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Going for the check-up in the morning. Last year I had two advisories - *Headlights (I've since washed all the mud out of one and replaced the other :D ) *Handbrake - my bugbear that this is a fail on an automatic but I've had all the wheels off to check the pads on main brakes and done a...

Just ordered some and they came to £115 a set :o the trouble is that I need them for Fridays MoT and the bank holidays are scuppering any idea of a speedy delivery. Anyone have the EBC part numbers for pre-91 brakes so I can get my next set nice and early?

I bought a set of wheels recently from Andy that were a bit on the well used side with a view to getting them tarted up. I took them into PPS in Inverurie who blast and powder coat all sorts of stuff, including wheels. Went up there today to pick them up and they have done a very nice job of...

While I was having a clean up of my driver's window motor the other day it occurred to me that unscrewing the motor from the gearbox might mean you could swap out the rear ones to the front if you got a motor problem. Can anyone confirm that the are the same (just the motor part, I know the full...

The compressor for my aircon (1991 HDJ-81) has been in a cardboard box since I bought it, I have no plans to reinstall it and the only thing the pipes and other aircon gubbins seem to be doing is getting in the way whenever I want to work in the engine bay. Aside from the two obvious things -...

Offered here as a help to people as poor as me at electrical things, to show you can do it and that it massively improves the light output from an 80 series. I started this off by replacing the headlight unit on the driver's side and giving the passenger side a thorough washing out of all the...

I am a bit of a moron when it comes to electrical systems but I thought I'd be able to install a set of driving lights with no issues. I was wrong, it seems. Installed the lights as per KCs instructions, The power I took from the power outlet 20A feed, earthed to one of the battery box earth...

Does anyone have a reliable and cheap source for new ones? Ian has none and won't be getting any more. £90 each at my local Toyota shop seems a little astonishing.

I see on a lot of US and Australian cruiser forums people who insist that all recovery hooks must be 'rated' and that as Toyota don't 'rate' the pigtails it would be akin to suicide to use them for recovery purposes. Does this strike anyone else as short-sighted and perhaps even foolhardy...

What are they? I'm aware of OME and Ironman B and that I can get a slightly firmer ride from the OME N73/N74E dampers but are there any other good quality and reasonably priced options readily available in the UK? I'm currently on something unknown to me but it looks like a good size of lift...

Dropping my 80 off for MOT today and I went past this white, petrol 80 that is always there but, not having had an 80 the last few times I'd never noticed the headlights on this one before. Now it's obviously an import (GXL, fog light, very cool 2" receiver hitch) but does anyone know where...

I hate electrics. I'm having some trouble with a new fog light. I've got my MoT tomorrow and have just got round to fitting a new fog light, the old one was a tiny ball of crushed metal attached to a bracket. I have a pos wire running from the light to a switch and then from there to the...

The car has been growling a little bit the last couple of days, sort of rhythmic, slow frequency, can feel it through the floor and it happens mainly when the power is off and stops when the brakes are applied. Many of you will have spotted what it is already but, I thought I'd eliminate...

Started up today after a few weeks sat and there is a trickle of white smoke at idle which becomes a big plume of white smoke with a hefty throttle input. The smoke smells dieselly (acrid and unpleasant, certainly not sweet) Things checked so far: Oil is slightly over filled, I'll take out a...

My 'new' 80 series. It's a 1992 HDJ81 with a 1HD-T and the earlier hydraulic A442F autobox (PRND321). It was an ebay car and I schlepped all the way to London to pick it up - the price was good enough to bother :D It has previously been owned by another member of the forum and he assured me...

My new 80 wasn't starting, the batteries sounded very flat so I took them out and put the Optimas from my 60 in their place. The batteries on a 60 are lined up (when looking at the engine from the front) +-/+- and I dodn't expect the 80 to be different so, when I came to connect what I thought...

Anyone have any recommendations for tyres in or around Aberdeen? I generally use Costco, they are offering 31x10.5R15 BFG ATs for about £125 fitted which seems pretty reasonable. The tyres can be had for less from Camskill but then I'd have to pay for fitting. So if anyone knows of a tyre...