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Will let you know . Having to remove it through the housing.

I broke the rear axle on my 2000 1FZ-F EFI 4.5 land cruiser Trope. Just travelling on a good road. Not much warning but heard something on a rough surface, which went away then about 10 minutes later, bang and no drive. Very, very hot, smoking hub. Wheel still firm though. Probably started...

Hi Dave, That sounds very plausible and it would explain the time interval. The vehicle is in Darwin at present and I will be taking it to an auto-electrician upon my return early July. Certainly will convey your views to them. I have a spare battery in the vehicle so thats also worth a try...

Hi Grant, Not as yet. As per my reply to the post above (what do you think of Dave's thoughts?) we left the vehicle in Darwin and I will be returning on 7th July to (hopefully) continue our travels after we have had it looked at by an auto-electrician. I will be conveying your and other's...

Thanks. I will check the fuel pump type. Re the AC, the problem materises with the AC off. We eliminated other factors like windscreen wiper unit itself by disconnecting them. With the wiper motor unplugged naturally there is no wiper action but the problem was still there. In fact in this...

Thanks. Will check these but am baffled by the regularity of the spike. Would a fault in the alternator not materialise at different intervals depending upon the revs. It doesn't seem to.

My Troopie (2000 4.5L EFI) has developed a problem. A high voltage spike seems to be generated at regular intervals of about 100 s. It manifests itself in the windscreen wipers activating once and a momentary cut-out of power to the console (needles on speedometer and rev counter dip then...