What did you do on your 70 series today?
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@Shyrock and I had a meet up on Ocracoke last weekend! Its always nice to meet other cruiser people! Mark and his wife Kathryn are the some of the nicest people I have met in a while. Of course my fiancé was happy I could nerd out with somebody about land cruisers. I hope to see them again soon! I gotta start planning a Wilmington trip.
They are nice folks but they are just “VIN please”….kind of folks. Kinda adds to the meaning “trust but verify”…..
Why can’t I have an Onur or CruiserDan doppelganger locally?
Completed the revision of my tank. New sucction assy installed, painted and floor panel above preserved.
Got the tank back in place
More details and pics in the tank thread:
Post in thread 'remove fuel tank' remove fuel tank - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/remove-fuel-tank.1169566/post-14298228
Next step tomorrow: Filler neck and get the hoses connected...
Got the tank back in place
More details and pics in the tank thread:
Post in thread 'remove fuel tank' remove fuel tank - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/remove-fuel-tank.1169566/post-14298228
Next step tomorrow: Filler neck and get the hoses connected...
JDM Journeys
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I don't know either one, but that doesn't mean I can't laugh, right?It may not be worth the trouble.
JDM Journeys
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Thanks for the pic… p/n. I might try and get one myself...
Hello,
It is simple.
Because they broke the mold after they made Onur / @OGBeno and Dan / @cruiserdan .
And we all regret they did.
Suddenly I miss Grace, my local parts lady, gone ages ago. She was good but they let her go.
Juan
Yeah, they did break the mold for sure.
So there is an positive update to the key mission I was on: Ended up taking the key blanks from ebay to some key shop located inside of a junkyard called "pick-n-pull" that is about 5 mins from the Toyota plant. It was a completely different experience than the dealership. Guy didn't ask for ID, proof of vehicle ownership and no fancy waiting room with plush leather chairs. The locksmith had a cigarette dangling from his mouth the whole time while cutting them and I gained 3 brand new keys in 10 mins. Preferred cash.
It can be really different when getting service on South side part of San Antonio.
FJ40 that green thing
1996 KZJ78 Prado
Anyone with a key cutting machine can make you copies, very easy, done it myself with ebay key blanks. It would seem the older vehicles have the more simple profile and the newer Toyota keys have some additional grooves in the profile. I accidentally bought the newer ones on Amazon. Any old fashion hardware store, locksmith etc. can cut copies for you quickly.
I was not really aware of the best place to try as I had always used dealers in the past. I am told that some hardware stores won’t let you do auto keys but I haven’t tried the ones here. I am good for now anyways.
I am now enjoying this beautiful day driving the 77 on my lunch break.
I am now enjoying this beautiful day driving the 77 on my lunch break.
I feel for anyone running into any difficulty with people unwilling to copy a key for them. Simply for information purposes you can "cut your own key" with a rat tale file in less than 10 minutes. Mark the cut centerswith a magic marker and file them down one at a time to match the original. Also both sides are the same on most older car keys to make it a "convenience key" meaning it can be inserted either way. The pins or more likely wafers in the lock cylinder are only lifted by one side of the key.
That Chinese motor looks better in there than I expected.
Your name popped up in our discussions, sir.
Don't get all mushy now. In this case it is WAY more important to be good than to look good. That 2.8 only looks good.
Good point. I didn't mean to make it sound like I was having difficulty getting the key copied. It was more about getting the key style I wanted that was the hassle. I just didn't feel like going back to the dealer just to get keys cut once I got the keys I wanted from ebay. The dealer wanted two forms of ID, plus a copy of my insurance card before they would cut keys which they would copy and keep on file or at least made xerox copies of... (I don't like that at all). The last shop I went to that I mentioned in this thread didn't care for any of that BS.
Score any used parts while you were there?
Mission accomplishedCompleted the revision of my tank. New sucction assy installed, painted and floor panel above preserved.
Got the tank back in place
More details and pics in the tank thread:
Post in thread 'remove fuel tank' remove fuel tank - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/remove-fuel-tank.1169566/post-14298228
Next step tomorrow: Filler neck and get the hoses connected...
Filler neck fitted, fuel filter changed, sedimenter ckeaned and fuel lines bled successfully.
Fired up first try without any cough.
Details on the procedure in the 'remove tank' thread.