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Hi All,
Just a quickie to reintroduce myself - having left the group about 6
months ago - and generally do the prodigal son routine.
I'm Andy Bell, 31, married with a young daughter, business systems
consultant, wannabe desert explorer and I've got 2 80 series cruisers.
One is a '95 UK spec VX petrol (1FZ-FE) which is in South Africa, where
I'm trying to live, and a newly purchased '97 UK spec GX diesel (1HD-FT)
which is in Clitheroe, where I actually do live at the moment. The
former is quite modded, with OME suspension/caster correction,
polybushes, FrontRunner 168 litre sub tank, Desert Stormer tyre/jack
carrier, Hellroaring twin battery system and the like, and the latter is
bog standard as I've only had it for 4 days!
I've bought this latest 80 for, among other things, a trip to Mali with
a mate this New Year - which leaves me reflecting on the irony of having
all the adventure bits sitting on the one in SA!
Julian tells me there are lots of new people on the list (since I left
it to temporarily move abroad), so Hello! to them and to everyone else.
Okay - here are my questions:
1 - Oil etc - I'm just wondering what sort of oil those of you who
change your own are putting in your diesels at the moment (engine,
tranny and diffs)? It would be nice to find a place where you can get
say 25 litre drums of the right stuff at the right price? Also, does
anyone have an opinion on those cheap 'Boshi' filters that Milner sell?
2 - Tools - Sadly my new cruiser hath no toolkit or jack. Does anyone
have any surplus bits of the standard toolkit they'd like to flog me -
especially the jack handle and standard jack, before I make a trip to
the highwayman, Mr Toyota?
3 - Strange valves - This is my first 1HD-FT - could someone tell me
what the 2 disc shaped valve things on the inlet manifold (on their own
branch of it) are for?
4 - Paint - Just a long shot - the GX is green (as many of the ones that
aren't red are!). Has anyone found a commonly avaialbe touch up - for,
say, another manufacturer that is a close match?
Anyway - nice to be back on the list. Look forward to meeting some of
you guys sometime.
Regards,
Andy Bell
t: 07966 875 146
m: <mailto:[Email address removed]> [Email address removed]
Just a quickie to reintroduce myself - having left the group about 6
months ago - and generally do the prodigal son routine.
I'm Andy Bell, 31, married with a young daughter, business systems
consultant, wannabe desert explorer and I've got 2 80 series cruisers.
One is a '95 UK spec VX petrol (1FZ-FE) which is in South Africa, where
I'm trying to live, and a newly purchased '97 UK spec GX diesel (1HD-FT)
which is in Clitheroe, where I actually do live at the moment. The
former is quite modded, with OME suspension/caster correction,
polybushes, FrontRunner 168 litre sub tank, Desert Stormer tyre/jack
carrier, Hellroaring twin battery system and the like, and the latter is
bog standard as I've only had it for 4 days!
I've bought this latest 80 for, among other things, a trip to Mali with
a mate this New Year - which leaves me reflecting on the irony of having
all the adventure bits sitting on the one in SA!
Julian tells me there are lots of new people on the list (since I left
it to temporarily move abroad), so Hello! to them and to everyone else.
Okay - here are my questions:
1 - Oil etc - I'm just wondering what sort of oil those of you who
change your own are putting in your diesels at the moment (engine,
tranny and diffs)? It would be nice to find a place where you can get
say 25 litre drums of the right stuff at the right price? Also, does
anyone have an opinion on those cheap 'Boshi' filters that Milner sell?
2 - Tools - Sadly my new cruiser hath no toolkit or jack. Does anyone
have any surplus bits of the standard toolkit they'd like to flog me -
especially the jack handle and standard jack, before I make a trip to
the highwayman, Mr Toyota?
3 - Strange valves - This is my first 1HD-FT - could someone tell me
what the 2 disc shaped valve things on the inlet manifold (on their own
branch of it) are for?
4 - Paint - Just a long shot - the GX is green (as many of the ones that
aren't red are!). Has anyone found a commonly avaialbe touch up - for,
say, another manufacturer that is a close match?
Anyway - nice to be back on the list. Look forward to meeting some of
you guys sometime.
Regards,
Andy Bell
t: 07966 875 146
m: <mailto:[Email address removed]> [Email address removed]