The parking brake / hand brake on my LJ78 has always been rubbish, it will work great for a short time, but will then stop working even after replacing all the shoes and disc/drum.
So I have been looking at alternatives, and the two I can find are:
1. Fit a transmission brake - I don’t really...
Hi does anyone know if the bell housings are interchangeable between A34x and A44x transmissions?
Looking to maybe swap a non electronic A440 or A442 into my LJ78.
So I have a LJ78 with A343F trans and my wife cooked the engine (drove it overheating until it stopped) it’s not all bad as I have planning an engine swap for a while and now she is on board with it!
im thinking of going down the 1kz route as I want to keep it diesel and Auto.
i have been...
Hi all, I’m constantly having to re-adjust the park brake shoes on my LJ78 (rear disc with drum park brake) I bought news shoes and adjusters but it didn’t last long before they needed re adjusting again…
im thinking of replacing the rear calipers with ones with a built in park brake, has...
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I recently went on a weekend trip and found on some steep hills my brakes were overheating, to over come it I just selected gear 2 with the automatic to give me some engine braking.
Is this normal for a LJ78? I do find some times it feels like the gearbox is still pushing me on a bit...
hi, does anyone know the part number for a hilux mk5 e-locker fork? I've got one to go in my lj78 and it has a broken fork (got it cheap as the actuator and fork was broken)
I have taken it apart but can't find a part number
Hi, this evening found my alternator isn't charging. After a bit of research it is only 55amp. I've got a winch and lights ect and think this might be a bit much for it.
Does anyone know of a higher amp version or a hi amp alternator that can be retrofitted?
My alternator looks to have an...
Finally managed to get my self an lj78 for a decent price, as with my growing family found the lj70 to be getting a bit cramped. I want to increase the track on it but my model doesn't have flares.
Does any body know where I could get aftermarket flares from?
I'm in the uk so the landcruiser...