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I second @Exiled and @jblueridge When it comes to a critical safety component (and there are precious few on the 70's!) I tend to stick to OEM and complete remediation. IE: if the little splines on the studs have stripped in the rotor, I would...

In my experience, it's very often the lugs that are stripped. You *could* clean them out with a tap but for something like that I'd play it safe and replace them, OEM lugs are cheap.

Howdy folks, I'm Vic from the Great Southern area of Western Australia, smack bang in the middle of beef, lamb and grain cropping country... Am a 35 year diesel truck, earthmoving and marchinery mechanic, and this my choice of work truck, a 2003...

Oh yeah…got a new sticker for my jeep friends too😂

Cheers

Well have traced the wire from the Amplifier that operated the clutch via the A/C Coolant Temp Switch. (Located half was down the intake side of the 1HZ block.) Wire from Amplifier is Black then changes to Black/Blue (see diagram above) where...

As my close buddies know, I can't leave well enough alone. So I've continued to mess with my pump settings, seeking the holy grail of parameters that allow me to climb a hill with reasonable EGT's, start with no smoke, all the while not rattling...

Filling up fish feeders today.

Made it to Brasil and getting a serious beach fix.

Had a pretty scary experience in the last oil change in joacaba brasil. They put the truck up on the lift to drain the oil. As they lowered it to about the height to do the tire rotation the lift cracked the concrete mount. The truck dropped 6”...

So this Cruiser has power windows but no power door locks, so we installed them. We are also installing keyless entry with a FOB. Those parts will be here next week. 🤙 Cheers

Was able to get out to Anza Borego State Park this weekend with some friends from my local clubhouse. Troopy did really well, need to get a compressor and radio worked out. Anyone have any recommendations?

Hi Everyone, Just joined the Landcruiser club with a 1990 LJ73 up in the French Alps. Should have done it years ago but after having a couple of Pajeros, a 4Runner, a Nissan Patrol GR, a Landrover (never again) and a Hilux (still got it, but a...

So curiosity (why is is curious, curiously have the U, but curiosity doesn’t…) got the best of me. Do 17x7.5” rims fit without spacers. Yes* *(legally obligated by my lawyer team. May not work in your in your instance. If they don’t fit...

Hey thanks for the input. If I am honest, I had my doubts on these new chargers, 1/4 size and $30 left me doubtful but hopeful. So far over the winter I have used it on 3 semi batteries and ran the repair on a few others but that is it...

I'm not clear on the science but I think inducing some frequency on the DC cleans the sulfate off the plates and revives the battery. I had a very inexpensive Aliexpress smart charger that seemed to breath life back into bad batteries until I...

Roof got a Second Skin sound deadening/ heat insulation pad installed today. Amp is wired, sub is wired, speaker wire ran to all four doors and more done as well. Such as Unichip mounted here, Cheers

Interesting! My old charger finally packed it in (I repaired it a couple of times) and I replaced it with one of these fancy pants ones with the "battery recondition" options but have only used that once on a couple of batteries, so I have no...

Finished work on the LJ73. Repaired the fiberglass top and painted it platinum gray metallic on outside and just solid gray with new headliner inside. Installed a Murphy Switch and starts instantly now and idles smooth no smoke. Slight weepy leak...

‘Twas time to look at that rear brake and see what was happening. I expected broken springs or something out of wack. I found some leakage. Looks like it’s time to rebuild that rear axle. I think that explains the sticking. Cleaned...

After fighting the transmission for two days I removed it this morning to find what I feared. I destroyed the clutch trying to get everything lined up and slipped in😡

Finally got a correct replacement drive shaft end yoke thing. So took the drive shaft to a shop and got the yoke end replaced with a new joint.

It's the harsh winters you have where you live. They are hard on batteries. I still have the original japanese lead-acid flooded batteries that my cruiser came with. They are over 3 years old now and still going strong.... knock on wood.

Decided to move on from Land Cruisers (for now) and focus on some other things in life. Spending most of my time in Argentina/LatAm, back school, health stuff, the usual. I'm definitely forgetting a bunch of stuff. As I remember, I'll update...

NO ! I'm not sure I'd survive that one. And his Mom would likely leave me. :oops: