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Great pics. Bring on the snow. Looks a very capable bit of kit. I think the land cruiser and the Nissan patrol are some of the best 4wds ever made.
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Dec 14, 2020 10:20:51 GMT
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Great pics. Bring on the snow. Looks a very capable bit of kit. I think the land cruiser and the Nissan patrol are some of the best 4wds ever made. Partol was my other option before i bought the LC. The yhave very similar specs and equally reliable. Yea fingers crossed for snow this year  |
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What an excellent update cheers. Absolutely love seeing it being used properly!
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When I was up in the Northern Territories got talking to a bloke about their wet season. He went out on a trip towing his boat and in the end used his boat to tow his truck!
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When I was up in the Northern Territories got talking to a bloke about their wet season. He went out on a trip towing his boat and in the end used his boat to tow his truck! Haha! Thats amazing! |
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A few years back in Malaysia, I'd just bought a new Isuzu D-Max, the full-fat 3.0L 4x4. There was a group of us used to take some kids from a city orphanage out for a bit of a day. Football, swimming, food, that sort of stuff. So we did. The place we went was to a large clearing, three or so miles into fairly deep jungle, with two river crossings. On the way, they were gentle little babbling brooks, then the heavens opened, as only it can in the Tropics. Crossing them the first time coming back was bad enough, but by the time we made the return trip for the last lot, they were raging, well over the bonnet (no snorkel - completely bog standard vehicle) and it was only because the stream bed was so rocky, you could find some traction as the tyres gripped the higher ones. You know, the ones you normally drive around. I had visions of bobbing my way back to Kuala Lumpur, hydrolocked, moving only by the aid of the current. Fun, fun, fun! Took it for its first service the following week and the workshop manager came over with something sad and yellow, dripping water. "Been wading, have we?" I told him the story and so he dropped and replaced all the diff and gearbox oils as well. They were fine, but no charge. Good man. Car was pretty impressive for just out the showroom! |
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Wow thats a cool story thanks for sharing |
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The old LC has been getting me about nicely in this winter weather we've been having. Really grateful to own it at the moment. I've actually dropped the truck off at my pal at Langley 4x4, our local Toyota truck specialist to have a fair bit of maintenance done. Every few weeks i'd have to charge her up as it seemed the alternator was only charging at just over 12 volts. So ive had the alternator replaced as well as new Aux belts. She was also pulling to one side on the brakes as there was some play in the steering rack so ive had the outer steering knuckles replaced. Also had the diff oils changed and drained and flushed the auto box out with a new filter as well. The bearings on the pulley for the Air con were also noisy so Olly changed those at the same time. The Toyota now run really smooth, the auto gearbox especially. Olly did also find a snapped rear trailing arm, of which you can't seem to get them new, I'm currently looking for aftermarket options but it does seem the Surf has the same length arm so can always get hold of one of those. We had a good covering of snow the other week and it was quite amusing to head out first thing and pass all the people who thought it was a good idea to head out in 2WD cars. My mate broke his Jimny AWD on a lane so i had to recover him. TBH even once the snow is compacted the Mud tyres do struggle, may have to buy some chains for next winter.    |
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Managed to source a rear upper trailing arm for the LC. Came to just £50 with bushes on ebay which is ideal. Managed to fit it on the floor on my drive as well.  The truck has MOT due mid march so i just need two small patches welded on the chassis toward the rear, this will be done next week. Other stuff i'd like to get done include cleaning up the chassis and protecting it when we get some warmer weather. I need to fix or replace the rear locker actuator which has never worked and a really common failure. |
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Had a run around in the old girl yesterday as we took our daughter for a walk down a local by-way, far nicer than walking round our estate with 200 other people. I mounted a UK style plate to the front of the truck. Its usually square and plastic but i keep smashing them off hitting deep water. Hopefully a metal one like this will hold.   Also got a quick pic of the new alternator ad belts as i was swapping over batteries after giving them a full charge off the car  I'm also looking into a winch to hide behind the front bumper. As the LC gets used as a recovery vehicle on a rally stage it will certainly come in handy for that and green laning. |
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Feb 23, 2021 10:10:47 GMT
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I mounted a UK style plate to the front of the truck. Its usually square and plastic but i keep smashing them off hitting deep water. Hopefully a metal one like this will hold. Yup, Metal plate and nuts 'n' bolts work a lot better. I have two plastic plates somewhere between Lentang and the sea!  |
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The truck was due Mot on the 12th so i had it done Friday to make sure it didn't need any work. Luckily the maintenance and upgrades have paid off and she flew through no issues. Thanks to TR Auto Servicing & Repairs in Malmesbury, very professional outfit.   |
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I'd missed this thread but it's a good read. Great to see the truck getting used properly. I know the scary feeling of the truck unweighting in the water, not a pleasant experience (although a necessary risk for me at the time!). Are you going to sell this one over summer again or might it last a little longer on the fleet?
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I'd missed this thread but it's a good read. Great to see the truck getting used properly. I know the scary feeling of the truck unweighting in the water, not a pleasant experience (although a necessary risk for me at the time!). Are you going to sell this one over summer again or might it last a little longer on the fleet? Thanks for taking a look. I popped down the same ford yesterday to do a photoshoot and its about half the height it was now. I would usually sell my 4x4 come summer but this LC simply does too many jobs for me to warrant selling it at the moment. I only really have cambelt and rear locker actuator to fix and shes spot on. |
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Yes, it would be a shame, having done all the work and got it to this stage, to let it go and have to start all over again come autumn! Mind, having run the same Range Rover for eight years now, I'm not the right one to comment! |
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Mar 15, 2021 17:27:09 GMT
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 Yesterday was a perfect day to test out the new Maxxis Wormdrive AT’s we acquired in a 285/75/16 fitment. Local Salisbury plains offers a huge variation of terrain for such a small area. With the weather being the way it has been there was a mix of dry, wet and tracks somewhere between the two. I have done some motorway and A road driving on these tyres and you can hardly hear them in comparison to the MT Cooper Discoverers we just had removed. They certainly feel more stable on the road. We have been running around 34 psi all round as the LC is a heavy truck.  We dropped the tyres down to just 30psi which isn’t as low as we would go on MT’s but they seem to have a softer sidewall so offer a larger footprint at higher psi. On military gravel roads they really do feel fantastic offering superb control at reasonable speed. Some will know that the Plains offer a mix of mud and chalk which in semi dry conditions can be a real challenge. Even on a steep incline the LC was quite happy towing our pals Jimny out of a deep rut whilst the AT’s were sat on damp chalk, all be it with centre locker engaged. We were glad for the little Suzuki though as we tackled a large puddle that went from gravel to deep mud very quickly and even with the centre locker the AT’s just weren’t quite man enough to churn the Landcruiser out. You can feel the difference in sludgy mud that they don’t quite have the tread depth required but they still get through most of it.  But in reality, that’s fine. We don’t very often pass through really bad mud on the lanes and considering the road miles we do the AT’s are a great compromise, perfect for those long trips into Mid Wales to tackle the likes of Strata Florida when we are permitted again. We also found that they don’t clog up with slick mud as much as we expected them too. With the same pattern as the BF Goodrich tyre at a much lesser cost we would choose these over a BF any day. A firm 9/10 for all terrain use on our hefty LC90.  For those interested our tyres were supplied and fitted by Save on Tyres, all fitted and balanced at our home in record time so great service from the fitters too.  |
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