Landcruiser Service 120,000km, Whats Broken?
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- Landcruiser Service 120,000km, Whats Broken?
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Great video mate! I work on a minesite in central Queensland in the light vehicle department servicing the vdj landcruiser on site and we have had the same issue with dust entry in the intake quite a bit! We have removed the factory air box and capped off all entry and exit holes including the drain at the bottom and tested for leaks using a smoke bomb! Have found that majority of them Leak around the seal of the air filter and have combatted this by using a small amount of rubber grease or Vaseline to help the seal each service + bending the clips slightly to get more tension down on the seal.
Thanks for the honest real-world review, Ronny! Keep up the independent great work and don't sell into those big brands,
etc!
thanks for a very well done update Ronnie, things need to be serviced and replaced especially when driven hard like you do. Hope the old girl keeps 4wheeling for another 100k.
I suggest you trash the K&N air filter and fit OEM or equivalent Paper element filter. the K&N is a "performance" filter, it achieves this by flowing more air. it has less effective surface area so to flow more air it will have larger openings and let more dust into your engine. so you make a choice you want an extra 2.5hp or a "dusted" engine? you've seen the dust on the inlet tube! have you done a engine oil analysis, would be surprised if there was not a high silica reading...
That's why Ronny you have so many subs because you do drive and look after your veh like we do and have the same passion as a lot of your viewers do for "YOUR " 4wd
Thanks
My honest thanks for pointing out that on-road vs off-road is vastly different.
I've found the 79 airbox lids don't always make a perfect seal. A small bead of silicone on the sealing surface between the lid and the air filter can help. Also the factory air filters may be a little more restrictive compared to your K&N but they offer much better filtration.
Your comment about the 'other' 4WD shows and your 'real life' vehicle hit the nail on the head. Keep up the real life mate.
Appreciate this video mate. I'm new to offroading and touring, been doing it in a modified Subaru Forester (you'll be surprised where it's gone!). It's a good reminder that things wear out and break even on the "unbreakable" 70 series. Makes me feel slightly better about all the things I've broken 4wheeling around Alice Springs in the past 6 months haha.
Ronny, I would to hear a review of those leaf springs that u have on your cruiser... How they flex, ride comfort, etc, etc..... that would be great if u could 👍
Great videos mate, I'm looking at buying a land cruiser in the next 12 months and have learned so much from listening to your advice. Keep up the great work Ronny . 👍🍻
Hey Ronny, in regards to your damaged steering stops its due to incorrect adjustment of steering stops after a wheel alignment. Get them adjusted so the front stop on the opposite side hits first. Check for cracks in the mounting near the diff too! (:
Another great video good insight to what you'll encounter and expect if you are regularly Wheeling. I would can the k&n filter and just go with the oem paper filter. These "performance " filters yes let more air by but also let more dust and dirt by so in the long term damaging more than protecting your engine. Just swap out filters on a severe duty cycle as I'm sure your on one already. Cheers!
The Toyota service manual says to replace the air filter every 10k at each service. I agree with you - use Toyota and replace at each service or more often.
I used to run OEM filter but got a lot more dust through. I've used them on several vehicles here in Africa and hands down... better filtering and flow every time. I also service other vehicles and they have much more accumulated dust.
Very interesting and informative Ronny. Your vehicles works hard and its great to see the areas we need to watch out for down the track. Keep up the good work, I am a happy Patreon supporter.
Hey Ronny keep in mind that your videos are not only watched in AUS. (Which is obviously nice)
Therefore it's a good addition to know what kind of conditions caused problems, or even not. Like you mentioned the red dust. This wouldn't be an issue in Britain, or Scandinavia etc.
Interestingly head doesn't seem an issue, like for the engine. Regarding the air filter it's worth keeping in mind that you're using a snorkel! If you wouldn't it would have been way worse.
I don't even need to watch the video before rating it... automatic thumbs up every time!
Ronny that’s why we buy these 4wds to use them and to have a great time. Yep I’ll rather replace parts as u need too then go out and buy a new truck every 2/5yrs. Keep paying for car repayments no thanks. Great video mate.
As a thrifty person with much appretiation for good quality products... I chose toyota.... As a person who is interested in offroading.... I eventually went with a thirsty but well loved land cruiser 100. (I have a family so the 100 series fit my overall needs the best)(im in usa and my choices are limited)
As ive been researching ronny has been a big influence in my outlook on 4wd adventuring... I specifically like this vid because there are no products i feel i gotta lust after... But instead... Back to the basics... Take care of your truck- and itll take care of you....
Id easily spend 2k on oem parts or mechanical bits before i finally pulled the trigger on 2k worth of mods/accessories.... Great advise on this video and its good to see what it takes to get out there and get dirty.... Its not the mods/equipment.... Its the responsibility of taking care of the machine you have entrusted to take care of you
Well said mate. I woken up a bit as well. Standard is tougher than modified! Often anyway. Wisdom over youth any day mate.
Cheers and happy four wheel driving, from New Zealand.
Another cool vid mate your Cruiser is going well with its regular servicing
Keep hearing complaints about the narrow rear axle. Seems to be an odd thing for Toyota to do. Here in the States the only reason that is done is for duallies.
Can't understand why they would continue producing the truck with such a highly complained about issue.
Lastly... Extremely jealous over here. We can't get the beast here.
The narrow rear axle is a left over from the 6 cylinder variants. I think Toyota are in no rush to change the assembly line because the 70 series has no competition in its market place.
Awesome video mate, cheers. That exactly what we can't find on TH-cam to show the real example of car not the one is fully sponsored and change after every season.
I am thinking to by a 4WD. But with the budget that I have I can only get +150k kms cars. I've seen your videos, it is correct that most of the times you are driving your car offroad, but you take good care of it and you are careful with it. If you have all these things to fix and change in your car, then I might have a bit of problem with a second hand one! After watching this video, I was thinking maybe I should sell my daily drive and add it to my budget to buy a brand new 4WD!
Looks like you don't have the same rust issues as us here in Canada with salt on the roads but I'm going through and cleaning out inside the frame, then treatment with Ospho rust converter overnight, then spraying Eastwood Internal Frame Coating. Also I noticed some rust starting inside the rocker panels (hadn't made it through yet) so I'll go do that too. Rust from inside the body panels poking through seems to be an issue with LC's in Australia, presumably from the beach driving where the salt takes a long time to wash out from the lack of rain. I think they could benefit from it.
Thanks for this. Ive recently started to service and modify my own vehicle, simply due to affordability and the fact that I cant find a mechanic that wont charge $100 to just look at the car for 10 minutes. Its been difficult, but lm learning. Recently did all fluids successfully, diff breathers and some bar work. Now moving on to lights and suspension and might have a crack at tightening the handbrake.
BeeLeeBoi Good for you. The nice thing about doing the easy stuff (oil changes etc) yourself is you're much more likely to notice more serious issues while you're at it.
Strip the bar work and give it a paint with some bed liner or anti rust paint. Great vid as always!
I live in Europe. The Australian roo bar on my Land Cruiser 78 rusted badly. I had it sandblasted and painted with three layers of anti-rust paint made for sea-going ships. That helped.
very nice.
This where I'm lucky being a mechanic and having experience with mining cruisers ect I can do all this sort of work and the biggest cost is my time i own two Jeeps and a landcruiser and it's a full time job to keep them all in reliable condition because they all get used to their limits.
Ronny, not sure if its been mentioned, maybe a smear of grease around your hub locks might help keep water and dust out.
leaking axle/diff housing: pressure in the diff? breather clogged? and 120k for rotors is awesome!
Hi Ron, thank you for the great videos you produce. I used to own an FJ40 many years ago and loved taking it through sand, mud snow, whatever. I miss those days.
Always good to support your local mechanic, but how many PDP stickers are there on the vehicle haha? Cheers Ronny
hey ronny that front diff is a real issue i had 20k on the clock done the tele track and loyalty got back to bramwell station to discover oil running out of my housing took her to weipa and talked to a few local mechs and its a really common issue rebel autos reckom they use some poly gasket with good results but being under warranty i could only use repco auth repairer but 5 day wait so drove 800 k to cairns toyota they even had multiple kits in stock and done heaps of them but my local dealers never heard of the issue when i head off on my next trip ill be taking the nessary gear to fix on the road anyway keep an eye on it mate
You are my new Steve Irwin. You make awesome vids
wow, at 75,000miles of mostly punishing offroad. that's some quality product there. nice video.
My 2007 Lexus LX 470 is now at 97,000 miles. Only timing belt water pump change, and a rear height sensor replace. Beside that solid product as usual from Toyota.
Your vehicle is driven hard. The items that needed to be addressed seemed normal. Nice vid.
Good honest video as always.
Keep it up as I love watching your vids.
hi Ronny im watching this from Saudi Arabia and im a big fan of your channle sorry for my bad english
Great Vid Ronny! Are you running poly or rubber radius arm bushes? I also have a Jmax rear leaf diff and am worried about the dust ingress. Do you think it is worth trying to seal the endcaps? Have you notified Jmax of your findings and have there been any other reports of this? Cheers
Hi thanks for the video had to get my universals done on my Triton today which is on a bit less then 200 000 km. of which it has also done alot of 4wheelings. anyways guys wont really share what maintenance go's into their vechiles. probally coz they dont want to bash their brand. but your video really inspired me to keep hitting the tracks and that keeping your ute in a good condition is part and parcel to 4wheeling.
In regards to your air filter, why did you take the air spinner off the snorkel, the spinners take out 50% of the dust, without them your ramming down kilo's of dust into your airfilter. Of course any filter will fail. Damaging your engine with dust certainly outways the little but of performance you might gain.Patrick
He said the main reason was to get rid of the sucking noise when the turbo kicks in
Lot of rust spots, goes to show what the river crossings do to our wagons hey. Interesting mate. Cheers Moose
Great video Ronny! THe more I watch these videos, the more I'd like to move down there.
Awesome! more maintenance videos please.
Hey Ronny, great video. Very informative and well presented.
Nice videos Ronny. Great work sir. I appreciate all of your time and work you do. All the way from USA. 👍🏻💪🏼🤘🏻
Awesome vid mate!! Up the cruiser!!
Thank you, Ronny!
Greetings from Slovenia! :)
Thanks for getting rid of the background music. So much better!! Awesome review and info
always nice watching your videos @Ronny Dahl
the number plate SL3PNIR " Sleipnir " Odin's horse. Great video. Thanks
I love your video and your honesty
Awesome vid Ronnie. It has reminded of things that I need to check on the 06 Jeep TJ I just bought.
Your brakes probably wore out so quickly because of the added curb weight due to all the armor and the topper on the back.
Love the comments! You get what you pay for is exactly right.
Lol anyone noticed the auto subtitles for these are So so wrong?
This one starts with....
"Heyyyy Ronny Dale for Willy in Western Australia "
That K&N air filter is letting dust straight into your engine. It belongs in the bin. Infact I would never use a K&N in any off road vehicle that will see dust. Last trip I changed my Genuine Toyota filter 3 times in 15,000 KM and every time the filter was full of dust (doing it's job). Do some research and show us a video on the topic, I'm interested to know whats right and wrong
Ronny god bless you. the people of Dubai love you.
Mounting the alternator so low is a major design flaw.
LC's are expensive to own. The maintenance cost is high.
When you maintain an LC and drive it nicely it'll always be reliable.
Service every 10000km is vital and changing the oil and filter along with the air filter every 5000km is also a good idea.
Stateside that's considered a break-in period.
Thanks Ronny...good vid again mate...keeping it real! I need to do some work on my beast myself!
Great clip Ronny, keep them coming
Unbiased review, Nice work mate.
Ronny, should a expedition vehicle be off roaded? As in, daily fun to go the woods and drive around mud, rocks and such. Obviously in a smart way. Or should you have a separate truck for that ??
Put a limit slip diff in the rear. Most of the time I'm off roading I don't use 4wd unless it's really needed. The limited slip is the way to go.
Dogurasu miss understood him.
The trouble with good mechanics is that they become popular and have less time and then become not so good mechanics
This is excellent and unfortunately rare info. Great stuff!
Good to have a reality check thanks Ronald
11:04 those kN filters are just pure BS, I would recommend you to buy the normal factory ones and change them more often, maybe that´s the reason your LC consumes a lot
please dont use those oiled air filters they are garbage in the dust
Hi Ronny, another good one. Do you face issues with rubber components too, with all that bush driving and dust, water etc? I have noticed rubber bushes on my Toyota wearing quite a lot faster during off-road use.
Driving my hzj75 troopy on skinny’s, there’s nothing I can’t do. Except the speed limit. 😅 Cheers from NT
On my 11 d22 yd2.5 my rear brake piston was leaking. I had no time to fix so got the shop while at work. They replaced the slave cylinders but didnt clean any of the brake fluid of the car and gave it back to me. I had to re paint the rear axle and brake cover etc. take it all aprt and clean twice to make sure it was okay then tell them to bleed the system again as i had a huge dead spot in the pedal from air in the system. Now i had been going to these guys for years and same with my old man. How can you trust anyone if the local shop cant fcken do a simple job.
Don't you guys down under rust proof your trucks? no salt on your roads like we have in the northern part of europe (scandinavia), but I reckon it is lot of water crossings and stuff... cheers, and a great video again from Mr Ronny!👍 you have a surname that is very common i my country norway! 😀
question if you are getting filings in the diff why not address the problem now instead of later???
I ask this because it indicates you have serious issues that only appear minor at present though will become serious as time goes on...
loooking at the driving you do ronny, I might suggest replacement of the stock toyota diffs with DANA's or similar because the stock toyota parts are designed for tarmac/unsealed roads and towing use, for where you go in your travels you be best investing in something more appropriate for that use..if you are starting to see cracking in the diff housing already you be better to replace..
as a welder myself I will say this you are only patching a problem which will not correct its issue with welding you only create fracture issues in more areas because stress type fractures will find the weakest point and re-appear..
Unless you understand this you will not fix the problem you will just prolong and compound the problem over time..
I noticed how clean it is underneath.
Hi Ronny great vid mate. Can you post a vid on Electrical under the bonnet EG: spot light fuses, NARVA wiring, FM radio antenna replacement wiring.With all of the 79 series and 78 Troopys out there, I can not find any videos or Photos of under bonnet Auxiliary wiring or Narva wiring or how to mount fuses in the engine bay. I do know that you have a couple of vids on your old setup an DIY Electrical and DIY Tips etc but I was looking for more specific cleaning up the wiring around the Primary and Secondary batteries for Spotties or Winches, etc, etc , that also may feed back to the rear Third battery in the rear. You did show in your new setup that you have the Two batteries in the front wired in, and then it runs to the back battery, but I never saw how you did that...so to speak.
Thanks Ronny.
Great vid mate
Obviously knowing your mechanic means that'd be the best place to get repairs and servicing done but for someone like myself who doesn't know any diesel mechanics would you recommend sticking with Toyota for my servicing? or at least until the new car warranty is done?
Toyota service knows your Toyota better than anyone and they see what goes wrong and will always look for common faults.
My 70 series LandCruiser is 28 years young, still going strong, and still running like a new car. I've always taken it to a good, local mechanic (usually the authorised RACV garage) for the small, regular services; but to Toyota for the big ones.
great video and very informative. Quick question though, how is your dad's Jeep going? Haven't seen or heard much about it since the motor was removed?
Great video mate, very informative.
Awesome vid. Glad you did this kind of vid. Super informative
previously i using knn filter on my hilux 2.5 D4D VNT..
but now using stock OEM filter..
the knn seems not so filter than OEM paper...
OEM paper i blow it using compressed air every 1000km
Hi Ronny, I was running a K&N in my 2.8 turbo LN106 Hilux and it was letting dust though . I have gone back to a paper filter
Not really a relevant question, but is there any photos or videos of your old hilux set up? Cheers
Bud throw that filter in the bin get an oem one if you need a spare , k&n are good they are an oiled filter so off road in dusty conditions they will clog up and look dirty , Just doing their job , it's the same system used in off road motorcycles i.e. Moto-x look at the conditions they run in ! , but back to original point that filter looked shot either send it to k&n with a warranty claim or throw it please don't use it
Hey m8. Nice clip.
Your parabolics. Did they come from westralia springs?
Cheers. I might grab a set I think....
Thanks,you do use your truck.
This is probably a daft question, but I’m going to ask anyway. I do high mileage in my bakkie (UTE) my Mitsubishi L200 has 300k on the clock. I’ve always used fully synthetic oil, but my mechanic has advised me to use a high mileage oil. I guess a thicker viscosity. What are your thoughts and what do you use?
On a side note, even though my Colt is 11 years old, it’s still an amazing vehicle. I recent spent some cash and had the motor over hauled just because of the mileage. No faults. Just preventative maintenance. Ps: I’m probably going to purchase an FJ or Prado by the end of the year.
11:46 is he firing shots at Patriot campers??
kind of seems like it and i agree, almost nobody talks about the wear and tear, because it's money that you need to spend.
Excellent video. One question. Are your rear shocks upside down or designed that way?
look into donaldson powercore air filter .. the best dust holding filter
I wonder if you had a Land Rover and you treat it like the cruiser what the situation would be in the same amount of km ?????
Great video
I'd love to know more about the water cooled alternator. I need to do that to my 200 series as well in the future.
Hi, they are called Rapid Power , a must for a Cruiser, Travis can fit you up
Recently I was thinking about contaminants getting between your rotors and pads when off-road, was thinking that a slotted rotor might be able to prevent that by cleaning the pad. Might be something to test? DBA is Australian and they make discs they market as being for off road, maybe something to look at?
+Phos9 I've been thinking about slotted rotors but my only concern is that racks, mud and sand will just fill the slots and make it more abrasive. I'd have to test that out.
Ronny Dahl yeah the slots collecting mud seems to be the conventional wisdom but DBA has a line of slotted rotors marketed for off-road use so I'm not sure if there's something to it or if it's just marketing.
(p) This and the review video... Well done! There's a lot of good info for any 4x4 vehicle not just the LC. I was surprised at the overall undercarriage condition (good) seeing that you do experience saltwater beaches. Do you do any anti-corrosion work (sprays/coating/manual cleaning)? Was really surprised with the dust in the bearings... Did you find any other seals that were compromised? Cheers.
Great video.
Sorry if I've missed it in a previous article, but how do you address the GVM issue?
love ya work Ronny.
Hi Ronny I am just about to embark on a around Australia trip and will be pretty heavy...my question is you mentioned the parabolic springs as one of your best mods,and after I have finished my trip a will be removing about 400kg and don't really want to replace the rear springs twice