Nothing especially sexy to report here, except I've now got a date of 10th March for my LC to get the full works!
I've been waiting on more bits and bobs to arrive from Japan, but the general consensus is that anything being removed is being replaced with new OEM, so that's why it's taken a while to get to this point! I'd have liked to have done some of this myself but we're currently at the start of a lengthy process of buying a new house (new to us, but over 300 years old) which means I'm a good 3-4 months away from having anywhere to work on this old thing.
Current list is as follows:
- Brake fluid flush
- Rear diff seal replacement & new fluid
- Both front LCA & UCA replacement + new frame bush on both sides
- Both sides front Bearings, needle bearing, discs, pads & CV axles
- Front diff bushes and fluid
- Transfer box fluid
- Steering Rack replacement, new hoses & New Fluid
- EGR replacement with OEM delete kit/Inlet manifold complete Clean/Valve Adjustment/Injector Seals
- Radiator, thermostat, & hose replacement + T pieces and hoses
- Timing Belt, Waterpump, Cam seal, Tensioner etc
- Front droplinks & Anti roll bar bushes
- Rear Height control linkage (currently consists of a bent piece of threaded bar!)
- Rear upper & lower control arms & panhard bar
- Rear droplinks and ARB bushes
One thing I am hoping to do before it goes in is cross-level the front torsion bars and adjust the height sensors, and potentially swap out the rear heigh control linkage myself if I can, but the issue I'm finding is that I can't find anywhere perfectly flat (even car parks are sloped), so I'm currently back to the drawing board on that front.
In other news, I installed the 'Yatour' bluetooth module which has been a big upgrade over the crappy cigarette lighter bluetooth FM transmitter. Whilst reassembling, I took the opportunity to hold off reinstalling the side trim for the centre console which houses the hazard light switch. The bulb has gone in it, so at night I don't have visibility of where it is (which is more problematic for my wife if she's driving it).
I've got a replacement bulb coming after I found the P/N in an old thread on here, so will hopefully get that refitted early next week when these parts arrive.