long did this job take. I have my new radiator. Top of existing radiator is all brown. I want to do the job before taking a 6-7 hour drive to the mountains. Trying to gauge how much time it will take. Will probably do the oil pump cover and front main seal while the radiator is out. By the way, do you have vids on oil pump cover and front main seal? Hmm, I'll check. If no video, have you done this job? If so, how much time did it take. Thanks.
It's hard for me to gauge the time necessary for a job because filming makes the job take longer, and I'm also not timing myself. If I had to guess, I'd say around 3 hours of uninterrupted time to swap out the radiator. I have never done the oil pump cover and front main seal.
@@TimmyTheToolman Awesome. Thanks Tim. I really appreciate the info.
@@justsomeguy4941 No problem.
Any update on Ray's engine? Was it damaged from overheating?
Yes it was. Check out this video: czcams.com/video/7_yCdlg_vzk/video.html
@@TimmyTheToolman Thanks for the update. Finally getting around to doing this job, but those damn fan clutch nuts are seized on, previous owner musta used locktite or something, ugh.
@@KiyaWarrior Try some penetrating oil and even some heat from a butane torch. If they are that tight, I bet the studs end up coming out with the nuts. You'll get it done.
@@TimmyTheToolman I was able to get 2 off, but I had to cut the other ones off, other than that job is going smoothly. Any tips for putting the new studs in? Never done it before.
@@KiyaWarrior You can use a double nut technique to install them (two nuts tightened against each other) and then tighten the stud in place. I usually add some blue 242 or 243 loctite to the threads so they are less likely to back out.
My replacement radiator doesn't have a tube coming off it for the bypass hose. Can I block off that bypass?
Are you referring to the overflow port that should be at the top next to the radiator cap?
@@lucaslaban4629 Gotcha. If you have that same bypass hose and the radiator you got didn't come with the nipple, you got the wrong radiator. That bypass hose serves a purpose and I wouldn't just block it off.
Hi, Tim Did you know T4R 5Th Gen Limited Full-time 4WD Propeller shaft bolts torque specs, please let me know and it really needs to tighten at 30000 miles. Dealer reminds me to come back and do this for my car but they will cut me off surely I want to do it myself but I can't find it.
I don't know what the spec is for your 5th Gen but I do know what it is for a 3rd Gen 4runner and I imagine the spec will be very similar. It's 56 foot pounds for the propeller shaft bolts.
@@TimmyTheToolman Thank you so much, Tim.
@@paulian7071 You're very welcome.
I learned a lesson the hard way, if someone says can you put a new radiator in my Lexus gx460....say no
Good one Shane. It was a bit more involved than I expected.
@@TimmyTheToolman hey Tim. Let me day a heartfelt thanks for your work you out in on these videos. I hope you get rich off if CZcams because you have saved folks millions in repair bills. As an owner of 2 3rd generation 4Runners you are my go to guy and I can't thank you enough. Sometime I get in over my head and the whole Lexus GX 460 was one of those. My wife over heated hers and when I found a crack in the tank on the radiator I told her I would fix it, it looked pretty simple. I have changed probably 15 or 20 in my lifetime. I soon learned this was not a small block Chevrolet. Lexus put it on like it was going to be in battle. Lol. Anyway, thanks again for all of your expertise, clear instructions and excellent camera work! God bless you and yours!
Hey Tim how much do u charge for changing fzj80 radiator? I’m in the South Bay :)
I'm not a mechanic for hire. We make videos to help people out. If you have a job we haven't filmed yet, we might be interested in helping you.
@@TimmyTheToolman thanks Timmy and thanks for the video. I’m confident I can do it after watching your video, and I’m also confident it’s too messy if a job to be done on my new paver driveway :(
Looking forward to more of your videos.
@@calokie5567 It's a messy job, but if you're careful and put stuff down like cardboard sections under the rig, you'll avoid staining your pavers. If you do stain them, a pressure washer would clean them up in no time. For the money you'd be saving doing this job on your own, you could buy a pressure washer if you don't already own one. Call a few shops and see what they'd charge and you'll realize the money you're saving doing it on your own.
@@TimmyTheToolman
Yep
A few rolls of Pig Matt’s and cardboard will be a lot cheaper!!
I about ready to do this...I'm not excited, I likes changing the radiator on my 89 Yota pickup better, I can already tell
Yep, this one is more work but lucky for you you have a detailed video to follow. Good luck with the job.
@@TimmyTheToolman Thanks buddy we all appreciate you!! I cut as many corners as I could it wasn't to bad lol. Now I'm onto the PHH line, talk about a nightmare lol
@@jraddd3477 Good luck.
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I blew my radiator and about to turn it on after doing this exact job, Hopefully no blown head gasket.
So how did it turn out for Ray? Did you guys have head gasket issue after this?
Yes, he had a head gasket issue as a result. He ended up putting in a rebuilt engine. Hopefully your engine is ok. czcams.com/video/7_yCdlg_vzk/video.htmlsi=RWio32NqEBA1Pbdn