an 80 series but I have seen this type of issue on older vehicles.
The black is oxidation of the copper. When this happens, it makes
it harder for the connection to be good and can cause heat in the
connection area. Yes, one of the fixes can be cutting and splicing in
a new connector (Napa or CARQUEST should have new connectors
to splice in).
nesses. This will not only give you new connections but will upgrade
the wire to a heavier gauge that will carry the amps easier to help
with the amp draw. If you or the previous owners have been using the
high amp-drawing low beam bulbs, these higher amp-drawing bulbs
could cause the copper to degrade on the lesser gauge wires. This is
what I have on my 1993 80 series, an upgraded wiring harness. It is
powered off the battery and one side of the headlight circuit trips the
relays. It will power the high amp draw bulbs with ease.
front axle when performing a spring-over-axle (SOA) conversion.
Understandably on a shorter vehicle, the pumpkin may have to be
rotated upward to reduce (or restore) the front driveshaft angle but from
what I've read, this is unnecessary on a longer vehicle such as the FJ60
in question. Looking at my truck, which has a SOA, the driveshaft angle
looks reasonable, yet no rotation of the pumpkin was done. So first, is
this true: no pumpkin rotation needed on longer wheelbase vehicles?
positive caster. That is, the truck follows dips in the road like it wants to
change lanes on its own, that sort of dirty feeling which is not real con-
fidence inspiring. So does doing the SOA change the steering geom-
etry even if the pumpkin/axle/perches are still at their stock angles?
restore the caster and to keep a good pinion angle. You can also
use shims but shims will only correct so much. It would be in your
best interest to take it to an alignment shop and see how much caster
correction you need. If the shop can then provide the correct shims,
that's great. Then you will need to look at the pinion angle and see if
it works for you. So yes, doing a spring over even with the perches
in the stock locations will change caster.
the lifting of Cruisers I have done, after the lift, I always measure the
flange angles and see how they compare to each other. If they are