Thread: BJ73 Landcruiser

That transfer box is looking to shiny, needs a nice layer of mud over your new hose as well!

Today is 1 year since I bought a Landcruiser! Drove to the East Coast a couple of days ago to go hunting but the river decided to rise rapidly (after I checked the levels at home) and stayed too high to cross safely, so I came home after shooting some rabbits in the riverbed. Back to about 10.6L/100km now for highway driving since adjusting the fuel.



boooo








Truck went great for as far up the river as I could go.

Noticed on the highway that the temp gauge was getting quite high when uphill or into strong headwinds, have never really noticed much movement in it previously - perhaps the ARB bar blocks the airflow? Was hot weather also. Anyway decided to pull out the air conditioning condenser since the aircon doesn't work and I don't really want it, and the condenser blocks some airflow to the radiator. Pulled the whole lot out including idle up VSV, compressor, etc - just the stuff under the dash remains.



Found a leak in the radiator core. There's also the beginnings of a weep around the bottom hose barb thing so I guess either repairs or a new radiator are in my future.




So much extra space in the engine bay!

Have noticed I need new shocks and have a leak from my power steering box to fix.

Good hose down should get rid of the cobwebs,all that crap won't be doing the cooling any favours.

Yeah that's on the to-do list

Used to blow my rads out with the air compressor in Namibia once a day! As you would end up with a lot of insect life and dust etc, works really well and helps in keeping the air flowing. Just do it from the back ah, then your not pushing any seed etc into the rad. Keep some matches in your glove box just incase it springs a leak when your in the back country and egg can also save your bacon.

What's the story with the matches?

Originally Posted by Nibblet

What's the story with the matches?

So you can set fire to it and cook some eggs on the bonnet

Originally Posted by Gibo

So you can set fire to it and cook some eggs on the bonnet

Is that the best resort when the gear box goes pop?

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Is that the best resort when the gear box goes pop?

Yes but I've never been one to do the best thing

Originally Posted by Nibblet

What's the story with the matches?

If you have a pin hole leak you can put a match stick in and it will swell and block off the leak. Have used this on quite large holes to get me out of trouble especially in desert environments seems to be a shortage of water there for some reason?
You need to be careful placing bigger bits in as they will tear the rad a bigger hole

Ugh



Ryco filters have cool boxes at the moment



New sender in ($109 overnight from Toyota NZ, ugh) after a trip to Repco and being sold the wrong one



and we're away

Ahh the joys of older trucks......looks like the speedo has been wound back a time or two too

Legitimate joys of an old vehicle: I could fix it myself with 50 bucks in parts if I didn't want it overnight, with a 14mm spanner, rather than a check engine light -> expensive trip to the dealer -> another expensive trip to the dealer when they read the ambiguous OBDII code and replaced the wrong parts the first time.

Yeah definitely has been wound back.

Originally Posted by gimp

Ugh



Ryco filters have cool boxes at the moment



New sender in ($109 overnight from Toyota NZ, ugh) after a trip to Repco and being sold the wrong one



and we're away

Something is seriously wrong with that wagon @gimp. All the ancillaries must have fallen off the engine, I can see the ground from the top.

Originally Posted by gimp

Legitimate joys of an old vehicle: I could fix it myself with 50 bucks in parts if I didn't want it overnight, with a 14mm spanner, rather than a check engine light -> expensive trip to the dealer -> another expensive trip to the dealer when they read the ambiguous OBDII code and replaced the wrong parts the first time.

Yeah definitely has been wound back.

Yep my take on it is you either have to get "old" like yours so you can fix it yourself or "new or in warranty" so when SHTF someone else is paying.
The market is a bit slow to catch on but mark my words watch the resale of the modern diesels plummet as people get caught with massive maintenance bills.
Already the last of the "bugger" hiluxes are worth more than the first of the "sheep shagger"...this trend will continue throughout the brands and models.