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Yesterday while driving home from work I got 3 mins away and my Aus spec "97" 4.5 lt petrol 80 stalled on LPG. To overcome this I switched to petrol. This got me out of trouble but it was running a very rough idle. I had my mechanic look at it to day and he fixed the rough idle by moving a...

Welcome form yet another Aussie. Maybe one day we can start up an Aussie branch of Mud.

The auto up Works Thanks for the great advice, after a lot of contemplation I convinced myself to have a go at this one. I was a bit worried about frying the circuit board I must admit. Done my "97" 80 within 30 mins includes cleaning the contacts, my mate was a bit wary of what i was doing but...

They may be new cruisers from Venezuela!! Venezuela still build's the Land Cruiser 80 series at the Toyota owned Venezuelan auto plant. Venezuela has domestic content laws and Toyota did not want to spend the money to upgrade the Venezuelan plant to build 100 series Land Cruisers when...

From Bayswater Not to happy about the huts burning myself. First Craig's hut. (Didnt bother me that much it just the softroaders built 1994 or somthing hut) But was a bit sadened to hear about Bluff as i am sure many others are. Bluff was not that old 1956 At least the roof on bluff wasnt...

Where do they fit the factory fridge.

I purchased a set of springs to fit my self and was told buy the guy at the shop that 1 rear spring is longer than the other. This was corect. The long spring is suposed to be fitted to the drivers side. However he told me to put it on the pasenger side as I have a kaymar rear tire holder...

97 239,000 klms rebuilt head at 220k

Australian 40th I have a maroon 97 model 40th Anniversary we did not get serial numbers that you guys got. Ours came in mica maroon, flaxen (gold), mica green, and mica blue that i know of. Aus did not come out with factory lockers but the extras on a 40th were. Console around gearstick ABS...

Smart Bar Would not of put it on myself but overall not a bad bullbar. Cant fix a winch to it though. http://www.smartbar.com.au

From Melbourne Victoria, I found a few photos to get started they are from my last trip to the victorian high country. You may of heard of Craig's hut used in the movie Man from Snowy River, this is the national park that used to contain the hut (It burnt down 4 weeks ago in the bush fires)...

Hey Guys, I am a fourum virgin so (if I stuff up please bear with me) I have been veiwing site for some time and have found it very interesting and informative. So I thought I would join and hopfully offer some advise or idears from my experiences. I have a '97 40th anaversary 80 series...