Thread: BJ73 Landcruiser

Jesus man that ain't a minivan


in other news the cruiser appears to have improved articulation since I dumped the sway bar and handles much the same on the road (like a boat)

Originally Posted by gimp

I went for a drive yesterday, to try shoot a deer. Couldn't walk very far past where I drove to as the river was extremely flooded. Saw an 8 point stag. Didn't shoot it. Noticed a bit of a clunk in the suspension though on the way home.



Oh I guess that's not meant to look like that



Who needs sway bars anyway?



Also got around to pulling off the PTO drive. Before:



Hey I can see inside my transfer case (and it looks like it's about 1.5 litres low on oil, whoops)




After. Shiny. Better not leak. Probably need to get some RTV on the gasket at some point


The problem with removing the PTO drive was that I had a massive gaping hole in my transmission tunnel afterwards


So I got stuck into some CAD. Only scrap sheetmetal I had lying around was a fucked front panel from the Corolla. Perfect, it's supposed to be automotive parts and it's even Toyota OEM


A squirt of primer, some precisely drilled holes and a bit of vacuum tube as a seal later, almost looks good enough to be hidden under the carpet forever



Anyone want to buy a lightly used PTO winch setup? It works

I just bought a mint 70 series, how much for the winch setup

Would let it go for 650. Prefer pickup, it's massive and shipping would be a nightmare - where in the country are you?

"apparently" it's "illegal" to remove your sway bar. balls. anyone got a single bracket floating around

Originally Posted by gimp

"apparently" it's "illegal" to remove your sway bar. balls. anyone got a single bracket floating around

Dont tell the 1000s of others who took them out and threw them away.
I even did it to my 2wd moutain biking ute....amazing where that could climb.

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Failed WOF on no sway bar, windscreen crack (bottom left), vertical play in tie rod ends

Sway bar is going on for WOF then off again til next WOF. Or until I get cert for none

Carterton, but thats a bit much at the moment,
thanks

Got a new windscreen last week and ordered sway bar bits and whatnot. Chucked the sway bar back on tonight with shiny new links and brackets (which will remain shiny in my garage, not attached to anything for the next 6 months) and did the tie rod and relay rod ends. I'm not convinced there was anything wrong with the tie rod ends but the WOF sheet says "Excessive play" so may as well replace them, and the relay rod ends also because a) it's unclear whether the mechanic would differentiate between the tie rod and relay rod and b) the first tie rod end kit I found came with both. Need an alignment probably but WOF'd again





Anti-seize EVERYTHING




My gearbox (like presumably all H55Fs) has a leak between the transfer case and the gearbox where all the oil migrates from one to the other then starts leaking out. I bought a hose that connects the filler bungs of both to allow the oil levels to even out between them. It's maybe a bit long. I'm not sure how well it will work with the way I've had to route it.

The hose needs to remain lower than the oil level for the oil to move between the gearbox and transfer case. Do both run the same grade oil?
My land cruiser is auto so I am unsure

It is pretty straight forward to drop the transfer case off the box and replace the seals.

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

The hose needs to remain lower than the oil level for te oil to move between the gearbox and transfer case. Do both run the same grade oil?

Yeah I'm going to run it lower when I put the bash plate back on under there. It's super long and would be fuck near dragging on the road if I routed it under the box without the bash plate. Both run 80/90

Gimp just remove one side of the sway Bar Bolt. The whole assembly doesnt have to be completely removed for it to work as if it isn't there. Just the one Bolt (your second pic)

Originally Posted by gimp

Yeah I'm going to run it lower when I put the bash plate back on under there. It's super long and would be fuck near dragging on the road if I routed it under the box without the bash plate. Both run 80/90

How is that hose connected to the fittings?
Can you cut it to the right size and reconnect them? Or take it into someone like hose and hydraulics in greymouth and get Evan to make you one the right size


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Originally Posted by Smiddy

How is that hose connected to the fittings?
Can you cut it to the right size and reconnect them? Or take it into someone like hose and hydraulics in greymouth and get Evan to make you one the right size


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looks like a push lock barb, should be able to cut off carefully trim to length and push back on.

It turns out it's just a push in barb fitting with no locking at all, shortened it.



Also tested the flex with the sway bar attached and it's still able to get up on my half metre high front porch without lifting any wheels



Probably good enough but it's come off anyway, it's annoying breaking the brackets & makes zero difference on the road.

Hope to give it a good workout on the east coast next week now