Search results

The more I think about, and join the dots a bit with some comments from others, the more that I see that it is a vanity project from Sir Jim Ratcliffe. He cracked the sh!ts with Land Rover as Rodger says, and that seems to be his motivation. Yes, Land Rover dropped the ball with the new...

That style is really hard to find in non-split rim. Personally, I'd go with Snowbound's suggestion and use 235/85R16s - in part, because that is what I've got, and I think it looks good (much better than I expected given what I paid for the wheels and tyres): And fitted up to our HJ45: It's...

I was going to suggest something from Katadyn, but the only thing that jumps out is this: https://www.katadyn.com/en/ch/257-8016389-katadyn-expedition but that's not the UV side for the bacteria - they do the Steripen for that...

It's about a 20:40:40 split here when Uni is on for the vehicles - 20% cars (normally international students and some city origin students, and some staff) 40% soft readers (RAV4 etc) and 40% full 4x4 either wagons or utes. Out of the 4x4s Toyota is king with Hilux or Cruisers. My HJ45 does...

2 basic Starting Points: A) Petrol (Gas) B) Diesel 1) Short Wheelbase wagon 2) Medium Wheelbase wagon 3) Long Wheelbase wagon (Troopy) 4) LWB Wagon (5 door) 5) Cab chassis/Pick Up Also, 1, 2 and 4 were available with coils (Prado/Bundera/Land Cruiser 2 depending on market) or leaf springs...

Quick look - I loaded up the DailyMail website and U-Block Origin had 32 blocks on it; in comparison, the ABC Website (equivalent to BBC) had 3... which would go some way to explaining how much Chrome needed to operate and LandCruiser Club has 8. If you had a couple of tabs open, then that...

I've been running Lenovo Laptops for the last 7 years - prior to that I had a Dell for 5 years. I tend to buy corporate spec ones (currently Lenovo Thinkpad) as you can get a bit of customisation with them. I get as much RAM as I can shove into them, and my current preference is an SSD of...

How old are the tyres? Have they got flat spots? 290,000 isn't that high on a 21 year old vehicle (about 14,000km/year) so the tyres could be a fair few years old. Otherwise, get a tyre fitter to check that the rims are actually round and true, and are mounted up correctly - you may need to...

Chas, it might be worth doing a screenshare with Crispin via Zoom or similar, so he can see what is going on, and can dive into your browser a bit more to find settings etc that might be causing problems. Sometimes it's hard to explain things that need fixing without seeing things in person - we...

I normally just get a message from the boss saying what the hell are you listening to... Currently, I'd recommend Sabotage Radio: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E8U6fZAm1ptdq?si=qnT1NtnTQkyescRBj8ZAew That's been played quite loudly for me and the dog to enjoy this arvo - bugger...

Mate lost his Dad to C-19 this last week in the UK - his Dad would be about the same age as my parents and the out-laws. The county my parents live in in the UK has nearly 2.5x the number of fatalities that Australia has (249 vs 101) The good news is that Australia has slowed their growth to a...

Has any country got the management of it 100% right? No Have some done better than others? Yes Did some act quicker, rather than reacting later? Yes Are there things that places would do differently? Yes Could the messaging be better? Yes Instead of throwing sh!t at one another like a bunch of...

IIRC the VIC scheme is days per year; the NSW scheme has followed the VIC one, and up here we can use them for x number of days a year + club events. So if you get it right, you can do a weekend club event and it wouldn't come out of your days. Landlord has his 2x Triumphs on it, and we...

Hey Ben, Next time you're working with a sticky puller, put some tension on it and give it a tap - could even be a shifter on it rather than the breaker bar.... I had that experience with the stator and flywheel on the XT600 until a mate came over, told me to put the shifter on it and put it...

I got a comment edited by admins on another 4x4 forum for being a bit too blunt to the guys who wanted to head off camping to avoid it all.... perhaps saying to them that one of their next major decisions would be a fire or a hole was too blunt for their sensitivities....

My folks' village has had 2 cases (caught from an Elvis tribute act a local pub...) and the Out Laws now have the drama that there has been a case at the care home that the MiL works in (luckily only 1 day/week, and on night shift) BUT given that MiL is the only one under 70 out of all of...

That one on eBay looks fairly straight up: 1) UK supplied car (standard shape front plate, rear fog lights in the tailgate) 2) xnnnxAN is a Reading registration plate, and it still has the original dealer sticker in the rear window (sad thing to pick up on, but it was one of the first things I...

I think the question is not actually the shape of the fall and recovery, but more the angle of the other side - is it going to be the same growth trajectory as pre Covid-19, or which side of it? That ultimately is the measure of resilience. I do have some economic papers that look at the...

Novelty value for Toyota Diesels in the USA (outside of California) is madness; they're paying really solid money for them, add in the perception that Toyota diesels are unbreakable is still solid in the USA. In terms of whether it's worth doing? I know of a couple of people who have JDM HiLux...

Got a mention along with @MarkW on Expedition Portal: https://expeditionportal.com/royal-enfield-to-the-dig-tree/ I did wonder when I saw the Collie, UK plates and Mark's name if it was the same - then the mention of the 80 made me certain.

Seen them on some of the grey import Fast and Furious cars in NSW - works on them, but I'm not sure that'd work on a Prado. How much are DMR going to sting you for custom plates and numbers each year? NSW just get the broom handle out and add it to the rest at rego time....

Amazingly true and one of the best descriptions I've ever read of both of them.

12HT engined inland (so rust free/minimal rust) are stupid money here - petrols? Nearly give away, certainly in and around the $5-8k mark depending on rust (so about the same as a petrol 80). 2H diesels aren't expensive (only a bit more than a petrol) but can be slow as a slug (says me with a...

I've been enjoying these: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads The first series is good as well

This weekend's game... We tend to have a strong smell of petrol after a run, normally from around the rear corner, but also in the cab sometimes when the windows are open. I've already replaced the fuel filler gap, but that didn't cure it, so this weekend I set to it. The suspected culprit is...

Is it all pages or just some? I've just been trying to change my bookmarks from the old page I used to land on (Land Cruiser Club - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club] = /community) and it takes a bit of time to move to the new landing page. However, if I use What's new - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club]...

The magic bit in the VIN is LJ73 - which tells you that it's L-series engine (probably a 2L-T(E?) going by the badges)

I reckon it's an LJ73 or KZJ73 with that nose, also doesn't seem to have leaf springs (which points towards a 'light' rather than a 'heavy' 70. Also has a turbo badge on the back. Someone more familiar with thermostat positions might be able to shed more light based on the engine bay picture

I was working in France at the time, in Northern Brittany and Normandy; I can still remember bits of the place I was working in, but we were able to get BBC Radio 1 from the Channel Islands on the van radios, and it was a great mix of music played.

Looking at it, not sure the first owner was the Post Office- in 1982 they would have been AusPost. I think that the first owner was a bit of the State Government - the address and stamp is: Department of Administrative (Adminstration?) Services (Transport and Storage Division) BOX 4052 at the...

Looks like you've been cleaning and polishing it all - all very shiny. Also like the new logo...

I think it's a backend problem in Xenforo stuff, and its just a timeout message as a result of the general load on the internet.

Now even cheaper than last night:

Down to AU$1.28 for diesel and $1.31 for 95 octane petrol, so £0.65/litre ish. Means filling the 80 isn't as eye watering, saves about $20-30 a fill compared to normal and as a cost per km puts it at about the same as the long term average in the 4Runner.

Near us here we have a fisherman's coop; the boats are behind it and then there is a fish counter and a fish and chip shop. https://coffsfishcoop.com.au/ Further afield, the catch generally gets down to the Sydney Fish Market for sale in a Dutch Auction, where they put through about 50,000kg a...

I ended up with an AU$670 basket after going to the Escape Gear website: Front and rear seat covers Transmission tunnel cover Dash mat Luckily I couldn't work out freight costs...

No, more unsustainable population habits... What I didn't add is that for my Grandparents, they only had one Great-Grandchild; in contrast my Great-Grandmother had about 5 by the time of her death. There's pros and cons to each side.... But we do also need to look at what age people have kids...

An example of the longer lifespan: My Paternal Grandfather died 10 years or so before I was born, but I had both maternal Grandparents + 1x Great-Grandparent on that side. My nephew was born 4 years ago, and he had both maternal and paternal grandparents AND at least 4 Great-Grandparents. My...

No pics, but this came up on https://www.facebook.com/groups/401260929950309 I know it's not VIC, but it shows the price savings of going to NSW where club/historic is for over 30 year old cars.

With the LPG system check the date stamp on the tank; they are only valid for 10 years. The main reason I would suspect they've had engine rebuilds is because they are Dual Fuel - personally, that's one thing I deliberately avoided with my FZJ80. Personally, I like the look of this one...

Don't forget that at 38mph you will cover 16m in one second: (After I had it set up in Excel, I just ran it over everything....) 38 MPH KMH: 61.15507 Distance in one minute (KM): 1.0192512 Distance in one second (KM): 0.01698752 Distance in one second (M): 16.98752 35 MPH KMH 56.32704...