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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013  
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Superb
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12th Aug 2012 8:12am |
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| wslr Member Since: 18 Jul 2010 Location: Wellington, Somerset Posts: 581
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What happened to the Land Cruiser?
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12th Aug 2012 9:51am |
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| quentin Member Since: 23 Jul 2012 Location: on tour Posts: 119  
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ok we were half way into our 3 month trip and as far as you can get away from home in the diagonally opisite side of the country from where we live. before we left I took the Land Cruiser in for its 450,000 klm birthday and got it compression tested and turbo checked and the compression was within factory spec, not bad for such a high mileage car, so I got the injector pump recoed, 6 new injectors, timing belt & tensioner and tappets done (bill for that lot was $4500). So confident that the car was in good nick off we went 20,000 klm later minding our own business & were just about to hit one of the countries most notorious roads (in the terms of vehicle damage) and suddenly the noise stopped, we coasted to the side of the road . The engine spun over like it had no compression at all, I was just a little worried, Luckily we were only about 50 klm from Broome & had mobile coverage so called for a recovery In the two hours it took for the truck to arrive I pulled the timing belt cover off to find this ....  Click image to enlarge The Cam had seized & the force has twisted the belt tensioner & split the belt - very ugly Because of the corrugations on the road there was a lot of suspension noise se we didnt even hear the bang When the truck driver arrived he said another 10klm up the road and we would not have gone any further it gets too rough, we would have to have left it there. Luckily because we were so close to a town he took us to the local; caravan park , which is one of the nicest weve been to with a resort atmosphere & pool with palm trees & stuff, very nice place to be stranded. We did our sums & the options were spend $15,000 on getting an engine shipped up from Perth & waiting two more weeks, not worth it on such an old car, so we solt it to the local scrap yard for $1000 and spent $30,000 on a 105 series toyota. Rang the Scrap Yard a few weeks later & they said 3 bent valves & holes in two pistons. Have to thank our lucky stars that it didn't happen on a Remote road, can cost upwards of $10,000 for a recovery, which is why you find so many broken vehicles left where they are. ( our tow was only $350) Now I'm back in a Landrover, I cant think why I was ever so silly to buy a Toyota, I doubt theres nothing I cant fix myself on a Landrover , and I'm especially happy the Td5 dosent have a timing belt. |
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12th Aug 2012 10:51am |
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| wslr Member Since: 18 Jul 2010 Location: Wellington, Somerset Posts: 581
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Ouch!
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12th Aug 2012 5:12pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Great pics and write up Quentin, I'd love come over there and sample some of that beautiful vast country
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12th Aug 2012 9:28pm |
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