TLC on UsedVictoria thread... (ongoing)

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GTSSportCoupe said:
Interesting; never knew there was such a kit

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I’ve got glow plugs to change... although after replacing the relay the old ones are working great. The problem with a tool like that is that you’ll likely never need it... and you won’t know till you do.

It’ll likely not be this year that I even get to them. While I’m in there I’ll likely change the injectors, glow plugs, fuel pump, and perhaps even the high pressure oil pump... I’m thinking it will be at least next year ;)

I’d much rather work on my Landcruiser than fix things that aren’t broken on a rig that makes root canals look like a ride at the amusement park. Sharp sticks in the eyes are more appealing.
 
bikersmurf said:
I’ve got glow plugs to change... although after replacing the relay the old ones are working great. The problem with a tool like that is that you’ll likely never need it... and you won’t know till you do.

It’ll likely not be this year that I even get to them. While I’m in there I’ll likely change the injectors, glow plugs, fuel pump, and perhaps even the high pressure oil pump... I’m thinking it will be at least next year ;)

I’d much rather work on my Landcruiser than fix things that aren’t broken on a rig that makes root canals look like a ride at the amusement park. Sharp sticks in the eyes are more appealing.
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Broken glow tips come up somewhat regularly in the diesel section of ih8mud. My 2LTE had broken ones when I bought it. I had to make my own extraction tool actually..... Usually problems happen when people install override switches and glow too long. The ends become bulbous. Then when you go to replace them, the tips break off in the pre-cups...
 
GTSSportCoupe said:
Broken glow tips come up somewhat regularly in the diesel section of ih8mud. My 2LTE had broken ones when I bought it. I had to make my own extraction tool actually..... Usually problems happen when people install override switches and glow too long. The ends become bulbous. Then when you go to replace them, the tips break off in the pre-cups...
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When I bought my first cruiser, (way back when Bradford was still teething on a dirty floor mat in the back of a 60) I asked the seller something about the compression, because I didn't know my ass from a hole in the ground.

Seller was an old guy who retired from a mill, and spoke mill-talk...so this is a loose translation.

something like," bah I think it's got lots of compression, I couldn't get a glow plug out so I turned the engine over with the key. Came out like a ****in missile , think it's still on the roof of my house"

Mill-talk version, just sprinkle in a few dozen more fbombs between every other word and you're getting close😂


It was a b diesel, turned out it really didn't actually have all that much compression :lol:
 
seapotato said:
something like," bah I think it's got lots of compression, I couldn't get a glow plug out so I turned the engine over with the key. Came out like a f***in missile , think it's still on the roof of my house"
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Good story, haha. I actually tried the shoot it out method - with engine actually running. No go.

I ended up drilling it out so it was much thinner and more pliable. Then tapped it, Welded small matching thread bolt to larger one. Put nut on larger one. Screwed tool into broken tip. Turned nut against cylinder head. Pulled the broken tip out really effectively actually.
 
GTSSportCoupe said:
Good story, haha. I actually tried the shoot it out method - with engine actually running. No go.

I ended up drilling it out so it was much thinner and more pliable. Then tapped it, Welded small matching thread bolt to larger one. Put nut on larger one. Screwed tool into broken tip. Turned nut against cylinder head. Pulled the broken tip out really effectively actually.
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Yeah but you've got one of those new fangled persnickety diesels that doesn't do anything the easy way. :lol:
 
GTSSportCoupe said:
Broken glow tips come up somewhat regularly in the diesel section of ih8mud. My 2LTE had broken ones when I bought it. I had to make my own extraction tool actually..... Usually problems happen when people install override switches and glow too long. The ends become bulbous. Then when you go to replace them, the tips break off in the pre-cups...
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OEM 7.3 plugs are usually ok, it’s aftermarket ones that are most problematic. Odds are good that no one changed them in the 3000 hours between when the ambulance service retired it at 13,000 hours and my picking it up at 16,000 hours. It’s likely that they were replaced in the 10 years, 13,000 hours, and 270,000 km that the ambulance service. Especially given they spare no expense to maintain them. You’d not want a diesel in northern BC that wouldn’t start in the cold. I found ferry schedule cards that indicate it was up there in the years before retirement.
 
bikersmurf said:
OEM 7.3 plugs are usually ok, it’s aftermarket ones that are most problematic. Odds are good that no one changed them in the 3000 hours between when the ambulance service retired it at 13,000 hours and my picking it up at 16,000 hours. It’s likely that they were replaced in the 10 years, 13,000 hours, and 270,000 km that the ambulance service. Especially given they spare no expense to maintain them. You’d not want a diesel in northern BC that wouldn’t start in the cold. I found ferry schedule cards that indicate it was up there in the years before retirement.
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Yeah, I think I had the old IDI diesels more in mind. And it was more a curiosity for me having extracted a broken glow plug myself at one point.
 
GTSSportCoupe said:
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80 with maximum Toyota Tax applied: 1990 Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ 81 VX Limited | Cars & Trucks | Parksville / Qualicum Beach | Kijiji - https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/parksville-qualicum-beach/1990-toyota-land-cruiser-hdj-81-vx-limited/m91344
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Now that is funny, re geared for 33s:rofl: you do not even feel a difference when you bump up to that tire. 425000K is pretty high, I am still sitting around 220000 with the electric solenoid trans which is far more durable than the full hydrolic.
 
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