Recent content by tim falce

I wouldn't take too much notice of the original link, my FX auto rarely shows up as an FX when searching for parts or insurance, I'm constantly having to call insurance companies at renewal time due to it being recorded as a GX. It never shows as an FX for buying spares. As has been said there's...

A bit of a late reply but half a litre wont do anything provided you filled up with derv after even if it's a later d4d engine

When you tighten them are you using a spanner on the nut and an hex key in the stud or another spanner on the flat by the boot? if the latter that could be the problem

if you do your own oil changes the best thing to do is next time you do an oil and filter change put 7 litres of oil in and that will be the correct level.

On mine the light goes out after a second or two but the glowplugs stay on for around two minutes, I start the car after about 10 to 20 seconds. You can check the plugs have power by putting a multi meter on the plugs or the metal bar feeding them.

Thanks for the replies, I'll give it a go later.

Does anyone know how to remove the radio surround on a 95, it's the long plastic wood bit that goes top to bottom of the dash. The online manual I have says "using your hands pull the bottom out first" but it doesn't seem to want to budge on mine and I don't want to break it. I have to fit a new...

I've just fitted a track rod end from Roughtrax, made by company called Camelot which I'd never heard of but it looks a lot sturdier than the original one I removed plus it has a grease nipple fitted which the original doesn't

New starter fitted and all working well, it fitted from underneath but it's bloody heavy when it falls and hits you on the face. Thanks for the guide Bob it's most helpful

I managed to get the plug off and removed the starter which was fairly easy and it came out from underneath the car. It seems to work OK on the bench but then there's no load on it and the solenoid terminals are quite worn with one at half the depth of the other plus the plunger contact is quite...

Not sure if it's broken, do you push inward and pull it off or lift something? Just looked at your picture again and mine is exactly the same as yours, I assume it's just very stuck after 20 years I'm assuming the starter is knackered, sometimes it starts OK but now it's started clicking and...

Thread resurrection here, how do you remove the ECU connector from the starter, I can't get mine to budge and can't see any catches to lift.

My FX comes with 215.80x16 as standard but they are quite hard to get in a decent off road tyre now so I've gone for 225.75x16 Cooper M+S tyres which aren't too bad. For some reason Toyota didn't changed the speedo gearing on this model so with the 215s the speedo over reads by about 10% and a...

Keep bleeding them and you should get something resembling decent brakes although from what I've read the Landcruiser brakes aren't that good at the best of times. The sinking pedal seems to be the norm, mine will go to the floor if I press the pedal down hard for any length of time with the...

If you're pumping the pedal and the red light comes on usually means low fluid. Does the pedal sink slowly when the engine is running? Try turning the engine off and then pump the brakes until the vacuum has gone and finally push really hard to see if the pedal sinks. I'd be more inclined to...