Thread: BJ73 Landcruiser

NO!

Me too. Dangit

Originally Posted by gimp

Me too. Dangit

Yea its a bit worn alright, got a mate who is handy with a welder and grinder? He could build up the male part to fit the wear in the female and get a few more years out of it.

Altho a new part may not be that expensive if your lucky.

Where would I get parts in NZ? Looking for door weatherstripping etc - found it online in Oz but is there a good NZ source? I like online shopping but I guess I should just call my local Toyota dealer with part numbers?

Clutch gave out last weekend while a mate was borrowing the truck, had to drive up the Greymouth with the gf and top up/bleed the system to get it back home. It's been leaking from the master cylinder through the clutch booster & through the firewall, paint is stripped under the carpet & lightly rusted. Not sure what I'll do about that as presumably the carpet/felt is still soaked with brake fluid so there's presumably not much point re-painting? Cleaned it up and rust-killed it anyway. Also have a new master cylinder and have drained the clutch system, waiting for a 10mm flare wrench and blowtorch to arrive this week to get the old clutch line off. Probably need to have a look at the clutch booster/seals also but don't really know til I get it off. Apparently about 1200AU for a new genuine Toyota booster, if you can find one.... Might have to look at getting it rebuilt. Presumably some playing with the vacuum hoses will tell me whether it's working or not.

Drivers footwell/firewall under the carpet/felting







Also found a lot of rust in my passenger door (noticed it while bleeding the clutch) so I spent this afternoon making space in the garage then pushed the truck inside and stripped/pulled the front door, going to the local panel beaters tomorrow to get cut out & welded.

Only fits with about 80mm clearance overhead, good thing I haven't bought suspension parts yet




One patch of rust - it's also rusted out badly along the bottom where water obviously pools, sort of behind the weatherstripping.


Also started finding/pulling some mystery dead wiring the other day, traced one wire back along the chassis to disappear into the rear quarter, pulled the tail lights and found some minor rust starting

Cleaning & rust killing





My rear right quarter also appears to have a healthy coating of bog on quite a lot of it. Doesn't go right through so presumably it had some surface rust that needed filling at some point?? There is however some minor surface rust starting on the back of the taillight recesses inside the read quarters.




Current plan is to fix a few mechanical things and any bad rust I find, then next summer strip and fully repaint everything taking care of whatever rust I find, also chuck in suspension, turbo, new rims & tyres at the same time. FRP top needs some love, also want to build a rear bumper with spare wheel carrier to take the weight off the door so I'm on the lookout for an arc welder...

Ain't old Toyotas fun
Weatherstripping for my 89/93hilux is only available x Japan.gutter rubber over drivers side $240 NZD

I'm thoroughly enjoying how easy things are to take apart! Except for rusty bolts - hence the blowtorch that is coming...

Snapped a rusty bolt off in my mates Hilux alternator last weekend and spent 3 days trying to get it out, eventually went for the $20 to the local engineering shop solution. Never again! (Use the right tools, patience and do the job properly, and have a welder on hand to tack on something to get it out if the first two options fail)

Originally Posted by gimp

I'm thoroughly enjoying how easy things are to take apart! Except for rusty bolts - hence the blowtorch that is coming...

Snapped a rusty bolt off in my mates Hilux alternator last weekend and spent 3 days trying to get it out, eventually went for the $20 to the local engineering shop solution. Never again! (Use the right tools, patience and do the job properly, and have a welder on hand to tack on something to get it out if the first two options fail)

Thats the one. Don't break them in the first place. Get it red hot (if you can) with the propane torch, cool it down with crc and the heating\cooling cycle breaks the rust bond and sucks the crc into the thread. Work it backwards and fowards slowly and take it all the way out.

If you do break a nut then often you can get it out by either cutting a slot in what remains with a dremmel and using a flat bladed screwdriver or by welding a nut onto what remains and taking it out that way.

Replace with a new bolt and run a tap through the thread for good luck.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

Thats the one. Don't break them in the first place. Get it red hot (if you can) with the propane torch, cool it down with crc and the heating\cooling cycle breaks the rust bond and sucks the crc into the thread. Work it backwards and fowards slowly and take it all the way out.

If you do break a nut then often you can get it out by either cutting a slot in what remains with a dremmel and using a flat bladed screwdriver or by welding a nut onto what remains and taking it out that way.

Replace with a new bolt and run a tap through the thread for good luck.

I tried the cutting a slot method in the broken bolt in that alternator, it did not work. Then I snapped off an ez-out in it. Then I tried to drill that out. Then I took it to my local welder and he charged me 20 bucks to tack a bit of steel on and wind it out. Then I decided to buy a welder.

Originally Posted by gimp

I tried the cutting a slot method in the broken bolt in that alternator, it did not work. Then I snapped off an ez-out in it. Then I tried to drill that out. Then I took it to my local welder and he charged me 20 bucks to tack a bit of steel on and wind it out. Then I decided to buy a welder.

The ez outs are hardened steel so if you break one of those you are really in trouble! Welding a nut to it heats it up as well which can break the rust seal. There is a black art to rusty bolts.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

The ez outs are hardened steel so if you break one of those you are really in trouble!

Unless you know how to do it.

Your getting there though which is the main point ah.

Does anywhere in NZ sell genuine Toyota parts cheaper than a dealership? Frickin 700+ bucks for parts that would be 320+ shipping from an online seller in the us

Originally Posted by gimp

Does anywhere in NZ sell genuine Toyota parts cheaper than a dealership? Frickin 700+ bucks for parts that would be 320+ shipping from an online seller in the us

Have you looked in Australia? Better exchange rate and heaps of cruiser owners.

Originally Posted by gimp

Does anywhere in NZ sell genuine Toyota parts cheaper than a dealership? Frickin 700+ bucks for parts that would be 320+ shipping from an online seller in the us

It's been years since I brought any land cruiser parts (actually decades as the catalog has 1999 on it) but these blokes used to be the absolute snizzle

NZ 4wd Parts and Accessories (Auckland)
09 2636021
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I have a complete break booster off a HJ60 in my garage if it's compatable and any use to you.

The best way to handle this is to buy another cruiser with a clapped out motor and park it in a shed for spares.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

It's been years since I brought any land cruiser parts (actually decades as the catalog has 1999 on it) but these blokes used to be the absolute snizzle

NZ 4wd Parts and Accessories (Auckland)
09 2636021
info@4wd.co.nz

I have a complete break booster off a HJ60 in my garage if it's compatable and any use to you.

The best way to handle this is to buy another cruiser with a clapped out motor and park it in a shed for spares.

Cheers

Booster appears fine; the brake issue was a vacuum leak from my busted clutch booster.... solved by simply disconnecting that and capping the outlet on the vacuum reservoir for it. Will remove the reservoir and fittings for it from the vacuum pump some time which will make some space and properly solve the problem. The clutch booster is going in the bin, going to adapt a clutch master from a non-boosted cruiser to fit mine, just have to knock a captive nut off the firewall and modify the clutch line I think. Which will make even more space around that right hand side of the engine...