The Toyota Landcruiser Owners Club

[London luke]

picking up tomorrow.

I am happy with the condition it looks and drives well.

I think within a few weeks I will buy some new tyres for it. Mainly road use but wouldnt mind some traction in snow and some mild "green lane " stuff.

any ideas on good makes and rough prices. Might have to buy S/H but from a good tyre place that checks them well.

Also need to fit a large roofrack. and remove the "dickie" seats to add more space in rear for equipment.


what are the main things to look out for on this model??  and can that ESG blanking plate thingy that every body talks about be fitted to stop the exhaust fumes from been sucked backed into the engine??



lastly !! who is a good but cheap mechanic that KNOWS these vehicles near N. London

thanks



Luke

[Google]

[mr chris]

Yes that egr thing can be blanked off with ease!    You only have to remove 4 nuts take off the pipe make a blanking plate same size as hole stick some exhaust sealer around it to seal it obviously and bolt it all back up again should take you around 1 hour.  You only need to do one end and the top seems easiest.  What a hideous idea to shove shlt back into the engine that's why I blanked mine off.  My engine has just been rebuilt so it didn't make an enourmous difference but you can definately tell it's got more power now.

Chris.
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1992 Prado SX 2.4 LTE turbo diesel landcruiser, now fitted with 22100-5B300 injection pump with improved results.

Birmingham

[London luke]

still trying to locate it !!

[mr chris]

Try having a look at this.    http://www.toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/egr.htm

As your standing on the near side of the car the passenger side on your right hand side is the fuel filter.  If you put your right arm against the fuel filter and extend it out as if your doing a karate chop towards the cylinder block you should see the egr pipe. Part number 25624 on the tech picture, It looks like a small exhaust pipe it has two nuts holding it in position there at the top and the pipe is quite short which goes towards the front of the engine and has 2 nuts holding in position there too.  Just remove these nuts and you should find it easily pulls off and away from the block.  I just made a blanking plate for the top of the pipe and sealed it off with exhaust paste top and bottom.  You don't have to do anything else.
At the bottom of the tech site page click on the links you will see quite a bit of extra information there too.

hope this helps

Chris.
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1992 Prado SX 2.4 LTE turbo diesel landcruiser, now fitted with 22100-5B300 injection pump with improved results.

Birmingham

[London luke]

cheers !! will do it next week (well subject to weather, seems like big snow is coming again??)