Recent content by Gary Stockton

New vs old. Old one been in for about 70k miles i think....it was time!

Yes, cost about £10 so worth the effort

On my 100. Pretty easy as long as it's not all rusted to cr@p. Remove 2nd row seats, pull back carpet and open it up

MOT on Thursday so setting the parking brake - again, and checking windscreen wipers…. Plus a new in-tank fuel filter coz I don’t think the original has ever been changed …

Not sure if you can get to this, but someone is working through a pump in order to get more oomph - might help you problem-solve though https://landcruiserclub.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?t=90742

LC100 Factory Service Manual - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club] Try that

And I’d be buying my oil from somewhere like Opie Oils where it’s cheaper and doesn’t come in the same can as the AHC fluid allowing to get (more) easily confused

To remove I simply knocked off the circlip then you can use a BFH to thum the old one out - not difficult at all actually. Beats me why Mr T don’t sell these as replaceable items. When I pressed in the new ones I didn’t have any instructions about lining up any marks, so here’s hoping…. When...

I bought 555 units online, always liked them and they get great reviews from guys like CruiserPatch. Got them from AutoDoc part number SB-3812 under £25 each, much beefier than oem. Edit - the lower arm ball joints are not sold individually by toyota. While i was in there i replaced the...

Hmm can’t seem to find that level of detail, I ordered mine using their defaults. Maybe engage with them directly to check compatibility?

from what I have found out, the UK-spec 100's did not have the cabin air filter installed from standard. I ordered a retrofit kit from the USA without realising that everything would be mirrored as it is on the right of the vehicle doh but I also think the unit is a different one as the...

https://lc100e.github.io/

Just did oil and filter, using Castrol Magnatec 5W40, will see how we get on. Decided to preserve the lower value for start-up protection, but for summer values in Europe I didn’t think the 30 was high enough….

Nice write up, thanks. Amazing how pulling one little thread costs the whole jumper