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For a long time, I've been known for being overly meticulous about how I drive and maintain my cars. With Barbie, this obsession has reached a whole new level. As part of my "GDP" (Good Driving Practices), I now follow these standard steps religiously: Warm-Up: After starting the car, I wait...

My current Techstream doesn’t always work. It gets disconnected at will so I found this new model and ordered. Exited to try this new one. Anyone tried this new model.

Even though it’s not directly about the Land Cruiser, I’ve been thinking about how much I value the safety of our old Landcruisers without all the high-tech gadgets of today’s cars. Yesterday, I was driving an EV6, which is less than a year old and loaded with all the latest driver assistance...

Hello Everyone, Its time for summer major service. This time I am changing ATF (just drain and fill, level check), AHC bleeding, engine oil+filter change and prop shafts greasing. I will do all these myself but for CV boot/axle grease leak and brake upgrade I took an appointment at LAR 4X4. I am...

Dear All, I added .14ltr petrol in my tank and quickly realised it was wrong. Then I filled rest of the tank with Diesel. Is it ok to drive with about 0.2 ltr petrol in 93 Ltrs Diesel. I added BP Ultimate Diesel. Please advice

Dear All, My experiment with techstream 13 didn’t go well and ended up spoiling my laptop while trying to install Windows 10. Now I found a friend who is Linux guy and he told he ll get it fixed but asked if tech stream runs on Linux, it’s even easy for him to fix and set it up for me. Please...

A month ago I changed the engine oil and filter. While doing I noticed the leak from the front differential is still there. I opened the fill plug to check the level and oil overflowed from it. I waited until it stopped and fitted it back. Since then the car started making some new noise at the...

Went to meet a friend in Innsbruck, Austria. He was there to attend a workshop and asked if I am nearby and can meet so I decided to drive there. Partly inspired by all the travel stories I heard during our camping meets and to test myself and my machine I took up this trip. The inbuilt satnav...

Dear All, I planned to go to Austria to meet a friend next week. It seems snow chains are mandatory so I looked at one website to buy them. On the website I got below message after entering Landcruiser details and the available options that came up are quite expensive. Is it true that these...

Since I purchased the car my rear AC vents were blowing hot air even after setting the temp to low but the front ones and the cooler work fine. I asked Craddock to check that when the car went there. He told he took out everything and its very complicated but did something and its working. I...

On Monday this week, I did bleed AHC system on my car. Got about 1.5 litres out from 4 bleed valves. The fluid was not pink but was brownish. Since I had about 4 litres left out from the new can, today I repeated the process again for 4 bleeders. Actually, the fluid in the system was not AHC...

Dear All, I am looking for the below part. I am first trying to find if anyone has a spare or something that fits here before going to Toyota. This is a transmission oil pan shield. This was somehow missing from my car.

I ordered 3 Genuine Toyota Long Life Red Coolant 5 Litres Pre-Mixed cans for my car but later decided to go for the super long life pink one as per my owners manual and purchased that one. To return this I will end up paying 10 - 15£ to courrier instead I can give it to anyone here with that...

Now I changed the oil on Sunday and I overfilled it so took off 1 liter yesterday. Since I changed the oil and filter I didn't drive the car and the engine was on for a max of 5 to 10 mins. When I took out the oil it was so dark. Now thinking of changing the oil after 2000 miles and continuing...

Hi All, I changed both diff oils at 53800 miles from a garage. Later oil was dripping from drain plug and was wrong oil so on 22Apr22 at about 56500 miles changed it at another garage. This time also they filled wrong spec along with overfilling. 10 liters instead of 6.1 liters. I didnt bother...

Today I finally finished detailing our LC (roof pending) and took it for a satisfying drive, got a wine n drank. Now it’s Easter, friends came we celebrated Easter in Kerala style. Now kids wanted ice cream so I asked my friends wife to drive n I sat in back seat with kids. At a small road...

Doctor- by definition is one who shares knowledge (not the one who prescribes medicines) Mechanic or Engineer- one who designed or repairs equipment (cars) on which our life depends My logic- doctor is supposed to tell us how to take care of our body and we are responsible solely for...

Just wondering if anyone else tried Manicci customised car floor mats.? I ordered them. Might arrive in a month

Hi all EBay seniors. I finally placed my first order on eBay with my card. :) it’s Toyota OEM wind deflectors for 124£ After placing order, there was a message that I ll get 16.5£ cashback. When I clicked, it took me to other site asking all my card details. I didn’t enter my details there but...

Dear All, Took to wheel alignment today, there were reds all over, some are corrected and some left for next time as I went just before they were closing. However, I came across this strange wheel fitting as in pic where wheels are are not in straight line. Is it common for Landcruisers to...

Dear All, When I went under the car for greasing prop shaft, I looked where all I can put grease on, didnt find any other than those 6. There are many other joints under the car and looked at youtube and found Scotty Kilmer's video on lubricating rubbers on joints. It looks like AT 205 is an...

Dear All, Sorry another doubt again. I dont remember where I read but yesterday while reading about differential oils, I read that it is recommended to use 4 Lo from time to time otherwise it will seize and not function when needed. Is this true? If its true, will it apply to all off road...

Dear All, I am looking for Toyota diagnostic special tool with part number 09843-18040. This part number is available in other countries and currencies but not showing up in Pounds in UK. I am trying to check autotransmission fluid level and we need either OBD computer or this special tool...

I was looking at google trending stats for some songs, then randomly looked for Landcruiser and rangerovers. The result was interesting as there are clear Landcruiser and rangerover territories

Last weekend went to Lake District with friends. It is not any big or adventurous trip by Landcruiser standards but helped me gain more confidence in my Landcruiser. I was confident to stop at inclines on the passes to give side, knowing the car won't skid and slip and will pull at any incline...

Dear All, I have SGS 6 ton axle stands brand new ones in the box. I ordered extra and to return I ve to pay 15£ n extra work of carrying them to drop off point. If anyone need pls let me know. I asked a friend to post on Facebook market place for 25£ per pair. Collection only but if anyone...

Hello everyone, Today found time to empty Landcruiser and spray water underneath to clean any mud from pub meet. While cleaning I tried to see AHC bleeding nipples and found only 2 but YouTube says 4. So came back n started looking for videos n found a video mentioned west coast off road. Now I...

A friend of mine has a Lexus RX450h, he is planning to sell it and buy another SUV for 3000£. his choice was RX400h but I was wondering if we can get a decent Landcruiser for that price without any classical rust issues. He ll use this car softly like a family car. Due to his height he wanted SUV

Might be a silly post beer question. Does anyone from our club have any YouTube channel on Landcruisers. All the LC videos I find are from US, Australia or other countries. didn’t find many from UK. Don’t know if YouTube is showing that content like google or if we don’t have any here.

Dear All, So far with the inspiration of posts and suggestions from club members and suggested youtube videos, i managed to remove cabin air filter and check. Also checked engine bay air filter and managed to open the struck engine oil cap. I saw a Australian video on oil change and asked if...

Dear All, Sorry to bother you on this post. I am preparing for Aug meet and have next weekend to buy everything. I am getting a tent but I posted that on other tent post. Please suggest what I need in below list. I was thinking to come in two cars so if my car is doing any off roading, mrs can...

I didnt find any suitable place for this topic as all other rooms were about serious mechanical things so posting this here. I always used Meguiars quick detailing, quick wax for in between top ups, Autoglym products for claying, polishing, bumpers, plastics, leather seats, alloywheels and...

Hello everyone, I realised I actually never introduced myself and jumped into the club from back gate after seeing all posts. Sorry about that. Let me finish the first lesson. Raj is one of my names. People gave me different names but never bothered. One of my workplaces asked me if it’s ok...

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If you're mostly analytical and methodical in your thinking, you're said to be left-brained. If you tend to be more creative or artistic, you're thought to be right-brained. In other words let’s say left is logical right is emotional This is non technical just pure discussion n chill I am...

Not sure which thread to post this so looked around. If its AHC, break pipes, rust or the worth of Land Cruisers in UK itself. Please advice if the car is worth keeping with these issues. My car is 2014 LC200 4.5 V8 with 52000 miles on it. I got it in April this year. Last week it had '4 wheel...

My car had 2 rear Dulnop grantrex SJ6 winter tyres and same spare wheel. Front two were Grandtrek PT2A. I noticed one of the front tyre had a crack. I sent it for checkup and mechanic told the tyre with crack should not be used so I asked to replace with spare one. Now I have three winter tyres...

I sat in my LC200 and went to midlands safari (could not drive so took back seat). it was long drive on M40. 1. I was surprised by how quiet it was on motorway compared to my honda and lexus. I always thought petrol cars are better than diesel when it comes to noise but LC200 can beat lot of...

Dear All, This is the first time I am in a diesel car of this size. I took a LC 200 4.5 D model for a test drive. When I started driving the car it displayed eco symbol and the car felt power less and moved too slow and I had to press the throttle hard for car to move quickly. it didnt feel...