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As long as your battery is good your engine should turn over fast on the starter, check it against another Cruiser if you can, when the engine is warm 1 or 2 cylinder's will be firing immediately the engine begins turning assisting the starter, making it much easier for the starter to turn over...

.........Just some info - I had severe starting problems 2 years ago and while fault finding I found that the Glow plugs stayed on for nearly 3 minutes after starting from cold and allowing engine to idle, they must be set to stay on till engine reaches a certain temperature, obviously if you...

Update and hopefully a conclusion, I got the new pedal switch, checked both switches side by side, there is 2 contacts on the switch, the contact which is closed with the pedal in rest position was failing and sometimes made a high resistance connection, the spring was a lot weaker also. Fitted...

Switch appears to be working normal, i.e brake lights come on when pedal pressed and go off when released, as I said its a friends cruiser and I didn't have a meter with me at the time, tomorrow I will probably get a chance again to check it again, Switch has 2 contacts, Mr.T thinks one is for...

Hi Jon No warning lights on dash...

Hi Crispin No noise at all. just drives as normal then when all 4 brakes got hot all hell broke loose, smoke from all 4 wheels, I don't really understand how stability systems work exactly but I though they would release the braking to some wheels and actual brake pressure would come from...

My Friends 120 auto has a problem, All 4 brakes are coming on when driving, and obviously over heating very quickly too, switch on brake pedal had to be disconnected and then it is driving normal and brakes also OK except the brake lights and the shift lock doesn't work then which is expected...

Yes that is the sensible way to go, if it were my mine I would continue checking it too, I will tell the owner gently as I don't want to worry them unnecessarily, as you say it only takes a few minutes, and they can educate their mechanic to do this extra check. The Landcruiser 120 is a...

Yes you're right - better safe than sorry, but it would be nice to give them the all clear as the 120 had been very reliable till this happened, but I will follow up with the engine number check and also keep a listen out for any other of Mr T's secret recalls.:icon-evil:

Hi all My Friends 2005 - 120 engine siezed, usual problem injectors contaminate oil/oil pick up blocked. (Mr T. didn't want to know due to service omission by previous owner years earlier, ongoing) Anyway I myself feel very guilty not knowing and warning them about this known problem but as a...

Hi Steve I'm not as experienced as most people here but my 90's done over 250k miles and tank filter been OK, from reading "here" the tank filter is just a "mesh bag" around the fuel pick up, as the guy's here call it "tea bag filter". Firstly - the rough shut down happens on mine sometimes...

Sometimes late at night when I'm arriving home I will turn off the engine for the last few yards so not to wake anyone, :shh: and its amazing how quickly the brakes fade away, not recommended :P

I think the brakes don't work (very well) when the engine's not running, the servo would not be getting vacuum, just like when a car's been towed you must push VERY hard on the pedal to achieve any braking at all, otherwise sorry I can't help. (sorry I'm assuming the engine was not running,) ...Bob

Hi there, Steve gives a good description here of whats involved, Check Here -- viewtopic.php?f=14&t=161&p=979 I replaced mine last year aswell and it was done in minutes, and Mr.T is probably still smiling counting my money (£60+ each approx) but it stopped all that banging coming from the back...

consistently around 30 mpg, (10% town, 90% open road,) most journeys 10-30 miles, I normally cruise 60-65mph, worst ever 26mpg - caused by low 26psi tyre pressures, best ever 35mpg - relaxed summer holiday driving 5 people with bags, pushchairs etc. normally fill up at ESSO, full tank and drive...

Yes its limited access but alot easier as you say when you know the holes are just around that little bulge on the pipe and I dont like to tackle any job till I know as much as possible about whats involved, so thanks again all and as some clever person once said "If you stand on the shoulders...

Hi Rob I fixed the same problem on New Year's Eve by coincidence, without removing the tank, after 3 months of wrongly blaming battery/connections , glowplugs, sensors, fuel filter assembly, narrowed problem down to air in diesel, and then with reading E.L.C.O Club info traced to the same fuel...