Recent content by Firpo

From what I understood, with the wheels firmly on the ground there should only be about an 1/8th inch of play. I'm getting quite a bit more than an 1/8th inch. What's more concerning is the "PING" that I'm getting at the end of the play. It's the noise that i've been hearing whenever I put my...

Alright, rear diff is hosed. Now what? I just posted a thread about how I was getting a lot of rear end clunking in the cruiser. I had high hopes of it possibly being something simple via stories of other people solving this by replacing ujoints and loose suspension parts. I put it in...

Thanks for all the input! I'll be under that thing for likely the whole day tomorrow. I'll post pictures, and hopefully a summary of what went wrong. Cheers! aa.

Semi newbie on here. Don't post a whole lot, but I lurk pretty often. Anyhow, with that out of the way.. I get a loud "clunking" sound out of the rear end whenever i accelerate or decelerate. It doesn't matter if it's in a parking lot or on the highway. Foot hits the gas and "clunk!" if I...

Title says it all. Have a 91 land cruiser, 149k. It leaks enough oil to where I try not to park it on the driveway anymore. It leaks about a quart every few months. When I looked to see where the leak is coming from I first though it was the pan gasket as the back of the pan (towards...