Recent content by DanP

Hi guys, this is amazing. Thank you so much for all the offers. We didn't travel through Ottawa but straight to Toronto. We will PM you directly. Steffi and Daniel

We're gonna be in Quebec tomorrow and probably Montreal on the 20th. So we might already go through Ottawa on the 21st / 22nd. We gonna push a little bit, because we really want see Alaska before it gets too cold.

Hi everyone, after two amazing weeks with a rental car in Newfoundland and some further small delays our rebuilt transmission and transfer case from Germany finally arrived yesterday and the mechanic put them in our Land Cruiser today. We got a new clutch too, since it was all taken apart...

Hi guys, quick update: when the mechanic took out the transmission we realized how bad the the damage was. Broken bearing seat, multiple worn out bearings and a lot of metal abrasion all over the transmission and the transfer case. We thought about the h55 too, but our mechanic said it is a...

We can't say no to beer. :)

@damienperu and @cruiserpilot: thanks for the offers :) we'll send you a PM when we make it. We'll probably be on Vancouver Island in Sep. / Oct. We won't be in Peru until mid of 2017 :)

Short update: the mechanic is very busy right now, but will hopefully have time to take the transmisson out beginning next week. Thanks to you guys we already got in contact with many of your contacts and now have options for spare parts, new and used transmissions. Cheers Daniel

Hi Renago, I'm aware of that. So was the pre-owner, who luckily changed the shaft to the stronger one-piece shaft. So that one shouldn't give us any problems :) But we'll check all parts anyway, when the transmission is out and apart. Thanks Daniel

@damienperu no turbo in it, still standard engine @rick_d Thanks for the link! That would be a great price. Although i dont know if that is an H55F or a R151F, because it's listed unser Hzj75. I will give them a call right away monday morning. The mechanic had a look at the transmission...

Hi guys, thanks for the feedback. Also for the list of canadian contacts!! We will contact them aus soon as possible. We keep you updated.

Hi Everyone, we are Steffi and Daniel from Austria and Germany. We just started our Roadtrip with our 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ78 (109.000 km) through the Americas in Halifax (Canada) and are already stuck with a broken transmission. We planned to go to the West Coast of Canada, afterwards up...