When driving around town in stop and go traffic, I can hear water sloshing and running back-and-forth. Would this be in the bottom of the doors? Or in the frame? Any ideas? Thanks
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Wouldn't be in the frame. You can look up underneath the door and see the drains, could be clogged. Easy to check
Check for water in the rear quarter panels. Easiest way to look is by the jack mount, drivers side. Not uncommon for the rear windows to leak water into there. I pulled my windows replaced or cleaned the surrounds and window channels and haven't had water inside there since, about 2 years.
Lower body sill spaces perhaps? Or maybe there's a windscreen seal leak and water is getting into the inside of the body and sloshing around in the channels where the cabling runs down either side?
Someone else mentioned the rear quarters. Each one has a plugged hole right at the bottom. On mine I removed those plugs years ago because both sides had a big layer of dried mud when I got the vehicle 12 yrs ago.
If you are checking the rear quarters, have a look to see if the plastic cover plates are missing that you can only see from underneath.
Someone else mentioned the rear quarters. Each one has a plugged hole right at the bottom. On mine I removed those plugs years ago because both sides had a big layer of dried mud when I got the vehicle 12 yrs ago.
If you are checking the rear quarters, have a look to see if the plastic cover plates are missing that you can only see from underneath.
Pull the plugs at the bottom of your rocker panels and you will probably have water splashing out of there. Then look up sunroof drains on here and unclog them with weed eater line.
You wouldn't happen to be a contributor to this thread, would you? Or,... did you buy a LandCruiser recently from any of these contributors?
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Spare fuel bladders in the doors?
Rather than taking up valuable ground clearance, has anyone stored bags of fuel in the doors? If the bags were airtight, they could expand and collapse on their own to accommodate the extra fuel from the gas tank. I imagine basically drilling 4 holes into the bottom of the tank, silicone in...
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Funny...just digging into this myself. There's a few threads referencing the plugged holes on the bottom of the rockers, but there are also a couple of small slit drains along the pinch weld. Sounds simple, but I'm still hunting for them (and a bit obstructed by the WKOR sliders).
No good pics since all of the threads are old, old, old. I'll keep hunting with some better lighting.
No good pics since all of the threads are old, old, old. I'll keep hunting with some better lighting.
There are plastic plugs that are black in color that run the length of your front and rear doors below your rocker panels. I would suggest using some needle nose pliers to pull them out. This should alleviate the water that’s sloshing around.
You have 2 of these slits per side on the folded/welded seam. If they are closed or muddy, you will get that sloshing. A small flat head screwdriver is all you need to reopen, or some like this wire cable to go in and get the clog off and water draining
video won’t play here, but a couple of pics
video won’t play here, but a couple of pics
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Is there a cooler in the back?
Trusty Rusty
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I found them yesterday after some fighting around the sliders....if those aren't on the truck, they're clear as can be. Will try to get a couple of pics and post them for reference. It's a slight opening in the pinch weld front and rear on the rocker panels each side - easily missed if they're caked full of debris like mine were.
Excellent, fixed the video, after driving in some deep mud it can get a lot of water in there if you dont get them open
