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I took apart the dashboard and inspected the cluster. My speedo is electronic. All other gauges (temp, oil, fuel and charge) work properly expect the speedo jumps to 60km/h immediately after the car starts moving and remains there until full stop. The RPM is also not correct, the needle moves up...

Wow! Almost too bright. Are they T5 or T10 size LED bulbs?

Which size LED bulbs did you guys use? There are 3 larger and about 20 small bulbs in my HZJ76 instrument cluster. I only want to upgrade the overall dash brightness and don't really care about the indicators.

They seem to be the same. I just swapped the dash in my 2002 HZJ76 back to original as the PO put an older model Prado dash cover. The dash support frame is very simple.

I was able to find a used switch and tested the solenoids. One of them is faulty. Searching online I only see options around $400 apiece. Does it sound right? Will other land cruiser (60 series or Prado) vacuum solenoid work?

All pieces seem to be in place. The solenoids are connected and the vacuum hoses are attached. How can I test the solenoids if they work without the switch?

Thanks Alexy, that looks right. I’ll be in Europe from next week and search.

Thanks but I’m in Africa. Nothing is quite easy here.

What I’m discovering is that the connector is for another type of H4 switch. Does anyone have the Toyota part number for this:

Recently I realized (while struck in 2 feet of mud) that my transfer case does not shift into 4WD. This cruiser (2002 HZJ76 Japanese market) is new to me and I never had a solenoid controlled transfer case before. After going nuts with the manual front hub locks, I took apart the dashboard...

Yes and yes.

The leaf springs are pretty firm and even extra leaves were added. Not sure about the shocks, but they are not new for sure. The recent trip I did was mainly uploaded, but the idea is that with roof top tend, fridge, jerry cans and gear in the back, there would be an extra 200kg. I’ll check...

Thanks and by dragging I mean that it feels the rear is “sliding” to one side or the other when cornering. It feels as if it drags the car off the road. The car is new to me as well as 76 series as I had a105 and a couple of 40 series before. Not getting and clanking noise that I can connect...

I have noticed that the rear of my cruiser (2002 HZJ76) feels as if it was rolling or dragging the rear when cornering. Very unstable and uncomfortable feeling when cornering and had to slow down to 50km/h (30mph) otherwise I felt the car would roll off the road. The HZJ76 is relatively tall...

Almost immediately as I start moving my speedometer in my HZJ76 (1HZ with auto gearbox) jumps to around 60km/h and stays there fairly steadily until the car comes to a full stop. It does not fluctuates or jumps around. At the same time, the RPM does not move at all and remains at 0. I tried to...