Recent content by jondoel

Thanks for the interesting comments and observations. It doesn't surprise me there isn't much by way of off the shelf goodies. The truth of the matter is that probably the 80 starts out too heavy in the first place to be effectively damped like stripped out racing truck..

The 80 is bog standard. If you look at the racers in the Baja 1000 the trucks hit the humps at 100mph, the suspension compresses and the dampers smooth everything out like they are driving down the road. That's what I want. 80mph over the Beacons

Most suspension mods tend to stiffen up the suspension - adding heavy duty springs etc. For example the 40 runs much better with 50 paving slabs in the back. Without it it leaps into the air and bounces down the track at the mere sight of a pebble. How can I soften the 80 so that it can take...

Footnote The green goddess has been said goodbye to Old Blighty and now happily resides in a barn in a rural part of France where she is much happier carrying wood around and pretending to be a tractor. One less FJ in London

Bob You can get a lot of parts on French ebay. To widen the search to the whole of Europe click the appropriate button.

Bob In the video Day 4 - coming down the mountain on the website - is that front right tyre completely bald?

Bob, There are almost no spares at all in the UK. I have seen the bushes and other spares on French ebay. FJ's were officially imported in France but never in the UK so they have spares. www.ebay.fr Jon

I use the 80 as a run around, trips to Wicks, shopping trolley, long distance cruiser up to Yorkshire and tugging Landrovers out when they get stuck in Wales ;)

Well that's nearer the value! 6 grand for a 1990 import with cloth seats was absurd..

WOW stunning - I do like a green 40!

Now I have a calculator to hand the answer is 29deg 13' 14.4"

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-Landcruise ... 2a0de129dc

Warren, the S coordinate is approx 29.222 degrees. 0.2222 x 60' is roughly 13' so the coord is 29deg13mins10seconds South. If you look on Earth it does show that. Sometimes the coord data needs to be entered in this format in devices and apps

Rework the coords as degrees minutes and seconds and it should work. Also some like the S or The E at the end instead of the beginning. can't remember which G Earth is.

Indeed! Very interesting. Jase - any pics?