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I thought that as well, but 13.5v charges is showing on the split charging system with the engine running.

Hi all got some dashboard lights on - The vehicle has been sat around for the last 4-5 months, on starting the vehicle the water in the fuel and low oil light comes on, and the battery light does not turn off (I think is meant to turn off I can't remember) I have taken out to the fuel filter...

Are you planning on going further afield anytime soon? We have an event in the purbecks next may, feel free to come along, (OS southern Meet) We are based just down the road in Bournemouth, so if you, or anyone else in the area, (Bmth,Poole, Purbecks) let us know, happy to meet for a beer...

Adventure Overland Show We are going to be at the adventure overland show this year, we will be camping in the OverlandingAssociation.org / OverlandSphere area and will be hosting the map room. Feel free to pop by and say hi or join one of the discussion panels. A few Pics from our travel, in...

We set out in 2010 to drive from the UK to Australia, we made it there in late 2011, after working a bit we decided to continue to NZ and then over to the US and down to Argentina... We then had the choice of shipping home or to South Africa and drive the rest of the way, so we drove up East...

Im even more amazed, i showed them you photos above and stated 8cm, they went off and worked on it, came back and said they had it at 7.5cm... All working now :-) They spent in total about 14 hours getting it fixed and only charged a few hours labour... they really did want to see it fixed...

Thanks for all the info, Toyota are having a go at the mod above this morning, is the total length of your 8cm? and is this the same length as the ones provided by Stan?

My handbrake has not been working for a while and no one has been able to get it working for any length of time below is the repairs we have carried out: Australia - replaced pads, springs, clips and handbrake cable (aftermarket milner) the cable was slightly too long so we used some spacers...

Hi All Just to let you know we are still on the road, After Australia we spent 3 great months in NZ before shipping to the states. (were just updating the blog for NZ so hopefully in a few days we will have all the photos up :-) ) We up central USA to Canada, and then back down the west...

Thanks Steve for looking, Cheers Andy really appreciated, the car is having its wheels aligned as i type :-)

Hi All We are over in the US trying to have the wheel alignment carried out, The only issues is none of the high street Tyre places nor Toyota have the wheel alignment specs, (they can not even source a filter for the vehicle) Does any one by any chance have these? it would be a massive...

ok seems it may be the filter, which i will get checked out.

Hi All We have just had an oil change (about 3 weeks ago). Since then we have had a constant oil leak, having to top up about 5 litres of oil. At first it looked like the sump was leaking from an old repair which I resealed, oil was just hanging to the sump from collecting on the bash plate...

Hi All If you like the pic below would you mind supporting us and voting for our picture in the ARB photo competition, by clicking the following link and pressing vote? http://apps.facebook.com/promotionshq/c ... s/55798340 Many thanks Martin & Nicole

We're currently in Oz so it was Toyota In Nowra, NSW. They fixed the air con today but blank about the starting issues, going back again tomorrow to speak to the manager and see what they plan to do about it, if not i will have to find someone local to look at it and charge it back to Toyota...

Yes it was fine before hand, they messed up the aircon as well, it leaked all the gas out in one day, this morning they told me there was nothing wrong with it and tried to fob me off, i asked had they checked the temp of the air con, an hour later they came back admitted the new condenser...

Hi All Starting problems We recently took our 95 Series LC in to Toyota for the following as general maintenance before we head over to south America: • Service • Replace Condenser • Replace Glow plugs (bosch replacements) • Replace Injectors refurbished On getting the car back its now having...

Hi All New Site: http://overlandsphere.com Over the last few weeks we have put together a new overlanding site. The site will bring you the latest blog updates from around the world and is designed to be a research tool for overlanders archiving past and current blogs. We hope it will become a...

Its been a while since we’ve posted on the forum, but here’s a few updates since arriving in Australia: The Savannah Way Katherine Gorge The Beginning of the End We are currently in Cairns, given its starting to rain and way to humid up north, we have decided to head down the east, and...

Hi All, We're about to be sent new pads and discs from EBC, just wondering if any one could advise us which pads and disks would be best for us. They have suggested sending us yellow stuff pads, has anyone used these on a LC90, i think people normally go for the green stuff, we are fully...

Hi All We are currently in Java, heading towards Bali, before backtracking over to Borneo, 4- 5 months before we hit Oz and start our planning for South to North America! For us to be able to continue to South America, we are looking for a little sponsorship, to help us complete the trip...

Hi all thanks for the suggestions, I have lead on obtaining the parts in Indonesia, if that does not work out will try Ian, @Bob, Thanks for the part numbers

Hi all, We are currently on the road in Indonesia and have found our brakes are very spongy and not slowing us down as much as we would like, Toyota have told us we need to replace the brake master cylinder we also need to replace some seals for the rear left axle shaft oil seal and steering...

Hi all, We are currently in Cambodia, on our way to Angkor Wat, in a couple days :-) Our latest updates below: Thailand - Waterfalls & Tigers Laos Martin & Nicole

Latest We are currently in Northern Thailand (Sukhothai), heading towards the Mae Hong Son Loop, from there we should be crossing in to Laos shortly. Latest updates: Thailand Malaysia Martin & Nicole

Hi All, We have just landed in KL, Malaysia, we have a few days to wait for the vehicle, but once we have it we will head around SE Asia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, maybe Vietnam, before heading to Indonesia, If you have any recommendations of places to see whilst out here please let us know...

Hi i Just found this site http://www.4x4overlandtravel.com/ What are your thoughts on it, seems to be quite a bit of advertising on the site. Could it ever be the Hubb for 4x4's ?

Hi We are currently travelling from the UK to Oz, so far we have travelled through 22 countries about 30,000, for 7 months through EU, Turkey, Central Asia, Pakistan and are currently in India, where we will ship to Malaysia. We will spend 6 Months in SE before heading to Oz. Our biggest...

Thanks Jon, All sorted now, we had to re earth the battery to a different place.

Thanks Jon The rear sockets just have the + ve wired. I'll check the connections now.

Hi All Im having problems with our IBS system, wondering if anyone could could help as its really confusing me ! We have a three battery set up, two starting batteries in the front and one leisure battery in the rear attached to a fridge via two sockets connected directly to the battery. The...

Hi Graham, we have not been back to Guilin, since 2008, nice place though would like to drive that way!, just in Goa, relaxing and enjoying the beaches, Are you planing on heading south to SE Asia at some point ? Martin. P.s We got our Gear box parts sent to us in India, but Toyota in Goa...

Hi All, Thanks for the messages on our blog, and sharing our site, We will try Ian, and also sourcing one from the Middle East