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There’s no boats to sweden or denmark any longer. You have to take a ferry to holland or france, and take a ferry to gothenburg, or drive.

If the has broken, likely it has damaged the shaft or pully.

Clutch gap is the gap between the clutch plate on the front of the copressor. Youve seen it pull in, then youll see the gap before the bit that pulls in, pulls in.

Check your clutch gap

If the propshaft hasnt been off for a long time, then how do you know the uj’s are good? You cant tell by just giving them a yank whilst mounted.

Are you sure its not the rear brake shoes? Sometimes the material rusts/falls of the shoes and either locks the wheel, or rattles about catching every so often.

Sounds like the diesel is draining back. Havve you tried pumping the primer after its been stood a few days?

What are you doing? Dry fill, replacement of parts, new system?

Its hard to trust traders that openly write on their adverts their weak warranty conditions, when they know full well there are pretty strong consumer laws covering car sales.

I just googled landcruiserparts.co.uk as it says account suspended

Some old style immobilisers would let the engine run a few seconds. It was probably an aftermarket fit back in the day. And the fact you can get a code for it kinda points in that direction.

Its a rotten as a pear. You need one from outside the rust belt.

Where is it located, that will tell you if its rusty or not.

I did this job about 10 years ago because I got a whiff of anitfreeze every so often, and the level dropped very slowly. Basically everything in front of you, when sat in the front seats, has to come out, although the steering column just needs dropping down. Its not a pleasant job, but not...

If there’s no oil flow its because the pumps isnt working. You wont be suffering an air lock as its a positive displacement pump.