So Landy parts are expensive and hard to get!

[p38arover]

I was at KLR Auto (outer suburbs of Sydney) today when a bloke in an older 75 series Land Cruiser trayback came in. He'd just been to Toyota to get suspension bushes and pins for his Cruiser.

They couldn't supply them. No pins in Oz and only some of the bushes. Cost for what they did have? $450. He was not happy.

That's odd, all the Oz 4WD mags talk about how expensive and hard to get are Landie parts.

[komaterpillar]

The good old toyota tax strikes again bloody muppets and there "superior" Asian 4wd's
Hmmm what else is Asian? Great Wall? Sangyong? I guess we can by default stick all nissans, toyotas, great walls, and sangyongs in the same group because of their common oriental heritage? And say all are unreliable with inferior build quality because of a few shortcomings from a couple of earlier examples?

[TheTree]

Ahh yes some myths die hard

I heard someone at the Expo recently saying "series one parts are becoming hard to get"

Steve

[p38arover]

Of interest to owners of P38A and possibly late model ABS equipped RRC, whilst I was there, Brad handed me a new part in a packet and asked if I recognised it.

I did, and it was something that doesn't appear in the parts catalogue and has been previously unobtainable. It was a brake pump pressure switch.

I had to replace my brake pump some years back when the switch failed. (I kept the old pump just in case.)

I forgot to ask the price. It came from TR Spares in Sydney.

[p38arover]

Ahh yes some myths die hard

I heard someone at the Expo recently saying "series one parts are becoming hard to get"

Steve

Yeah, pretty slack that parts for a car that's not even 70 years old are hard to get.

[Bigbjorn]

I recently went to the nearest Ford dealer for some common bits for my Falcon ute and all the items I required were obsolete, no longer serviced. Off to Norman Park Auto Parts and got the lot from the aftermarket.

Honda and Toyota both used to have ruthless obsolescence policies. No point in supplying parts to keep old ones going. The customers should buy new vehicles. Generally speaking, the people who are keeping old vehicles going do not buy new vehicles so the factory has no interest in supplying their needs.

One of the major European heavy truck makers has a policy that a part number not used in production for x years is no longer serviced by factory outlets and dealers.

[PAT303]

If you want a heart attack price the little digital clock Hilux's have in the dash,or a blinker switch on a Lexus. Pat

[Bigbjorn]

If you want a heart attack price the little digital clock Hilux's have in the dash,or a blinker switch on a Lexus. Pat

A friend once priced four bolt forged dural connecting rods for a classic Euro performance car. The workshop manual said replace at 85,000 miles. After he was resuscitated he explored other avenues. Got quotes from Milodon and Carillo in LA. Had to send a sample. Got the set of six from Carillo in forged steel barely heavier than the dural ones for less than the price of one from the distributor.

[Homestar]

Front disks for my 1989 Commodore - $110 each. Front disks for my 2003 L322 Range Rover - $78 each delivered to my door.

[UncleHo]

Recently I replaced the rear springs and shockers on our D1 TDI,not genuine,Dobinson's springs,Max Gas shockers,all from Repco,admittedly I get trade,but under $375 including.

We did the front a few months ago,vehicle has 390,000k plus on it.