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If you acclimatise there is no sweating because you’re used to the temperatures. OP is talking about an overland trip.........

Regularly do long trips in the Sahara without AC. Only time I wished it work was when we caught in a big sandstorm with 45 degree temperatures. You’re much better off acclimatising to the weather conditions your travelling in than sitting in a cooled box. Most long term travellers I’ve met...

Depends which side you live out of. I live out of the passenger side when camped so on the rare occasion I put up the awning it’s on that side Most of the people I’ve travelled with, with awnings have never deployed it for the trip when we’ve been moving on everyday

and rubber and they don't need a tool at all! I used aluminium on my storage system but that's inside so corrosion isn't a worry. used rubber ones on low stress applications as they're not quite as permanent as the metal ones. Not sure they'd be upto the job for the flares though

There’s been a bit of mud winter 2017 and 2018 and several deep water crossings but mostly dust sand and rocks. I got a stone stuck inside the disc edge once but so far nothing in the drilled holes

you can get steel riv nuts but they require more effort to install than the aluminium ones

DS is direct to Alternatorthen there’s a cable that goes across to PS and from there to Starter. DS is earthed back to alternator or engine iirc and also to the body. PS is earthed back to starter only from what I can see. (Mine definately wont start off the passenger side although other...

AC on the KZ can be removed with no detriment to my knowledge. You won’t need a smaller belt because the AC belt is entirely separate to the alternator. mines been disconnected for year as I find I don’t need it even in the Sahara at 35+ degrees. Keep toying with converting the compressor to...

One thing which always baffles me on the Colorado is that it will start off 1 battery, if its the drivers side battery connected but not if its only the passenger side. Starter is on the passenger side and the cable goes up to the PS battery then across to DS and then the fusebox. The...

you can install riv nuts with a bolt some washers and a couple of nuts, loads of how to stuff on youtube etc

12v start on Colorados

You could stick that cab on an 80 series chassis and a camper on the back

I know some of the diff parts are available from Toyota but scary expensive. Might be better getting a 2nd hand diff and harvesting the parts from that

can't get my jetwash into the chassis in the right places :(

Check inside you chassis rail, just been cleaning mine in prep for some paint and they a full of crud.....again only washed them out last summer. Really need a drain cleaner or something to do them properly I think our hose isn’t much good

theres probably a rust hole behind there somewhere I'm afraid

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It was bought with a warranty according to the op. But warranty or not it’s not fit for purpose and the Sales of goods Act covers the ability to reject it for a full refund

@Mojo has done his 80 in LineX or similar I believe.

Amayama maybe? But it’s expensive for a bit of wire. Just discovered I need a loom for the diff lock as well. Load of broken cables on mine from the years of use

Mine are still going strong at 240k miles

Railways stopped being able to use creosote on sleepers when the ban came in. They also stopped using wooden sleepers in favour of concrete when I was working on West Coast Mainline Upgrades

My deep 24mm socket from Halfords fits perfectly no grinding required

Just go to Opie’ s website. Think they still do a club discount as well

I only ended up with drilled as I needed them before a trip and that’s all they had in stock that could get to me in time. Not had any issues with them in dust and rocks yet

I've been using Mtec for 10+ years on various cars, fantastic discs for the money. Been running cross drilled and grooved on the truck for 2 years mostly off road. Work very well with Mintex pads I find

Thats a really good price when you compare to the cost and condition of 80 and 100 series in the UK, and no rust I assume.

Sounds like the start of some epic adventures! How much did it cost for the truck and getting it to the U.K. in the end?

VW’s IDR also smashed the Pikes Peak record last year along with the Nürburgring record so its a bit more than a short distance wonder. Goodwood also saw the unveiling of the Extreme-E off road racers this year

I’ve been running the monroe/pedders combo for 12 months with 6 of those in Africa. Doing great so far and my fav mechanic out there rates them highly Personally I ditched my invertor and switched everything to 12v chargers. Covering 12v to 240 and then back down seem a little pointless for...

DIN head unit standard size is 180mm x 50mm, double is 180 x 100mm. Get an ISO wiring adapter and its just a case of unplugging the old unit plugging in the adaptor and attaching it to the new head unit

Stuffed inside the rear cavity’s above the body mounts. Bloody stupid idea by Toyota!

TPS issue should result in engine warning light coming on. Worth getting the codes read, you can bridge a couple of pins in the diagnostic port and the codes are displayed in the dash. Can’t remember which pins you bridge though

That's an example of the French ration pack contents. All the ones Ive looked at are expensive though compared to buying food locally.

I don't, but know people who do. @mussy took loads to Morocco. Useful to have if you go away from civilisation for a while and as an emergency backup. One of my Western Sahara group for this September swears by the French versions. I had a look at the ones he had last year and its a...

Different bearings on the 90, there not adjustable like the 80 afaik

Steer clear of Milner’s bushes and UJ joints absolute garbage . I think the UJ I had from them lasted 6 months. All my bushes are from polys from Roughtrax and perfectness exceptionally well for a fraction of the cost for Toyota. The ones on the rear axle have been on for 5-6 years of abuse in...

Brexit will put a stop to that

flex head ratchet spanner worked for me...…………………………………………...with lots of swearing

theres some interesting variants on the manufacturers website, including a camper/overlander

that looks like the right one. always hard to tell exactly from the diagram! probably expensive from Toyota, I've manged to snap mine over the last 2 trips I've done. Your best investing in a new casing if you can, I've been down the 2nd hand route and it was as a bad as the one I had and...

http://japan-parts.eu/toyota/eu/1997/land-cruiser-90/kzj90r-gjmntw/3_781540_003_/electrical/8202_wiring-clamp/5#82127 loom here

when I bought my new actuator it didn't come with any loom. I'm in need of one after discovering that somehow the loom it ripped apart :(

With regards to water capacity, rule of thumb for extreme heat, say 40degrees in the sahara, is 7.5l per person per day and carry 3 days reserve. So for a 6 day trip you would need 135l for 2 people. In temperate climates you can almost halve that 3 people in the Western Sahara in April...

Lower ball joints on the front ;) Roughtrax ones are ok but Toyota a better option. Reinforce the rear upper links to the axle, I've snapped one somehow so got a length of steel welded on to beef it up a bit. Don't go too mad on the additional metal work, they work best being light as an...

remember Toyota use JIS threads not usual metric ;)

The Ford seats were probably used ina range of cars of a similar age or as an example a set of Recaros from a mondeo for £200...

...….its a proposal being put out to public consultation from the 1st July...………. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-48597162

Stolen from a Land Rover group!