Recent content by Cvan

Well it was the past couple weekends but we put on a touch over 11,500km driving from central Alberta to Cape Breton and back with a stop in Quebec. The landcruiser didn't skip a beat and even managed some pretty solid fuel economy (12ish L/100km on 37s). We ran into a Dutch couple who had...

Here's the frame, I built it out of aluminium tubing, 1 1/2"x1" 1/8 wall. Covered with 5/8 plywood cut to match the curves of the interior. The frame anchors to a 4 spots. As for the screens I bought some little suction cups off Amazon. In the pictures they are just sitting in place kind...

Not all this last weekend but I've been making progress on getting ready for a upcoming trip Over the last month or 2: -New 37×13.5r18 bfg km3s -Water pump, timing belt, rad hoses, thermostat, rad flush, rad flush, rad flush lol -Confirmed oil pressure was good, 26 psi at idle, 67 at 3000rpm...

Thanks for the info! I give the outer portion of the knuckle ball a good cleaning, and take it for a drive and check again based of of grease residue left on the ball. I'll also do a double check with the ziptie after being warmed up. Thanks again, lots to learn on a new platform but slowly...

So I'm doing some pre trip checks and was checking the grease level in the knuckle of the axle. First time doing this and just want to make sure I am understanding. I removed the square bolt in the inspection hole. I used a zip tie to dip down and used my fingers to mark the hieght of the...

Hahah sponsored by VISA, they always say yes 🤣 buggers just always want it back after. Thank you very much, oooh good call. Still learning my way around this forum.

I've always heard that about with flushes as well. On my tacoma I pulled a line off the trans cooler and would drain a couple liters, replace with new fluid and repeat until I had nice clean fluid again. Good call on power steering fluid, may need to look into that.

Hello everyone, I just joined and thought I would introduce myself. I have a 1995 HDJ81 with the 1hdft with 208xxx km. I am new to the landcruiser platform but eager to learn more about it. I also have a 2004 tacoma I have modified into a overland rig and I'm excited to start changing up some...