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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...

Took her for a burn today finally.. Could also go lower I think but looks way better than it did. Had a list of stuff to finish, mainly tightening things and bending up lock washers etc. Did a tape measure toe in job and a leveling tool castor job, seems to track ok but it's been so long I can't remember how it drives, covid was the last time I drove it. $1600 drive shaft seems to have done the trick with no vibrations at 80km anymore (thank fuck) But tbh still feels like I'm diving an old clunker even with all new suspension bits. Also saftey wire on the strut bolts was a total ball ache, next time I'll think about that while things are being put together rather than after the fact.. Now that I've finally tested it out and all seems fine next on the list is a trip over the hill for a new exhaust care of @yoeddynz... And then wof time. Edit*.. Oh, and should prob bleed the brakes again as they feel a bit spongy.

Holy fuck.. 7 years, still feels like yesterday.. There was a reason I looked to you when selling it.. Good things take time.

Yeah, as above is pretty simple to pull the engine.. But I've done big ends in the car, not too painful.

Yeah bro, it's not hard once you figure it out.. Failing that I have a couple of options if you like, my partners cousin is a pro painter who could potentially paint it for you for a good price (works for Rosie's in chch), or I have another mate who's a back yarder in Shirley who could possibly also paint it for a good price.. Depends on what you'd want to spend.

Sheesh.. Well over a year later. Anyway, about a month ago I finally got around to painting all the bits I had blasted in may last year, had them all in bags with damp proof in them so no rust, just had the cross member cleaned up in the last school hols and the last of the bolts etc plated, kind of wish I had the car cleaned underneath before I started, that's a past me vs future me discussion for later.. Some pics.. Was surpass how long it took to paint everything, but I guess it was two coats wet on wet epoxy and 2k chassis black.. . Struts assembled, also took a while to figure out where all the bits and bolts went 15 months after pulling the all apart. Looks a bit blingy and I may still paint some things black (but prob won't), I have it on the ground at last, just need to do an alignment and bleed the brakes etc, speaking of which, had the calipers sleeved at CBC for about 200 each, New handbrake cable for about 120, and the most expensive bit was the ball joints, tie rods not to bad but the control arms were about 400 each.. Should outlast me tbh, I doubt this will do another 100k in its lifetime. Sits nice and low now, just got to get over the hill so @yoeddynz can build me an exhaust then it's wof time, first since 2016 I think..

Hey bro, been a while.. What's happening with your zed?

Hi all, I'm in need of an engineer that can machine some stub axles on a torsion axle setup (trailer) , whether or not the they can machine it in situ with a rotating tool or they need to split it idk, but does anyone have any recommendations in chc? Pic for ref