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I would not seal the bottom as any water that gets in will not get out but in!

I have shipped my vehicle 4 times now (in a container) and the shipper has always strapped the vehicle down, 2 straps to the front and 2 at the rear, including chocks to all wheels nailed to the floor. They also take photos of it tied down in the container.

How do you remove the centre cover(airbag) of the steering wheel? Does it pull off? Stephen

Again some of the bridges are getting close to colapsing and some scary bridges also see this video on utube Stephen

Dont leave it too long CG..... The first section has a few river crossings on bridges that might not be here in the near future and maybe too deep to ford in an LC. Stephen

Hi Richard, I've had my 80 for 8 years for overland travel having done 110k miles so far, it is not used as a every day trasport and this certainly helps with the fight against rust. I have had the roof removed and a pop up roof tent fitted. On the inside the rear seats have been removed and...

Hi Simon, If you clean the area before you drill the hole then carefully paint the hole edges, it should stop any rust starting. I ran 25mm power cables under the body and drilled 2 holes through the floor in the area where the rear seats are. I painted the holes and after fitting the cables(run...

Hi Richard, Same color scheme as mine, though I went for a diesel. I also had slow windows and seems to be fairly common problem. Due to the age of the vehicle the rubbers seem to harden, cleaning and sparying silicone into the guides helped but replacing the rubbers is best solution. Try...

Never really checked it. Prior to the Russian trip, I had done trips across the Sahara and driving in sand seemed pointless checking the MPG. By the way, at the time in Egypt, the fuel cost were around 15pence a liter! The previous year it was 9p! Stephen

I Did 32000 miles on a run to Magadan, Sibiera, driving around most of the Stans up to 5000m. I would guess half that milage was on dirt roads and averaged just over 30 mpg. Just prior to that trip l took the vehicle to Diesel Bob,Ribchester, Lancashire to set up the pump as l had fitted a...

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4×4 is ok if dont take it to South America(SA) and drive above 2000m! Use diesel from countries like Bolivia! We met quite a few, mainly Germans who used these from a new standard 4x4 van to a brand new 150K euro camper conversion. All the vehicles had started off as new...

For general info .... The thread used for the oil pressure sensor is 1/8 BSPT. still have'nt got around to check the oil pressure yet. Stephen

Yes, I did mean 1/8 NPT. Further research revealed difference between BSPT and NPT is that on a BSPT thread the angle across the flanks of thread (if you sliced the fitting in half long-ways and measured the angle from root to crest to root) is 55 degrees instead of 60 degrees as it is for NPT...

Can anyone confirm that the thread used on the oil pressure sensor is 1/8NTP? I would like to check the oil pressure, since I last checked it, I have done 120K. I could not find the T piece I used last time, so I bought another one but it would not screw into the block! and was advertised as...

A LHD British car would not command that sort of price as the Europeans know we use salt on our roads and will be a rust bucket, in their eyes. Stephen

Hi Denboy, The HZ with turbo does have issues due the fact that the engine was never designed to work with a turbo. If you fit a 'tropical' radiator and make sure there is nothing interfering with the air flow to the radiator, eg spotlamps, number plate etc, additionally have temperature sensor...

Hi Frank, Thats interesting, I wounder how many gearboxs it happend to? many thousands?

Hi StarCruiser, No, I have not used any Loctite, maybe I should re-visit and put some on them. The car has not left the driveway. I have only driven it up and down the drive. It is now under wraps for waiting for the garage extention for completion at the end of the year. I guess that as I did...

Completed the gearbox rebuild and its back in the truck. All seems well with the box, although I have only driven it on my driveway. It probably will not be on the road until next year, as I am starting to build an extension to the garage for the truck and will take all summer. I found...

Used a breaker bar and they came out and none had threadlock on them. The oil seal was showing signs of weaping so after a bit of fiddling about removed it and fitted a SKF 'Double Lip Viton Rubber Rotary Shaft Seal' for £29. Hopefully I should'nt be visiting this area for a long time.

I agree with Frank and Towpack, its a waste of money.Also MO

Hi Ginna In my experience with flashing diff lock lights, I found the locks were actually working, it was the signal from the respective diff switch was not getting back to the diff lock ecu. On the front diff one of the wires from the switch had been worn away by the protective plastic sleeve...

I would agree if I was using thread lock but I was using a bearing lock which is designed for this particular situation. It may be more difficult as it could damage the dust seal on the inside if the bearing 'sticks' too well when removing, though I always change the dust seal when rebuilding...

The bearings are a hand push fit and I use bearing lock to reduce the chance of the race spinning on the spindle. The first time I removed the bearings I noticed that had happened and around 1-2" has been worn from the bottom side of the spindle. I am pretty sure that no swarf or grit was the...

I am pretty sure that the clutch is ok. From memory the clutch bites fairly high on the peddle position. Now the gearbox is out, I have noticed a small amount oil seepage on the back plate behind the flywheel, is it possible to change the end crankshaft oil seal? Is removing the flywheel...

When I first bought the Landcruiser, the gearbox was reasonable and that I could put it into 1st whilst moving around 5mph with no problem, that is the aim of this project, additionally I would like to inspect the gearbox for the overall condition of the gears and bearings. Now it has got to the...

Its a 1996 24v 4.2

I haven't, and I remember this has been mentioned before on the forum. I have now bookmarked it thanks

Actually, thinking about it, I think this might be original as all the others are now SKF and are still ok. I think the most likeliest reason was due to being caught out and unable to miss a pothole or 'private' sleeping policeman. In Central America a lot of these countries have sleeping...

I have just inspected all the wheel bearings and re packed them with grease. The only one that needed to be replaced was the offside front. This is the only wheel I had to re tighten the lock nut during our South American 85k mile trip . Since tightening, I had done another 20-30k miles with no...

I am shortly to start a gearbox rebuild. The gearbox is original and clocked 225k miles. 1st syncro is worn to a point the you have to stop the vehicle to change down from 2nd. 2nd syncro is very difficult from 3rd to 2nd when cold. I will also be using the Gearbox rebuild tread as a very...