Thank you for not cutting out embarrassing parts - I really appreciate you showing it all! Secondly, I think a 100 series LC wouldn't have had this issue since it doesn't have a distributor to deal with
I have 100' synthetic rope on my winch, and spooled out to 1.5 layers. If the FJZ80 was any deeper or further away, we would have used one loop of a tree saver on the rear hitch, and a pulley block on the other end. I didn't use chocks as the truck was parked on an incline, the shifter was in Neutral, E-brake engaged, and my left foot was on the brakes. My other foot was on the throttle to rev the engine around 2000 rpm to help the winch get some more juice. Once on dry ground we used electric parts cleaner and shop towels to clean the distributor. You can use WD-40, but over time it can get sticky and gum things up. The elec cleaner dries very quickly and leaves no residue. Fun times with Overland Bound! Looking forward to more of them:)
Here's a tip of things we do here to avoid distributor issues with 80 series land cruiser, in some cases we connect a thin hose form an air compressor to the distributor and turn it on before crossing deep rivers or deep mud bogs (witch will push air from the in of the distributor and avoid water or mud to access inside of it), an other thing we do is connect 2 air lines to the distributor, 1 that goes from the inside of the rig to an upper point in the distributor (normally made with a small drill bit) and a second one from the lower part of the distributor connected to the air lines that are in the top of the air cleaner top. Hope this information is useful. Cheers.
Nice! The upper ranch is a great place. Once I saw a topless stock Rubicon with about a 2-3" lift and mud tires make it entirely through that mud pit with a similar depth and consistency. No joke, the guy ran it straight into the pit, punched cruise control, stood up on his seat, and steered with one foot while he looked over the roof and hood for a good line. When he started climbing the opposite bank he jumped down in his seat and cancelled cruise and exited no problem.
Just found this Hollister Hills video. I was there a few years ago in my TJ waiting my turn to do exactly what you attempted to do, behind a built full-size V-8 Chevy PU 4x4 with lift, and either 35's or 37's and lots of horsepower. He went in at full throttle and when he was blasting through approximately the same spot where you stalled, he hit something submerged in the mud. The truck jumped up in front and and get stuck in the mud. I was then able to see the driver's side front wheel sitting at about a 45 degree angle, which should have been parallel to the frame, obviously. His front-wheel hub broke clean off. After being pulled out by his buddies, he got into the mud and found one of those 12"x12"x6 foot posts along the side, submerged in the mud. I haven't gone charging into that mud pit since. I won't go into that mud pit anymore... Besides, Hollister mud sticks like glue and takes a LONG time to wash off!
Great video. I got a good laugh. I have swamped more things then I care to remember. Always provides a heck of a good laugh and many stories around the fire. When I get around mud my favorite saying is "Here hold my soda and watch this". And always seems to be with the same people. Again GREAT video. Thank you
You need to get a round tupper ware container and make a cover to go over the dizzy cap, Or make a right angled plate that covers the front and the Top making sure it exceeds the top of the cap where the wires go in by at leased and inch then next time it gets splashed it will bounce off, good luck and stay safe, thanks for posting the video.
Charging into mud IS fun! (At Hollister Hills.) But, if you are solo and remote in the backcountry, you should enter water/mud slowly so you don't have a wake flowing into your engine compartment. Regardless, you can still have the problem Micheal experienced with his wonderful Cruiser if the water or mud is deep enough. No real criticism here, but it would be good set up vehicle-assisted recovery kit prior to "charging into the mud." Mud boots or waders are helpful also; especially if you have to deploy YOUR winch, not another. Micheal, what you did do VERY correct it to practice at a safe place with your vehicle under varying circumstances to LEARN. You now know about watery mud in the engine compartment and under the distributor cap! Good on YOU! Pure fun. Good video as always.
Yep I learned way back in the day in baja to avoid splashing through mud in my 1st gen 4runner. I'm curious if you could have gone slowly aired down and made it or not. My LC is diesel so even heavier up front. The sheer weight of the 80 series is a sometimes achilles heel. duck tape before dunking? I recall there are some nice distrib h20 proofing kits out there.
Great videos men, I fixt the same problem on my 62 series with an optical sensor distributor, you could pour water into it and will run like a charm. That was the last time I had to open my distributor cap. Good luck!
Distributor get wet......you can install a 12volt/24volt car airhorn pump at the distributor cap where the breather is (if there is some car)and you start it when you need in deep water so that no wet of splash can't go inside in through the pressure
I hate to be negative here, but I and many others have done the steps at Hollister without lockers engaged. In fact, a 10k lb Sportmobile made it halfway up before locking the rear for safety because he started getting sideways. He then continued up.
My 80 has been in deeper water and no issues. They can get water in the dizzy but it's in a good spot on that model. As far as I'm concerned you would have had to submerge us to have water inside it but it didn't look deep enough to be submerged. Maybe your caps warn or something . From memory they should have a seal , maybe that's your issue !!
Hmmm were you aired down much, didnt appear so on the steps, I have a feeling if you'd taken them way down, you could have crawled up it. I'll have to test my similar LC there. At "slick rock" had no troubles on similar terrain.
Keep a plastic bag in your truck if you must go through deep water place distributor in bag and tie off around spark plug wires will not keep it water proof but adds water resistance for quick crossings .
I had the exact same thing happen to my 95 k1500. The distributor cap was cracked and to fix it without taking it apart all you have to do it spray the top with wd40
That looks like a really fun park! Also, has anyone told you that you could be a stunt double for the actor that plays Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones?
hey man i've got a 97' and i noticed you have like a cover over your spark plugs and i'm in need of that and haven't been able to find anything close to it for an 80 series can you point me in the right direction of where to find one?
You said it brother. Cannot count the times I've pulled people out. From my perspective it feels like 5 min. The one time I get stuck. My lord felt like hours.
Looking into get me a 1991 FJ80, over 260,000 Miles... what’s the main thing I may bee needing to look for it as far repairs/ new parts/ before I buy ...??
I personally have a 250 craftsman set. its a little bigger than that, but my combo wrench selection isn't that great on it. enough sockets to swap a motor(which I did). I need a set of combo wrenches that start at 12-13mm and go up, both metric and standard
Take a rubber glove cut the ends of the fingers take the spark plug wires pull it true the fingers then pull the rest of the glove over the distributor cap this work on my VW beetle. Stopping water to get in to the cap.
i got into the mud with corolla xe.saloon and still runs great 😂 its just bad luck to this land cruiser thats why the guy ask is that a toyota i mean land cruiser never dies guys😂
u need to swap ur engine,newer and same company according the law.it will be 2JZ-FSE from lexus is300 i know is not meant for torque engine but still can do the job and most importantly no more distributor
Sorry Nicholas... you couldn't be MORE wrong. Every winch line pull, whether synthetic rope or steel cable, needs to have a RECOVERY DAMPER placed at the middle of the line or nearer the stuck vehicle. I like and enjoy Overland Bound's videos, but as a professional trainer (teaching at Prairie City, SVRA near Sacramento) this particular video was VERY hard to watch from a number of perspectives. Synthetic rope DOES snap back, just not with as much mass or kinetic energy as steel cable. Rope can still be very hurtful. I want to formally invite Corrie and Micheal to attend my "Discovery Course" free of charge. Just let me know when you can make it. Check my website for possible dates. DiscoverOffRoading.com. An open spirit says, "There's always something I can learn." Or said another way, "Everyone is my superior in some way, and from them I can learn."
Robert Wohlers I understand as a best practice it is best to cover winch line regardless of material but from my personal experience I've see two synthetic lines break in the field and neither of them travel or moved with dangerous force. I've never seen cable snap in person but I've seen TH-cam videos and I understand why it should always be covered.
In my opinion, it is so easy to show/use best practices on TH-cam. Your field experience is noted. I however have seen other weak rigging points break (anchor shackles, receiver mounts, thimbles, recovery anchor points, even an entire trailer HITCH!) and give way when being pulled by synthetic rope. This type of event is NOT benign. Mass and kinetic energy is involved. ALWAYS USE A RECOVERY DAMPER. Here endeth the lesson.
This is why I avoid mud whenever possible. It's 5 minutes of fun and 5 years of shit falling in your face whenever you try to wrench on the rig.
Kaplan 😂👍
Gotta say Mike, when I saw the rig accomplish the "steps" with ease, it put a smile on my face, so much love for 80's!
:)
Thank you for not cutting out embarrassing parts - I really appreciate you showing it all! Secondly, I think a 100 series LC wouldn't have had this issue since it doesn't have a distributor to deal with
The Rover guys giving you shit was great!
I honestly never thought Land Cruiser would overlook something as simple as that for their overland vehicle 😳 Great video thumbs up.
I have 100' synthetic rope on my winch, and spooled out to 1.5 layers. If the FJZ80 was any deeper or further away, we would have used one loop of a tree saver on the rear hitch, and a pulley block on the other end. I didn't use chocks as the truck was parked on an incline, the shifter was in Neutral, E-brake engaged, and my left foot was on the brakes. My other foot was on the throttle to rev the engine around 2000 rpm to help the winch get some more juice.
Once on dry ground we used electric parts cleaner and shop towels to clean the distributor. You can use WD-40, but over time it can get sticky and gum things up. The elec cleaner dries very quickly and leaves no residue.
Fun times with Overland Bound! Looking forward to more of them:)
Cory, you endeared yourself to me, when you exclaimed “ My Stars!” My grandmother used to say that. Thanks!
Anthony Biggers :D
Here's a tip of things we do here to avoid distributor issues with 80 series land cruiser, in some cases we connect a thin hose form an air compressor to the distributor and turn it on before crossing deep rivers or deep mud bogs (witch will push air from the in of the distributor and avoid water or mud to access inside of it), an other thing we do is connect 2 air lines to the distributor, 1 that goes from the inside of the rig to an upper point in the distributor (normally made with a small drill bit) and a second one from the lower part of the distributor connected to the air lines that are in the top of the air cleaner top. Hope this information is useful. Cheers.
Wow! Extremely useful! I'm going to use this!
Overland Bound glad it's useful, if I can be of any help on other topics related to 80's series I'll be glad to help, great vids by the way. Cheers
"is that a Toyota? Never seen a Toyota with the hood open" hahaha that was hilarious 😂😂
yeah LOL
I loved Corrie's comment, "this is why we can't have nice things". Great video!
Haha!
Great video!! Seeing your distributor get swamped made me so happy that I have a diesel.
Excellent rig and video! Hollister is a great park to learn new skills and test the capabilities of a rig.
hahaha! the dude in the background, "is that a TOYOTA?!"
For vehicles like this (going through water) always seal your distributor cap with sealant. great vid!!
Oh, I wish I could be out doing this kind of stuff today. Who cares if you get stuck or break on the trail. Being out is the thing that counts!
Best moment when 2 lr4 drivers stop and ask ''is that a Toyota?" I'm done lol!!!
Haha!
do they not recognize one of the most legendary off road vehicles, its not just a toyota, its a landcruiser!
Nice! The upper ranch is a great place. Once I saw a topless stock Rubicon with about a 2-3" lift and mud tires make it entirely through that mud pit with a similar depth and consistency. No joke, the guy ran it straight into the pit, punched cruise control, stood up on his seat, and steered with one foot while he looked over the roof and hood for a good line. When he started climbing the opposite bank he jumped down in his seat and cancelled cruise and exited no problem.
Just found this Hollister Hills video. I was there a few years ago in my TJ waiting my turn to do exactly what you attempted to do, behind a built full-size V-8 Chevy PU 4x4 with lift, and either 35's or 37's and lots of horsepower. He went in at full throttle and when he was blasting through approximately the same spot where you stalled, he hit something submerged in the mud. The truck jumped up in front and and get stuck in the mud. I was then able to see the driver's side front wheel sitting at about a 45 degree angle, which should have been parallel to the frame, obviously. His front-wheel hub broke clean off. After being pulled out by his buddies, he got into the mud and found one of those 12"x12"x6 foot posts along the side, submerged in the mud. I haven't gone charging into that mud pit since. I won't go into that mud pit anymore...
Besides, Hollister mud sticks like glue and takes a LONG time to wash off!
good to see this rig get down and dirty! fun video. at least now you know a weakness to remedy before doing any more water crossings or mudding
So funny all the Land Rover guys just couldn't resist clowning on a Toyota LOL!! 😅😅😅😅😄😄😄😀😀😀😆😆😆
Good to hear you guys having fun! Good lesson to be learned. Cheers!
I think we all learned something today.
😂
Good meeting you guys!
Great video. I got a good laugh. I have swamped more things then I care to remember. Always provides a heck of a good laugh and many stories around the fire. When I get around mud my favorite saying is "Here hold my soda and watch this". And always seems to be with the same people. Again GREAT video. Thank you
Thanks!
This course is awesome. I wish there was something like this in WA
You need to get a round tupper ware container and make a cover to go over the dizzy cap, Or make a right angled plate that covers the front and the Top making sure it exceeds the top of the cap where the wires go in by at leased and inch then next time it gets splashed it will bounce off, good luck and stay safe, thanks for posting the video.
awesome footage. felt personable and real. not setup like other channels. just earned another subscriber here!
Thank you!
its cool that jim carrey is into overlanding!
Quinn Alonzo haha good call!
Charging into mud IS fun! (At Hollister Hills.) But, if you are solo and remote in the backcountry, you should enter water/mud slowly so you don't have a wake flowing into your engine compartment. Regardless, you can still have the problem Micheal experienced with his wonderful Cruiser if the water or mud is deep enough. No real criticism here, but it would be good set up vehicle-assisted recovery kit prior to "charging into the mud." Mud boots or waders are helpful also; especially if you have to deploy YOUR winch, not another. Micheal, what you did do VERY correct it to practice at a safe place with your vehicle under varying circumstances to LEARN. You now know about watery mud in the engine compartment and under the distributor cap! Good on YOU! Pure fun. Good video as always.
Thank you!
Great vid, I’ll keep out of the deep stuff for this reason!
Yep I learned way back in the day in baja to avoid splashing through mud in my 1st gen 4runner. I'm curious if you could have gone slowly aired down and made it or not. My LC is diesel so even heavier up front. The sheer weight of the 80 series is a sometimes achilles heel. duck tape before dunking? I recall there are some nice distrib h20 proofing kits out there.
Great videos men, I fixt the same problem on my 62 series with an optical sensor distributor, you could pour water into it and will run like a charm. That was the last time I had to open my distributor cap. Good luck!
Thanks for the tip!
where did you buy that Optical Sensor Distributor?
Distributor get wet......you can install a 12volt/24volt car airhorn pump at the distributor cap where the breather is (if there is some car)and you start it when you need in deep water so that no wet of splash can't go inside in through the pressure
Great tip!
Is why I like trailing and not mudding
Thanks for keeping it real. Now I'll know what to check for if I die out in mud. Helpful video.
PS: The rig is looking mean
old school, in Humboldt county we would use a type of lacquer on spark stytem, lot of wet weather and standing water
What do you know? :D Just kidding! That's solid advice.
I still want a "Smorkle" for my Rig. HaHa. Nice Vid Mike. Hope ya'll are having a great year so far!
I hate to be negative here, but I and many others have done the steps at Hollister without lockers engaged. In fact, a 10k lb Sportmobile made it halfway up before locking the rear for safety because he started getting sideways. He then continued up.
Good job!
great video guy's , hope to see how to fix video on that distributor cap
check your radiator fins for mud. last mud we ran through had me overheating till I cleaned it out the fins
Nice video. Keep it coming..
My 80 has been in deeper water and no issues. They can get water in the dizzy but it's in a good spot on that model. As far as I'm concerned you would have had to submerge us to have water inside it but it didn't look deep enough to be submerged.
Maybe your caps warn or something . From memory they should have a seal , maybe that's your issue !!
Great vid. Cheers for sharing
Thanks!
Toyota surrounded by Land Rovers, oh what a feeling....
That's why diesels are better in mud and water because diesels rely on compression not spark.
DownUnderDualSport **Yep, because petrol motors don't work on compression either, it's just a myth.
Hard to get Toyota diesels stateside..
Dude it's about having fun NOT about diesels being better than gas. Damn you dudes and your diesels. Go eat a chocolate bar man and f off
@@richr7604
opposite in my country, diesels, where are the big cylinders
Would of got thru the mud if you didn’t have all that weight on it.
Great video!
Hmmm were you aired down much, didnt appear so on the steps, I have a feeling if you'd taken them way down, you could have crawled up it. I'll have to test my similar LC there. At "slick rock" had no troubles on similar terrain.
I miss stack of the show & G4, this is an acceptable replacement 👍👍
That's why we like diesel in Europe.
Great vid buy the way.
Thanks!
Nice video! The is great advantage of a diesel engine. There is no spark to put out.
You could remove the distributor by installing a diesel? We're so lucky in Australia. ;)
The best thing about off-road is to avoid unavoidable
brenton took the mud hit for you!
What did you guys sprayed in he distributer cap? Brake cleaner?
Yup, basically. Parts cleaner.
Did the sequoia tske ovrr the land cruisers for few years ?
Keep a plastic bag in your truck if you must go through deep water place distributor in bag and tie off around spark plug wires will not keep it water proof but adds water resistance for quick crossings .
lol awesome thanks! OB #144
I had the exact same thing happen to my 95 k1500. The distributor cap was cracked and to fix it without taking it apart all you have to do it spray the top with wd40
Where's this facility at?? looks like a fun place to sharoen some rusty overkanding skills..
Hollister Hills!
now thats a proper off road machine..is it a diesel?
That looks like a really fun park! Also, has anyone told you that you could be a stunt double for the actor that plays Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones?
Hahaha...well actually...
As his wife, I 100% approve of this comment.
I wanted to see the disco 2 try the mud out
i drive my turbo diesel through mud and water deeper than that and don't even have to get a tool out, just hose everything off with water, no dramas
If love to know what kind of fuel economy you get in the 80. Before and after the tent install
It's a pretty consistent 13 MPG.
Is that a Toyota.... :D of course it had to be land rover owners. good video. what was that liquid you sprayed to dry quickly?
I love this legendary SUV 80k and super car for everyday life and always put huskies and I spin tires it constantly play
hey man i've got a 97' and i noticed you have like a cover over your spark plugs and i'm in need of that and haven't been able to find anything close to it for an 80 series can you point me in the right direction of where to find one?
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That mud recover seems to take A LOT longer when you are the driver of the stuck rig.... (#Tugofshame) ;-)
You said it brother. Cannot count the times I've pulled people out. From my perspective it feels like 5 min. The one time I get stuck. My lord felt like hours.
nice
Deets on the limb risers? Home made or a commercial kit?
www.overlandbound.com/make-your-own-limb-risers/
Def a bad gasket!
What kind of battery jump box was that
Probably better off running a distributorless ignition system and get rid of that problem entirely
Looking into get me a 1991 FJ80, over 260,000 Miles... what’s the main thing I may bee needing to look for it as far repairs/ new parts/ before I buy ...??
Thats why I´d buy an HDJ :D
what MY is it, with a distributer?
great comment at 14:40 (riding an LR3 too :-))
but, mate, hope you never winch again WITHOUT securing the rope ..
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had a few changes in my comment cause of questions. didn't want to comment several times ..
At least no water in the intake. Been there. Done that.
How do I get one of y'all's t-shirts?
Oh man! Thanks for considering it!
Do you have a build list anywhere? I have a '95 with factory lockers and would love to see your full setup
Alex Stern google overland bound rig and it will come up.
Ali Khalid Nice
Hey, I thought you were only running 33’s?!?!
315/75R16
btw, what tool set is that? looks like a good size to take out on adventures.
js92css that's what I was thinking
I personally have a 250 craftsman set. its a little bigger than that, but my combo wrench selection isn't that great on it. enough sockets to swap a motor(which I did). I need a set of combo wrenches that start at 12-13mm and go up, both metric and standard
Are you guys using Stanley?
craftsman or husky(home depot is closer to my house)
What model is that genius boost?
That's the GB70! There will be a raffle for a free one later this week for members!
Thanks! Looking to purchase one for my wife's 4runner.
Take a rubber glove cut the ends of the fingers take the spark plug wires pull it true the fingers then pull the rest of the glove over the distributor cap this work on my VW beetle. Stopping water to get in to the cap.
Awesome! Good tip. Thanks!
I hate mud. Good thing I live in Arizona.
i got into the mud with corolla xe.saloon and still runs great 😂 its just bad luck to this land cruiser thats why the guy ask is that a toyota i mean land cruiser never dies guys😂
u need to swap ur engine,newer and same company according the law.it will be 2JZ-FSE from lexus is300 i know is not meant for torque engine but still can do the job and most importantly no more distributor
Why hit the water and mud going that fast? Youre asking for trouble.
Ya, that was the point. It was not an exercise in proper technique. Trouble asked, trouble got. :)
forgot to put weight on the winch incase it breaks,also people standing in not a great spot.
From City To Wild looked like synthetic line. Don't have to add weight as it just drops when it breaks
I actually thought of that as I was typing,I have zero experience so I probably say anything lol
Sorry Nicholas... you couldn't be MORE wrong. Every winch line pull, whether synthetic rope or steel cable, needs to have a RECOVERY DAMPER placed at the middle of the line or nearer the stuck vehicle. I like and enjoy Overland Bound's videos, but as a professional trainer (teaching at Prairie City, SVRA near Sacramento) this particular video was VERY hard to watch from a number of perspectives. Synthetic rope DOES snap back, just not with as much mass or kinetic energy as steel cable. Rope can still be very hurtful. I want to formally invite Corrie and Micheal to attend my "Discovery Course" free of charge. Just let me know when you can make it. Check my website for possible dates. DiscoverOffRoading.com. An open spirit says, "There's always something I can learn." Or said another way, "Everyone is my superior in some way, and from them I can learn."
Robert Wohlers I understand as a best practice it is best to cover winch line regardless of material but from my personal experience I've see two synthetic lines break in the field and neither of them travel or moved with dangerous force. I've never seen cable snap in person but I've seen TH-cam videos and I understand why it should always be covered.
In my opinion, it is so easy to show/use best practices on TH-cam. Your field experience is noted. I however have seen other weak rigging points break (anchor shackles, receiver mounts, thimbles, recovery anchor points, even an entire trailer HITCH!) and give way when being pulled by synthetic rope. This type of event is NOT benign. Mass and kinetic energy is involved. ALWAYS USE A RECOVERY DAMPER. Here endeth the lesson.
It's a Toyota!... :o Toyota's don't die.. haha.
diesel engines are the go
Water
Displacer
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I was so puzzled why an HDJ80 would drown so easily... Lol it took me til minute 13 to realize it was not a Diesel engine ;)
wd40 works too
See, this is where I'd want an old jeep. toyotas are too expensive to beat on. For stuff like this I'd like a nice cheap jeep to beat the hell out of
It called WD40 befor you go in water
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This is why I own a Land Rover and not a Land Cruiser
Toyota is WAY WAY better then land rover