Indestructible 47
SILVER Star
Hey guys, i recently brought a 95 HZJ75 as the title suggests
. Now, i brought this after the sad and regretful selling of my 40 series, a HJ47. i brought the 75 because i needed a better dd than a 40. to say that i achieved that, brought the 75 for less than i sold the 40 which is a win. however, with the good comes the bad:
ARB rear airlocker needs a rebuild
needs new wheel bearings all away around
broken axle shaft in the long side
drivers window winder stops engaging to move the window up when it'a about 3/4 of the way up
handbrake does not work
bushes in the shackles totally screwed
new tyres needed
steering rods and damper the complete banana shape
bullbar needs a new coat of paint
shocks gone
brake lights don't work
can't get the glove box open, needs new latch
the aircon belt keeps throwing itself off the pully's
window tint is faded and needs to removed
EGT gauge needs to be made into a pre turbo one (i know picky)
and more.......
but before the good...... comes the story.
so about 4 weeks ago, i saw a guy post this hzj75 for sale. i got to it very quickly thankfully, because it seemed like a good deal. so i called this guy and got chatting to him asking all about the cruiser what was good, what was bad ect. he was a very honest bloke to be fair. said that it had been a excellent rig to him but it needed work and it had slowly gotten away on him. he wasn't using it so decided to regretfully sell it. (upgraded to a duel cab VDJ). so i made him an offer on the phone, what i thought was a good price and (a little to my surprise), he took my offer then and there. so i started to plan a 1600km (1000 miles) trip in a vehicle that i had never even seen. yeah, your thinking, ya mad. well i'll tell ya, i'm not because it's a cruiser
and they don't die.
so, before i even set off, i had some new shoes put on her. the old ones were USED. i went with the standard 35x12.5r15. then i needed another diff center for the rear because the one with the air locker was making horrible noises. real bad. so after doing all of that before i had even seen the cruiser, i was assured that the cruiser would make the long trek back. however, i was told that it needed new wheel bearings, really soon, especially in the rear. so, come friday morning 3 weeks ago, i set off with my mate for the 6 hour journey to pick up the old girl. just around the corner really.
some of the roads on our way:
so, fast forward to midday, and we arrive at a small country town in NSW. the guy worked for a transport company as such and they were an excellent crew to meet up with. however, been on a short time schedule, i was keen to pick it up and keep moving. so after a nice drink at the servo, we hit the road. the first hour was nice, except for the fact that i couldn't put my window up and at 125kp/h that gets anoying after a while. but i did learn a few things about the truck which i was impressed with. at about 120kp/h it's reving no harder than 2650rpm which is excellent. also, it has plenty of power. (turbo intercooled 1hz). however, i was nervous about those wheel bearings.
at about 4:00pm after about an hour on the road we pulled over to grab some lunch at another small town that we were passing through. i took this as a quick chance to feel the temperatures of the hubs. i started with the front ones..... they were warm but i could hold my hand on them. i called that i thankful pass. on to the rear. burnt my hand instantly on the drivers side. it was HOT. like HOT HOT. i knew at this point that i was doing wheel bearings on the trip. somehow. somewhere. the passenger rear was far too hot as well, but far cooler than the drivers rear.
i should at this point explain, we were heading another 4 hours from where i picked up my cruiser to my mates house for the weekend. so i knew that if i could hold out till i got there, i would be able to fix the wheel bearings there as his home is in a large town. so we pushed on for another hour and a half with the idea of stopping at another reasonable size town to grab a phone charger for my now dead phone. by the hour mark of this small trip, i could hear squeaking from the drivers side wheel bearing, and it was getting worse by the second. however, i pushed on for the next half an hour to make it to town, where i pulled up out the front of an auto parts store. this was 4:50pm on Friday night. i jumped out and shot into the store and brought a phone charger for my phone. phew, can't live without them these days it seems. then, i wandered out of the store and...... found my mate staring at the driver side rear wheel shaking his head. i came over and i saw the entire chassis rail and mud guard covered and dripping in diff oil. alarm bells ringing.
so, back into the auto parts store i went and sounded them out for some cruiser wheel bearings. my cruiser has the rear discs and their system came up with two part numbers, one for disc rear end and the other for drums. sorry, we only keep the drum brake type wheel bearings i was told. i said, well, a toyota is a toyota, a landcruiser is a landcruiser, so i bet they are exactly the same. i brought em
however, it was now 5:00pm on a Friday night in a smallish town. and we were still 1 and a half hours form my mates house. so my mate rang a few mechanics that he found the numbers to and only 1 answered their phone, saying 'sorry we are closed now, however try these other guys, they might still be around'. called em. no answer. damn. so we decided to take the short trip around to their shop and lo and behold, they were still there. so i went in and asked if i could use the hoist and tools, i had the parts and beer np matey, come in and we'll chuck ya up. killa. and hour later i was rolling out of there with new wheel bearings.
so that was a get out of jail if there ever was one. thankfully, the rest of the trip was smooth sailing and i got to find out that the new cruiser was indeed a good cruiser as in good at drivingon the highway. so we made it to my mates and stayed there for the weekend havi'n a killa time. the trip from my mates home was really uneventful, literally sailed right through the 6 hours and got home Sunday night in time for work Monday morning.
sorry about the lack of quality in that little 'story' and i missed heaps and have barley re read it so straight from my head, but i hope you get the jist. i'll get a load of good points (plenty) and what i intend to do with her tomorrow. pics then as well, as they aren't working for me right now. qunna have loads of tech questions but have started with finding a factory service manual. looking forward to the journey but i will need some tips and tricks form ya's along the way. cheers
. Now, i brought this after the sad and regretful selling of my 40 series, a HJ47. i brought the 75 because i needed a better dd than a 40. to say that i achieved that, brought the 75 for less than i sold the 40 which is a win. however, with the good comes the bad:ARB rear airlocker needs a rebuild
needs new wheel bearings all away around
broken axle shaft in the long side
drivers window winder stops engaging to move the window up when it'a about 3/4 of the way up
handbrake does not work
bushes in the shackles totally screwed
new tyres needed
steering rods and damper the complete banana shape
bullbar needs a new coat of paint
shocks gone
brake lights don't work
can't get the glove box open, needs new latch
the aircon belt keeps throwing itself off the pully's
window tint is faded and needs to removed
EGT gauge needs to be made into a pre turbo one (i know picky
)and more.......
but before the good...... comes the story.
so about 4 weeks ago, i saw a guy post this hzj75 for sale. i got to it very quickly thankfully, because it seemed like a good deal. so i called this guy and got chatting to him asking all about the cruiser what was good, what was bad ect. he was a very honest bloke to be fair. said that it had been a excellent rig to him but it needed work and it had slowly gotten away on him. he wasn't using it so decided to regretfully sell it. (upgraded to a duel cab VDJ). so i made him an offer on the phone, what i thought was a good price and (a little to my surprise), he took my offer then and there. so i started to plan a 1600km (1000 miles) trip in a vehicle that i had never even seen. yeah, your thinking, ya mad. well i'll tell ya, i'm not because it's a cruiser
and they don't die.so, before i even set off, i had some new shoes put on her. the old ones were USED. i went with the standard 35x12.5r15. then i needed another diff center for the rear because the one with the air locker was making horrible noises. real bad. so after doing all of that before i had even seen the cruiser, i was assured that the cruiser would make the long trek back. however, i was told that it needed new wheel bearings, really soon, especially in the rear. so, come friday morning 3 weeks ago, i set off with my mate for the 6 hour journey to pick up the old girl. just around the corner really.
some of the roads on our way:
so, fast forward to midday, and we arrive at a small country town in NSW. the guy worked for a transport company as such and they were an excellent crew to meet up with. however, been on a short time schedule, i was keen to pick it up and keep moving. so after a nice drink at the servo, we hit the road. the first hour was nice, except for the fact that i couldn't put my window up and at 125kp/h that gets anoying after a while. but i did learn a few things about the truck which i was impressed with. at about 120kp/h it's reving no harder than 2650rpm which is excellent. also, it has plenty of power. (turbo intercooled 1hz). however, i was nervous about those wheel bearings.
at about 4:00pm after about an hour on the road we pulled over to grab some lunch at another small town that we were passing through. i took this as a quick chance to feel the temperatures of the hubs. i started with the front ones..... they were warm but i could hold my hand on them. i called that i thankful pass. on to the rear. burnt my hand instantly on the drivers side. it was HOT. like HOT HOT. i knew at this point that i was doing wheel bearings on the trip. somehow. somewhere. the passenger rear was far too hot as well, but far cooler than the drivers rear.
i should at this point explain, we were heading another 4 hours from where i picked up my cruiser to my mates house for the weekend. so i knew that if i could hold out till i got there, i would be able to fix the wheel bearings there as his home is in a large town. so we pushed on for another hour and a half with the idea of stopping at another reasonable size town to grab a phone charger for my now dead phone. by the hour mark of this small trip, i could hear squeaking from the drivers side wheel bearing, and it was getting worse by the second. however, i pushed on for the next half an hour to make it to town, where i pulled up out the front of an auto parts store. this was 4:50pm on Friday night. i jumped out and shot into the store and brought a phone charger for my phone. phew, can't live without them these days it seems. then, i wandered out of the store and...... found my mate staring at the driver side rear wheel shaking his head. i came over and i saw the entire chassis rail and mud guard covered and dripping in diff oil. alarm bells ringing.
so, back into the auto parts store i went and sounded them out for some cruiser wheel bearings. my cruiser has the rear discs and their system came up with two part numbers, one for disc rear end and the other for drums. sorry, we only keep the drum brake type wheel bearings i was told. i said, well, a toyota is a toyota, a landcruiser is a landcruiser, so i bet they are exactly the same. i brought em
however, it was now 5:00pm on a Friday night in a smallish town. and we were still 1 and a half hours form my mates house. so my mate rang a few mechanics that he found the numbers to and only 1 answered their phone, saying 'sorry we are closed now, however try these other guys, they might still be around'. called em. no answer. damn. so we decided to take the short trip around to their shop and lo and behold, they were still there.
so i went in and asked if i could use the hoist and tools, i had the parts and beer np matey, come in and we'll chuck ya up. killa. and hour later i was rolling out of there with new wheel bearings.so that was a get out of jail if there ever was one. thankfully, the rest of the trip was smooth sailing and i got to find out that the new cruiser was indeed a good cruiser as in good at driving
on the highway. so we made it to my mates and stayed there for the weekend havi'n a killa time. the trip from my mates home was really uneventful, literally sailed right through the 6 hours and got home Sunday night in time for work Monday morning.sorry about the lack of quality in that little 'story' and i missed heaps and have barley re read it so straight from my head, but i hope you get the jist. i'll get a load of good points (plenty) and what i intend to do with her tomorrow. pics then as well, as they aren't working for me right now. qunna have loads of tech questions but have started with finding a factory service manual. looking forward to the journey but i will need some tips and tricks form ya's along the way. cheers
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