What did you do to your 120 today?

[ejukated]

Put the rear diff in with airlocker and new Nitro gears then had a wheel alignment. Drives great... except when filing the invoices, I realised I forgot the seal retaining clip on the locker so it all has to come out again. Also, the stupid POS handbrake assembly exploded on the kerb side wheel so when the parts arrive for that, it'll all get done in one hit.

[Borec]

Changed tie rods (complete inner and outer and boots) and front wheel bearings (complete assemblies with the hubs). Took the while weekend, most of the time spend on trying to get the little covers on the front axle nuts off (bitch of a job, if you do not want to damage them), and trying to put clips back on to the tie rod boots, could not do it, used zip ties in the end

[Wtrxprs007]

just had bridgestone 674 muddies put on. car looks real good now

[cfryback]

Adamsfield track in Tassie.

All other vehicles had 33's so I was the lowest slung out there. Old story, mudflaps caught and tore off. Rear panel was a bit loose from Kimberly trip.

Looking like I might get one of the last set of sliders from AJ.....

[foxclan]

Put mine on a diet in the bush.....[ATTACH=CONFIG]26267[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]26268[/ATTACH]

Oh shizz Casey
In preparation for the fittment of a rear bar wheel carrier?
Got a story?
Cheers
Troy

[cfryback]

Put mine on a diet in the bush.....

[Wtrxprs007]

Reviving this

so over the months the Prado has passed 200k, and just today I've done the front lca bushes and finally gotten around to fit the superpro polyelast lower strut bushes. Definitely drives much better now

[Phattstump]

Great to know thanks
yes have read some of the post and thought, what have I got myself into,

but like you say preventative maintenance is the key

[Hogey66]

Get a good mechanic that is well versed in the D4D motor. Definitely get them to inspect the oil pickup when oil is drained every service. Get injector values checked cold, drop off to mechanic the night before. Speak to the previous owner if possible in regard to whether the injector seats have been checked/replaced as well as the injectors themselves. 120 000 seems to be the common age at which problems are likely to start. As I said before read up on the typical issues that these motors have. In most cases they are easily avoidable if looked after correctly. If not checked you may suddenly be up for a new motor, plenty have detonated in the past.

[Phattstump]

Thanks Hogey
it's going in for a full service to get all diff oils, transfer case etc done,

so should I be looking at replacing the injectors or just an inspection

regards Peter

[Hogey66]

Welcome phattstump. Nice rig. First thing I would do is check the history of the injectors and injector seats. Plenty of good info on the diesel motor threads in the 120 &150 sections. Also drop your oil and check the pickup screen.

[Phattstump]

Hi all,

well being a new member to PP this is one thread I hope to be on regularly,

First I bought a 2008 GX and it only had 120000K's on it, Diesel, manual, 180ltr tank, it was a one owner from a small country town and it's in very tidy condition,
as you see in the pic it came with Bullbar, driving lights, duel batteries and UHF so now to start adding the extras

[Gramps]

Finally changed the leaking fuel filler hose which had a couple of splits in it. Also installed a new gear selector pin as supplied by AMTS, no more floppy stick!

[Wtrxprs007]

Replaced all the idler pulleys and new drive belt on the Ol girl. 3 of the 4 pulleys were downright effed but my fault for washing the engine bay and spraying directly into them. Made it sound a bit like a supercharger lol. Now she's all quiet and happy again. Now to get ready for her 200k service

Probably worth still talking to Whitey about maybe getting the custom prado valve stacks for the ironman shocks.
Makes all the difference.