Evening gents ,
just putting my experiences of a turbo out there I bought my setup of a company called unit ten performance in Birmingham and boy it does the job ( Andy Lomas will vouch for that ) not big money can’t exactly remember the cost but less than being discussed here , might be worth...
New set of rear springs fitted today but discovered the rear pinion oil seal is leaking, on a 60 is this a straight forward replacement and any of the 60 boys on here know where I can get one as cruiser world doesn’t stock them ?
I have said this in the past on here but my local Toyota dealer are very helpful and regularly look after my 60 and give me reduced labour rates , they have two mechanics that worked on these when new and are a great help , have you tried your local dealer ?
Gents next thing on the list is steering as it’s just getting worse , what are my options apart from referrbing my old steering box or do other boxes off other Toyota models fit ?
One of the few last jobs just completed, had the pump and injectors overhauled at SJ Wilkinson in Preston , what a difference came back at 70-75 mph at around 2600 rpm and EGT never went above 400 ,big change .
you won’t believe me but it’s true , after managing to find the parts to repair the damage from the failed attempt of stealing the 62 I dropped it off yesterday to the body shop to be repaired and painted only to receive a call from the body shop this morning informing me that they had been...
Mgc , knowing what I know now after a long restoration of a really rotten body I would chose a chassis restoration over a body restoration any day , yes a bit of a more initial work getting the body off but then it’s fairly straightforward repair from then on rather than trying to find good...
Lucky escape was a bit naive/ lazy on the security of the car if they want it next time they will have to drag it on a trailer , will hit this hard now security
I know I’m just raging,the amount of work that went into getting the doors and the rest of the body perfect and I mean perfect was unreal ,to get it back the door will need paint and I’ll have to buy a whole set of decals which stupidly expensive
I’ve been using my 62 as a daily after it’s long restoration and came down from work for the drive home to find some low life scum had tried to steal it ,ripped the lock out and smashed the steering column and for some reason put a dent in my upper tailgate , yes I could look at it and say I was...
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