Toyota Hi-lux engine fault

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Originally Posted by jonesfam

The way I look at the world:
I don't buy Land Rovers for reliability,
I buy them because I like them.

I don't want a fridge.

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Life would be pretty tough, up there, without a fridge, even in winter. [wink11]

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Originally Posted by rick130

Is it a concentric style slave, Paul?
If so, they are good as they do away with the fork, FWD's and all the race cars I used to work on have been using them forever, just a PITA if you need to replace the O rings as you need to split the bell housing.
Can you believe my old Deefer clutch slave had never been changed!!
The MC was a different kettle of fish....


Yep, and that goes for the t/case diff downgrade too.

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Here it is Rick.

Yep,out with the GB,TC,etc[bigsad]

And while your there,may as well replace the clutch......

http://i.stack.imgur.com/lnQMR.png

One of my brothers has done his D1 twice,over 360 000K's.
Two bolts and the fluid line,it falls off.

Not the Puma....[bigsad]

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Originally Posted by scarry

Here it is Rick.

Yep,out with the GB,TC,etc[bigsad]

And while your there,may as well replace the clutch......

http://i.stack.imgur.com/lnQMR.png

One of my brothers has done his D1 twice,over 360 000K's.
Two bolts and the fluid line,it falls off.

Not the Puma....[bigsad]

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Ooooh, I'm just over 400,000 so I'd better check mine, thanks. :spudnikwaving:

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Life would be pretty tough, up there, without a fridge, even in winter. [wink11]

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I run a Roadhouse, I have a Cool Room.[biggrin]

Anyway, what's wrong with our Winter, only got to 31 today, SWMBO had a Cardie on.

Jonesfam

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

you are doing well Trout, even though my D2 never let me down, I spent the best part of $70,000 over 8yrs of ownership, even though I really enjoyed driving it and just loved its capabilities, it was going to cost me around $12,000 more to bring it back to pristine condition when I sold it, so I sold it cheap.

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70k! Is that required repairs and maintenance or tricking it up for fun?

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Originally Posted by edddo

70k! Is that required repairs and maintenance or tricking it up for fun?

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I imagine that 70k includes the initial purchase price and it doesn't take too many dead LR componants/workshop costs to start adding up to serious money.

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I think Land-rover's supposed reliability issues, especially from an electronics stand point, will pale into insignificance when the opposition manufacturers try to follow suit. For instance a contractor's Mazda BT-50 had to to go to the dealer on a tilt tray after it ran out of diesel for a "computer reset".

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There is a constant stream of them on traytops landing at the local service center in caboolture

I saw 3 in the space of 2 hours the other week when i was working near there and I invariably see one when I stopped at the lights at the Beachmere turnoff

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Originally Posted by edddo

70k! Is that required repairs and maintenance or tricking it up for fun?

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I bought it "tricked up", in 350,000km every suspension bush, 3 front driveshafts, 2 fuel pressure regulators, 2 fuel pumps, 3 harmonic balancers, front engine seal, full brake rebuild, both ACE actuators, new dampers all round,o/h power steering, rear main engine seal, gearbox out put seal, transfer case seal,cooling system rebuild, plus professional installations of auxiliary instruments and cb, 6 sets of tyres, cylinder head, replace abs sensors, repair electric window winder mechanisms/rear door lock, plus servicing costs/rego/insurance.
It all adds up and when I sold it I had to choose whether to renew all the worn bits again or get out while I was young.
Funny thing , the replacement vehicle has cost nothing in 3 yrs except a set of AT tyres because they sell them with **** tyres.
I know if I'd spent the $10-12grand on the D2 it would have still cost me a lot more in the ensuing 3 yrs. Nature of the beast.....but the Ranger is boring......but I get 1000km per 84litre tank full etc etc. Sometimes the economics make sense.....and....this irks defender owners.... it's almost a Defender 130 in every way except its shape.

Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see the new defender built for the average joe with an average budget. I realise Land rover have to build to the EU regulations, and if they want to sell in the USA, where the money is [ besides China] diesel engines would have to be regulated almost to their death. Having said that, we don't know what the new defender will be. But, hey, if Mahindra can do it, why not Land Rover?

More on the hi-lux 2.8 engine problem. [ unsealed 4x4]

http://unsealed4x4.com.au/heres-filt...-dust-problem/