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Hi all, my 88 LJ70 steering is not nearly as tight as I'd like. The steering rod ends all seem tight, and the times I've had it up in the air all the play seems to be in the box. I've tightened the adjuster screw, but the nut is partially frozen and not getting a true sense of tightness - don't...

Thanks Alexy, I suspect there is some issue with the old instrument cluster. I'll pull it out soon and have a look. Will be nice to have a reliable gauge! Cheers, R

Thanks, that's what I figured with petrol. I heard exterior diesel was ok. My fuel gauge plays up in my LJ70, sometimes full is 2/3rd tank on the gauge, and I've driven it right to the bottom with no problems (5l petrol stored in rear). If I trusted my gauge more, I wouldn't bother with a jerry...

Hi all, Wanting to occasionally mount a 10l (or even just 5l) jerry can with petrol on the back of my 4.0l LJ70 as I work/travel in remote places here in Scotland frequently. Is this legal? I can't find any info online, other than 10l is the max for petrol in the boot of a car. No mention on...

Check facebook 70 owners group Australia if no one here knows, those guys are always doing stuff like that. Sounds like a solid upgrade!

Really like the 73s, yours looks really solid, nice! I would love if my LJ70 had a bit more space in the rear. The 1UZFE seems like the perfect motor for the 70s, plenty of power, torque is always there, compared to what I'm used to. £200 for a 1UZFE is dirt cheap in my opinion! Ebay normally in...

You're not bothering me, no worries, lol :) I've gotten used to shifting by ear, but a tach would be nice, need to get on that! What's the 22R redline at I wonder?

That's it last week up in the Highlands. I was the only 4x4 to go over the track that morning, had the place to myself ;)

Ah that's true. I've an LJ70, it's an original UK motor, 1988, but the previous owner basically restored it inside and out, minus a few bits, and had a shop install the 1UZFE. The shop never finished the install to a decent spec, and it ran really rich when I got it with a misfire at low revs...

Actually no, that's on my list. I've chased up the wire from the dist. but messed around a bit trying to connect it up to instrument cluster and gave up fairly quickly, had lots of other wiring at the time, mainly oil pressure to sort, so it go pushed to the side. The previous owner's mechanic...

Ha, no probs, I'm pretty busy at the moment, but if I get it all going I'll definitely post on it. It seems like the trick it to take the time to do it right initially, a lot of the problems on the Lex forum seemed to be from slapping it together excitedly, which is sort of my style normally ;)...

Opp, deleted my first bit - welcome to the forum - can't wait to see pics of the 73 with the V8. I love mine, still puts a smile on my face everytime. There was a new Audi yesterday that was all over me in city traffic, so I put my foot down in second on a steep hill and left him in the...

AND finally, that link for the data logger is wicked! Just had a quick look, that seems perfect to have to catch any issues with engine management, sensors, etc. Brilliant stuff, leave it to the Russians to come up with something like that. I was going to wire up a permanent LED on my dash...

Hoping to see some more soon, I know some folks don't like snow, but it's fine with me! Cheers

Let me know how you get on with the drain cleaning tube, I'll have to look into one of those perhaps. Haha, I strongly doubt you're lazy Clive, I'm probably still in my honeymoon phase with the LJ :hearteyes:. Speaking of internal chassis rails, my offside is still half-packed with (fortunately...

Time flies! Hope all is going well there. Love the pics from the camping trip, the weather here has turned nasty, but geared now up for some Cairngorms snow now after prepping the underside to get my through this winter before I do some proper chassis restoration/protection. I bought a Vax...

Great work! You really turned it around. Dig the sleeping arrangement. Would love to have a 75 or a troopy here in the UK, but lucky to have a decent LJ70 to be honest! Nice rig you have there.

Hi all, I'm after some wheel arches, mudflaps and interior rear side/rear door cards for my LJ70 - colour not important, condition is of some importance! The vehicle is in fully restored condition, so not wanting to mess with the stuff I've seen on ebay so far (unless wheel arches are repairable...

I'm in the same boat, got an e-cig from the coop last year, works very well, quit for many months but now sneaking a few here and there, ha. Still my smoking is about 1/10th of what it used to be, hard one to quit!

Mechanical auto meter oil pressure gauge install on the LJ70 V8, chasing down 1/8 x 28 BSP compression fitting for oil housing. Need to clean and waxoil underside and chassis before it gets too wet here in Scotland, but missed that mark, it's pouring down for next several days... Always a ton to...

Congrats on the upcoming wedding! I'm married and we have a little one, so getting time to work on things can be tricky, but my wife is pretty understanding, I have parcels arrive all the time and she's generally calm about it... speaking of which, just got an autometer pro-comp mech oil...

Hey Ben, I've been busy with life lately, so thought I'd catch up with your thread. Coming along I see! If you get stuck on anything, let me know and I can see how mine is wired and send some pics. It's running well, need to waxoil the underside before winter sets in. I'll hopefully be using the...

Yep, they do the small bush for like £1.60 and the entire shifter housing with new bush for £28, great, thank you!!

Hi everyone, as I'm new to owning the LJ70 I'm looking for a shifter bushing kit for my R151F gearbox as mine is sloppy. It is only a nylon bush and a nylon seat, (sometimes with a metal cap included) but the only place I can find it is in Spain and shipping is 25 Euro for this tiny package...

Motor is looking shiny! My EGR is blocked off behind the intake where it joins exhaust I think, but that's one area of the motor I don't know very well, need a mirror and a ladder to see down there! :) the valve is still connected on the side of the intake. Not setting codes anyway. Common to...

Ah thanks will have a look, knew there was something I was probably missing. There's no way I can bend this stuff, it's like battleship thickness :) so will have to chop and weld. Some of the pieces have a right angle along the length, going to make the most of those.

Just picked up about 2 square metres of some super-duty 1/4" plate steel (6.35mm) In four sheet, light surface rust on one side, out of very old fuel oil tank cut up next door behind old business. So on my 88 LJ70, anybody have recommendations for what areas need protecting the most? Going to...

Looking good! I'll have to get some marine grease, didn't realise it existed, but could use it for loads of parts. You definitely have the fabrication side of things under control!

Cheers Ben, I thought for a minute on the phone I was going to have to sell the LJ as soon as I got it fixed, the insurer kept going 'ooh, that will change your rate'! Ha, anyway got there in the end. No mods planned for now - I still need to get the tach and temp gauges working, the rest is...

Oh and the emission test results from yesterday which I thought were very interesting: 0.69% CO out of 3.50% max and 521ppm on HCs out of 1200ppm max, so for a non-cat motor that seems reasonable? Since it is pre-1992 it only had to pass the non catalyst test at idle, no fast idle test...

Yes quite a relief! Speaking of mods, I also just got off the phone with Adrian Flux insurance, they are the only people in the UK who would touch this one with the V8 conversion and the suspension and all the other mods, it's not cheap, though not outrageous either, and really good coverage...

Meant to add I hear that running dual exhaust the whole way kinda kills the beauty of the 1UZFE. Running a Y pipe about 1/3rd to 1/2 way back to a single exit is the way to get that magic sound! I can try and get photos of my setup, the stainless exhaust system is probably the nicest thing...

Hi Ben, Yes I was pretty nervous yesterday - I've spent a lot of money up to this point to have it badly fail an MOT! I have standard exhaust manifolds, but the ends are chopped and new flanges are modified to fit 3" stainless duals merging into a Y pipe into a big single chamber silencer. It...

Hey Ben, I've just been catching up on your posts - coming along well! I got mine through the MOT with two small bits to weld for the rear seatbelts, everything else structurally is solid and the motor is running really well now. I have to say your welds are perfect and absolutely put mine to...

Hopefully in for an MOT retest today or this week anyway, then will take my time and start tidying up and weather-sealing the wiring and other little bits to make it more reliable for trips around the Scottish Highlands this winter, often times I end up in some pretty remote places for work and...

I think it's cool looking, love the front end. Hope it's going well, quite a project but you are off to a good start!

Ah thanks, well there was no magic cure for the motor, just a worn part her and there, but still thinking to replace caps just in case. I couldn't sleep last night, was so worried about the MOT! The welding was minimal, I'll grind the welds down and do the other side when I get the chance and...

Hi all! MOT this morning, amazingly all it needed was some welding on the rear seatbelt mounts, and that was it. I immediately raced to weld it in a two hour window today and got that sorted. Aftermarket carpet was completely glued to boot, so had to do some butchering, but it's plain black...