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landcruiser problem

  • 26-06-2010 10:42pm
    #1
    cruiser178
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭


    Hey lads,just looking for a bit of advice before i go to a mechanic(the right mechanic).My amavon has been parked up for the last 16 months(91 amazon http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055602635&page=3) and im putting it back on the road soon.Now although its been parked up i start it every day and let it run for about 20 mins or more,about once a week i drive it to the end of my estate and back,just so the breaks dont seize.anyway lately i've noticed oil leaking from the back diff,where the drive shaft meets the diff.My question is can anyone give me advice on what the problem might be,,is it a specialised job or can any mechanic do it.
    any advice gratefully appreciated,thanks.


    edit:can post pics of diff if need be


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  • #2
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    It could be just a pinion oil seal. It could also be a the breather in the axle blocked which is pushing the oil passed it.

    Not all that big a job really


  • #3
    cruiser178
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭cruiser178


    Slidey wrote: »
    It could be just a pinion oil seal. It could also be a the breather in the axle blocked which is pushing the oil passed it.

    Not all that big a job really

    Thanks for the reply slidey was getting a bit worried when i saw the oil on the ground.I asked my ould fella could he could he find out for me(he used to work for toyota dealer)the mechanic he asked said he wouldn't touch it with a barge pole,that got me really worried,he said something about it having to be torqued correctly.
    So i take it, any good mechanic worth hes salt could sort it?


  • #4
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    The correct way of doing it would mean that the pre-load would need to be set up on the pinion bearing.

    In reality if you mark the nut before you take it off and put it back to the same place you will be alright.


  • #5
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Took my 100 to Julian @ overland-cruisers.co.uk for a once over. He knows his onions.


  • #6
    oflynno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 729 ✭✭✭oflynno


    sounds like a simple seal problem

    has your mechanic got experience with light commercial/4x4s? there is a bit more to them than cars

    or

    you could forget about it and give me the jeep,i would so love one of them


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  • #7
    cruiser178
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭cruiser178


    oflynno wrote: »
    sounds like a simple seal problem

    has your mechanic got experience with light commercial/4x4s? there is a bit more to them than cars

    or

    you could forget about it and give me the jeep,i would so love one of them

    Have it booked in for next week,not as big problem as i thought thank god.

    as for forgetting about it and giving it away:eek::eek: A cruiser is not just for christmas its for life:D


  • #8
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    cruiser178 wrote: »
    Have it booked in for next week,not as big problem as i thought thank god.

    as for forgetting about it and giving it away:eek::eek: A cruiser is not just for christmas its for life:D

    Thats right !

    I've got the tbars off mine at the moment, trying to split the lower ball joint for replacement because Mr. NCT said it would fail on that next time round. I like a tight ship.

    Hope you get yours sorted. Check out http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/


  • #9
    oflynno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 729 ✭✭✭oflynno


    cruiser178 wrote: »

    as for forgetting about it and giving it away:eek::eek: A cruiser is not just for christmas its for life:D

    well you cant blame me for trying,i've been trying to wear the wife down for ages,but no.i am still serving a ban from having big toys.

    i was hoping with the big freeze and floods we had in cork i would get an expedtion type of amazon,but no grrrrrrr


  • #10
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    oflynno wrote: »
    well you cant blame me for trying,i've been trying to wear the wife down for ages,but no.i am still serving a ban from having big toys.

    i was hoping with the big freeze and floods we had in cork i would get an expedtion type of amazon,but no grrrrrrr

    You can still pick up 80 series. I love them. Fella around the corner had gone from an 08 Shogun to 93 80 series and the latter is a beaut. Very easy to maintain and a beast of a machine.


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