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Hot off the press - 78/79 series cracking front diff housings Scott and Kurt, Recent local experience with 78/79 series cracking front diff housings here in Australia. Photos were supplied by "bima13" and "gerryp" over on a forum called Land Cruiser Owners On Line (LCOOL.org) The...

How have the cruisers been holding up so far? The per trip inspection is a must. Have a close look at where the front control arm bolt to the front diff. There have been a few reports of cracking the bracket on either side that left innoticed will propagate into the front housing and cause a...

Very cool work!

A tribute to the "Old girl" Like many times in life when you stop to ponder it give you time to reflect. In this case, I often wonder how my old 80 Series is doing. It was a solid vehicle and super reliable. It had all the mods with the exception of a powerful engine and solid...

Rear lower control arms - time for an upgrade For the cruiser aficionados out there, you will know that the rear lower control arms on the 100 series are an improvement over the 80 series (speaking of the factory units here). You will also know that these are prone to damage if your vehicle is...

Yes, current plan is early in 2014...

Thanks for the post. I has been a while! Did read updates on your thread. Still out exploring?

Looking forward to a few stories from this adventure as it unfolds!

Monitoring the engine vitals. Another important aspect for turbo diesel engines is being able to monitor key engine parameters. The most common ones are: Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) and Intake Boost Pressure (Boost). There are others such as oil and coolant temperature but in most cases EGT...

Why do you build a vehicle? All this work on a vehicle is no fun unless you get to use it. Our goal was to have a comfortable, reliable yet capable vehicle for our travels in Australia. The 100 achieves this balance beautifully. We have also been fortunate that we have explored some great...

More power = more fuel? Depends on the driver. I had that done on Monday before meeting up with you guys on Tuesday. Made for an interesting drive home. The burning question is what has this done to the fuel consumption. The answer is it really depends on what the situation was. For...

How do you top off a great day after a dynotune? If that was not enough to put a smile on my face, I was fortunate enough to meet a legend in the Australian 4WD world. None other than MR 4x4 himself (aka Pat Callinan). We had a quick chat about 4WD's, travels (he was heading to Canada) and...

Australia - The diesel engine experts part 2 Now for all of you that have had the opportunity to visit or even live in Australia, you will quickly understand that this is a country that has a love affair with diesel engines. They do love their petrol (gas) engines as well but be warned there...

Australia - The diesel engine experts Care to guess what we are doing here? :ylsmoke:

The remainder - mods, refinements and using the vehicle I've been busy with life of late (lame excuse I know) but that being said we have managed to squeeze in some adventures along the way. I've been catching up here on ExPo and realised that this poor old thread is out of date. Mostly...

I'm interested to see what the SC'd 4.7 will come out as. I should update my build now after reading this, spent a bit of time at the diesel tuner the day before I picked you guys up. Should have been evident by the grin on my face... Really enjoyed the video. Well put together. Funny...

Great build and very well documented. I've been really impressed with the 100 to date. Very capable and superbly comfortable vehicle. All you need is a Turbo Diesel manual in it :sombrero:

Here's to the next segment of this great adventure! Can't wait to see more photos of the Canning Stock route. Cheers, P

Loving the updates. Giving me some serious 4Runner envy! Hard to see in the pictures but with the height of the 4Runner and roof rack, did you require the ladder extension? Cheers, Pierre

Paul, Nice choice of products so far. A few questions about the dual battery set up: What amperage rating is the new 4Runner alternator? Is the battery tray a NL product or a custom unit? Cheers, P