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Coats of a suitable paint are undoubtedly the preferred and the best option on clean, sound metal or a brand new vehicle but a waste of time on an older vehicle, on top of various existing coatings and corrosion, unless that is your doing a complete strip, clean to bare metal and chassis up...

When a vehicle get's a reputation for reliability toughness and longevity, many people might read that as being able to get away with minimal maintenance, just put fuel in and change the oil now and again, nothing else required. A good reputation can often turn out to be a vehicle's Achilles Heel.

This happened on mine a few years back and I remember it very well as I was on the motorway towing the caravan to Scotland and had the phone to hand ready to take a pic but unfortunately a favourite track came on the radio and the resulting singalong made me miss the milestone by 2...

Usual thinking is black smoke = overfuelling/unburnt diesel and blueish smoke is burning oil. A blocked crankcase breather can cause high oil usage and force venting through the dipstick and oil filler.

The sensor in the block to the right of the oil filter is the oil pressure sender. The second part number you mention is the one listed for your engine by Roughtrax... Water Temp Sender

Here's a pic, post #15. The sunroof drains into the sills and there are 2 or 3 of these drainage slots each side, the one in the pic is the nearside front. A cable tie is ideal to poke them clear. If the sills fill up, which they will if all slots are blocked, they will overflow into the...

I've done this a couple of times in the past. The drains eventually get blocked with crap that gets past the dust seal round the glass roof. The drains on mine were still connected but blocked, causing the roof tray to overflow onto the headlining. I used a cable puller designed for threading...

It might have been "special" back in the 1990's when 80's were being built but nowadays there's stuff just as good or better off the shelf.

That doesn't sound right. Even with the courtesy lights disconnected you should get some reading from the clock, alarm, radio memory etc.. If you've used the 10A setting on the meter, did you move the pos lead to the 10A position?

I'd switch off the courtesy lights in the roof and take the bulbs out of the puddle lights.

I've been contemplating buying a VW Transporter motorhome since selling the caravan but late ones are mega £ so this idea might be cost effective way to go for me.

If the courtesy lights are 2x standard 5w filament bulbs thats getting on for 1A, almost 24Ah in 1 day so over several days it will add up.

Driver's side battery, between + terminal and disconnected + lead. I would select the 10A range on the meter to start with. Edit.....forgot to mention, disconnect the +terminal on the passenger side battery!

The door switches are open circuit with the door closed and apply an earth when the door is opened. If all the switches are OK I'd say it's more likely you have an earth contact where there shouldn't be one, bringing the warning light up, rather than a bad earth,

When a door is open you can lock the other doors with the key, then when you shut the open door it slam locks but you can't do anything with the fob with a door open. At least, that's how mine works.

When I has to fit a new ball joint on the rod to the Pitman arm I had to take the whole arm off and use some heat to free off both ends as they were TIGHT! Once freed I wound both ball joints fully in and out a few times smothered in marine grease. That was a few years ago and I can still turn...

The alarm and central locking are two entirely separate systems, the alarm having an interface that links into the CL. A door ajar will certainly prevent the alarm fob from operating the CL but the key will operate the locks as normal. The fob sets the alarm and operates the CL so if you then...

This is the approach I've adopted in addition to treating any rust I find (and can get to ) with Aquasteel. I'm undecided how much better the various lanolin treatments are, if at all. They're certainly more expensive. I used to swear by Waxoyl years ago but no longer rate it that much.

I got fed up with Windows over a decade ago so any Windows shite wouldn't apply to me anyway running OS on Mac and Ipad. I had the same problem using both Mac and Ipad on another forum, a while back, that was running the same platform but they did something and it's been fine since. The Mac is...

The buttons themselves are the 4 contact type so I surmised that one or more of the contacts had turned bad.

The forum has become virtually unusable on my MAC running Safari, with page timeout and no response errors. I don't have any problems with any other website. Ipad isn't too bad.

One of my fobs started playing silly buggers, sometimes it would light, sometimes not and even when it did nothing would happen. I ended up replacing the buttons and it'd been fine since. It does seem a bit of a coincidence though that it's packed up after you've been tinkering.

Do the fob lights work? If they do, try pressing either button twice to re-snyc with the ECU.

As the reservoir on the 80 isn't the screw down type I made a cap that clamps down on the rim so I use the Gunsons pressure bleeder. I've also just bought one of these...Piston Tool....ready for the fitting of some new pads instead of using an adjustable wrench like I've done in the past.

I use an Ashton branded gun which is virtually identical to this one except mine has a flexible hose.............GREASE GUN Can't remember exactly when I bought it but it must be 25+ years ago.

If the click is loud enough to hear inside the vehicle I'd say it's probably coming from the solenoid. That's easy enough to check if you can get someone to turn the key with you under the bonnet. If that's operating then it must be a bad connection to the starter itself which comes direct from...

This is interesting. I've just checked mine and there is no "Fog" fuse! The owner's manual shows "NoCircuit" for the fog light fuse so they must be wired into the headlight circuit. I seem to remember reading something somewhere that the rear fogs for UK soec 80's were added by Toyota UK after...

A missing fuse means nopower to fog circuit. It sounds like the fog lights were connected to the lighting circuit at the tow socket some how.

The switch doesn't light up, at least on mine it doesn't. There is a warning light on the far left of the dashboard. The switch is a passive latching type so the actual button position is the same on or off. Use of rear fog lights at night in clear condition is deemed a hazard to following...

If you can't find an OEM part you could easily make one from some rubber sheet using the one you have as a pattern.

When I overhauled the brakes a few years ago with new rear callipers, a bit of new copper line and new flexy hoses I rebuilt the front callipers with new seals. I emptied the front lines with the pressure bleeder before removing the callipers and there was very little fluid left in them when I...

If you consider AT's fill the gap between road tyres and MT types, some, like the BFG AT's look much closer to the MT end than the Yoko G015's I've just put on the 80. Given my 90% + road use the Yokos should suit me better but I can't really fault the BFG's I had on for 12yrs, other than the...

I'm inclined to trust the Toyota FSM rather than any third party workshop manual.

The local test station I take mine to told me last year that all MOT stations are to be monitored directly by the DVSA with new test equipment linked to them by the internet so test results can be seen in real time together with internet linked cameras to make sure testing staff are performing a...

I changed the brake fluid using one of those pressure bleeders (Gunsons I think) that pushes fluid through from the reservoir rather than sucking it through from the caliper end. I've never actually split a caliper but I assume they are designed so the fluid flows through the entire caliper...

Not come across that but it reads much like ACF50 but much cheaper.

The 1FZ-FE (petrol) doesn't have a turbo AFAIK. Exhaust emissions tests were tightened a bit last year which could explain why it passed in the past (eh?) and fails now. Emissions test

High Nox emissions can be caused by excessively high combustion temperatures from running lean/incorrect AFR. If CO and HC emissions are OK then I doubt the CAT is at fault.

I've seen big US V8's transplanted into 80 series but I've often wondered if the petrol V8 (2UZ-FE) from the 100 series would fit. A whole lot more work no doubt than fitting a later 1H series diesel but doable I suppose if you have deep enough pockets. With any of the later engines one of the...

Thanks Andy. After a bit of googling yesterday I dropped the wheel off at RS Alloys at Hillsborough. They said they'll get the wheel done quickly as it's my spare even though they're extremely busy which I can believe going on the number of wheels they have in the place and cars parked up on...

Checked the pressures today and they ranged from 36-39psi so I've dropped them down to the 32 recommended in the handbook and it's slightly improved the ride even further. Just found out today that Metal Magic powder coaters in Barnsley are no longer trading which is a shame because I want the...

Found this short video today. I had one just like it, a 1974 I bought in 1980. Certainly the quickest car I ever owned and I had a 3Ltr Capri before it. Effortless performance from the big V12 with single figure MPG on the commute but I did once get 15 on a restrained run down to Santa...

The ride does feels softer, more comfortable, not by a huge amount but noticeable. I thought I may be imagining it on the way home but I've since been out in it again and it's definitely there. This could be down to 2ply sidewalls and new, more compliant rubber vs the 3ply and age hardened...

New Yokohamas fitted today. Wheels were torqued up to 131Nm/96lb/ft although the owner's manual states 103NM/76lb/ft which is what I've been using for some time after shearing a stud off when using a breaker bar instead of a torque wrench in a previous life but I'm better now. When I queried the...

I also keep written service records in a small note book, as most probably do, simply because my memory is rubbish. I also write dates/mileages on filters for at-a-glance checks. Wether or not it counts for much come sale time is debatable but it has to be better than no history at all.

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When I fitted a new condenser and drier several years ago I smeared silicone grease over the new O rings and joint surfaces and had no problems since.

Just ordered a set, for fitting on Bank Holiday Monday, at a price that was, indeed cheaper than any quote I got from local tyre fitting shops.