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Great stuff. My wife and I actually pulled the leather off the back and sowed in leather patch and added cut foam (which i burned in). Worked great, certainly not OEM but not torn and more comfy, and was a perfect solution for an 80s lover living on a grad-student budget. This thread helped...

Quick note, it never went offroading on my watch, and the previous owner (bought at 90k mi) claimed never to have. Given the ease I've had working with it, I think that it has not done anything more serious than drive across a grassy lot [truly tragic I know].

Hey everyone, I've loved my LC for a long time, but had to re-do the head gasket and mill everything (including valves) down and I can't afford that as a grad student with a 18 month old son. Here we go: 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser with 227,087 mi Location is ITP ATL. If you don't know...

I could be interested depending on the region. Are you saying you milled it?

First it wasn't a real hydrolock, I definitely wouldn't push that. My guess is a minor amount of coolant getting in some where. Actually bought the HG from the dealership so I assume it was, I will track down the part # tomorrow. I really can't imagine it's a 6 leak, but since I have the...

Hey I'm new here, but not to Land Cruisers or working w/them. I put a new head gasket in 96 LC (standard 6-in line 4.5) 80k miles ago. Yesterday I had a very sudden hard time starting (I've never had a partial hydro-block but I can imagine that's what this sounds like). I finally get it to turn...