I resent the implication that I have been 'got' by Crushers. I do believe that I was conned by the JDM importer in Nashville who must have known about the covered up rust in the vehicle he sold me which turned out to be non repairable. I was also overcharged for shoddy work by a 'Toyota 4WD specialist' in Colorado. However you speak as you find and after a thorough testing in Mexico I am completely satisfied with the turbo and air conditioning installation on my 'new' truck performed by Crushers. I think 14,540 miles over five months on Mexico's potholed and dirt roads across a 50°C temperature range - below freezing to 47°C - is enough test for any vehicle. Not to mention the topes (speed bumps) - it felt like I encountered a million of them but it was probably only 20,000! I got a nail in one tire and one other flat, the non Toyota tyre carrier needed some welding, the constant braking wore out a set of brake pads, one battery lost a cell and the hood stay clip broke. Not bad for the state of the roads. But the A/C kept me cool and the turbo gave me all the power I needed. Thanks Crushers.
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Hello Globetrotographer,
It's nice to see that some people are satisfied with Crusher's work. As i mentioned, Crushers does some things beautifully, but my experience with him has me almost completely dissatisfied. As of this date, i am yet finding disappointments. I have no reason to stop others' post in this thread, and i hope you do not think i implied anything about how you were treated.
In completely unrelated news, Ft. McMurray is getting toasted; all of its residents, about 88,000 of them (!), were evacuated. Forest fires are out of control, to the point where they are creating their own weather patterns and causing lightning. I've never heard of this before. The picture here was taken by a friend in Ft. Mac, out the front window of his house on Tuesday afternoon at 1530. Another pal there has lost everything, apart from the car he got out in. So far, 1600 structures in that town are destroyed. I've put my name on the list of available volunteers, so if i am not providing any Land Cruiser-related posts here for a while, it's a combo of lack of funds to improve the car and looking after unfortunate ones who lost it all.
I hope no ones minds this, but in Alberta just now, this is huge.
It's nice to see that some people are satisfied with Crusher's work. As i mentioned, Crushers does some things beautifully, but my experience with him has me almost completely dissatisfied. As of this date, i am yet finding disappointments. I have no reason to stop others' post in this thread, and i hope you do not think i implied anything about how you were treated.
In completely unrelated news, Ft. McMurray is getting toasted; all of its residents, about 88,000 of them (!), were evacuated. Forest fires are out of control, to the point where they are creating their own weather patterns and causing lightning. I've never heard of this before. The picture here was taken by a friend in Ft. Mac, out the front window of his house on Tuesday afternoon at 1530. Another pal there has lost everything, apart from the car he got out in. So far, 1600 structures in that town are destroyed. I've put my name on the list of available volunteers, so if i am not providing any Land Cruiser-related posts here for a while, it's a combo of lack of funds to improve the car and looking after unfortunate ones who lost it all.
I hope no ones minds this, but in Alberta just now, this is huge.
If there's needs that can be met with distant funding, lemme know and we'll see if it's possible to mount a drive. I'm sure we can rally, as a community and there are other resources that will, too.
Of course, we'll find a better damn way to transact the exchange than previous efforts.
both postal services, because they equally suck!!
(and call when things return to normal, as I gather you need no distractions.)
Of course, we'll find a better damn way to transact the exchange than previous efforts.
both postal services, because they equally suck!!(and call when things return to normal, as I gather you need no distractions.)
If you get tired of your rear door storage send it my way. I'll gladly give it a new home.
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Hello Delancy,
Thank you, that's awesome of you. So far, all i know is that the Alberta Red Cross is taking donations.
ForealBoreal, if you mean the storage bins built into the rear doors, i'm frankly surprised you'd ask, as those are of very high use and value to me. So, thanks for offering, but those things are definitely not for sale, ever.
Thank you, that's awesome of you. So far, all i know is that the Alberta Red Cross is taking donations.
ForealBoreal, if you mean the storage bins built into the rear doors, i'm frankly surprised you'd ask, as those are of very high use and value to me. So, thanks for offering, but those things are definitely not for sale, ever.
I figured that would be the answer.
I am wanting to build a set in the future
I am wanting to build a set in the future
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Understood, FB; i do highly recommend them. One suggestion: don't hinge the doors at the bottom of the storage space, i'd say have the front bottom of the storage bin up two inches or so and hinge the access doors there. That'll make it much easier to stuff the bin with stuff without it falling out while you close the door.
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Minor improvements continue: a little while back i mentioned that the fuel was turned down 10-15%. More recently i again mentioned to my mechanic the uneven running of my 1HZ. It always had some hesitation at idle, or at any regime; white smoke puffs made this visually obvious. As well, it would hesitate when running quite often. I camped out in the car recently, sleeping inside, and the nights were yet cold. So i'd crank up the engine to warm up the interior before i dared get out of the covers. I noticed that at 1100 to 1200 rpm, with the engine well and truly warmed up, it produced enormous amounts of white smoke. We're talking war-time smoke-screens to hide an entire battalion.
So my mechanic figured the injection pump timing was off, and adjusted it 4 degrees (i forgot if needed to be retarded or advanced). As a result, i've lost a minor amount of acceleration (which i don't care about in this car), but there is no more white smoke, at all; it is too early to tell, but it appears, so far, that my fuel consumption has been lowered, and the engine runs better than it ever has, no hesitation, smooth as at all regimes. The EGT's might be lower too, so all good all round. And now i am comfortable cruising on the highway at a higher rate of speed.
Sorry to belabour a point, but i have every indication that Crushers installed an engine, that had been sitting around for at least two years that i know of, without fine-tuning a single thing. It has never run better, and is a pleasure to listen to and drive. It rather restores my faith in Cruisers.
So my mechanic figured the injection pump timing was off, and adjusted it 4 degrees (i forgot if needed to be retarded or advanced). As a result, i've lost a minor amount of acceleration (which i don't care about in this car), but there is no more white smoke, at all; it is too early to tell, but it appears, so far, that my fuel consumption has been lowered, and the engine runs better than it ever has, no hesitation, smooth as at all regimes. The EGT's might be lower too, so all good all round. And now i am comfortable cruising on the highway at a higher rate of speed.
Sorry to belabour a point, but i have every indication that Crushers installed an engine, that had been sitting around for at least two years that i know of, without fine-tuning a single thing. It has never run better, and is a pleasure to listen to and drive. It rather restores my faith in Cruisers.
You advanced the timing. It makes a big difference
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Confirmed, Forealboreal, it was advanced. It has made a huge difference.
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Went for a bit of a drive, north to Edmonton, east to Edson, south on the forestry trunk roads back to Calgary. I'd throw in a picture or two but 'an error occurred' etc.
Then it was off to Drummondville (Quebec), next is Toronto and area, before heading back west to work and reality.
Blablabla... That's about 5500km so far, the longest drive i've made with this car. So i check things: the rear fuel tank is just over 85 litres in size, although to get as accurate a measurement of fuel consumption i top it to the top of the filler neck. A bit of a disappointment as i had asked for 120 litre tanks; it appears the front one is a little smaller (i don't have a reliable volume for that just yet, as that tank has no breather and to fill it to the top of the neck takes forever, all the same i believe it's somewhere near 75 litres in size). I try to hyper-mile it, for which the boost and pyrometer gauges are enormously useful, and i got a fuel consumption figure of 10.45 l/100km, which translates to 22.51 mpg (US gallons). This is the best i've ever had, and i will have to check it a few times as it seems too good to be true. I was trying to maintain 100km/h only. With the fuel tanks as they are, that means my range, in ideal conditions, is 1520 kilometres, which isn't bad ( i really wanted to be able to get 2000km).
The timing adjustment continues to positively impress me: at one point i figured to hell with the fuel consumption, i wanted to hammer it on the highway. Well, that's a relative hammering, but in this heavy pig of a car, to be able to kick along at 105-110 km/h is awesome, and i did that for nearly an hour just before arriving at my cousin's place. The whole time the EGT never got beyond 600 degrees. Awesome, as i say. And the only time the tailpipe smokes is when i load the engine going up hills, and then it's not much black smoke.
Look after your Cruiser, and the payback is huge.
Then it was off to Drummondville (Quebec), next is Toronto and area, before heading back west to work and reality.
Blablabla... That's about 5500km so far, the longest drive i've made with this car. So i check things: the rear fuel tank is just over 85 litres in size, although to get as accurate a measurement of fuel consumption i top it to the top of the filler neck. A bit of a disappointment as i had asked for 120 litre tanks; it appears the front one is a little smaller (i don't have a reliable volume for that just yet, as that tank has no breather and to fill it to the top of the neck takes forever, all the same i believe it's somewhere near 75 litres in size). I try to hyper-mile it, for which the boost and pyrometer gauges are enormously useful, and i got a fuel consumption figure of 10.45 l/100km, which translates to 22.51 mpg (US gallons). This is the best i've ever had, and i will have to check it a few times as it seems too good to be true. I was trying to maintain 100km/h only. With the fuel tanks as they are, that means my range, in ideal conditions, is 1520 kilometres, which isn't bad ( i really wanted to be able to get 2000km).
The timing adjustment continues to positively impress me: at one point i figured to hell with the fuel consumption, i wanted to hammer it on the highway. Well, that's a relative hammering, but in this heavy pig of a car, to be able to kick along at 105-110 km/h is awesome, and i did that for nearly an hour just before arriving at my cousin's place. The whole time the EGT never got beyond 600 degrees. Awesome, as i say. And the only time the tailpipe smokes is when i load the engine going up hills, and then it's not much black smoke.
Look after your Cruiser, and the payback is huge.
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I can get a photo in now: a 70 in its natural element. I initially wanted to type, 'a Troopie in its natural element' but didn't want to be accused of being an arroguant Troopie owner.
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ForealBoreal, i thought of something else.
You may consider the following to be an inconsequential detail, but details can make a difference. In case you don't recall, the interior storage bins are made of 3/8" thick aluminium sheet. Even to me that is unnecessary overkill: one can punch in as many mounting rivnuts as one likes, so the storage bin structure will not be lacking in support. If you don't mind, i'd suggest you consider 1/4" thick Al plate instead when you build yours.
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Went to the 'Fleetwood Country Cruize-In' just outside London (Ontario), on the Plunkett Estate; unexpectedly i got my car on the grounds, on display. Too bad it was unexpected as the insect collection on the front bits was more than obvious, and the interior was a lived-in mess too. Fun, though, and some people even looked at my car.
Plunkett's collection is jaw-dropping, Cadillacs from 1907 to the present day; the 1930's ones knocked my socks off.
Visited some rellies in Drummondville (Quebec), who have never had anything to do with 4x4's, so they thought this minor playing about was fun. As did i.
Plunkett's collection is jaw-dropping, Cadillacs from 1907 to the present day; the 1930's ones knocked my socks off.
Visited some rellies in Drummondville (Quebec), who have never had anything to do with 4x4's, so they thought this minor playing about was fun. As did i.
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A good friend has a Jag, one of the supercharged ones (an '05, i think). It's a fantastic car, and i figured a little study in automotive contrasts could be almost interesting.
Had this been rocks
you'd have been a seesaw.
Kinda ironic, but just saw my first Troopy, in the steel and at ground level, Thursday, and they're damn big girls.....
Nick,
Do you have any more pics of the cargo storage bins?
Likes? Dislikes?
Anything you'd do differently?
Chris
you'd have been a seesaw.
Kinda ironic, but just saw my first Troopy, in the steel and at ground level, Thursday, and they're damn big girls.....
Nick,
Do you have any more pics of the cargo storage bins?
Likes? Dislikes?
Anything you'd do differently?
Chris
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Hello Delancy,
You're on the button regarding the see-saw bit: one of the protector plates underneath, naturally near the longitudinal center of the car, acted like a scoop and had lots of sand on its upper surface.
And yes they are large vehicles, so much so that their off-road capability is reduced due to weight, length, and the rear overhang; on the other hand i'm very happy to be able to stretch out and sleep in it. As well, i'm hoping to travel (serious stuff, not the mucking about i'm doing these days) without having to hang anything more than the spare tires on the exterior, thanks to the interior room.
I'd be glad to answer you at length about the storage bins, but i'm sorry it'll have to wait until Monday (family stuff this weekend). I will give you enough detail to make you ill, as best i can anyway; i'll remove one of them from the smaller of the rear doors in the hope a good look at the unseen side will be of use; i'll take more pictures if you like. It may be an idea for me to telephone you also as it would be a lot quicker to speak than type. Good enough?
You're on the button regarding the see-saw bit: one of the protector plates underneath, naturally near the longitudinal center of the car, acted like a scoop and had lots of sand on its upper surface.
And yes they are large vehicles, so much so that their off-road capability is reduced due to weight, length, and the rear overhang; on the other hand i'm very happy to be able to stretch out and sleep in it. As well, i'm hoping to travel (serious stuff, not the mucking about i'm doing these days) without having to hang anything more than the spare tires on the exterior, thanks to the interior room.
I'd be glad to answer you at length about the storage bins, but i'm sorry it'll have to wait until Monday (family stuff this weekend). I will give you enough detail to make you ill, as best i can anyway; i'll remove one of them from the smaller of the rear doors in the hope a good look at the unseen side will be of use; i'll take more pictures if you like. It may be an idea for me to telephone you also as it would be a lot quicker to speak than type. Good enough?
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I'd love to see all that detail as well, I'm about to redo all mine in aluminium and would love to see how yours were done
Surprisingly so......so large, it begs consideration given to 40s!
Unacceptable.
Not only do I want pics, but .DWG files in a modifiable format, and I want it NOW!
This is the instant gratification age, you know.
Bahahahahahaha.
Inherent this Cruiser love affair is a common trait ALL seasoned caretakers share and that's the patience of saints.
Wow, I am speechless after reading this entire thread!
I don't spend too much time on here anymore, but I do return to peek and look over interesting builds / discussions. I am glad I stumbled upon this one...even if I am a little late to it.
Glad you're able to shed a positive spin and present your findings in such an emotionless manner!
It's really sad to read that someone who is so involved in the Land Cruiser community, especially the small one that exists in Canada would try to pull such a move on a customer. I guess the whispers I've heard from the West are true about Wayne's practices'...it really puts some perspective on his character.
I really hope you get to the bottom of your problems, it looks like you've been persistent so far!
Wishing you all the best!
Kroll
I don't spend too much time on here anymore, but I do return to peek and look over interesting builds / discussions. I am glad I stumbled upon this one...even if I am a little late to it.
Glad you're able to shed a positive spin and present your findings in such an emotionless manner!
It's really sad to read that someone who is so involved in the Land Cruiser community, especially the small one that exists in Canada would try to pull such a move on a customer. I guess the whispers I've heard from the West are true about Wayne's practices'...it really puts some perspective on his character.
I really hope you get to the bottom of your problems, it looks like you've been persistent so far!
Wishing you all the best!
Kroll
