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Hi everyone, excellent site you have here. Really good info, and for that I thank you!

I lived in New Zealand for a little while in 2010, a buddy of mine had an L300 that he drove the mountains every weekend. Needless to say I fell in love with these rigs, and resolved to own one someday. It only became feasible for me in the last year or two and alas one popped up on the ol internets and I went for it. Had to jump though all the importation hoops to get it home from BC, id be glad to share my import story if anyone is interested. Anyway, I made an awesome ski trip out of the whole process. :) and now I have a permanently Montana registered 1990 Super Exceed! Can't wait for more adventures with this thing.

Like others have said here, I have lots of noob questions, but I've been clearing them up with all the great info on the site.

She starts a bit rough in the cold, 0C or less, it takes considerable turning over and choke to get it to hum. And when it does, its not without smoking out the whole neighborhood. The glow relay seems to go for an acceptable amount of time ( 5-15s ). I pulled and checked the resistance on all the glows, they are the stock plugs and all had equal resistance, I wiped them off a bit too there was lots of black crap. Then I cleaned and lubricated all the battery connections and connections on the glow system. It starts right up now, with no smoke. Sadly it has been unseasonably warm here, so until it gets cold again will be the real test.

It's otherwise running great! but I do have some concerns from learning about the 4D56T for the future. i'm at 205000km and it sounds like the cylinder head / head gasket is what i need to keep an eye on. Currently there are no signs of overheat or overpressure in the coolant, so i guess i'll just keep researching on how to prolong having to to the work on that.

I'm looking forward to adding some off road lights (any suggestions) and a custom roof rack / latter.

Thanks everyone

Nice Van ! Amongst many upgrades-things to do suggestions:
-Find a diesel aditive of some kind or, at least, use some 2 Strokes Oil mixed with your Fuel
-Add an Exhaust Gaz temperature Gauge (a must)
-Put contact lubricant-Dielectric Grease on every plugs-connectors you can find under the Van or Engine bay at first: inside the cabin-dash is not as important.
-Have your ECU Capacitors change by an Electonic Guy (costed me 50$) then your good to go for another 25 Years.
-Have the Steering horn repair (there is a also dedicated post here) before it get stuck when you will use it just like it happened to Chris-Mazda
-I putted aditives in my transfer case, differentials, engine too (luxury) :)
-Put Leds lights if you want :)
-Check the Shock aborber, if they are stock, think about replacing these soon.

As for Roof Rack: you can find a dedicated hight roof Thule bar rack, I think MaxOverdrive also make a nice full roof rack.
Ladder, harder to get, watch for advertizes, some used for sale once in a while: you have to look for a dedicated L300 Hight roof ladder.

These are a few things (amongst other ) I had to do on mine.

Lapprentis

Hey man - nice rig!

I'm in the same boat as far as accessorization (?). I just ordered a set of rigid d2 off road lights on the advice of several knowledgable friends. Expensive but worth it as they have a lifetime warranty is pretty much the universal opinion. I plan to replace my stock brush guard lights with those and go from there if I decide I need more light...probably either a light bar or a couple more D2s mounted to the roof rack. Here are some of the manufacturers I've looked at so far.

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Exterior-Par ... n=S/B40404
http://www.rhinorack.com
http://www.aluminess.com/roof-racks/

Note, I am not particularly interested in OEM or stock parts, as long as they are functional. That last link is a little crazy price wise but they have some nice stuff. I haven't decided on a roof rack yet, as I haven't found one that's just the right length.

edit: I just pulled the trigger on a defender 40504. I'll let you know how it turns out...in a few months :)