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I've yet to have a proper poke around but fingers crossed.. I still might get you to do a door repair

Pulled rear screen this arvo.. Using the wd40 and knife method.. Almost.. Actually came out pretty easy, about 40min. Multiple points of incursion, this being the only one with a hole, only in the outer skin though.. The glue along the bottom was pretty much unattached the whole way except for a patch by the brake clean, Looked bad but seems to be solid, the trim rail will have to come off as its under there, much like the 929 it's a rust trap, I'll fix it and just glue it back on. Drivers side, some flaking but again, seems solid.. And passenger.. Had a poke around and again seems solid but I'll have a closer inspection, no holes tho All in all looked bad but might be ok.

I also set about the leak in the back window, got the trim off and discovered it full of some sort of hard mastic, obvs to try and fix the leak.. I then took the parcel shelf out........ Ruh Roh.... Looks like another trip is imminent @yoeddynz

Spent some time lubricating the window regulators and discovered the source of my wobbly windows.. Just running pretty much metal on metal.. The rubber runners residing in the bottom of the door Bought a packet of new ones and installed them, holy crap it's so much better, even the wind noise has gone when driving and the door shuts so much more satisfactorily. It's been like this since forever.. While I was there I cleaned out the bottoms of the doors and liberally soaked them and everything else in Lanolin. Like fucken new now.

Been driving this clunker around a bit, gave it an oil change to 20w60 instead of whatever shit I had in there before (leaked so much i just topped it up with whatever was handy/available at short notice). Definitely runs quieter but I discovered some things in the old oil... No funny noises except for tappity tappets so I guess I'll just send it..

I've got one..

Another 2 1/2 years? Time for another update.. Took it for a wof a couple of weeks ago thinking it would fall at least on the g-grids from the 1990's but it failed on a bottom outer ball joint.. Classic. I had actually been wondering when it would fall as the other side failed on the first wof after a revin, but the boot had split and let water in and grease out.. Literally a 30min job as they just unscrew. Fixed it with a new one.. Which resulted in this, for a whole year.. Luxury Went to the mussel inn for a celebratory beer. The POR15 is looking worse for wear, suffice to say I won't be using that product again but I don't know if I can be fucked going through the whole process again straight after finishing the zed.. The struts and backing plates are actually fine, just the springs, sway bar and bottom arms look shit Anyway, stoked for it to pass again with little to no effort, now to fix some other things.

Just got and engine light come up on my hilux, what are people using for obd readers? Any recommendations for toyota specific etc?

It's maturing, brighton air is so bad it's got some rust spots coming through the epotec primer, and it's in a garage.. Will get there one day

She's all legal again 10 years later.. Failed a wof on a reverse light, loose bumper bolt, handbrake adjustment and a noisy front wheel bearing. Took it in for a recheck today then drove it to golf. Pics of the the exhaust work, think Alex took more than I did. You can also see in the below pic that the drive shaft is rubbing on the tunnel which is annoying, it's slightly offset and touched the side lightly, there is a provision for a bump stop on the body right at the front of the diff head so I'll look at putting one in there, prob means I need to stiffen the springs more also.. Had to paint the drive shaft twice to hide it from the wof man then drive it gingerly to the appointment.. Couldn't find someone to cut mirror glass all so I ended up polishing some 304ss plate to "mirror" kind of, I mean, you can see a reflection but it's textured slightly.. Glued then in with 11fc which worked till it didn't and one fell out while driving, lucky it bounced on its edge then landed on the back not scratching the face at all.. So I stuck it back in with extreme tape, see how that goes. Wheel bearing shot.. Water got into one when it was being blasted and did it's work over the last year, I thought it might have been just some discoloration when I cleaned them out but it ended up being damaged, no biggie. Ended up getting it a wheel alignment just to be sure, old mate says I wasn't too far out.. Half a degree or so.. Not bad for a tape measure.. There's a bunch of other things that still need sorting (like the miss matched carbs) but I can now do them whenever..

That new battery box is a good addition..

Man.. Wish I told it someone else, you're doing a fucken terrible job..

I'm keen to meet up, but my weekends are a bit jammed on and off for the next month or two. Plus I have a whole lot of seals to replace on the zed.

Should have taken it for a wof like that...