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Waypoint tours went out of business a few years ago but I believe Barrie has a new outfit now. There's a hand full of new tours operators appeared recently, some have only ever done 1 trip to Morocco and really don't know the country. Benefits of going on a tour can be huge particularly when...

I know Kev and Heike and will be seeing them next week. However I believe they are running a tour in West Africa in the New Year so won't be available for Morocco. Couple of forum members did a tour with them earlier in the year. Feel free to drop me a Pm about Morocco tours if you want to...

There are 2 breathers on the axle one on the top and one for the diff lock actuator. The one on the top just screws in

I think the front runner link shows how much people are prepared to pay with the right badge on them. Mine cost less than £20 work perfectly and by the time I’ve screwed the last one on the first has finished deflating. I use them pretty heavily often inflating and deflating several times a day

That doesn’t surprise me one little bit

Top result on a google search https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifo_Institute_for_Economic_Research 2 thirds from German Government and a 3rd from business projects

Try the Overlanding America’s Facebook group. Best place to get upto date info

I've been using a cheap set for years, work great when set up.

mines a 99, didn't know they changed the head on the KZ

Might be worth removing the prop shaft and taking it for a drive. If vibrations have gone you’ve found your problem. You’ll need to stick in HL

Guess I was lucky with mine maybe. 240k miles stock rad and no problems. Almost all of my use has been in Morocco and the Western Sahara. Only once has the temp gauge risen and that was due to the viscous not cutting in. I tried re filling it according to the various threads and only managed...

Steady Rob, we know Brexiteers don’t like facts ;)

It’s the Cambridge Uni debating club. The same one the current Brexiteers Champion used to belong to (or was that Oxford?)

It should be noted that he is funded by Exxon Mobile and has had several of his claims discredited when the evidence he cited proved to be inaccurate

Well some Overland trucks are pretty Lardy in their weight!

Blowing out the filter is detailed in the Toyota FSM. Here almost every time a mechanic opens a bonnet the filter is cleaned with air. Blow from the inside out then you cannot force dirt further into the filter or damage the element

I think it’ll be fine in the U.K. if you keep it cleaned and oiled Waters not so much an issue for my use but dust is. We had these conditions last week for several hour on one of the old Dakar routes and 50 degree temps

Might be worth spending some time reading filter reviews such as this one https://www.project200.com.au/filter-testing/ Filters like the K&N achieve better airflow by being more porous than the standard paper filter. Ie letting more into the engine. The oil goes someway remove and filter...

Posted this a few years ago when it was first set up, very much for bikers and they are quite aggressive towards 4x4’s on the Facebook group. A lot of the trails are far too narrow to get a Landcruiser along

excluding the Moroccan authorities there are only 6 people who have been to this location with knowledge of what happened, and probably only I have it marked on a GPS. I thought there might be more sign or something of what happened but only the lump of metal I stuck in the bush and an empty...

2 days ago we stopped at the location of this tragic event. Not sure what I expected but we found a lump of molten alloy from one of the wheels and an empty beer can

43 degrees in Morocco today. Perfect for another 800km in the desert as we head south. Nov/Dec 2017 was very cold. Same time last year was above 30 during the day. May this year saw snow in the edge of the Sahara, very unusual.

A well known and common problem with those BFG AT’s. Hopefully they’ve resolved it with the KO2’s

You should see them race up close. It really is amazing. This was earlier in the year on the Morocco Desert Challenge, an hour earlier and they were jumping the trucks at 100kmh about 6ft from where I was taking photos

Hate to say it but compared to Toyotas only offering in the UK, on paper the new Defender has the 150 beat in most important areas as an off roader (except price and looks). Only other decent size offering in the UK is the G-wagon. Still if you want some entertainment go and browse some Land...

Crisp Bag Roulette, try to guess the altitude the bags pops at then the closest gets to eat them as a prize

Nolathane ones from RT are very good had them on my 90 for years without any problems

How long have you got? 3 weeks or more and I'd be heading across to Africa. Last October the weather wasn't brilliant in Morocco with snow closing the mountain passes early in the month and rain. November was fantastic with sun, blue skies and 30 degrees

Did you check both fuse boxes?

ah you've got the fancy suspension!

roughtrax? but if your keeping it standard height then Toyota ones are good

Tinted my own, £10 of ebay film was enough to do the whole truck 3 times. 1at attempt was shit but you learn and its pretty easy. I used 15% transmission film so 1 down from black as night

chassis back end is a know weakness. I was alarmed when recovering a rally buggy to the finish line of this years Morocco Desert Challenge, the side I thought was better cracked and bent. Rusted through from the inside. The other side was held together by rust proofing and paint!

I heard your house was an adventure Clive?

Safe travels Grant, enjoy the easy bit before the real adventures begin. Just followed you on Insta ;)

GE isn’t very good offline and is also blocked in Morocco. Can’t even get directions via Google Maps due to the block

I still use OSM maps on a Garmin device and Basecamp on a PC for route planning. I’ve run maps.me in parallel to the Garmin a few times and although it’s great for road Nav it really doesn’t come close to the Garmin set up off road. I’ve also been looking for an an alternative for Garmins...

I thought impartiality for the BBC only applies to news and current affairs broadcasting.

Have I Got News for You isn't a news programme. Just in case there's any confusion by anyone:tearsofjoy:

Green one looks to have had a bit of work done, big gaps in MOT records from 2011 then a couple listing a lot of corrosion. Latest has no mention of corrosion so I guess it's been done.

I’m sure there’s a post or 2 on here about the Morocco gearbox issues somewhere. Still wouldn’t have an auto

better than Morocco then, gearbox trouble in 2 or 3 of the 80's on that trip, wasn't it 1 manual and 1 auto with problems? not sure on the third

I posted them a few years ago. Love the 70 front but the side arches seem to let it down a bit particularly the rear ones

Any landcruiser will make a good overlander, pros and cons for all of them. Basically you've got the top end Heavy Duty 70 series which is pretty much the worlds overlander of choice. Hard to find in the UK and expensive. Then theres the 80, 100's series luxury barges, just watch out for...

35's aren't for me, I need a size I can get in the arse end of nowhere without a long wait. Curious how you got round the driveshaft angles on the front though. I'm sure others would be interested in how you did it as well

Acclimatisation actually works reasonably fast, many athletes use the same process if they are competing in high temperatures or different altitudes. Most mountaineers will acclimatise for altitude as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclimatization#Humans

Regularly embarrasses the bigger cruisers as an overlander :) and I still run standard tyres. I’ll be switching to either 235/85/16 or 255/85/16 next I think. Someone posted on one of the Facebook groups recently with a swb 90 on 35’s I think but no details of how