vehicle tech

Good morning everyone, just picked up an 89 fj62. Way late to the party, but wanted one for a while. Started calling on trucks about 6 months ago, and finally found an original truck with good factory paint on Facebook. Only it was in NH, and I'm in South Texas. Called the owner, he seemed...

Hello, all! My name’s Russ. I’m from New Orleans Louisiana Landkrewsers new member & Mardi Krawl’23 Karnage Award winner (Blew up the rear diff on the mountain) 2005 470 ToyTech boss lift GBA upper control arms Fab tech gussetted spindles RCI cv’s BFG 33” MT FJ 8.2 axle swap 4.56 re-gear ARB...

Prices for average 44K mile trucks are between $53600 and $58200 today. MSRP was around $62-65K. Just wanted to share how well these are holding value

Just recently installed a Ironman front bumper with a Bandland APEX 12K winch, and then finishing up the refreshment of the front suspension, including new UCA, new bushing for LCA/AHC shock and so on. Having gone through some of those existing AHC/TB posts, I realize I may have to deal with...

New member and new 06 LX470 owner. Picked it up in November and fortunately no issues so far save the sunroof doesn't work (but it also doesn't leak). Looking for a mechanic/technician in the NW FL panhandle area for preventative maintenance and any other issues that may come up. Anywhere...

I’m considering options for converting my HZJ105 auto to a 1HD-T or FTE. I have three options. 1/1HD-T from a manual vehicle, can/how hard is it to move the TPS over to a manual pump? 2/ A pranged 1HD-FTE manual complete car. I’ve heard cross members and hole in floor pan don’t line up. How...

I had repaired my passenger seat a few years ago with a Gamiviti gear and the driver side seat failed recently. When I opened the gear assembly there was reddish gunk one end of the gear assembly that eventually got so thick the seat stopped moving. After a deep dive on all the previous Mud...

I work for a medflight company with aircraft in Haiti. We have multiple J70 Cruisers and are having issues with one of them. The roads here are not favorable and one of our trucks got a battery light after hitting a large pothole. The alternator is putting out 7.7Vdc and 4.4Vac. Originally...

Hello fellow 80 series owners. I had a 1991 LC about 15 years ago, sold it and wanted one ever since. So, here I am with my new to me 1992 triple locked cruiser. I got it from Japanese Classics in Richmond, RHD version. It’s clean, has a little surface rust on the body underneath, but that’s...

It is kind of like pulling a loose thread on a sweater... I noticed a pea-sized rock chip on the front hood. The chip had penetrated through the clear coat, finish paint through past the primer. No problem I thought. I'll just fill and touch it up I foolishly thought. The result was less...

I've been on the search for primarily a 100 series, using mylexus a lot for sleuth work. Today I came across a 2013 for sale, so I decided to pop the Vin into mylexus and see what history it had. This event was back in 2021 and fixed by insurance. I occasionally see brake booster issues or...

Howdy folks. I have had a persistent PCS error for awhile now. I have tried all the solutions including resetting using steering column stalk. No dice. Local dealer tried to pull code but nothing showed up. They tested radar sensor unit and harness and fuses. Cleaned radar sensor. They...

It's been awhile since I've been on here and I hope the holidays were good to y'all. I getting used to the Donkey and have relaced the front calipers and stooping have improved immensely. Frozen piston on the ones it came with. Power steering system is still very weird and keeps on their...

Issue: I only have about 1/2” clearance between my bump stop and the top of the 4plus U bolt flip kit on the front axle. This seems way too tight. What is normal? Are my bump stops too long? Are these springs flat? They are OME mediums. It sits level with the rear. The springs are 4 years old...

So I’m an electrical apprentice at a restoration shop and my first task is to install a kwik wire universal wire harness after I pulled out the old one. I’m currently constantly getting stuck because I don’t know what some things are and what they do, my goal today was to make sure I can wire...

Hey guys read a lot about the different shocks and while being on ICON Stage 2 first I'm currently rather stepping away due to maintainance. Weight info: Our LC will be getting a Dissent front bumper with a syn. rope winch, adding ~160lbs. The rear will also get a bumper with wing out for the...

Ok i tried to search this up found a few articles but I have the following problem. My tach went out came here read a little and replaced the igniter, that did not work so I buy a complete dash unit replace the igniter because it was bad, put the new to me dash in, and it worked for about a...

Thanks everyone for inviting me, first post. I have a 2009 gxl 200 with the dreaded 4lo light flashing, I have pulled both centre diff lock and 4 lo actuators apart many times but this time has got me stumped, I have cleaned the hot spots in housing, tested micro switch and reinstalled and fixed...

My Dad was the greatest fisherman and outdoorsman I've ever known, echoed by accounts from everyone he knew. He held saltwater and freshwater fishing records, could shoot a penny in the air with a .22 rifle, had harvested everything from elk to snapping turtles, and had scars from being bitten...

After 3 revisions now we start to ship cabs and tubs for 75-78 FJ40, FJ43 and FJ45. We have two FJ40 cabs (metallic grey and pear green) and one red FJ43 coming to Temecula warehouse by 1/25/2024, all with 16 gauge floor thickness. If your are interested please email Tim at tim@tpclassic.com