Recent content by mickcoll

Hi there, I was driving my 1985 BJ73 MWB home the other day, about half way home (only about 10km in) and I noticed the EGT gauge reading very high around 800C, I pulled over as soon as I could. It appears my water pump has failed and dropped most of the water. Oil has also leaked out through...

Thanks for the reply, I will pull the switch out tomorrow and give it a once over and I'll let you know how it goes. Cheers.

Hi All, I am currently having some problems with my low and high beams on my 1985 landcruiser bj73. I have no low or high beam but I do have Parkers. When I turn low beam on the blue high beams light on the dash turns on. I am able to get high beams on by pulling the stalk to get them to...

Hi all, So I have a BJ73 from January 1985 and the vin number is BJ730000609. Does this make it the 609th to roll out from the factory in Japan? Cheers Mick.

Hi all, I have been an long time reader of the forum and thought it was about time to say hi. I am the proud owner of a 1985 Toyota mwb BJ73. The truck has been a long term project and has been done on a budget. So far it has 2" lifted leaf springs and 2" anti inversion shackles and rolling on...