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Every year is a good year if you own a land cruiser. Happy new year all. Let’s hope we can get out and off the tarmac soon.

Happy Christmas all.

Bmonck. Yes I agree, been doing the research myself as currently have a simple relay but want to move over to the redarc to allow for better battery management / solar charging and the option of changing to a better battery in the future. The fact that redarc are not trying to flog their higher...

/tractionman. Thanks for the update. It’s still on my list of things to complete but (as for you) work and bad weather getting in the way! Hopefully be able to share some good news on progress before too long.

Just slotted in on mine Karl.

Interesting article on the redarc site: When bigger is not always better

Had the same issues removing rear bumper the first time; top bolts were not too much of an issue but the bottom ones were corroded solid. Luckily for me the straps were not too corroded so ended up snapping the heads off all the bolts when I tried to release them. Not too big a deal for the...

Saw this strange warm ball in the sky today, and no rain ..... so got round to changing front and rear diff oil (and new fill and drain plugs). Here’s my rear diff oil filler Works as a front filler too

Well after many attempts to get the old breather out, and a lot of swearing, I finally had a break in the weather today to have another go. Quick trip to screw fix to get a can of Freeze spray [leaving site], 30 seconds of spraying, waiting 2 minutes (as instructions on the can). Popped on...

Can’t see to clearly from the photo, but the left of the two capacitors looks like it’s bulging so has probably blown, though they usually make a bit more of a mess from experience. I would clean up the board with some fast drying contact cleaner, or similar, to make sure the tracks around are...

Got mine from Poland, but this is the same one - very happy with it and a very easy job to fit. Much better than the factory thin tin plate one fitted.

Shayne - Love to soldering iron holder!

Not my cup of tea! (That’s me being polite)

Weather is halting progress for me to. Been looking at the extending of the loom necessary - Tractionman, are you thinking of extending the towing relay loom or going direct to the existing indicators? Was wondering if the extra load of another bulb might not be liked if going direct to the...

I’m with you there. Have a new one, but no chance of getting the old one out! Every time it’s stop raining for a few minutes i’ve been crawling under and giving it a good spray. Hopefully get a few hours of good weather so I can have a go at getting it out.

Bit more research and I’ve found out that the fully working version (under wheel) has all green cables to the indicator connector The connector should be: Pin 1 Reverse Pin 2 Indicator Pin 3 Tail Pin 4 [no connection] Pin 5 Gnd Pin 6 Brake Still not sure where the cable comes from though!

No, indicator built is missing the contac too (think you can see in the photo it only has 3 connectors. The missing contacts for the bulbs would be easy to ‘make’, I wonder if the indicator bulb connector (the big white one) and incoming cable could be replaced easily from one from a 120...

Just been out and had a look at mine (wheel in rear door and extra lights in bumper version). All appears to be there, even the twin element bulb for the tail light / brake light. Tail light doesn’t (in bumper does) Indicator doesn’t work (in bumper does) Reverse works Brake works...

Totally agree Tractionman, and it’s been bugging me that they are not in use too. I understand the reason for the set on the bumper, although it’s a bit of a stretch if you ask me - a bit of a non issue i believe. Haven’t taken them off to see what’s behind them yet, but must be more safe to...

Was great to see you all and put faces to the names, and the faces didn’t put me off :mask: Shame I couldn’t stay for longer, but you’ll be seeing more of me at future meets I’m sure...... If I’m allowed. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Laughing- love your optimism Tony. IF they are rusty - can guarantee that they are. Personally I’d not wirebrush them as you’ll end up with nothing but a pile of rust on the floor, once taken off replace them with non Mr T part and then not worry about them again. I’ve seen the bash plates...

Nearly fell off my seat when I saw “Haxey” as my Dad likes there. I’m hoping to be over to him that Saturday (19th) to get some jobs done for him, would be great if I could pop down and put faces to the names here on the site! Would that be okay?

Would be happy to be a guinea pig (and promote your stuff), sure that a deal can be done there if that’s a genuine offer.

Best of luck with the new business, and great to see manufacturing and engineering in th UK Agree with Andy on bumpers front and rear, under body protection, roof racks, side step rock crawlers. Personally I’d love a rear bumper - similar to this, but which would allow for lights to be...

:)If that’s the “overflow” beer fridge then I’ll be over for Christmas !! :laughing:

Tony, That’s really good to hear. EGR clean is getting towards the top of my (ever growing) to do list and I’ve been researching and YouTubing for the past couple of weeks. Doesn’t look too onerous, just wondering how long the process took from start to finish. I’m guessing I should allow a good...

Not sure there’s room in my vehicle for all those fridges :laughing: Chris!!!, Thanks for the info though. I agree that it is about layout too, but not easy to see these in person as they are always showing out of stock for most of them, so been getting the manual, and checking measurements...

Karl, Good to hear of your experience. You are right they are not cheap, but I can see the advantages especially on the power usage front and also noise (coolbox is quite noisy running continuously). Still looking around but think I’ll take the plunge soon. Dave

Having spent the past few years with a cool box (Halfords 40l coolbox) i’ve decided it’s time to upgrade to a “proper” fridge. Looking at the Dometic CFX3 45 as its capacity of 40l is what I’m used to and know that it will do not only for day trips / long weekends, but also longer camping trips...

No worries - Let us know how the MOT goes. Good Luck!!

My apologies - had not realised that the ones I pointed out were from China, agree would most probably not arrive in time. One question is when was your cruiser manufactured? Only asking as front fog lamps only have to be checked as part of the MOT if it was registered on or after 1 March 2018...

There are lots of cheaper ones available, for example on fleebay (Leaving forum) Agree they hardly get used, so might be prudent to go cheap to keep mr MOT man happy. Unless the ones you are looking at are really badly made there shouldn’t be any issue with water ingress (unless the glass...

Hopefully just “one of those things” and you’ll never see it again

Just about to hit 167,000 mile

Welcome

Enjoy! I know you will!

Great news!,,,,,, Got to wait till August for BSB!

I know that this doesn’t help anyone who is having issues but for the past couple of weeks the issues have gone away for me. It used to be a real pita to load any of the pages and would take ages, now it’s not. I’m using the same devices (phone, iPad, pc) and all now have no issues. I recall...

Hmmmm, yes that is strange. To be honest I hadn’t seen that before as just choose the correct range for me.

The list of options is the model year. The first two digits represent the build year, the last two is the month. Choose the one that’s the correct range for your baby.

Tony - What year is yours? I've a number of Bluetooth and WiFi dongles that I've used on many vehicles, but no luck on my 120. Only way has been with the TIS software and one of these cables

Morning, I to have a 2006 LC4 and it does not support OBD. It appears that whilst vehicles in the US or AUS did, the European and UK versions didn’t. Although the ODB was mandatory in the US it wasn’t here in the UK and it’s pot luck which manufacturer put it in. See Good ODB write up here...

This might help with the wiring details Wiring Details (external site) Not sure if my assumption is correct but I thought that the clusters were keyed to the ECU, so simply replacing one with another is not possible without some modifications/reprogramming? Others with more knowledge than me...

Not 100% sure, but I think it might be browser specific. On my iPad the site is slow loading most pages, but it does get there. On my PC I don’t have the same problems. What device, browser are you trying to view with?

Its a bit of a area with insurance companies, strictly speaking you are required to tell them of “any” modifications made to the vehicle from factory spec. I know of someone who had a claim refused as he hand not told them about changing the radio unit in his car!, although that was some time...

Unfortunately they are not OBDII compliant and therefor the usual WiFi or Bluetooth OBDII scanners will not work. Apart from spending a fortune I’d say the best bet is something like this TIS connector / software I’ve got one of these and a dedicated cheap old laptop I use just for car...

Any luck with the tester? It’s always a worry when there’s been modifications by someone else as you are never 100% sure what they’ve done. Not having the socket on seems a bit of a bodge, but also water ingress could have got into the exposed cable and all sorts of issues can be had -...

Karl, First is as you have put a new socket on have you checked the wiring and made sure no shorts? Sure you have, but worth asking. Second what happens to your indicators when the relay is removed? Third what happens when trailer is attached? I’ve had good success using one of these Tester...

I now have my creative head on - and all sorts of ideas are floating around for various designs. Think an order of a few bits to play with and mock up some ideas is in order. :)