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Hi all Some background first on a fault I am now investigating. Maybe it'll help someone some day: My 1HD-FTE started acting up during a touring holiday a couple of weeks back. The first signs were when parking up one evening and the engine sounded intermintently rough whilst idling and...

Hi all I need to sort out my side-steps which are rattling and insecure. I started removing the brackets from the body (with a view to renewing them) but some of the bolts were totally rusted and sheered off in the process. So now it will not be possible to bolt new brackets in place. Would...

Hi My Cruiser makes a disinct clonk when coming on and off the throttle. It's not grossly offensive, but does detract from the ride. I had a quick look in to it a few years ago (thread here: Driveline Clonk (rear diff?) - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club]). I later found that the front hub splines...

Hi Some day I can see myself finding a really clean facelift 100 (I currently have a pre-facelift 2002 - I've done a lot to bring it up to scratch but it's had a hard life before me and the dreaded tin worm may eventually get the best of it). But the one thing that puts me off the newer models...

Hi In my quest to stamp out the few electrical gremlins in my truck (sadly I think it has had a hard life...)... I am faced with two apparently unrelated problems. Only now, I'm starting to wonder (hope against hope..?) whether they could be two manifestation of the same problem. I'd be...

Hi Another niggling problem on my radar.... Neither my bonnet or tailgate appear to have any functioning elecrtical switches - i.e. if I disarm the car and open only the tailgate, the car doesn't realise the door has been opened and re-arms the car after half a minute or so. The interior...

Hi all Spring is here and it's high time I investigated why my battery fails to start the car after just a few days.... (and yes, it is just one battery - the other is no longer part of the main circuit and instead serves as a leisure battery for auxiliary gear). ...so I spent much of...

One for the purists maybe?? Pics on request!

Like the title says - a CD autochanger from the centre cubby of my 100 series. Pics on request :)

I have two OE door speakers from my 100 Amazon. Cheap and crappy, but maybe someone needs some spares... Pics if needed. Will chuck them out if no-one is interested (I doubt anyone is!)

Hi I have a faulty alternator removed from my truck recently. Mechanically it seems fine - good bearings - but it was not charging the battery. I had an idea that I would replace the electronics (which appear to be designed to be serviced) but obviously I will never get round to that :)...

Hi I have a set of four AHC spheres recently removed from my truck. They are the original factory units. I bought the truck a few months ago and as it has no history I have been renewing various parts as a precautionary measure before coming to rely on it for any big adventures. Thus I...

Hi I'm trying to find out a definitive (diffinitive??) figure for the rear diff of a 2000MY UK Amazon VX 4.2TD. 4.1:1? 4.3:1? something else? I'm only finding patchy info online - debates about ratios on 100 vs 105 etc etc, and the handbook has nothing about final drive ratios - shocking! :)...

Hi I've noticed that whenever I am on some pages of this site, the fan on my macbook starts going crazy (normally silent) and general performance goes down the toilet. My knees get burned and my battery life plummets, and it's generally not very relaxing :) Once I close...

Whilst I was scrabbling around under the back axle of the Cruiser this morning, I thought I'd try turning the rear prop by hand to check for play, worn UJs etc. The transfer box and gearbox were both in neutral, so the front end should have been free to move. As such, I found I was able to turn...

Hi As a relatively new owner, there are some things about my vehicle I am not sure about. Once such thing is the front driver's door lock. When the car is locked and alarmed, the key just turns (both directions) and does nothing. No mechanical action, and no central unlock. I assume this is...

Hi all Just as the title says really - I recently bought a 2002 100 and have just discovered that one needs a key thing to lower the spare wheel. I don't have it! I don't know the ID of the key so I can't just order a replacement. What are my options? Thanks Simon

Hi there Another new user & new owner here. My name is Simon and I'm in the SE of England. I bought my first Cruiser a few months ago, Sept 2016 - a 2002 Amazon VX 4.2 TD (100). At 169k I think it's in generally good shape, but I've been working through a few neglected niggles - electric...