Recent content by Alistair120

I wonder if it's the problem I ran into on a Hilux. After doing mine a mate said he wanted his oil changing and pickup cleaning on his 3.0 Hilux, no problem I said. When I came to do it the sump was totally different to my cruiser, the lower and upper sump were one piece, I couldn't remove the...

This was near Ipstones, Staffs last night. 5-6 inches on the road and visibility was terrible. Large drifts at the sides of the road and on it (I got stuck on one :laughing: ).

Lift the arm up and then try wiggling it around first. I've had them off like this before but sometimes they are corroded onto the spindle.

I'm definitely interested as well. One of the few things I really dislike about the 120 is the uncontrollable rear door. A mate of mine has a Vitara LWB with a swing open door like the 120 but with a gas strut at the bottom, it works well. The 120 should of come with one from the factory, the...

Nice clip. I agree the artic driver was just trying his best to pull the 4x4 out, but he should of given up long before. Spinning his wheels till the made a set of 2 foot deep holes was only going to end one way :smirk:

Changed the oil on mine at the weekend, dropped the lower pan off for a check and it was a similar story. Looks like these engines are prone to it. Before After

Changed the drivers front door check strap. It was worn on the hinge part and clunking loudly when opening and closing the door. Nice easy 20 minute job. Milner to the rescue...£45 for a new genuine one, local stealers wanted £116 +vat!

Nasty. I'm gonna change the oil on mine soon, was thinking of pulling the lower sump off and cleaning the pickup at the same time. I definitely will be now.

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