BJ73 Landcruiser

Yeah I didn't think all those relays and that rats nest looked particularly like something Mr Toyota would have put there

Have a towbar, haven't checked to see if any of that runs to the trailer socket

Turns out it is a voltage converter, hooked into the light circuits for the trailer plug, with very light gauge wire and extremely ghetto connections, with a hot wire from the battery routed in an exceptionally retarded route along the chassis. Better leave it in and not fry every trailer I hire. But might tidy up the wiring at some point.

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Also I have a leak around my windscreen.

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They're rad. Get a BJ74 or HZJ73 if you can - the BJ74 has the 13BT 3.4 turbo engine, and the HZJ73 has the 1HZ 4.2, they're both a bit more grunty than my anaemic 3.4L 3B, it struggles a little on the highway. Realistically it's fine though, you just end up going over the Crown Range in 3rd at 50km instead of 4th at 70.

Factory soft top versions come up occasionally but they're pretty uncommon. I dunno how hard/expensive it would be to get a soft top made. It wouldn't be practical to take the hardtop on and off all the time, it's pretty heavy and I think you'd end up stuffing the seals. Also the rear doors would need to be cut down into half-doors if you wanted to do a custom soft top. And you'd need to make some kind cage cos there isn't anything to support a soft top at the back.

I'm getting about 11.6L/100km average for highway driving, about 13L/100km mixed highway/city. Efficient/cheap enough as a daily driver. It's extremely fun to drive/own


If you want something that's a semi-capable 4wd, decent daily driver, etc, with an easily removable top, there's always the Daihatsu Rocky - lightweight rear hardtop that can be removed and a targa top in the front which just pops out. Be more waterproof/secure than a softtop of any description and they're pretty good little trucks

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How accurate is your millage? I would have thought it would have been a bit better than that being diesel, the family commodore does 11.3L/100 mixed and way down for highway and it probably weighs more than that and is full time 4wd

If you have a windscreen leek then you have rust in the windscreen frame as wel because moisture will sit betweent he seal and the metal.

I also have a leak around the windscreen and it is the usual problem, the windscreen surround has to be replaced. I've been looking for one for about 6 months but I always seem to be a bit late in the race ('sorry mate, its gone'). According to an interesting US website the windscreen problem is created by using the air conditioning unit which draws moisture into the frame and the moisture stays there and rusts out the steel. This scenario results in a new windscreen surround every 10 years. If you don't use the air conditioning the surround does not rust.

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If you have a windscreen leek then you have rust in the windscreen frame as wel because moisture will sit betweent he seal and the metal.

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I absolutely have rust in my windscreen frame.

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I also have a leak around the windscreen and it is the usual problem, the windscreen surround has to be replaced. I've been looking for one for about 6 months but I always seem to be a bit late in the race ('sorry mate, its gone'). According to an interesting US website the windscreen problem is created by using the air conditioning unit which draws moisture into the frame and the moisture stays there and rusts out the steel. This scenario results in a new windscreen surround every 10 years. If you don't use the air conditioning the surround does not rust.

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Fibreglass Replacement Panels in Australia do a replacement frame from F/glass, I intend to get one.

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Fibreglass Replacement Panels in Australia do a replacement frame from F/glass, I intend to get one.

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I'll bring it from Brisbane next week as oversized luggage if you want. Must be like a bike box size? Might save on shipping - no promise on reduced fee though! :)
PM me if you want me to.

Cheers for the offer - that'd be legendary - but it's not high on my priority list at the moment.

Well let me know when your sorted, as I'm back and forward to Oz (not just Brisbane) quite a bit. Might beable to help.

Cheers, will do.

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How accurate is your millage? I would have thought it would have been a bit better than that being diesel, the family commodore does 11.3L/100 mixed and way down for highway and it probably weighs more than that and is full time 4wd

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It's accurate. It's a brick-shaped truck from 1985 with mud tyres.

Gimp strange question but who is the alien/ghost in your wing mirror on page eight?:o

I don't have a page eight, so I cannot provide any help

@Sideshow, i see what you mean must be something normal but looks like a scream mask. your looking way too much at the photo to notice it though

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Weird.

oh yeah that's my flatmate Dave, he's alright

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oh yeah that's my flatmate Dave, he's alright

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How bout full moon?:)

Picked up 4 factory Prado alloys today, with pretty worn 10R15 Bridgestone ATs on them, chucked them on for the drive home and got 11L/100km of diesel, not bad with 150kg of other wheels/tyres in the back. They're a slightly larger tyre than the Kumho muddies, Prado rims are a good fit and should be straightforward to find a 5th for the spare - there are 4 different wrecking Prados listed on trademe right now with these rims.

Shiny & new & an extremely saggy arse with 150kg of wheels in the back, made for a lot of body roll driving home
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You change much more of that thing and the only original bit will be the shaddow.

I GOT A BOX

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Also 10.8L/100km today Invers to Hoki via Haast with the new alloys and worn ATs

You lucky man Gimp. I have been checking out the progress of you and the beast for a wee while. Becoming quite the man with the tools, good to see bro

Yes, next you will be in the shed bolting stuff on your gun for a full custom job:XD:

It'll be a flying brick shortly.

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It'll be a flying brick shortly.

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Can we call it the corelokt? Who would own a truck with such a shit bc?

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Yes, next you will be in the shed bolting stuff on your gun for a full custom job:XD:

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Not a chance, but I appreciate the irony

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Can we call it the corelokt? Who would own a truck with such a shit bc?

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Shit BC but better mileage than the 2016 Hilux at work, probably cos it's short about 400kg of electronics and plastic crap

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Shit BC but better mileage than the 2016 Hilux at work, probably cos it's short about 400kg of electronics and plastic crap

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And you're not paying for gas at work...

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And you're not paying for gas at work...

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No, so of course I make every effort to conserve it

In other news

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looks like a musical instrument. Some sort of Horn.

Ive got a low boost circa 8pis turbo on my Patrol, it certainly breathes life into the old girls.

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No.Its an Artistic model of a Nautilus shell.

It's the key to the money pit

It turns out I bought the wrong turbo which is a great start to this project. Turns out the T25 comes in various different compressor A/Rs and I bought one that is too big for me

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It turns out I bought the wrong turbo which is a great start to this project. Turns out the T25 comes in various different compressor A/Rs and I bought one that is too big for me

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You needed the sunny climate odd raro to discover this?

Well I was told "Buy a T25" and it was advertised as a T25 so I bought it and then I was told "no that's not a T25 it's a T28" but I think it's just a T25 with a bigger compressor A/R than the one I want. but they don't make these things easy and stamp "T25" on them anywhere. Also it doesn't matter cos it's not gonna work on the 3b, short story

but I did jump further into the money pit by buying a second, hopefully actually suitable, turbo.

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but I did jump further into the money pit by buying a second, hopefully actually suitable, turbo.

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You can design your exhaust manifold/extractors to increase exhaust velocity to the turbine wheel negating the negative effect of a slightly larger turbo.

Also, if you have the right sized turbo this design makes the turbo spool up sooner

I'm crossing my fingers that it's a holset with anti surge front cover
So you can wind window down and listen to it suck like a $2 hooker

Had a problem with my intake hosing.

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Probably not ideal for my engine to be sucking in huge amounts of unfiltered air, so I fixed it. Now it sounds epic sucking through the snorkel again. Hopefully it didn't ingest too much unfiltered shit. Not a great fix cos I'm a retard and bought 2" silicon and pipe off the Internet and probably would've been better off with 2 1/4 or something to match the existing crossover pipe. Whatever

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Also finally tackled my extremely stubborn fuel filter, I'd looked at it before and it refused to move so I just left it, figuring it'd be fine. Got it off and a new one on after some effort. Seems to run a little nicer now. Maybe.

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