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I think you must be mixing up your wife with your heater. Sounds familiar. . . . Can't say anything specific, but there is a temp sensor under the dash (behind a tiny grille at my right knee (LHD) - I suppose that would be passenger right knee in a RHD). This sensor has a habit of falling off...

First thing I would do is to connect the old laptop with TechStream which you always have ready in the garage. Otherwise, do a visual inspection of the height sensors -- could be a broken link to one of the three height sensors. They rust, or joints get stuck, and then when you move to Low or...

Warning: Ram chips have to match on voltage and speed as well. If the ram is rated for a higher speed than the clock of the system, it is also a problem.

That's a decent laptop, but 4G ram is no good on win7. 8 GB would make it usable, absolutely worth the upgrade. 120 G disk is supposedly SSD - If yes, then OK if it covers your storage needs. I'm currently using win10 on most computers. The latest windows update (1 week ago) disables the...

Weld on a nut, or a square piece of something. Will be the fastest.

Up to Lofoten in March... -- Unlikely to find any snow on normal roads, depending a bit on whether early or late March. There is always the possibility for a blizzard up to April, but they seem to be more and more rare. Adjusting to conditions is the key. But yes, you still need legal tyres...

For me, I get the install option in one browser and not in two others, on the same phone. I don't think I ever installed the app. Se post #11 above.

Windscreen leak. Either because it was changed not using proper parts and method, or because of rust. All the water getting through the seal ends up on one or several ECUs or fuse/junction boxes under the dash. That said, when I had a problem with the alarm going off, it was a small plug in the...

This is in Opera on a Sony with Android 12. Same in Chrome - no install option. I also tried unblocking ads and popups. In Brave on the same phone, I do see the Install App button.

Nother option is that you have a major leak past a seal in the brake master. This booster-driven master has a double piston and is known to need new seals somewhere after 200 k miles. There is a service kit available.

Welcome to the forum. That's a real piece of TMC history - sounds like you are infected for life :) Iceland sounds like a nice adventure. Going this year? Found a ship yet? Looking forward to following your preparations. PS: Iceland would be OverSea, not overland ;) although there is this...

For lifting the wheels, you can use mother earth. When jacking up, lift only enough to pull slightly and roll the wheel off, and then roll the new wheel back on. That way you need to only roll and rotate the wheel in place and push it in.

Porous tank is inevitable if you drive on salted roads. I'm afraid the design is not the best, a clam construction with a wide lip all the way round collecting shit and water. I'm on my second tank - but even the 2nd hand tank which looked good, was porous; so I had to treat and seal it. That...

Nobody will believe you without pics :confusion-shrug::text-worthless: 55 plate probably means that you have one of the youngest HDJ100 around? The 100 is really a good toolbox on wheels, and fantastic on the long haul. Outer Hebrides - Makes me think of Julie Fowlis, a Great singer/musician -...

Isn't there an airbag on the passenger side? Would turn the leather coat into a bomb.

Because of the voltage going down that much with load, sounds like a blown diode in the alternator. Take out the alt, disassemble and measure. Probably the diode bridge can be purchased separately.

If it didn't start to travel yet (the crack), you could try to seal the chip, e.g. like this:

Yes, if the aim is to keep the cabin heated. On my HDJ100, the Webasto takes 4 A, and the fan 4 A. 8 amps for 10 hours would be 80 AH, which is at least half of the usable energy of my 2 x 95 AH battery. That is with 2 resistors of about 1 ohm each in series with the relays and the fan...

That's a very big and general question with very little information. Questions to ask yourself: Are the 3 height sensors working mechanically? Are the 3 height sensors working electrically? What are the AHC pressures, front and rear? Are there any fault codes reported? Is the pump running at...

Front and rear bumpers - would have to come with a certificate of approval for road use according to EU regulations (does that mean Tüv approved?). Would that be possible at all? I believe that a front bumper would have to be a winch bumper to make it possible to certify as road legal. Do you...

Doesn't actually burn off. It's a filter, not a cat, although it looks a bit like a cat on a petrol engine. Motorway miles make less soot, but still it builds up over time. Farting at the spring-bolt joint can be either misaligned pipes, bad springs or seal, or a heightened pressure because of...

If you crawl under, you'll see how it works. It's easy to disconnect the rod between the shifter and the transfer box - that way you'll find out if the shifter or the box is the problem.

Iirc, that would be the idle switch on the accelerator pedal. There's a little switch attached to the pedal assembly which can fail. I had that, and just fixed the switch itself. Can't remember if I replaced or repaired, but only the little switch was defective, telling the ECU that the pedal...

The particulate filter is a "little blob" on the front part of the exhaust pipe. It gets blocked by gunk from the engine. Fault code is often "abnormal turbo pressure", because the blocked filter chokes the engine. The test is to replace the filter with a straight pipe and see if all your...

Some Yanmars are just modified Toyota 1HD-ft(e) -- must be the ones you are thinking of. But yes, a stock 60 i a lovely, grand old lady. Much easier to love than a mash up of too many cylinders and "foreign" bits.

Yes to TechStream and mini-VCI. And absolutely the cheapest. It goes into the OBD port under the steering wheel. Often when you buy a copy miniVCI cable, the TechStream app is included. Can you tell a bit more about how the car behaves, and what's been done with it? Like: Which fuel filter ...

Yes, about 1/2" more clearance between body and crossmember is what you need. When I put the new one in, I tried different ways, angles and approaches for half an hour, until, suddenly, wow, this way it goes in very easily. Can't remember now which way it was, but -- Eureka!

TechStream is the answer. And maybe even the "key in ign. beep" has a switch in there as well - can't remember.

Have you checked at your local tire place? I got mine much cheaper, and they were pretty standard. That's a few years ago tho.

12.5 on the red line. And a total length of 46.4. Washer 3 mm thick.

OZ: https://www.4x4concepts.com.au/index.php/categories/toyota/toyota-100-105/product/113-toyota-landcruiser-100-105-pillar-pod-3-gauge-holder You lucky RHD owners. There is none for us lefties. Or wait, is yours a LHD?

There are a few other fuses that have can be blown as well, as you can see on the attached. The 10A ECU fuse could blow before the ecu is fried..

Measure the height according to FSM specs. Then you'll know.

Depends on what kind of suspension you have. If you have the air/hydraulic AHC system, there is a lot you can do. If you have conventional suspension, it might be that you only need new shocks. Toyota original shocks are very good.

Wonderful car you got. Perfect for your kind of trips, isn't it. Only thing that worries me in your setup is the higher centre of gravity with both a huge lift and load on top. Are you fighting rust, or have you done something preventative? Welcome to Norway. It's really scarcely populated, so...

Sorry, it was meant as a joke. Just thought of bringing up the phenomenon of calling offroad vehicles Jeep - Could it be from the 2nd WW, when the yanks had jeeps and that was the only offroader around? Norway was occupied by the germs, so we had no jeeps, but maybe gelendewagens. Good idea...

Most likely a wheel speed sensor not giving the right pulses. This could be because of a loose wheel bearing, or that the notched ring is full of rust or debris.

Taking one step back here. The 80 came in many different configurations when it comes to 4wd, depending on market and choice of options. Some did not have permanent 4wd and had mechanical selection of either 2H, 4H or 4L. A transfer box like that has no differential: There is no CDL switch, and...

Congrats. At 149 k it's like new. Your biggest enemy is rust - are the roads salted in your area? Observe that the brand name Jeep is not allowed on this forum. Oops. I've seen two countries where Jeep is used as a synonym for a off-road vehicle, Ireland and Palestine, but I suppose there are...

Congratulations on the D-light mod. Some people just put a piece of black tape over the D light, but your solution is better.

Yes, there have been cases of failing valves after a few 100 k Kms. That's a bit beyond my expertise, but a much simpler cause could be the adjustment of the gear shift linkage. Sometimes the position of the shifter gets out of sync with the positions of the gearbox. This can be because of worn...

2 metric ton is enough for lifting one end, or one side, of the cruiser, if that is the question. Depends on how optimistic the 2t spec is :). Another important spec is the lifting height, as the cruiser has a long suspension travel. There is no point in a jack that lifts 3-400 mm, as you would...

If you had your cruiser's details in the sign-line, I wouldn't have to search to find out which vehicle you are referring to... Anyhow, found out you have a 2001 HDJ100. This probably means that you air filter is of the cyclone type, with a filter that you don't change, but clean. The original...

3 thoughts jumping up when reading this: 1 - Related to EDU and Spill Valve. The plug between the two has a habit of developing a loose connection, or even the grounding of the EDU. Worse on the early years, up to Aug 2002 production. 2 - Shut-down-valve on the intake not operating properly. Can...

That would be the 442 box then. The gearbox itself is bomb proof, but the converter had issues on the early years, like this one. The problem would normally appear well before 100 k miles, and be rectified on warranty. You'll find forum threads on the issue both here and there. The biggest...

It means "King of the desert" in some Chinese language. I started my Land Cruiser career in desert-like areas in the middle east, while working there in a multi national environment. So, that's always the name of my current cruiser.

My experience is that the timing belt lasts long on these engines. I guess it's a combination of age and wear. In your situation I would gladly postpone it a year or two, unless planning for a longer trip (~ 10 k miles). One factor is the water pump: It normally doesn't quite last 2 x 90 k...

Quite nice to work on, the 100 hubs. And they last "forever" with the right kind of love. Just remember the spindle bearing, the brass washer, and the inner (backside) seal. That inner seal is really a non reuse item.