The canal boat
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His truck has had a rough life, he has had nothing but problems with it seemingly.
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Nothing that is surprising for a 33 year old vehicle from another country
And I bet if more people looked, they'd see cracks.
Frame cracks on vehicles with a steering box and panhard/trac bar mount in the same spot are very common.
Look at dodge trucks.
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Also little update from yesterday.
Somehow I thought I'd replaced my radiator hoses previous. Curse of owning so many cars. Well I reviewed my maintenance logs and low and behold I hadn't. So I ordered a set.
Somehow I thought I'd replaced my radiator hoses previous. Curse of owning so many cars. Well I reviewed my maintenance logs and low and behold I hadn't. So I ordered a set.
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More work today
Pulled the valve cover. Intake tube. Timing cover. Timing belt. Upper timing pulley. Water pump.
I installed the new pump. Put the timing belt back together. Installed the tie rods on the rear of the axle.
Tomorrow I'm going to check the valves and see if I need to order shims.
I'm going to prime and paint the valve cover.
Pulled the valve cover. Intake tube. Timing cover. Timing belt. Upper timing pulley. Water pump.
I installed the new pump. Put the timing belt back together. Installed the tie rods on the rear of the axle.
Tomorrow I'm going to check the valves and see if I need to order shims.
I'm going to prime and paint the valve cover.
mudgudgeon
Resident galah
Did you replace that spring on the timing belt idler pulley?
They're a known failure item and a sub $20 part.
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It's new. The timing belts only got 40k km
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Checked clearances today
I need to go order 4 shims and drop em in.
I pulled the turbo pipe for the valves. I decided to smooth the casting flaws and paint it.
I'm going to paint it and aluminum silver color.
I'm going to do the valve cover in a graphite.
But I want to see if I can find this decal
I need to go order 4 shims and drop em in.
I pulled the turbo pipe for the valves. I decided to smooth the casting flaws and paint it.
I'm going to paint it and aluminum silver color.
I'm going to do the valve cover in a graphite.
But I want to see if I can find this decal
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Thanks for posting that picture.
I paid full dealership beans for my radiator. I wanted to stand at the parts counter and inspect it for damage while a person was standing there just in case.
I paid full dealership beans for my radiator. I wanted to stand at the parts counter and inspect it for damage while a person was standing there just in case.
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Same. Local dealer knows me though because I'm always ordering weird parts
Diesel fuel filters and such
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I've been struggling to get motivated to finish this.
Funny thing is, I needed it last weekend for some sad stuff and since it wasn't done I rented a gls63 AMG off turo.
I called in tonight at work and finished it
All told i
Verified valve clearance
Installed 5 new shims
Replaced the water pump
Replaced the radiator
Replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses
Replaced all 4 tie rod ends
Cleaned up some engine bay stuff
Replaced the grill with the correct version. This made a huge difference the old grill never fit right.
Funny thing is, I needed it last weekend for some sad stuff and since it wasn't done I rented a gls63 AMG off turo.
I called in tonight at work and finished it
All told i
Verified valve clearance
Installed 5 new shims
Replaced the water pump
Replaced the radiator
Replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses
Replaced all 4 tie rod ends
Cleaned up some engine bay stuff
Replaced the grill with the correct version. This made a huge difference the old grill never fit right.
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Also I replaced the hood struts. It's amazing how little weight the old ones would support. The new ones are actually an effort to close. The old ones, if I bumped the hood, they'd fall.
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Jesus I haven't touched this thread in forever.
I also haven't touched the rig. Oil changes and such.
I submitted an oil analysis today to see if my metal counts were still high. If so I'll order a set of BEB's and put the land cruiser on the lift and knock it out.
I did give it a bath today.
I also haven't touched the rig. Oil changes and such.
I submitted an oil analysis today to see if my metal counts were still high. If so I'll order a set of BEB's and put the land cruiser on the lift and knock it out.
I did give it a bath today.
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The daughter should have license in about 2 weeks so im wrapping a few comfort things for her.
The heater valve cable hasnt worked for a while. So i'd manually close the valve in summer and open it in the winter, but I dont want her to fuss with it. So i have one on order.
We did a trans flush, resealed the pan too.
Rotated the tires.
New front pads
Cleaned the air filter and painted the air box
Fixed a leaky part of the head light washers, which aren't even on the truck anymore.
I need to order window runs so the windows work smooth. Im debating if saving $20 is worth buying them from partsouq or should i support my local dealer and pay an extra $20. Shipping is a bitch on them. They are like $40 cheaper each from partsouq but shipping is $80. Then add in taxes and thats the $20 difference. And that is just on the front two, as Im not worried about how fast the rear windows roll down.
I bought some things for it to make it feel like hers since her truck isn't done.
I got her new keys made off ebay(thanks @LandCruiserPhil for the tip posted in another thread.
The heater valve cable hasnt worked for a while. So i'd manually close the valve in summer and open it in the winter, but I dont want her to fuss with it. So i have one on order.
We did a trans flush, resealed the pan too.
Rotated the tires.
New front pads
Cleaned the air filter and painted the air box
Fixed a leaky part of the head light washers, which aren't even on the truck anymore.
I need to order window runs so the windows work smooth. Im debating if saving $20 is worth buying them from partsouq or should i support my local dealer and pay an extra $20. Shipping is a bitch on them. They are like $40 cheaper each from partsouq but shipping is $80. Then add in taxes and thats the $20 difference. And that is just on the front two, as Im not worried about how fast the rear windows roll down.
I bought some things for it to make it feel like hers since her truck isn't done.
I got her new keys made off ebay(thanks @LandCruiserPhil for the tip posted in another thread.
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Have you checked the East Coast vendors at all? I've brought McGeorge Toyota quotes into a local 'Yota dealership and had the parts guys look at me like I was insane. Some of the prices were pennies over what Kirkland's cost was.
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About $8 cheaper than my dealer.
Hmm. that's not a very big gap. It has been a year or so since I did any parts ordering.
