Recent content by 61Mk+

Mr. Stuart Campbell, It’s incredible to me that crushers is still doing what he is doing. I suggest you have a look at the first three or four pages of my thread, called, ‘A Troopie Finds Its Owner’. I’m sorry for your less-than-good experience.

Hello Coldtaco, Impressive stuff you're doing to your beast!

Would love to, Andrew, however there are a few restrictions to easy movement these days.

Hello Blueberries Tim, I have not been on Mud for quite a while, and have caught up a bit. Yes i am stuck in unemployment due to the coronavirus. No matter, i have only just now seen your post from January. I'm sorry it took so long to reply. I am unable to disagree with you, Wayne is not...

A break from the warmongers, anyone? This Troopie has a job with the lifeguards, on the beach near Petten, Holland. No indication of what engine it has, however it isn't automatic.

Hello Mudders, Have had the parking brake cable replaced; the number in the top picture looks like a Toyota parts number, however the package came with no manufacturer's name at all. Since the water reservoir was made such that access, both for filling and getting water out, was idiotically...

Finally did something mechanical on my own: replaced the timing belt and tensioner (yes, i have put 100,000km on my car). I won't say much about it as there is a thread on this forum (Matt something is the thread's handle) that describes it; i did download a few pages from somebody else's...

Thank you, gentlemen. Looks like parts indeed.

Hello Mudders, Looking for a bit of help, please: the hinges of the left rear door on my car are as stiff as a damned brick. Spraying lube at them helps, but only temporarily. I am wondering before i give it a go, if anyone knows, whether the pins inside the hinges can be hammered out. If...

Hello Bulletsmith, Wow! Fantastic! Hope you fall in love with it.

For whatever my opinion's worth: my preference is reliability, so i'd choose the 1HZ. However 89GASHOG makes a damn good point: two vehicles (if i understand you correctly), two engines you seem entirely happy with, so have your cake and eat it, too. If you do so, stick the 1HZ in whichever...

And again: Troopy, yes, but i stay clear of social media sites.

There must be a huge advantage going that far from Colorado when one factors in what the Canuck dollar is worth compared to the US dollar. My only experience with 4Wheel Auto is with buying parts; i would not buy aftermarket parts from 4Wheel Auto, but getting used Toyota bits from the...

Right on Honger! (love that handle, by the way).

Hello Honger, Thank you for the kind words. You have me thinking of something rather on the personal side: i don't like the throw-away side of things, and that is one of the reasons i am in love with my Cruiser. Engineer, design, and build it right, and i don't have to replace the car every...