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I’ve found that a visit to their shop to discuss non servicing stuff like steering fixes works best. The service desk lady that I deal with would out to the workshop then & discuss the job with the relevant shop mechanics & clarify what was needed to be done. They are always booked for weeks...

I always use Tommy’s in West Chester for my 100 series. I trusted them with my drive belts at 200k miles. I’ve found them to be thorough, fairly priced and refreshingly honest. Ask them about your FJ40. I’ve seen FJ40s parked there awaiting fixes. They’ll tell you whether they can do the work...

To close this thread. I cleaned the MAF with CRC Mass Airflow cleaner. Probably not relevant to my issues but easy enough to do anyway. I had already changed all 4 x O2 sensors. I then left the negative battery terminal disconnected overnight (easier than knowing whether the reset time is 10...

Thanks. I'll try that first then report back.

YesusLX, That makes good sense. Is there a short cut to resetting the ECU ? Like battery disconnect ?

Gents, Thanks for your help. What is so frustrating about this particular problem is that it only occurs on drives of over 20 miles or so. If I drive to the Post Office or the pizza store, it doesn't occur. So the ECU is seeing something that triggers the CEL on an irregular basis. Even then...

I have a year 2000 Land Cruiser, 100 series with circa 198k miles. My CEL came on about a month ago & I read P0141 & P0161 codes. These are rear oxygen sensors heater circuit codes. I reset the CEL & after at least 30 miles, it came on again. So I put the truck up on the lift & replaced all 4...

Tommys just did the TBelt, water pump etc. etc. on my Model 100. Grace was very sharp & really knew Model 100s. They did an excellent job.

Just got my 100 series back from Tommy’s in West Chester. They did the TB & water pump etc. etc. Excellent job. My wife, who has taken over the 100 series as her daily driver, says that it is like a new car & is very happy. I guess my old tensioners etc. etc were in worse shape & noisier than I...

Like TheMU, I’ve purchased a lot of OEM parts from partsouq & always got great prices & delivery on OEM Toyota parts. Again, heavy parts are costly to ship & I buy these elsewhere. Their web site is a bit quirky & takes some getting used too but well worth the effort

I buy most of my Land Cruiser parts from http://www.partsouq.com in Dubai. The cost is a fraction of US sources & delivery is quicker than from the West Coast. partsouq.com sell Kia parts The Toyota parts are genuine & not Chinese knock offs. Heavy parts such as front drive shafts or other...

Many thanks folks for your data & experiences. In the end, we didn’t need to try to do 250+ miles on batteries only. Our hosts for the weekend got on a phone blitz & found an independent who did a new alternator fit this morning. I got an alternator from O’Reillys but kept the original. I’m...

I always carry a portable lithium jump battery anyway so I planned to use that just for starting. I have an old multimeter so I’ll use that to keep an eye on the voltage.

I have a similar failure mode as @suprarx7nut described above. It behaved just enough to maintain voltage & put the battery icon off but at multiple points it dies & the battery icon glows strongly. It kicks in again intermittently below 2000 rpm for a while then shuts down again. If I assume &...

I’m away from home at a friends house. They have no facilities for working on a car. I called the local dealer on Saturday morning & they can’t touch it for 5 days & also aren't sure they have the parts anyway. The best solution is to get home where I can fix it. As my Mother used to say...