Recent content by Piper

Hi Bob, Great to hear from you and thanks for the pics. I hope you're doing well. Yeah the car has been running great since the swap and never had a single issue since - up until the rust issues now of course. Crazy to think that's been 11 years - so many things have happened in that time...

Hi folks. Thanks for the replies - very helpful. I've a family member who is much more skilled than me helping with things, he also has a lift which is great. At the moment, I think we're almost ready to start lifting the body off and all has gone ok so far. I'll add a few pics (if the forum...

Hi all, I'm about to start a bit of restoration work on my Colorado. The back axle is rotten and there's pin holes on the top of the diff causing oil leaks. I've patched them temporarily but as I want to keep the car for many more years to come, I've bit the bullet and bought a new axle case...

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have tow bar so will check that out and the other stuff too. a good few years back (when I first bought the car) there was an issue of the ABS light coming on and I traced that to the rear light clusters being totally corroded. The problem stopped when I...

Hi all, I've recently had a weird issue and hoped someone may be able to give me some pointers. Recently when I touch the brake pedal, all the dash lights come on. The light behind the speedo and even the compass/displays in the centre console light up. When I let the brake pedal off...

Hi all, I'm out in Malawi visiting my wife who has been working here for the past 8 months. She has a '97 Prado diesel that we shipped over from the UK. Since arriving I'm trying to sort out a few wee niggles but a new issue started just today that I'd like some help with. Basically whilst...

Thanks for the great replies. We fly out to meet the car on Wednesday so I'll hopefully get it sorted then. Cheers Ryan

I've bought a GPS tracker for my wife's car as she's going to be using it in Tanzania and Malawi for a year where the risk of theft is pretty high. Whilst the tracker can work off it's own battery it'd need charged regularly so the better option is to hard-wire it to the car. It comes with a...