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ToHiHy

ToHiHy

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Hi Guys,

I've been a Toyota driver for the last 13 years. Started in the Tercel4wd forums with my 1985 Tercel. Sold it back in 2008 with 502000 km on it. Found out it finally died the other day. Had a 1990 Corolla 4WD wagon for a year, sold that and got a 2008 Camry Hybrid for 2 years, traded that in for a 2010 Camry Hybrid for 2 years, then traded that in for my current ride, a 2012 highlander Hybrid. Anyway missed having my 4WD. I work at the local Toyota dealership and a 100 series LC came in on trade May 2013 but in really, really rough shape. The list of what was good on it would have been shorter than what was wrong. It sat until January 2014 when I decided to buy it and bring it back to life. Took me a month to make it roadworthy and with time I put some 33" BFG All terrain tyres on it and an Old Man Emu suspension. Also put on the receiver mount Warn Zeon 10s winch. Its come in handy a few times. Really happy with the LC. I bought it to tow my snowmobiles. My Highlander doesn't really like the steep and deep in winter. Pictures to follow later.
 
167000 miles. Needed front calipers, pads, front bearing repack and new seals, rear brake pivots and cable pivot, rear caliper slide pins seized. New marker lights and fog lights, timing belt and serp belt. Found a rat nest under the intake and in the air box. Christmas tree on the dash, mainly due to blown fuses and some mickey mouse wiring. Speedo didn't work. Someone had attempted a home install remote start, which wasn't pretty. Sunroof didn't want to work, found it was seized so took it all part and fixed that. Stereo only had rear speakers hooked up so I replaced the front ones, works ok now. Backup camera didn't work so it had a new camera. Navigation didn't know where I was, as it still had 2004 DVD in it, so new DVD went in. Manifold leaked real bad passenger side so new manifold went in along with a new muffler. Psg rear seatbelt wouldn't retract so that came apart. The wheels, due to the massive amounts of brake fluid leakage, had to be refinished along with tailgate rust around the rear window so I had that done for aesthetic purposes. Power antenna was broken. Suspension was shot so all new Old Man Emu kit with upper adjustable control arms in the rear and adjustable pan hard rod. Tyres cracked real bad so some 33"s went on. Spare tyre carrier wouldn't come down so that was taken apart and serviced. It lived in northern canada so the underneath hadn't seen a car wash, if ever, so I power washed and undercoated from front to back. The worst part though would have been the detail on the inside. Who ever owned it before obviously didn't care too much about the poor thing. I ended up painting the carpet it was so badly stained. Thats the major stuff, other than that just your basic fluids changed and regular maint catch up. Im actually quite proud of myself. My friends had wondered what I was doing but the finished result has them quite stunned. I really enjoy driving it and look forward to upgrades to it in the coming years.
 
WOW! That's definitely a lot of work to be proud of. I'd love to see some before/after pics if you have them. Sounds like you've got an awesome platform, and one with a lot of value to you. Can't wait to see where you go with it, great work.
 
ToHiHy said:
167000 miles. Needed front calipers, pads, front bearing repack and new seals, rear brake pivots and cable pivot, rear caliper slide pins seized. New marker lights and fog lights, timing belt and serp belt. Found a rat nest under the intake and in the air box. Christmas tree on the dash, mainly due to blown fuses and some mickey mouse wiring. Speedo didn't work. Someone had attempted a home install remote start, which wasn't pretty. Sunroof didn't want to work, found it was seized so took it all part and fixed that. Stereo only had rear speakers hooked up so I replaced the front ones, works ok now. Backup camera didn't work so it had a new camera. Navigation didn't know where I was, as it still had 2004 DVD in it, so new DVD went in. Manifold leaked real bad passenger side so new manifold went in along with a new muffler. Psg rear seatbelt wouldn't retract so that came apart. The wheels, due to the massive amounts of brake fluid leakage, had to be refinished along with tailgate rust around the rear window so I had that done for aesthetic purposes. Power antenna was broken. Suspension was shot so all new Old Man Emu kit with upper adjustable control arms in the rear and adjustable pan hard rod. Tyres cracked real bad so some 33"s went on. Spare tyre carrier wouldn't come down so that was taken apart and serviced. It lived in northern canada so the underneath hadn't seen a car wash, if ever, so I power washed and undercoated from front to back. The worst part though would have been the detail on the inside. Who ever owned it before obviously didn't care too much about the poor thing. I ended up painting the carpet it was so badly stained. Thats the major stuff, other than that just your basic fluids changed and regular maint catch up. Im actually quite proud of myself. My friends had wondered what I was doing but the finished result has them quite stunned. I really enjoy driving it and look forward to upgrades to it in the coming years.
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Now we definitely need before and after pics!
 
That sounds like one of the worst 04's I've ever heard of.

How did you paint the carpet?
 
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