What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (17 Viewers)

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Perfect weather here for a nice drive to grab lunch.
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Fitted the new terrain tamer shocks all round, discovered the old shocks were goosed, 3 were closed (empty) 1 barely expanding..took 20mins to open. now the springs can get a break as they've been doing all the off road work, shocks were along for the ride...also realised yesterday since l bought the ute back in March l've covered 21k ....which is almost x4 what the last owner did in going on 6yrs...Finished up work today for a month...now its strip the dash wiring out & repair what needs done, also replace the ignition loom, fog light loom, fit the crystal headlights, new toyota wiring connectors for the new updated EDIC/Glow plug motherboard connectors, and make a bracket for the push start making it a pull stop instead....or maybe not if the wiring repairs workout....oh...just remembered whats the amp age on the HJ47 (12V) 4.0 Diesel Alternator (oil cooled)...l think l need a new alternator as mine is beginning to whine... has anyone had any experience with the Kevlar Clutches ?..are they any good ?

Have a wonderful xmas & a happy new year people....:beer:
 
TemboTusk said:
After 5 years of sitting in the driveway … I drove my 40! During those five years I overhauled the Holley carburetor three times and each time the engine ran worse and worse until it just would not start at all. So, it sat.

Fast forward to this time last year, I bought an old Aisan carburetor from a fellow Mud member. Fast forward again to just before Thanksgiving. I decided me rebuilding carburetors was not a good thing! I sent the old carb to Mark’s Offroad @65swb45 for a professional rebuild. A couple of weeks later it showed up all sparkly and clean. I installed the carb and crossed my fingers and thanks to Mark’s handy work. The engine came to life! Turning the key, it did not even need to rotate one time, it just fired up!!! Five-year-old gas and all.

I have since filled the tank with fresh gas, changed the oil and I’m now driving it at least three to four times a week to work!

I forgot how much fun it was to drive!

Video link to First Start in Five Years.

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Yeah, I've tried rebuilding a couple of carbs. I always ended up with "spare parts" which never bodes well. "Let a pro do it" became my motto after that.
 
rex in bama said:
Whoah! That’s a blast from the past. What are you doing on highway 82? That was always a stop for us growing up when driving south from TTown. Rumor was that this was the bear’s favorite BBQ
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We recently moved to Alabama (Prattville). We drove by that place one day while out exploring and decided to go back and try it out.
 
charliemeyer007 said:
I'd be happy. Low #5 tells me to check the vacuum booster. Running lean from leaking vacuum booster causes it to run hot - can damage rings and or valves.
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I'd be happy with the in-spec numbers too. But, I'd do a 'wet' test on the weak cylinder. I'd expect that the rings get stuck with varnished high viscosity motor oil long before the brake booster fails - it is the weakness of using tractor-application-type piston rings running with out-of-spec viscosity or short-duty-cycle 'racing'-type motor oils, not the engine. Even just running it cold with the oil still thick, if the rings can't seal the oil out of the combustion chamber, then some of that oil will cook to varnish.
@jhynesrockmtn what did the spark plug look like for #5?
 
Grayscale said:
I'd be happy with the in-spec numbers too. But, I'd do a 'wet' test on the weak cylinder. I'd expect that the rings get stuck with varnished high viscosity motor oil long before the brake booster fails - it is the weakness of using tractor-application-type piston rings running with out-of-spec viscosity or short-duty-cycle 'racing'-type motor oils, not the engine. Even just running it cold with the oil still thick, if the rings can't seal the oil out of the combustion chamber, then some of that oil will cook to varnish.
@jhynesrockmtn what did the spark plug look like for #5?
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That was going to be my next question. Here is a photo of #4, which is pretty representative of #1-#4 and #6. #5 was a bit sooty in comparison. This rig is fairly new to me and I don't know how many miles are on these plugs. I did do a valve adjustment after my purchase and have put a few hundred miles on since. I was wondering if I need to check #5 again. I cleaned the plugs and re-installed them.

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jhynesrockmtn said:
That was going to be my next question. Here is a photo of #4, which is pretty representative of #1-#4 and #6. #5 was a bit sooty in comparison.

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Looks like oil and suit, suit alone is flat-black. It could be the valves leaking oil, or the oil getting past the piston rings, and a 'wet-compression-test' will tell you where it might be. What grade oil is in the crankcase?
 
Grayscale said:
Looks like oil and suit, suit alone is flat-black. It could be the valves leaking oil, or the oil getting past the piston rings, and a 'wet-compression-test' will tell you where it might be. What grade oil is in the crankcase?
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I had the shop put in 10 W-30 and planned to do more research and change it out in the spring. I am not sure what the prior owner was running in it.
 
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