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spelling <shrug> since you still have not helped out others by posting the part numbers, cost and where you found the seals, are you any better than the businesses that didn't help you out? Friday is long gone. how did you help anyone with this thread? no one. NONE of the businesses did you wrong, b...

no one is spouting off, each took your post and gleaned the information needed. seals do not suddenly quit, they are a wear item. so unless you were driving across a long grass covered plain where the grass could get wraped around a shaft and tear out the seal, then that seal was weeping for a while...

so, what is the issue? you called 5 different shops and they DECIDED to not help you, which is the right of a business or a individual. no one is under the obligation to help another BUT they could have. being you pulled the original seal the day before a long weekend was YOUR choice, nobody forced ...

congrats guys, it is good to see a bit of mud on the old girls.
when i was still living in Calgary i had planned on building up an off road manual L300 and bought the truck. then i moved, van is still sitting in Japan.

would have loved to been there.

what ends up happening is under too much boost the air is heated (compression creates heat, heat causes air to expand) it is recommended that you run an intercooler if over 14 psi but some vehicles use an intercooler for all boosting. the size of turbo housing and impellers will relate to when the b...

when i rebuilt the one in the L300, the shop dropped the engine/tranny/tcase out the bottom, set it on a cart and removed the tranny and accessories at that time. clean and easier than through the cab.
always think of how it was assembled and work backwards...

a lift is handy for this.

depends if you have a long trunk or long legs...
i am long in the trunk and found the low roof to be acceptable and the high roof with sunroof to be cramped...
the highroof with no sunroof is really nice.

i looked at that one when it was in Japan but passed due to the 5 speed. my customer wants auto.
the inspection came back clean.
i was wondering when it would show up on this site.

24 mpg highway not bad for a brick on wheels at 110 k/h try slowing down to 90, remember these vehicles are geared for 80 k/h (speeds in Japan). it seems every 10 k/h increase in average speed decreases fuel mileage by 2 mpg. so try a slow steady drive on some back roads and see what your fuel milea...

that was enjoyable, love that show.
thanks for posting, i had not seen this one.

snelson wrote:Oh come on - everyone knows the best vehicle for the job is a '63 Opel Cadet!

if you do decide to go with a troopy then i have a line a beautiful 1995 unit, not cheap but VERY clean.
cheers

nice link, thanks for posting...

well, IF you do attempt to replace a piston your way post up a thread with pics. this i HAVE TO SEE to believe. i have not heard of anyone doing a quality repair using this method ... ever.

but what do i know?

and...
there you go...

i am not big on trust either and i buy from all over the world now. similar to the Delica comunity the Land Cruiser world is a small tight nit bunch (biggest difference being the value of the product being purchases) so i use these connections to inspect the units. when i bought from Brisbane recent...