Sam's 150 V6

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very clean fridge slide install Sam..

care taken, as usual.

Dan

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Looks good Sam, your idea may now renew my idea to get a Platinum Fridge Slide... 42kg's but, only thing holding me back...

Cheers Daniel

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Looks good Sam, your idea may now renew my idea to get a Platinum Fridge Slide... 42kg's but, only think holding me back...

Cheers Daniel

If u put it on the right side it might help with the lean!! :lol: :lol:

Sam your car is coming along nicely.

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Thanks fellas it's getting there. Would love to be able to afford to do it all at once but the satisfaction of continuously getting the next little bit done is good too.

Got the tint done today. Looks heaps better. Brown Davis under guards and Safari snorkel coming soon.

Cheers, Sam.

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Well, had a few more mods done since my last post.

First new item was a Midnight Express tint from Tint a Car. Makes a huge difference to the temp inside the car if it's been sitting in the sun and looks a lot better from the outside too.


Midnight Express

Of course, it's not a real Prado until a few of these have been installed!


Pradopoint.com stickers. One centre of front and rear windscreens

Today I had Motor Court Toyota in Mornington VIC fit my new Safari snorkel. I am continually impressed with their high level of workmanship and finish. Compared to my NS Pajero which required a new hole to be drilled in the airbox and then sickaflexed up, the install on the Prado's is very straight forward. Unlike the Pajero, there is no noticeable noise or vibration from the snorkel at all. Doesn't look too much like a 'school run' Prado anymore now either! Very happy with the look and the finish. In the end, I went with the Safari because the head can be turned around in very dusty conditions and you can also fit a Donaldson pre cleaner if required as well.




So, she's finally coming together.

Still to-do:

- Brown Davis bash plate
- ARB Deluxe Bar
- 2" Lift (thinking ARB or Tough Dog Adjustables at this stage)

Cheers, Sam.

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Well, had a few more mods done since my last post.

Today I had Motor Court Toyota in Mornington VIC fit my new Safari snorkel. I am continually impressed with their high level of workmanship and finish.

Nice work, I agree with your comment about Motor Court Toyota Mornington. I travel 1 hour each way out of my way to have my 120 serviced there. I wouldn't take my Prado to any other dealer.

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Looking good Sam

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Starting to really take shape now Sam, the tint really sets it off against the white of the car.

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With a planned trip to Walhalla this weekend to give the Prado it's first taste of low range country (and water), I thought I'd better extend the breathers.

Rear Diff Breather

The rear diff requires a 1/8" BSP threaded brass fitting with a 1/4" tail barb. Simply unscrew the factory diff breather cap (passenger side of diff), screw the new fitting in, push some 1/4" hose onto the barb and run it to the engine bay. You could run it into the jack area or the fuel filler area but for ease of monitoring and to have them all in the same spot, I ran mine to the engine bay. I then used a small fuel filter on the end. Be sure to leave some slack in the hose near the diff to allow for up and down movement. Easy job, just time consuming to run the hose and cable tie it up out of harms way.


Unscrew factory breather (mine was pretty loose so may be worth checking even if you're not extending them


This is the new fitting you'll require (1/8" BSP with 1/4" tail)


New fitting installed with some thread tape


1/4" hose connected


Route the hose to where ever suits (mine goes to the engine bay)


The final location (with the transfer and transmission breathers)

Transmission/Transfer Case Breathers

The transfer and transmission breathers only come up to the bottom of the engine bay. The photo by Crisp Image (below) shows the location of these breathers on top of the transmission bell housing. The easiest way to extend these is to unclip them from the factory location and poke them down under the car so you can access them. They there are two clips holding the breathers in place, one is right near the breather caps and it just pulls off (towards the rear of the vehicle). Then follow the hoses down a bit further to the 2nd clip and pull that off. You will then have enough slack to push the hoses down under the car. Each clip holds the 2 hoses side by side and should come off as one piece.

Once the hoses are under the car, simply pull the existing breather caps off the end and join a piece of hose. I used 1/8" fuel hose and you need about 3/4 of a meter for each one to get them up to the top of the engine bay. I used a plastic 4mm to 3mm reduction joiner to join them. The 3mm end fits snuggly into the new 1/8" fuel hose and the 4mm end fits snuggly into the existing breather hose which is slightly bigger than 3mm. You could just use 3mm barbed joiners but as I said, it's a bit loose in the existing breather hose. Once I'd joined the new hose on, I dropped some string down from the engine bay to the ground, attached the new hoses with some tape and the pulled them up and into the engine bay. Then just put the factory breather caps back on the end of the extended hoses and cable tie it all up.


Location of transfer case and transmission breathers on top of the transmission bell housing (courtesy of Crisp Image)


After removing the factory breather caps


These are the joiners I used (3mm at one end, 4mm at the other)



Extensions joined on and taped (the joins are very tight and secure with these joiners)


My rear diff breather comes out at the same spot so I cabled tied them together before pulling them up into the engine bay


Rear diff, transmission and transfer case breathers all together in the engine bay.

Font Diff Breather

I then did the front diff breather which already comes up into the engine bay (near the fuse box) but figured it was easy to extend it a bit further right to the top of the engine bay. Simply unclip the hose from the retaining clip, pull the breather cap off, join a new piece of 5/16" hose with a 5/16" brass barbed joiner and then run it up to the top of the engine bay and use the factory breather cap again. 5 minute job max.


5/16" hose joined to factory breather hose using a brass 5/16" barbed joiner ( I also taped the finished join)


Extended front breather on top of the fuse box

I got all of the fittings (including the hose) from Repco and it cost under $50.00. This could be reduced significantly by using a shorter piece of hose for the rear diff and just running it up high at the rear of the car.

I encourage everyone to do this simple mod if intending to do any water crossings. The published wading depth for the Prado is 700mm but the rear diff breather in particular would be well under water at this depth. Once you have all of the fittings, it's a very simple process. I will probably try and source some of the blue filters for the ends of the hoses but the factory ones will do for now.

Any questions, feel free to PM me.

Cheers, Sam.

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looking at how easy the extensions on the transmission and gearboc is, i'll probably get around to doing mine now.

thanks for the time taken to post details

dan

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Sam's 150 V6

No probs. They're probably a 20 minute job once you have the fittings and know where everything is.

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Thanks for the info Sam, looks like I have a 2nd job along with finishing my mud flaps tomorrow. Cheers.

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First weekend in low range for the Prado and it is a very capable machine! Keeping up with and bettering a modified 120 D4D in most areas (downhill excluded).

I've done a full trip report for those that are interested with some good videos and photos. Check them out here

Cheers, Sam.

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I added a Kaymar 'Wheel on Door' bracket this morning. Very straight forward really and probably the reason Kaymar don't include any installation instructions :shock: .

Here are some photos.


These are the two bits you get for $122.00.


Close up of the bracket for the extendable light pole. Looks to be very easy to add your own pole. This just bolts to the side of the main door bracket. Easier to do it before putting the bracket on the door.


First step, take everything off the door and give it a good clean. Couldn't believe the amount of dirt that gets trapped back there.


Ideally, this 'holder' would be removed to allow more length in the camera wiring. In the rush this morning, I couldn't work out how to remove it without breaking the clip. Does anyone know? It looks like the plug assembly should just slide off the clip that is attached to the door but it wouldn't.


Next, the Kaymar bracket simply bolts on using the existing Toyota bolts.


The light pole bracket sits very close to the paintwork. I tried to push it back onto the paintwork but it doesn't allow any flex so it should be ok. Hard to see here but it wouldn't be more than a couple of mm gap.

The factory wheel bracket simply bolts onto the Kaymar bracket. I forgot to take a photo of this ops:


Wheel back on.



Heaps more clearance now and no risk of rubbing the wider tyre on the door. The gap was only 1mm without the bracket.

All in all a very well built product and good value for just over $100 considering it includes the bracket that will allow the easy installation of a telescopic light pole.

When I get around to installing the wiring, I'll post some more pics. Considering getting Toyota to wire something up at the 20,000km service.

Cheers, Sam.

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Hi guys, I've started a blog to add all of my trip reports, photos and videos too. If you're interested, take a look.

www.hookedonadventure.blogspot.com

Cheers, Sam.