Recent content by essexpete

I had a similar problem and way beyond my mechanical ability plus time. The cause was my fault. Our own mechanic, who is exceptionally good, was not well at the time and I could not find anyone locally to me in Essex to do the job. In the end Gary Rigby (80 Breaker) sent a truck to pick up the...

So reading your summary Frank, best have the engine out for a proper re-build or swap?

I would doubt a worn UJ on the prop would be intermittent.

Don't forget eye protection

Keep us posted!

It sounds to me like a piston is hitting the top end. Might have spun a BE and allowed slop. I am no expert but a fuel issue would likely cause a miss fire not a knock like that. Although we did have a tractor engine that over fueled due to a leaking heat pilot and that did cause knocking. We...

Assuming you have fully charged batteries, you could try disconnecting both earth terminals, switch on the key and then reconnect the batteries. This used to work on our one fitted with the alarm the main agents fitted (Scorpion)

I had a wet foot well for ages then massive coolant loss. Turned out to be a pipe to the rear passenger heater matrix. Just bypasses.

Personally I doubt you will find a really good second hand set at a sensible price. The youngest vehicles are now 27 years.

I just removed the relay (IIRR), as said above, the engines are good starters.

Does your engine have the pre heat in the air intake? I had a problem nearly 20 years ago with the heater not cutting out and dragging down the batteries. On short journeys the alternator could not cope with the draw and the batteries would fairly quickly drop below starting ability. On a...

Good colour that did not show the dirt. Our J reg had a horrible brown interior.

My 95, probably late '94 build has just a drivers air bag. Anybody' s guess as to whether or not it would deploy properly. Then there is huge chunky grab rail for the passenger to hit in the event of a head on. They are what they are, a design from the 1980s.

Which country you are located in and the cost of fuel may have a bearing on your decision. My old diesel will do about 22/23mpg chugging around local. Very light footed long journey may see 28/29mpg. Start driving hard and the mpg will drop below 20mpg. The auto petrol are much more fuel hungry...

The 2 land cruisers I have owned have started instantly without heat. Generally lack of combustion heat will lead to grey smoke emitted from the exhaust (unburnt fuel). I wonder if your fuel system had lost prime for some reason or you have an intermittent electrical fault?