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my grey 80
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Very good trip. The tent caused a lot of interest, you'd think no one had seen a roof tent before 
or an electric fan, rigged to blow at us while we sat in the shade of the fox wing 
it was very very hot ...
or an electric fan, rigged to blow at us while we sat in the shade of the fox wing it was very very hot ...
Mentioned in the who's doing what thread recently that I had a sheared stud in the passenger side swivel housing. I forgot to take a before sheared stud removal pic but here are the during and after pics I noticed were on my phone. Stick a nut over the stud, weld through the middle of the nut to weld nut and stud together, undo 
Also started on a mkii Arduino gadget recently to go in this one.
Also started on a mkii Arduino gadget recently to go in this one.Attachments
you do, ready and waiting for you to collect it that evening.
Had a fiddle this afternoon with the 12v starter I bought a while ago. The standard 24v start is great, till you have battery problems. Sometimes you can jump them with 12v but more often than not if one of the batteries has a fault then you need 2 12v jumps. It really doesn't need 24v start, 12v will do and that must be what Toyota figured out for the 100 series because they are all 12v start.
Spot the difference
I fitted the 12v starter as a straight swap and then needed to stop it being given 24v which it wouldn't like very much. After consulting the EWD I think the best way to do that and keep unnecessary bits of trickery out of the loop is to disconnect the voltage change over timer relay and jump two of the connections to give the starter relay an earth when it needs it. The voltage change over timer relay is in the passenger footwell, tucked up above the diff lock relay. It's a bit of a fiddle to disconnect in situ but not too bad. The relay stays where it is, I just disconnected it. I then put a bit of wire from the white and red to the white and black wires. Now the voltage change over timer relay is out of action the voltage change over relay doesn't get powered but the starter relay will because of that jumpered connection.
That is all I've changed on the wiring to have 12v start so very easily reversed should I find myself somewhere with starter problems and only a 24v replacement starter available...
Spot the difference
I fitted the 12v starter as a straight swap and then needed to stop it being given 24v which it wouldn't like very much. After consulting the EWD I think the best way to do that and keep unnecessary bits of trickery out of the loop is to disconnect the voltage change over timer relay and jump two of the connections to give the starter relay an earth when it needs it. The voltage change over timer relay is in the passenger footwell, tucked up above the diff lock relay. It's a bit of a fiddle to disconnect in situ but not too bad. The relay stays where it is, I just disconnected it. I then put a bit of wire from the white and red to the white and black wires. Now the voltage change over timer relay is out of action the voltage change over relay doesn't get powered but the starter relay will because of that jumpered connection.
That is all I've changed on the wiring to have 12v start so very easily reversed should I find myself somewhere with starter problems and only a 24v replacement starter available...
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Graham
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This is what I bought: http://www.woodauto.com/Component.aspx?Ref=STR70295 there is a Toyota 12v starter available but it's not cheap.
no, not without quite a bit of modification.
i see - so this one may not be a good fit? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110952173...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2562wt_1018
the first OEM part number they list is right for the 80 series 12v starter but the 80 & 100 have a different number of teeth, different throw out, so I don't see how it can be for both. Ask them and if they say it is try it and prove me wrong, wouldn't be a first 
Got fed up with tripping over it in the garage so I've put the front bumper on. It's not a great picture and only a test fit really because I want to add a few extra strengtheners, probably change the recovery points, maybe add a hoop and possibly paint it dark grey when I've finished messing. Not sure about the hoop, quite like how simple/clean it is at the moment.
Looks good as is Jon. No hoop - stealth mode is good, colour coded too
Something about your number plate John, is it originally an Irish reg or maybe IOM? The "I" was never used in the British reg system AFAIK.
Lovely truck and I like the front bumper just as it is, ... Classic!
Lovely truck and I like the front bumper just as it is, ... Classic!
Thanks for the comments guys. The reg is a NI plate Clive and was on the 80 when I bought it
That was a hell of coincidence then! Is your middle name Ivan by chance? 
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