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Thank you @Shayne for the video link. I have watched it and to be honest I was a bit surprised about the design of that reservoir. It isn't the easiest job to get at that filter. I would have thought it could have been designed much better than that. Thanks again anyway.

Thank you @Shayne, I will watch the video later. What you have written is what I thought. But when each propshaft reaches the relevant axle they will then join up with the differential on whichever axle they are serving and if TRUE 4wd was available it would have to happen in these...

Thank you @karl2000. That link looks very interesting. I'll have a read later.

Thank you @Trevor. So therefore it is not a diff. lock. A differential lock, where it exists, has the ability to lock a differential. A differential is a housing on an axle that contains a crownwheel and the drive pinion (which is driven by a propshaft) and controls the drive to either, or, both...

Thank you @Trevor. But would that be better named as a coupling that joins the front drive shaft to the rear drive shaft so as to provide drive to the front axle ? If it does engage a diff. lock somewhere then where is that diff. lock ? Surely a diff. lock locks a differential in which case...

If you start to reverse a tractor out of a ditch or bog the first thing you will do is fill the treads with whatever you are stuck in. Tractor tyres are treaded in such a way that they are self-sleaning when going forward and are exceptionally useful when ploughing or other jobs that requires...

Thank you @karl2000. I never knew that. But can you tell me what the switch with the image of front and rear axles that is positioned to the right of the heated seat switches does and the LNH lever does please ? I have always assumed that the switch powers up the drive to the front axle and the...

Thank you @karl2000. So are you able to tell me, in detail, what the drive system is on our Cruiser please ?

Thanks again @Shayne, that article has taught me a lot. I don't take the Farmers Weekly any more and so I didn't see it. The whole "4wd" system in road vehicles can be quite a sophisticated matter so it seems. My experience with 4wd drive, as you will have guessed, is with tractors etc. and...

Thank you @Trevor, that was very helpful. I hadn't realised this sort of technology existed.

Sorry @Shayne but I think we disagree about all this. Firstly, I don't need to go to my nearest bowling green, I can ride round our fields if I want to. I have owned a few Land Rovers, Series 2, 2A and 3. And when you put those in "4wd" it just sends the drive to the front axle in addition to...

Thank you very much for your help @GeekOKent. It is very much appreciated. I have always assumed that the vehicle is in 2wd unless steps are taken to change that. There are no free wheeling hubs fitted. When you say that the vehicle is in permanent 4wd do you mean that it has permanent drive to...

Thank you again @Shayne, I really do appreciate the time that you have spent trying to help me. I had wondered about limited slip diffs. but TBH I have no experience of those. The diffs on tractors are normal diffs with the drive going to the half shaft with the least resistance unless you lock...

Thank you very much for that detailed info. @Trevor. It is very much appreciated. The vehicle is actually booked in for it's MOT next Monday and they have said that they will investigate the steering issue but if you don't mind I will show them your comments (incognito of course) because it...

Thank you yet again @Shayne. Your help is very much appreciated.

Thankj you @Shayne for that link and for all the help that you have given me so far. I have posted the topic in the 120 series section of this Forum as per your advice and this is the link : Heavy steering. - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club]

Just wondering if anyone has any advice for a recent development on my Wife's 120. Last week I suddenly discovered that the steering was quite heavy at the extent of the left and right hand turn. If you turn to full lock either way, then let go of the wheel, the steering dosn't really...

Wiht respect @Shayne I don't think my Cruiser is in "permanent 4x4" Firstly, I am fairly sure that there are no diff. locks on the vehicle. Please see the image below of the actual controls and then the user manual : I don't think that my vehicle is ever in 4wd. I think that when the button...

And thank you also for your help @Shayne. I am aware of the use of diff. locks, we have them on all our tractors. Interestingly, when I was a youth most tractors didn't have diff. locks and when they started tp appear, in the late 1950s, it was sensational. I will get the user manual out of the...

Thank you for that @Nguruve. But I have to admit to being very confused now. Are you telling me that, according to the V5, we have a 120 series ? Thank you for being so patient and helpful to me.

Thank you @Nguruve for your helpful comments. To be honest I don't know much about the vehicle, I hardly ever drive the thing. I much prefer my Navara ! And because "She Who Must be Obeyed" is the principal driver I never service the vehicle in our workshops, it always goes to a nearby garage...

Hello everyone. I hope @Nguruve that you don't mind me jumping on this topic but I came on board to post a similar problem that I am having with my LC4 D4D 2006 Landcruiser with 85k miles. Suddenly yesterday when I went to drive the vehicle the steering felt different somehow. It becomes...

Please ask others on here for confirmation but I am pretty sure that I bought these for the tail light on the Land Cruiser : H3 12 VOLT 55 WATT HALOGEN BULB X2 | eBay - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club]

Thank you @Towpack - very helpful yet again. I had thought about the weathering concept, the Cruser is an 06 reg. But it is always kept inside and because of where it is on the front of the wheelarch I think the paintwork is still good. You will all have realised by now that I know nothing about...

Thank you yet again @Towpack, I am appreciating all this help I am getting. Actually now I remember it I have been to a local industrial paint shop for tractor paint that I didn't have the RAL code for and they matched it well but I was able to take something in with me so they were able to...

Thank you @alby79, that sounds too easy. My life doesn't work like that normally ! :astonished: But if you are sure is there any particular touch-up kit you would recommend ?

Thank you for your help again @Towpack, much appreciated. Yes, certainly down to the primer, not sure it it's down to bare metal. Must have a closer look. Pardon my ignorance (again !) but can you buy metallic paint of any colour ? I had always assumed that it was put on in a special process or...

Thank you for that @adrianr, much appreciated. I am certain that the scratches are down to the primer or undercoat or both because of the difference in colour.

Many thanks for that @Towpack. Much appreciated. Just to clarify if I may, flatting the damaged area is sanding it with wet/dry ? I know nothing about what grades I should use. You are correct it is metallic and I hadn't even thought about that. Are metallic paints available ? I do have a...

I know this will seem an elementary question but I don't do bodywork. While the good lady was in the supermarket the other day some retard scraped/pushed/propelled one of the large trolleys into the n/s wheel arch on our Landcruiser. It seems a bit OTT to take it to a body shop for a touch-up...

When I was younger I never even thought about not being able to scroffle about underneath things but when I do that now I find it difficult to get our sometimes ! But I've got my memories and I am convinced that I have seen the best days.

You have been very helpful Tractionman, thank you. I don't normally get involved with cars etc, hence my mistake in putting this topic in the wrong section of the Forum. In fact, because of my age I tend to keep away from mechanical stuff these days but when younger I was quite happy taking...

Thank you for all that information, very helpful and useful. I didn't suggest that I have pipes going to the rear of the vehicle (#5) It's just that I searched the Forum before making my OP and read something about pipes going to the rear. I have looked at the rear of the centre console and...

Yes, that makes sense. Thank you. The garage did a leak test apparently which they said showed no leaks and I assumed that to do that they would have got it up ro pressure. Perhaps not.

I've just looked on the V5 and in one place it says : Variant KDJ120(K) and underneath that it says : Version KDJ120R-GKAEYW(GD). Pardon my ignorance but does that mean that She Who Must Be Obeyed rides around in a 120 series Cruiser ? If that is the case I will remenber it in future but you...

Thank you very much for your help. I have seen that and thought it might be some kind of oil cooler. I did say I was totally ignorant about air-con ! :icon-redface: I think I will wait until next spring and take it to the specialists. I didn't know that there were mobile people who did that...

Thank you for that. As I said I am totally ignorant about air-con. Is the condenser all under the bonnet ? I ask that question because I have read some similar topics on here and it would appear that there are at least pipes & things that go to the rear of the vehicle.

Thank you for your reply. It is admittedly just a friendly helpful local garage who service our vehicles but have the ability to check and re-gas air-cons. They have evacuated the system and re-filled and done a leakage test which didn't show anything apparently. There is another place not far...

I am pretty ignorant about air-con but my local very friendly garage, who service the Cruiser and also do-air con work told me after inspecting the system, that my non-working air-con is a result of needing a new condenser. But they also told me that it is quite expensive. Could anyone tell me...

Thank you again for relating your experience. I intend to get a couple of the correct bulbs and then have another go at it. I thought that there is a strong possibility that the present one might break, especially if I started to get stroppy with it. Good idea of yours to wear gloves. Mrs...

Thank you very much for that explanation. I did try pulling it out and wriggling it at the same time but without any success. I did actually wonder if there was some special kind of tool to get it out by expanding the holder somehow. I even tried some long-pronged circlip pliers but no joy. I...

I know it's a pretty stupid question but could anyone tell me how to get the tail light bulb out of it's holder as per images below please ? The Cruiser has this type of tail light. And although I've got the bulb holder out of the socket I just can't figure out how to get the bulb out of the...