Don't like the adverts?  Click here to remove them

Search results

  1. nathanrobo

    My 50th for sale

    The 100 has gone, a couple of the kids have moaned at me already, but I think it's the right thing to do. I'm sure that the new owner (Steve), will introduce himself at some point. Guess I won't be posting for a while - maybe until I get a hankering for a 200?? The last few years, being a...
  2. nathanrobo

    Rust on the 100

    I think the thing that gets overlooked is that these are fairly old cars now - the first of the 100's will be 19 years old - not too far off being a classic.
  3. nathanrobo

    Wanting to have a land cruiser for overlanding

    I've got a friend with his own LPG tank near Stamford and he has a couple of works vans and a Saab 9000 on gas, without any issues. He reckons that the technology now is much more reliable than in the past. I thought about it when I had a 4.7, maybe back then it wasn't the best time to do it.
  4. nathanrobo

    Wanting to have a land cruiser for overlanding

    That answers that then :-)) One other question (hope it's not hijacking the thread), but has anyone done big miles with LPG?
  5. nathanrobo

    Wanting to have a land cruiser for overlanding

    US trucks will be petrol most likely, no real bad thing, they're cheaper to buy but I have my reservations about reliability at the high mileage end of the scale. I've had the petrol and the diesel. The petrol is a really refined motor, very smooth, bags of power and sounds great! The diesel...
  6. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    There were a number of consumer pieces in the media and a documentary type piece (might have been watchdog). They filmed the arrival of the police along with a representative from Japanese insurance companies. It was a scam on an industrial scale, where cars were pinched in Japan, taken to...
  7. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    I take it that the stolen 100's coming in from Japan via the emirates are now no longer a problem due to age and value?
  8. nathanrobo

    Dead battery or alternator?

    If you keep your batteries in good order and replace well before they die, your alternator will last longer. I'm told that you should replace both batteries at the same time.
  9. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    ... the imports throw a whole new set of spanner into the toolbox... At least it did for me... That's sounds intriguing.
  10. nathanrobo

    electrics

    For anyone reading this with a similar problem - it's worth making sure that you get all of the fuse locations. There's the big box on the n/s under the bonnet There's another small box between the box above and the inner wing - could be over looked There's the fusible links on the offside...
  11. nathanrobo

    Updating Navigation Software??

    I asked this question a few years ago and nobody really had an answer - maybe something's changed? From what I can see there are 3 different satnav - infotainment systems on the hundred series: System that seems to be for other markets 50th Ann combined satnav / climate / sound etc Face lifted...
  12. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    Point taken...
  13. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    Just a thought - but I'm assuming that although the infotainment on the pic above looks a little different, the electronics and config at the back are the same as on the 50th?? Is there anyway to hook up a reverse camera and even DVD sys?
  14. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    Could corrosion relate to how well the truck has been looked after? Both my 100's were very clean underneath, but never off-roaded as far as I know and the only corrosion found during the repaint was a small amount toward the back of the sills - not rotten, just pitting and the same around the...
  15. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    You can colour all of these parts. A mate did his '92 Bentley recently (it was green hide) and he did the day, door cards, seats etc all in wild berry.
  16. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    I wouldn't get held up on the interior colour. It can always be darkened - process is pretty simple - dye supplied by a proper tannery (same dye they use on hydes before they are sold.
  17. nathanrobo

    My 50th for sale

    I can't agree more! In my books you have more security working for yourself... Work for a big company, when sales drop off 5% some people get fired vs. work for yourself and things drop off by 5% you just earn a little less for a while whilst you sort things out!
  18. nathanrobo

    My 50th for sale

  19. nathanrobo

    Cruiser owner in Africa (Zimbabwe and Kenya)...

    Welcome Rob... You'll be in good company here!
  20. nathanrobo

    My 50th for sale

    Removed the injectors for an overhaul (new nozzles), then before refitting, I used a split collet tool to try to remove the injector seats - A bit of metal from the tool broke off and went down the bore. This meant head removal - And then to cut a long story short, I decided after all of the...
  21. nathanrobo

    My 50th for sale

    Put it up on Piston Heads, Car and Classic - And completely gone against what I had said and put it on Ebay. I looked at Autotrader as a third option, but I only very occasionally look there for cars. I hate to say it but maybe Ebay is become the default choice for motors?? In any case AT...
  22. nathanrobo

    Which year / version if you had the choice ?

    UHU's is right about checking out rust. I'll look very carefully at upper / lower tailgates, back of sills and the various supports / brackets underneath. I'd also want to get some evidence that the oils and filters have been regularly changed. Some of the earlier IP's (pre-03 I think) had a...
  23. nathanrobo

    100 series - BEB's

    Thanks UHU I was working on the basis that swarf generated during the break-in would be of a greater micron size than the the carbon that makes the oil go black over time. I was reading some stuff from Mann & Hummel sometime back (which was written in support of centrifuges being used on...
  24. nathanrobo

    100 series - BEB's

    Question: I've done my first oil / filter change with 15/40 mineral after about 140ish miles, I intend to do maybe another 300 on the 2nd fill and then put in the proper Toyota oil. I've used an AMC filter for the first fill (Roughtrax) and then a Hengst filter for the 2nd fill - I'm planning...
  25. nathanrobo

    My 50th for sale

    I only have a few bits, like a new CV (ordered full drive shafts in the end), couple of rear headrests (ivory), some superpolypro control arm bushes (decided to go for the polypro in the end), maybe the odd service item (fuel filter etc).
  26. 28_zpsyn2754ha.jpg

    28_zpsyn2754ha.jpg

  27. Techstream%20home%20page_zpsocziiszt.jpg

    Techstream%20home%20page_zpsocziiszt.jpg

  28. 29_zpsoxbnibvx.jpg

    29_zpsoxbnibvx.jpg

  29. middle%20row%20seats%20rh_zpsaxrjhe3e.jpg

    middle%20row%20seats%20rh_zpsaxrjhe3e.jpg

  30. boot%20lid%20down_zpsegarcxwa.jpg

    boot%20lid%20down_zpsegarcxwa.jpg

  31. RH%20middle%20row_zpsbetqa0a5.jpg

    RH%20middle%20row_zpsbetqa0a5.jpg

  32. 27_zpsgnonnpci.jpg

    27_zpsgnonnpci.jpg

  33. rear%20seats%203_zpsev5zkezd.jpg

    rear%20seats%203_zpsev5zkezd.jpg

  34. Chassis%20and%20steps%20brackets_zpsu0kpylbt.jpg

    Chassis%20and%20steps%20brackets_zpsu0kpylbt.jpg

  35. Engine%20crash%20plate_zps5thhribw.jpg

    Engine%20crash%20plate_zps5thhribw.jpg

  36. suspension%20sphere_zpstreru1v4.jpg

    suspension%20sphere_zpstreru1v4.jpg

  37. transmission%20cross%20members_zpso54cme09.jpg

    transmission%20cross%20members_zpso54cme09.jpg

  38. feront%20end%20underneath_zpsgxsnuyto.jpg

    feront%20end%20underneath_zpsgxsnuyto.jpg

  39. 17_zps6k5f5kxk.jpg

    17_zps6k5f5kxk.jpg

  40. IMG_0877_zpstf8mqg2f.jpg

    IMG_0877_zpstf8mqg2f.jpg

  41. 6_zps07rb46th.jpg

    6_zps07rb46th.jpg

  42. 8_zpsnj3xyt9r.jpg

    8_zpsnj3xyt9r.jpg

  43. 19_zps41dddrbf.jpg

    19_zps41dddrbf.jpg

  44. 16_zps8ugtdbtf.jpg

    16_zps8ugtdbtf.jpg

  45. 9_zpswudcfioz.jpg

    9_zpswudcfioz.jpg

  46. 1_zpslnc0tvny.jpg

    1_zpslnc0tvny.jpg

  47. 21_zpsdafa1fkz.jpg

    21_zpsdafa1fkz.jpg

  48. 50th%20Anniversary%20emblem_zps9nlmjxxo.jpg

    50th%20Anniversary%20emblem_zps9nlmjxxo.jpg

  49. 29_zpsoxbnibvx.jpg

    29_zpsoxbnibvx.jpg

  50. 28_zpsyn2754ha.jpg

    28_zpsyn2754ha.jpg

Back
Top