Hi, new owner of KZN185.

[Lewd Lux Lover]

Hi all, just checking in. Forum helped alot with research into the purchase so thought I should join and say thanks.

thanks.

Hoping to do a number of longevity mods to the engine and generally keep it in the condition I recieved it it.

Its a great truck so far.

[surfenstein]

Hi all, just checking in. Forum helped alot with research into the purchase so thought I should join and say thanks.

thanks.

Hoping to do a number of longevity mods to the engine and generally keep it in the condition I recieved it it.

Its a great truck so far.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

[yoshie]

Hello

[Growler]

Hi

[budweiser]

hi,
pics please?

[Lewd Lux Lover]

Ah, yes, pics. My phone went and threw itself off the mortal coil so I'm on a £5 tesco handset at the moment

I fancy giving her a good claybar and paint renovation and getting a proper profile up. in the mean time this was the advert:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-Hi-...vip=true&rt=nc

She was owned by the local publican and she only put 10k on her since import in 2009. But for a seaping steering rack the vehicle is pretty minty.

I have a soft spot for white imports. Dont ask. I totally realise its the worst colour for a 4x4 but I dont care!!

[Black Sheep]

Hi and welcome

[Karma Supra]

Hello and welcome... truck looks good!

As for steering racks, I got a refurbed one from Roughtrax, pretty cheap, delivered fast and did the job nicely.. I fitted a set of their steering rack polybushes while I was at it... not too bad a job on these!

(much better than on the V8 soarer that belongs to a friend that I did a few weeks back!)

[Lewd Lux Lover]

Cheers. thats good to know. I just got a delivery from roughtrax for the first service. I'm going to keep an eye on the rack. the truck had been sat for quite a while in a garage so I am hoping a bit of use will refresh the seals a bit and get some movement into it all. Its not even dripped, its just damp so far. If not it'll be a recon for sure.

I'm going to clean up the trans sump and nib up all the nuts and see if that sorts that out. Thats just damp as well but I'm not the type to leave a leak to develop.

[Karma Supra]

If not its not a huge job to whip off the Transmission sump clean all the old sealant off and reseal... (much easier if you undo the front 4 prop shaft nuts and place it to one side....

Its also allows you to change more of the fluid than you would normally by just letting it drain out. I usually order the proper Toyota orange instant gasket stuff off Ebay. its not that cheap but you know it'll work, and you easily get 2, maybe 3 "seals" at a pinch from a tube.

[Wolfracer]

Hello again!

[Lewd Lux Lover]

cheers karma thats on the list of things to do. The fluid has just been changed so I'll leave it for the now but for the time it takes when changing it out it'll be well worth re sealing it. Quality instant gasket will always pay you back!! always..

@wolfracer: There a few multiroomers then... its worth bouncing back and forth for sure. First £10 is in the pot

[Wolfracer]

cheers karma thats on the list of things to do. The fluid has just been changed so I'll leave it for the now but for the time it takes when changing it out it'll be well worth re sealing it. Quality instant gasket will always pay you back!! always..

@wolfracer: There a few multiroomers then... its worth bouncing back and forth for sure. First £10 is in the pot

I pop back once in a while to see whose heads have cracked recently...

[Lewd Lux Lover]

OUCHY!



It did make me laugh when on roughtrax you see ''HEADS'' in the same search areas as oil filters and fluids... Tells you they are almost a consumable....