Who is doing what maintenance today?

[Crispin]

Yep - considering that. FSM says to tighten to 37Nm - this is way more than that!!

Mine was FT+full turn. Half meter bar, made sure key was in properly and gave it what-for. When it snapped loose I was expecting to see something broken. Was an almighty crack.

 

[Trevor]

Very important job, put the club sticker on the 70. Had 2 stickers so one on the 120 as well. Good job Crispin never sent me 3 or I would have had to get another Cruiser to put it on

 

[Chris]

Trev, is that technically maintenance, or is it an upgrade / enhancement?
Beautifully positioned Sir.

Chris

 

[Trevor]

Thought I best put it up high, less chance of damaging it judging by my current escapades.

 

[Dave Docwra]

Checked engine oil today, it was spot on after 3000 thousand & something hard miles

 

[fridayman]

Changed the rear heater pipes as the old ones finally gave up this afternoon. I got the local motor factor to cut me 2 lengths of copper tube and press the little flanges into the ends. Then it was up to me to bend them into the correct shape - this was not as easy as I had thought, but it all seems OK now.

 

[Crispin]

Oil change (again... ) and noticed the front diff is leaking slightly around the fill and drain plug.
Also noticed CV boot is leaking from clamp. Next weekends jobs...

 

[Red Oktober]

Fixed a seized front hub motor by taking the tiny split pin and cog of the motor ...... got 4wheel drive properly now

thanks to Jimbo's youtube tutorial it was a dead easy job to do

 

[adrianr]

Front wheel bearings - inspect, regrease and reset pre load. One less thing for the next service.

 

[AndyCook]

Fitted ASFIR transmission skid plate (my diy effort got a bit reshaped by greenlanes in wales and offroading in Spain!)
and fitted new breather pipe extensions to front/rear diffs, transfer box and autobox - which go to a multiway block in engine compartment and then finally a single extension up the snorkel - courtesty of "bits" supplied by Ecoman

found cause of water in passenger footwell under carpet (which i discovered wiring in the CB) = wires i fed through grommet in firewall under fuel-filter not sealed properly... used mastic to seal it up

 

[Chris]

No maintenance at all this weekend. Nope, not a screw. However, I have used the time to create lots of jobs for the worksheet.

Pulled 2 arches off, multiple dings and crease in the doors, tree shaped dent in the rear tailgate

Oh well. Don't take it if you don't want to break it.

Sniff

On a plus point, tree slider were epic and the new bumperettes were outstanding in fending me off banks etc.

 

[Red Oktober]

Sounds like a good days laneing was had Chris

 

[TonyP]

Washed LB and fixed the handbrake in preparation for the MOT this week.

 

[Chris]

Laning? Not me. If I expected to suffer that sort of damage laning Carl, I'd say that it wasn't really laning. No I was at our local off road site with South Yorkshire Suzuki Club. 2 days of mud n trees. It's not that big but is plenty challenging even in these very dry conditions.

Actually I did have to do some maintenance. I had to find a hose pipe to back flush the rad and condenser. Pulling up an extremely long hill to the site the engine temp went off the scale. I mean right off the dial. All sorts of boiling and tinking noises. Best flush I could give it for about 45 mins, was a good as gold for the rest of the weekend. Time to pull that I think and give it right proper examination.

Chris

 

[TonyP]

Replaced the brake pads on all 4 corners of LB. Man the pistons were in a state. Will need to get new dust covers and a seal kit, plus at least two new pistons, and give them a proper service.....

Also been having a intermittent issue with the Viair compressor in that wit would not always switch on. Turned out to be really dirty and slightly corroded connectors in the Anderson connector. Gave it a good clean and alls good now..... except that the pressure switch does not seem to stop the pump at all. Will look to get a new one of those.

I also replaced the IBS 200A relay that links the two batteries as it seems to have been sticking on. Was also getting a bit warm even if the ignition had been switched off for a few hours.

Finally I bypassed the 3rd battery in the back of LB as it is really dead and was just causing a drain on the main batteries and was not even capable of powering up the computer. Once funds have recovered I may look at buying a proper leisure battery.

All in all a good day, apart from me dropping the trolley jack on my big toe..... sigh Steel toed boots anyone

 

[Rob]

Stripped the front axle down to the drive shafts.

 

[LandCruiser1978]

Re plumbed the EGR on my new shiney 24V

Can i expect better mpg or will it not really be noticable?

 

[Trevor]

This week I fitted reverse and fog lights to the truck as well as finally giving up on getting the horn to work through the MR2 steering wheel. I opted for the old school horn button on the dash instead.

Now I have these fixed, I went to my pay and play today, rolled it on its side and have a new set of jobs to do grrr

 

[Red Oktober]

oops ..

 

[Trevor]

oops or as I think I said immediately afterwards....arse! Now trying to find replacement window rubbers and glass, any pointers from anyone would be gratefully received.