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Toyota Landcruiser – Maintenance Update VIII – (111813 Kms)
111813 Kms on February 15, 2011
Post this update the the maintenance log is upto date.
As I had to go for the Desert Storm 2011 I started to drive the vehicle quite extensively and since the last service interval I drove the vehicle for a shade under 1000 kms. And am glad that I did. The issues that cropped up during this period were
- The Fuel pump had started leaking diesel, and started to leak quite a lot
- The Head Lamps went kaput, in a span of 10 days. Actually the low beam was working but on switching on the high beams the vehicle was not giving any power on the high beams.
Toyota Landcruiser – Major & Minor Maintenance Update(s) IV, V, VI & VII
Post the previous service interval, I had taken the vehicle for an outstation trip to Tordi, Rajasthan for some dune bashing and off-road fun. This was a three day trip and the TLC performed remarkably well during the entire trip both on and off-road.
However there were some parts that conked off during/ after the trip and I had to replace them after I came back to Delhi. The following was the job done
110295 kms on November 22, 2010
Power Steering Pump replaced
Brake Master Cylinder replaced
Rear Differential Seal Replaced
Oil Pressure Switch (This was not working since the day I bought the vehicle)
Radiator Cap
Differential Oil
Power Steering Oil
Brake Oil
Grease
Washing
Labor Charge
Power Steering Change
Brake Master Cylinder Change
Differential Seal
Front Guard Setting
Washing
Finally the Gypsy becomes mine, AGAIN….
So continuing from the previous post,
I finally decided to go ahead and buy the vehicle, well that’s if one could call it a vehicle. Its more of a collection of rusted metal, on 4 pieces of rubber held to the body with bolts.
Still excited as I ever was I made my decision of buying this vehicle. The reason that I took this decision was
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It was available cheap
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It was a Delhi registered, well Faridabad registered vehicle
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A cheap and basic vehicle gave me a good base to start and experiment on.
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Most important of all THE VEHICLE IS IN MY NAME AND I AM THE 1ST OWNER