| Motoring Discussion > Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon - Report - 17 years & 250K miles | Miscellaneous |
| Thread Author: Dave | Replies: 5 |
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 17:18
Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon - Report - 17 years & 250K miles - Dave
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It's a 4.2TD VX Auto, and has just celebrated it's 17th birthday, and passed 1/4 million miles. There's no rust, and everything still works, although sometimes a little slowly. I've had it since new, even though I haven't owned since new. It was my company car, and after nearly 3 years the company wanted to give me the push and pay me off. In leiu of redundancy I took the car, which was a bit of a bargain, as they only had to pay me about £7K. So I got a decent car, and I already had another job lined up! For the first 3 years it got an absolute hammering - towing heavy stuff everywhere, thrashed from cold etc. If I knew that I'd be keeping it, I'd have treated it better. The only problem in the first few years was the crappy aftermarket alarm that Toyota fitted. If the batteries went flat or were disconnected, then the alarm ECU would need replacing. It would get through brake pads and tyres at an alarming rate, but I wasn't paying, so didn't care. But some of the bills for major services were eye-watering. Don't forget they were every 6K, and I was doing that every 2 months. It's fair to say a few got missed as well, as I simply couldn't be bothered to take it in. When it became mine, I started to take care of it properly. Oil & filter every year, as well as tranny oil and brake fluid every other year. Over the years it's had a few repairs as I've tried to keep on top of things. But it has been quite expensive to do this. Aftermarket parts are generally hard to find, and in most cases very poor fit and quality. So apart from service items, what's been done? Radiator, front CV joints, propshaft joints, big end bearings, various a/c repairs, springs and shocks, steering box rebuilt, pump and injectors rebuilt, cambelt tensioner, brke calipers rebuilt, and a few other things. It still starts on the button and runs well. It likes to smoke a bit, but then it did when it was new. It doesn't use any oil or water. It all feels a bit baggy when going down the road, but it's always been a bit like that. It's certainly not as nice to drive as a Range Rover for instance. It spends most of it's life overseas now, and I would still trust it to get me back to England tomorrow, if necessary. Average mpg is about 24. I do all the work myself, and it's only then that you realise how well designed and built they were. You can still get (from Toyota) all the rebuild kits for things like calipers, a/c compressor etc. The running gear is real tractor like, so I had to buy some big tools! I can't see myself ever selling it. The key to keeping it going is to keep on top of the maintenance and replace stuff when it starts to go wrong. As if you let them go downhill, then it's a job to get them back again. Funnily enough, they're still going for £4-5K, so I've only lost a few grand over the last 14 years. |
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 17:34
Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon - Report - 17 years & 250K miles - nyx2k
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i have a merc190e 2.0petrol auto that ive had from new over 20yrs ago i can honestly say that apart from routine servicing every 6000miles that nothing else has been replaced or fixed as it still feels like its new and not 20yrs old. its now at 150k and runs perfectly |
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 17:53
Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon - Report - 17 years & 250K miles - Tigger
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You chose well. The 80 is regarded as probably the best 4x4 ever built. If my 120 does as well as yours I'll be very pleased. Just coming up to 4 years old, so ask me in 2025 or so! |
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New Wed 2 Feb 11 19:40
Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon - Report - 17 years & 250K miles - Bigtee
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250k is nothing really now if you said 750k and same engine etc then id be expecting that at 17yrs old, Your engine is just run in.!! |
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New Fri 4 Feb 11 13:52
Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon - Report - 17 years & 250K miles - -
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Interesting reading. The aftermarket parts situation isn't as good as it could be if you want quality parts, and quite often i've found Toyota's parts to be as well priced as others anyway, exceptions as in everything, batteries for instance hardly worth bothering to search elsewhere. Exhaust wise in future i'd get a stainless fitted the first time it needed replacement, they are expensive, especially if you do as i do and always without fail buy a model that's relatively uncommon, making aftermarket very difficult. Don't think i've ever seen an 80 Diesel that didn't smoke, the 3 litre 4 pots don't unless going wrong. Interesting the prop shaft joints needed replacement, did you neglect greasing a bit or did it suffer serious heavy right foot syndome whilst still a company car..;) Is your 80 life axled at the front, swivels kept packed with CV grease they should have lasted indefinately...if found mine had scarecely been touched prior to buying it, luckily low mileage so not damaged. I'd be interested to hear a rough breakdown of costs for things like pump/injector overhaul, it cost Mr T £1700 in parts alone to replace the 4 Denzo injectors on the Hilux a few weeks ago. Edit....is every single electrical item marked (in English) with it's voltage and purpose..eg 12v Glow Plug Relay...mechanics dream. Another report at 350K? Last edited by: gordonbennet on Fri 4 Feb 11 at 13:55
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New Fri 4 Feb 11 16:39
Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon - Report - 17 years & 250K miles - Dave
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One of the propshaft UJ's went bad, so I decided to replace the lot. I got some aftermarket joints, which weren't a meaty as originals, and then spent a day knocking the guts out of the shafts to fit them. Only when putting them back on did I realise that the nipples are at the wrong angle, so can't be greased on the car. Great. They'd also gone out of balance, and I found the splines were well worn. I should have just gone a bought new shafts complete from Toyota. I bacame aware of the smoke, so decided to get the pump and injectors rebuilt. No-one filled me with confidence about rebuilding the injectors, lots of immigrants sucking their teeth. But fortunately I had a friend of a friend who worked for Toyota in Belguim and he got me 6 new ones for £100 each. After doing these, it still smoked the same. The pump rebiuld was about £500 including fitting. I'd heard good things about them, but was a bit supprised to find they hadn't fitted the new cambelt I'd left with them, and hadn't set up the TPS, even though I'd left them the manual that explains it all. After it became mine I soon realised that the servicing dealer that gladly took £100's and sometimes £1000's every few months probaby did next to nothing, and what they did do was shoddy. At one of the big services they supposedly rebuilt the front axle with seals, trunion bearings, repack etc. I think they only did half the job, and judging by the hammer marks I found when I opened it up, what they did you was just bodged. Some years back I got a stainless exhaust from Rimmers. After a good few hours hammering and bending we got it to fit. But a couple of years ago it split over the back axle. I called Rimmers to claim on the lifetime guarantee, only to be told they don't do them anymore, so there is no warranty. In the end I got some stainless pipe and elbows, and ran it out the side just in front of the rear wheel. So now it sounds like a John Deere on hard acceleration. Other costs:- Radiator - £500 A/C comp rebuild - £250 CV's - £200 each (aftermarket) Caliper kits - £25 each Batteries - £75 each Cam belt tensioner - £100 Steering box rebuild - £300 |
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