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Was having a poke earlier, I think the intercooler needs to come off to get at the glow plugs, anyone tried without or shall I just get it done?

Wow Mick, that's ridiculously clean for the age. My import scored 1.5 so you're doing better than me.

I had no problem adding my imported cruiser to my existing policy (Admiral), they didn't think it was a big deal. Might have been trickier with a LHD.

It turned over fine, for quite some time in fact. The battery health indicators are also still showing good. I think I'll have a poke at the glow plugs before splashing a couple of hundred or so on batteries.

No smoke that I saw. Starts on the button once warmed up a bit or in warmer weather. Good call on the glow plugs I've not checked them, the light comes on then goes off after a couple of seconds which suggests that the circuit is at least partly working. What's the easiest way to check if they...

Took the 90 out today and it was a real bugger to get started. I waited for the glow plugs and then tried to start, just turned over. After about 10-15 seconds it finally caught but then died a few seconds later. Another ~10 seconds of cranking got it going. It was a bit rough sounding for a few...

My JDM prado just has a key, I suspect they didn't have remote central locking.

Not sure specifically on the LC, but 90k is about right for a clutch in general.

I was driving in the peak district last week, climbing out of Buxton on the A53 which is a long hill but a fast road. I had my foot down at maybe 40-50 mph and the CEL warning came up. I eased off and it went out after a minute or two. It's not come back on since. Any idea what's likely to have...

I'm having the same issue - mainly when hill climbing. I guess I need to check the fluid level.

Tbh it needs a bit of paint tlc, the lacquer is peeling on the roof.

We had a small holiday cottage, it turned out to be a good decision!

A bit less exciting than Africa but I just got back from a few days in Galloway. We arrived just as the torrential rains arrived (amber warning the first day, yellow the others). At this point I was very glad I was in the 90 and not my car. First morning we left the place we stayed at (middle of...

Makes me want to crack mine open and see what it's like. Maybe replace the capacitors as a precaution.

Update on this, had the wheels rebalanced, turns out they were way off - one was 175g out of balance. Running smooth now. :)

I've only had one car written off and was given a low offer. Luckily I had gap insurance and they were happy with the offer which made the whole process a bit more straight forward.

The princely sum of 73 pence. It was from UK stock.

Crikey, mine was £26 on Abe just a few months ago.

Mine is the 95/120 manual also, I got it from AbeBooks as it was much cheaper than amazon.

90 and 95 are the same torque as listed above. There's a haynes manual, it's not super easy to find as it was printed for the antipodean market, but they are available.

Nm. Sorry should have mentioned that.

From the ever handy Haynes manual.

No real problems here, though I did happen to visit sainsbury's just as a tanker was unloading which helped.

I think the idea is that the sound metal will sink the heat from the laser while the rust will not and instead flashes to vapour. Probably takes a bit of dialing in of the power to get effective removal without etching the underlying metal.

I imagine you just plug them in. It's a 2000W laser so about the power of a small kettle. Front probably doesn't get that hot, though you might want gloves for splatter. Bigger issue is they're half a million for a high power unit like that, well out of reach.

Those are ace, but have you seen the price of one?

Someone would end up on the news because they tried to store gas in party balloons.

Filled my car at Tesco today, no queue, all grades available.

I would expect to feel the road through brakes and steering, not have them float like a computer game. Modern cars often have too little feel.

I like my wood burner, it was very handy when the boiler packed in earlier in the year.

That's the ARB I think, which has no oil, so I would assume it's leaking from above that somewhere and working its way down.

If possible get a courtesy car while they have yours. Helps focus the attention as you're costing them then.

My car revs to about 2500 rpm when it's really cold and runs mega late timing and valve overlap which makes it loud and throaty (sounds pretty cool, but essentially dumps fuel into the tailpipe). 1000 rpm is nothing. ;)

They don't need to save it, they have 100 litres in jerry cans and coke bottles to use up. ;)

You see it on petrol cars a lot to warm up the cat, I don't think diesels need the same warming up though.

Assuming it's ABS or something similar, use plumbing solvent weld. It's magic stuff.

Traffic this morning seemed pretty high from what I could tell.

I reckon once a few more rust themselves off the road the remaining few will get more expensive.

It's not 80 grand once the tax man has rinsed you. :p

What's the turkey panic? Not enough for Christmas?

My cars are about half full so I'm going to leave it for at least a week before filling I reckon. No sense being part of the problem.

Yes that is the rub isn't it.

Sad to see you go Stu. Time for a nice 80 instead? ;)

Yeah I think it might just be the balance is off. I'm thinking I'll pop to the local tyre place and get them to look at balance and alignment.

Feels like I might have to just start stripping things down and seeing what looks good.

It's actually an early import - registered in the UK in 2001. I have no idea how it's stayed in such good condition on our roads for 20 years. Wheels were off, also brake lights out, various other trim pieces off for access. Process is basically: steam clean, any significant rust scraped off...