New to forum just to introduce me and my rig golden 105 and snowflake 101

[Guctony]

So I am a Expat in middle east and a proud owner of a 2004 105 with 1HZ engine just last month after 5 years of searh I found a 2000 Land cruiser 101 with 1HD FTE and 4 speed automatic. So I hope to slowy but surely enjoy technical expertise eof the forum. While I slowly update and upgrade my rigs.

 

[excessive]

welcome to the forum ! I found it really interesting that you said it took 5 years to find the 1HD FTE truck.
In my mind, they are a dime a dozen over there - i guess that is not the case? or is it rare that they come up for sale? or are they all beat to hell by now? just curious

 

[Guctony]

welcome to the forum ! I found it really interesting that you said it took 5 years to find the 1HD FTE truck.
In my mind, they are a dime a dozen over there - i guess that is not the case? or is it rare that they come up for sale? or are they all beat to hell by now? just curious

Hii Its very common to find a lot of Gasoline engined Land Cruiser in Middle East in fact so many of them. But Diesel engined LC are very rare and mosty in Bad shape. Up until 2015 Gasoline price was so low nobody really needed a diesel. Also Diesel fuel quality was not so good and it was even hard to find Gas stations with Diesel fuel. Toyota Considered all this issues and only import 1HZ diesel engine variants. And mostly basic trim in 105 or 100 series. Officially Toyota never import 80 series 1HD FT or 100 Series 1HD FTE. most registered 100 series 1HD FTE are in Fact japanese LC 101 like mine Imported to UAE in 2010's converted to left hand drive and some how Registered/imported to middle east countries. So It is very rare to find in Middle East even more harder in Saudi Arabia. In last 5 years I find around 6 LC 100 with 1HD FTE. 5 of them were really Trash with unreasonable Price. One of them was a very clean european import in very good shape but the owner knew the Value and price was out of my reach. This white flake was checking all the boxes. not too great but not too bad very reasonable priced.

Currently The global market for 100 series with 1HD FTE is very high. In UAE there is a very strong junkyard bussiness and they bring lots of Half Cuts from Japan. But the demand is also very high. Most 1HD FTE goes to Africa. But luckly No one really understands or cares these Cars in Saudi Arabia and I was luck buy a full car less than a cost of Halfcut in UAE market.

I do alot of deep desert drive. Before it was short trips So I enjoyed Nissan Patrol with TB48 Engine. But once I started long distance Safari in Empty Quarter 1700km in 12 days etc. A strong Reliable Diesel become must. I invest on Isuzu Dmax. But the pleasue of Driving a Land Cruiser in long distance desert drive I cannot compare with any other 4x4. specially considering AC FAN in between the driver legs........

 

[excessive]

thanks for explaining that. I guess that makes sense. As an american, i just image the rest of the world as a smorgasbord with used car lots full of 1HD FTE powered LC's for pennies on the dollar, but i guess that's not the case

 

[Trapper50cal]

Welcome!

 

[NE Snowman]

@Meshal
@wngrog
I’ve seen these two talking about trucks in this area of the world and they ship some to the US. Might be helpful for you later.

Welcome to mud, try not to spend all your money on mods…

 

[wngrog]

Hii Its very common to find a lot of Gasoline engined Land Cruiser in Middle East in fact so many of them. But Diesel engined LC are very rare and mosty in Bad shape. Up until 2015 Gasoline price was so low nobody really needed a diesel. Also Diesel fuel quality was not so good and it was even hard to find Gas stations with Diesel fuel. Toyota Considered all this issues and only import 1HZ diesel engine variants. And mostly basic trim in 105 or 100 series. Officially Toyota never import 80 series 1HD FT or 100 Series 1HD FTE. most registered 100 series 1HD FTE are in Fact japanese LC 101 like mine Imported to UAE in 2010's converted to left hand drive and some how Registered/imported to middle east countries. So It is very rare to find in Middle East even more harder in Saudi Arabia. In last 5 years I find around 6 LC 100 with 1HD FTE. 5 of them were really Trash with unreasonable Price. One of them was a very clean european import in very good shape but the owner knew the Value and price was out of my reach. This white flake was checking all the boxes. not too great but not too bad very reasonable priced.

Currently The global market for 100 series with 1HD FTE is very high. In UAE there is a very strong junkyard bussiness and they bring lots of Half Cuts from Japan. But the demand is also very high. Most 1HD FTE goes to Africa. But luckly No one really understands or cares these Cars in Saudi Arabia and I was luck buy a full car less than a cost of Halfcut in UAE market.

I do alot of deep desert drive. Before it was short trips So I enjoyed Nissan Patrol with TB48 Engine. But once I started long distance Safari in Empty Quarter 1700km in 12 days etc. A strong Reliable Diesel become must. I invest on Isuzu Dmax. But the pleasue of Driving a Land Cruiser in long distance desert drive I cannot compare with any other 4x4. specially considering AC FAN in between the driver legs........

Nice info

Yeah I get that question every time. Americans think they want diesels. Mainly because we got the worst variant of all the gas motors here with all of the EGR crap. Welcome.

 

[NE Snowman]

Americans think they want diesels

Cloth, manual, 2UZ…. The one you had a few months back was mint, maybe a couple years from now. You said the other gasser isn’t bad though.

 

[wngrog]

Cloth, manual, 2UZ…. The one you had a few months back was mint, maybe a couple years from now. You said the other gasser isn’t bad though.

The coil pack 1FZ is my favorite motor ever. Smooth. Powerful. Amazing

 

[gerardines]

The coil pack 1FZ is my favorite motor ever. Smooth. Powerful. Amazing

Great engine, very reliable, smooth power delivery ... heavy drinker, the best I could get of my 105 was 25km/g (15mpg) on flat highway 300kms steady at 100km/h, believe with a higher 5th pinion could get a little bit extra but wouldn't reach 20mpg.

 

[gerardines]

thanks for explaining that. I guess that makes sense. As an american, i just image the rest of the world as a smorgasbord with used car lots full of 1HD FTE powered LC's for pennies on the dollar, but i guess that's not the case

I dond’t think there is even a place were the 100 series with 1hdt even most beat up ones could be sold for les than $15k.

People really know the value of these iconic vehicles.

 

[John Young]

Welcome @Guctony! So nice to see another diesel head. There is also an all-diesels section on the forum.

I know exactly what you mean. I searched for years for a 105 without finding anything other than absolute wrecks where they wanted close to 20k USD.

Then I kind of embraced my fate and bought a couple of pretty beat trucks. Just to make you laugh here is a project I call T105:

It has a 1HZ of sorts in it, on mounts crudely welded in. The truck obviously had had a gas engine swapped in and then the 1HZ swapped back in again. The transmission tunnel is awful. Have not really started on it but actually the frame is good and the nice thing about a 1HZ is that it is absolutely rebuildable.

I've found that for me personally the 1HD-T is the sweet spot. Simple as can be with only 12 valves, but with native turbo and improved cooling. I have an 80 with a 1HD-FT and I find it just a shade too complicated.

The one weak spot in the 105 diesel that I have experienced is the use of the R151F transmission. I blew mine up behind a 1HD-T. One of the spacer rings in front of 1st gear literally broke into three pieces. Still did not stop the truck. I would just occasionally pop out of 1st gear.

We are now experimenting with swapping in a H151F but it is not so easy because the shifter position is different on the 100 and most of the salvage yards have H151's from 80 series trucks.

The only other thing I might suggest thinking about is revising your existing R151 with revised 5th gear to drop the RPMs at highway speeds. It makes a huge difference both in fuel mileage and in simple comfort on the highway. That 1HZ really does not like being near 3K RPM. With the revised 5th I'm getting near to 1200 km of range using both main and sub tank.

Congratulations!

And my heartfelt best wishes on your 101. I had an 80 that was really an HDJ81 converted over here in the UAE to LHD. The wiring was a complete nightmare and everything was just subtly wrong about it. Eventually I gave up on it and sold it. I hope your 101 was a better conversion. I would be (and I suspect many others would be) interested in seeing the details on your trucks especially the converted 101. One of the places to look is to pull the kick panels in the front footwells to see what the wiring looks like.