U-BOAT wrote:Check out the state of the engine bay after removing the glow plugs and pumping the oil out of the top end.

oh, my bad, i thought you were checking the drivetrain but you were actually changing the oil...

....okay, then,

[quote="U-BOAT"]thought id better show a pic of my brotrhers truck. From our latest trip

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kind of extreme way of checking the Ujoints in the driveshaft...

Damn M8, that sure looks like my rag top: m original red is extremely rare as is the elec lockers front and back in the ragtop version. congrates on a great truck!! being petro that girl should be able to roast the rubber!! cheers M8 http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/albums/mikes-4wd-pics ...

shoot me an email direct to
wayne@crushersrule.com
repeat the request with your mailing address and contact phone number.
the price will be $75 CND plus shipping.

cheers M8

this is for the LJ engine? then i have the manuals here but they do NOT cover the elec fuel control. the basic engine is covered. it is a seperate manual from the RM183E ask for engine manual RM169E (2LT & 3L) out of production for Canada but i have a dozen reprints sitting here i made up for my ...

i can supply the RM183 cheaper than that but shipping will kill the deal...

you blokes down under really get it up the butt from your Toyota dealerships, eh?

i thought all Kiwis were nice people... well almost all that i have met online have been...

i knew what a Kiwi was i am on the other forum and have been for a few years now but i wasn't sure if i was being complimented or insulted...

the newest i can import is 1992...bummer. i guess i can dream. Crusher, just found a 2003 troopy for sale in a car yard here, diesel, and only $40000 NZ (about 30000US) Do you want me to buy it for you and send it over? here's the vehicle in question...... m I'm sure it would only cost another 10k ...

Bubba wrote: You sure you ain't a Kiwi

paint me ignorant but i am not sure what you mean??

buddy, see something you like run with it!!

i am not ARB or Safari, i don't mind sharing...

Jerry wrote:We need some pics of your truck and offroading over there Wayne

we just finished a 3 day Long September weekend run and the photograher has promised me some pics...
as soon as i figure out how to upload them i will get them here...

cheers

thanks for the compliments...
i enjoy designing the metal work...mind you i get ideas from the other blokes and then adapt them for my personal use...
that might be a bit heavy for the Posties to move about...

i saw one at Japan auction just a few months back...i wonder if it is the same truck...
cool

if you do come across anything that is nice and clean, please do let me know...

cheers M8

actually i went to a 3 X 3/4" (max with the original tanks) with good results but at speed and on hills or bucking a head wind it still heated up...not as bad but the fear came back...

we got 500 BJ70 base models a year from 1985-1987 (roughly 1500 and most are rusted POS now) then ALL diesel cruisers stopped coming into canada. the only 75 series trucks are pilphered from the mines and now coming in from other parts of the world. i have only owned...ummm... about 4 FJ45, 2 HZJ75 ...

thanks for posting up the pic... you mean my old FJ45? yah, he was a cool old guy. reliable, tough and a real blast to drive...when i first joined the m everyone there was a diesel bigot so i drove the gasser just to prove they were every bit as capable. that yellow tank would go everywhere the big ...

LOL!! yep, that is pretty darn good but then you are backing my own personal theory as to why these engines are dying here in Canada. especially Alberta and BC. Alberta has long stretches of highway and severe head winds that can drive the pyro up faster than a steep hill. of course the speed limit ...

i might as well introduce myself. i am Wayne Smith and i run w a land cruiser modification/refurbishing shop as well as w a import business located in Calgary Alberta Canada. here is my rig: (please post up the pic if you can, i am having a hard time figuring out how to) 1991 PZJ70 1PZ turbo'd, top ...

just for the record, the head dying ratio is sitting at 60% in Canada this figure was achieved by contacting various importers and chatting with them...and that is not counting the poor blocks that are not on the forums or are too shy to speak up. if you have 214,000 on the same head then my hat is ...

well, this past weekend i got rid of the AC rad and components. the temp stayed nice and cool even through the roughest terrain and steepest hills. flooring it in the mud holes never moved the needle past 1/4. once the rad started to plug up it of course got hotter but a quick spray and the temp was ...