Meet super
passionate Car Guy mod and his
good mate Martin total genius with
engines the Triumph from entry of the radiator. They
scour the countryside looking for those
overlooked neglected or forgotten classic cars
some slight corrosion. It's had a
few beers, but there's only one condition they kind of
run for years and when was the last time and when
they find a good one they started up.
With a Little Help from the locals great
vehicle there, but it's an oldie but a goodie
they're in the pretty rugged Hill Country in the northern
wire rapper ideal to rain for a Land Cruiser
and that's what we're going to look at certainly is an iconic.
Vehicle, I'm looking forward to working on it and I
wouldn't say that I'm that familiar with diesel engine. So
It'll be an interesting experience for me. Well the
main thing if you got some speed of spark plugs, yeah, I'm not there unfamiliar with
the diesel engine mod that you're gonna get me on that one. Actually. I've
got a closet desire. I've never told you about Marty it
was that I want to do the Paris to peeking rally. Oh and
I thought they're a classic old FJ or
BJ Land Cruiser would be the ideal vehicle
to use. Isn't it kind of cheating? Like it
would be so great for the
parents of peaking really? I don't think they should be allowed we
could go four by four and then Northern wire ever. That sounds
good to me every good friend. I'm sure you'll be
driving though. I've got a lot of spit for
what Toyota has done with them and normally have bulletproof
they are so it'll be interesting to see what the Blake actually
did to it that killed it.
John Elsa, let's check it out.
There's lots here to get into come on.
right
We've got a lovely lineup of land cruises a
lovely line up a little entries is yeah now yes, which
one is out? Yeah, here's ahead. It's not the one I
won't suspect it's not this one and it's not the one with
air and it's time. I think it might be this one
modern Martin have found this 1983 BJ 45
Land Cruiser. That's definitely seen better days. But this
is Land Cruiser countries. So the boys would love to have a crack at
starting her up. Let's have a look what we've
got.
Hi, it's missing things.
It does appear to be listening a few quick neurological
gets around the engine. There are a few
here. So we we going from the start from
the start radiator.
Radio hose thermostat housing master cylinder
air cleaner, that's not so important battery. Obviously.
So this could present a little
bit of a challenge I think but because it's
a Land Cruiser and because it's just such a
cool thing. I really like to get it going just terrain
was just driven through to get here as well. I mean it fits the
terrain this is the place to find a Land Cruiser. This is
the place to bring it back to life.
looked inside
I love these sparse utilitarian cabins. Everything is
functional but in a weird kind of
70s Japanese way kind of stylish as well. Yeah,
I agree with you. Yeah, it's not bad mold. I
mean compared to a lot of stuff we've seen it's kind of all there.
It's in one piece. It's a bloody Toyota mate. Yeah, that's
true. But the brake pedals is there's no master cylinder.
I mean breaks, you know brakes are overrated. I mean like who
needs brakes? That's probably
okay. We've got
the air cleaner system over there. Oh and
look Martin. This will come in handy that thermostat housing
and the corresponding thermostat. That'll be
good. That'll be very useful. This is such Land Cruiser country
around here. I want a Land Cruiser and I want it going
We have an issue something hanging down.
Ah, yeah, that's not good. Not a good way. Yeah.
He driveshaft appears to be resting on the ground. The dippy
looks iffy.
What's the
matter darling coffee?
Forgive me. I really am sorry, but nevertheless you
are a damn desirable woman then why don't
we give it a girl?
well
Some gals have it made.
One of the great ironies of life is the Toyota
Land Cruiser Toyota's longest running production vehicle ever
owes its Genesis to the Americans. The
Korean war was going on in 1950. They wanted
some Willie's cheats built locally. They approached Toyota said,
can you build us a couple hundred Willys Jeeps to these specs
Toyota did it evidently they were great, but then I thought
you know what we can come up with a better design so they came up the design
that was slightly larger and more powerful. They got
a prototype and then they drove up Mount Fuji
under police supervision to prove the independence of
the test. The police were so impressed. They bought 200 on
the spot. And so the Toyota Land Cruiser
was born 1955. They really
went into production with the 20 series 1960 the
fj40 series started and that's
what we're in right here from 1963 to 1984.
They made that if she 40 series tremendously successful
and became the Benchmark that four
wheel drives were measured by 1984 they came
70 series and they're still making that right now 40
years later the same time they realized there
was a market for something more luxurious. So they developed the
60 the 80 the hundred and the 200 series
but the essence of Toyota Land Cruiser really
isn't this bj-45. We're going
to get it back into life. We're going to see how it goes. First. Step is
always I've got a feeling it will this one. It's a
Toyota. Yep.
It just doesn't look like you know really like it's
a candidate for seizure pretty high compression though.
You might not be able to turn it.
Oh, yeah, it turns over.
Very very easily, which is not good. Now. What
did we say about these as high compression? Oh,
Okay, it's not seized but it's a compression ignition engine
and without compression.
It ain't gonna run today. Hey guys. What do you
Feeling the place. Alright? Yeah, and we're taking a wee
bit of a look. Oh, yeah, there seems to be a bit of a lack
of compression, which is unusual.
Yeah, someone was playing around with the the valves
on it. Someone Close to You someone like this person
someone quite close to you. I close to me. What's the
story? Oh, well, we had a few bourbons and decided we new
what we were doing and ripped the top off and adjusted things and did an
incredibly badly and then it got
Taken here on a transporter. Okay. Well, that's actually good news
because that could be the reason why we've got no compression now,
so I'll get that often have a look at it numb. See if
we can can't get get it running. Again. This one here. Is this
like a donut vehicle? Yeah. Can we borrow any
bits off this one? Yeah. All right, everybody if we
can borrow some things off here. I can win with the chance
of me. I think we're in with more than a chance. I'm particularly if the low
compression is simply bourbon adjusted tappets. We might
be able to Bourbon adjust. Absolutely the other thing
Aaron obviously, it's missing radio it even got it kicking around
you no. No, there's not one. You've been gonna hunt that radiator that
might have my name written on it. Well, you know how I you
know, how you out more with you and your mate.
Do you know anyone? You know, I bit your pinch to
a pound of dog salt that my mate came could probably find someone that
has one in masterton. Yeah, give
it all the Land Cruisers in this part of the world would be surprising if if we
couldn't steer up a radiator Oh either be one round.
We're deep in
the northern wire rapper where Modern Martin are trying
to breathe life into a tough Old bj-45 Land
Cruiser and it's time to find out a bit more about how it found
a home on this remote station. So Aaron at
one stage you would have owned the three FJ 40s
plus your VX. Yeah great. So
that's four land cruises. Yeah at the same time. Yeah, that's
no excellent. No. No, I've got
a weaker addiction. I feel so how did
the mustard yellow trees come to be yours. So I was looking
on trade me in sort of come up and decided to
have a crack on it a bit on it.
And just keep going until I got it. So how
did you get it backed it up from Christchurch and
drove it all the way back from all over
the west coast to plenum. That's not
the direct route. Is it we're at the time the kaikoura road
was shut
That's a decent Drive. How'd she run on three
cylinders and slowly but thankfully the windscreen wipers
work because we ended up in a mess of West Coast thunderstorm and and
sort of check that and lights went so to keep going we keep
we made it. Yeah about three
am on the top of some massive Hill a rat came flying
out from under the seat a live red a live red,
whatever between you. Yeah, so I'm under the seats are happening
my pig sticky knife here. So I just stabbing the seat while we were
driving and pulled over the road
trying to flash it out. I don't know if I got it or not. But so
it hasn't run since plenum. It's great. Yeah when you're bringing
the vehicle back here, it was running. I could have got up to the theory
before with you. But as soon as he said mucking around that we
We really made it made a sales year. I went
from running on three cylinders to know some of this. Well, it was sort of
running but real badly. It was worse than it was before so we'll
get it going today. It'll be it's made in outing on your
farm here in the wairappa, Greece. Yeah.
We've got a dry shaft coupling missing. There's a
drum like a brake drum that fits over this the city
shoes here and onto the spline to which a drive shaft
is attached, but I did see something on the back of
the truck which looked very similar to that. So rather
suspic, let's see I'm missing part.
Yes, exactly the same size Matters what holds the
clutch on the rd350?
might check it's gonna smell of
ep-80 Highpoint gear oil for a few
months.
It's time for more to head back to civilization and try
and scare up a radiator a mate down. The
line has stared him towards a young car Enthusiast and masterton who
may just have what he's looking for.
tonight
Boy, that's a hitch of a workshop. You've got here. Yeah, it is. Yeah, you
should be washing machine factory back in the day. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Nice.
It's a bit of history in here.
How old is it?
I think it's around the early 30s. The building was
built and then yeah, I think the washing machine closed down
and I don't know maybe the 80s right? Not
quite sure. Yeah, and you're doing motorbodies now motor body
here. You see we've got a bit of a truck over there that we're doing
we specialize in that so awesome. Yeah, I might
change. Did you might possibly be able to help me? We are trying
to get an old fj40 Land Cruiser
going missing a few Birds including a
radiator, but it's supposed to have a radiator that
might fit a fj40 fj45 Land
Cruiser. You know what?
I might just have something out the back really. Yeah, she want
to come have a look and we'll see what we can find a it's a bit
of a Landy Community around here. Is that yeah, there is we're a special but we
like them. Oh speaking of which look
at that. Yeah. What are you reckon origin? It looks meant
that's a series. Is it a two it is a two well
spotted.
Well spotted the the two way actually had
the headlights in the fenders, right? And then with the three
they went to a plastic Grill. They did. Yeah, you can use these BBQ exactly oddly
enough exactly the
same with the old Land Cruiser working on.
Okay, so Mod's gone off to get a radiator.
And in the meantime, there's a few things I can get started with here first
offers to get the Tapper cover off.
Oh.
some black
I mean look at the state of that. It's typical of diesel engine
that it's very dirty inside but that's beautiful. It's like
an oil painting the way the light plays on the black sludge that
lines the traffic cover on the other side to be somewhat more
prosaic so you can see here. The intake is 0.2 millimeters.
Right there and the exhaust is 0.36 millimeters. So
I'll need those numbers when I set the tap it it is often
been said that directly tap. It is a happy tappet, but I think this
is really taking the principle a little bit too far.
This engine does not gonna run without some attention when you're
sitting tappets. I rather suspect this is what Aaron his friend got
wrong. It's very important that the engine is
in the right position for each individual valve that
you're seeing. Now the way I do this if you imagine a
line through the veil gear there.
If I want to adjust this one.
I'll take the mirror image. I'll turn the engine until that one is fully down. Then
I just that one. I want to just that one.
I'll turn the engine until that one's down.
For that one.
So that it's that one with those two. So when it's
Mirror Image valve is down. That's when I will adjust the the clearance.
That's how I do it.
Okay, so that's all right.
Just getting that snag on the feel again. You should just go in there with
a little bit of pressure.
And then it's adjusted correctly.
So how diesel engine works is when the Piston Falls draws
here and through the intake valve that there's no fuel in at
all.
on the compression stroke
the air gets compressed until it's very very
hot hot enough to ignite Fuel and at that moment.
The fuel is injected through these pipes here and
directly into the combustion chamber, which causes
it to fire. Now this diesel engine
runs at a much higher compression ratio than a petrol
engine and in fact the ignition temperature inside.
The engine is higher than the picture engine and that's
really why diesel engine is more efficient uses this
fuel.
Right. That's the topic cover back on now. We just
think we'll move on to the brakes.
And look at this. Yeah. Is that a Dodge It
is Well spotted again.
What do you reckon Irish and it's gorgeous and of
course some DB being the Dodge Brothers. Yeah was a
baby breweries DB Bruce forever. Yeah, but
I'm sure I'm sure you don't trend no, no definitely not me neither
and it's that got the big four in it night hasn't
a heaven. It's actually got a
smaller one than the fastball.
So that's what three liter straightforward. It's actually
a 3.4 close to the 3.5. So it's
quite a big displacement and Lawn stroke a very
very long strike. So quite talking very talky top
speed. Yes not existent. And
I love the slope on the roof. Okay, I've made all this
myself you fabricated. I did. Yeah. It's meant
to be a four-door tour car solid Wheels
look neater. They're actually an optional extra really? Yeah for
an extra hundred dollars. You get a steel disc wheel.
There are a lot better than the wood spokes ones. Yeah, I bet. Yeah, they
don't break for rock. All right. Yes. Hey, we'll
look if you have got that radiator go down
action. We'll have a look at I mean many
through there. Yeah. Yeah got a couple of those. What's that?
Really 70s? Yeah 75. So 70 Leland. Yeah.
Yes. Definitely. Yeah. Oh
and what's this another dog another dog? Yes.
I got Dodge fever you got Dodge fever there.
I actually got given this one so.
It's a bit of a working progress.
Very good. Oh and there's some radiators down. Yeah. We'll go
have a look at I
in the pile of Radiators
Some of them are junk. Some of them are right.
That looks like the ticket look at that even been
recalled record.
nice
even got water in it from the test. Look at that that's outstanding
and it looks like it will slap straight
into that cavity on the Land Cruiser perfect. You couldn't ask
them more than that. Thank you, brother. No worry real pleasure
if we're gonna drive around the Land Cruiser, which
I'd love to do. We're going to need some break so of disconnected
this master cylinder from the donor vehicle,
and we'll see if we can fit it into our our Landing.
one master cylinder
see if
it looks right.
There we go.
This gently bent these parts. We don't want to
break them, but just gently been around to fit into this different
master cylinder.
right
Alright, okay. Well, that's great.
We came we saw we radiated the
triumphant. It's right up not
just a radiator a record radiator. That's
fantastic. Look at it. So gorgeous thing.
It's great bullet fat well,
I think it will I think it will let's give it a shot. Could you grab that side? Yeah,
we don't want to damage it right. That would be terrible. Look.
Yep. Look at that. Hey.
okay straight in there little piece
of classic four-wheel drive trivia early four
wheel drives including the Land Rover Series 1 Series
2 and the
FJ Toyotas had a metal Grill four-wheel drive
campus loved them because they had two purposes
one. They stopped Stone telling the radiator two at
night. They'd take them off put a row of stones around build a
fire and then put this on top and put the meals on it. Excellent.
If you try that later on.
After we have our Victory Drive Martin, yeah, okay.
the gasket was
if yeah broken, and so I
just scraped up.
Do you think it needs it for what we're going to do with it? Well, I've
got a bit of Goo, so I'm just gonna it might leak a little bit but I
guess to do yeah.
That's like tree talks like molasses, right?
Got some watermark.
Got some water, right?
It's the hole.
Alright my more to go mod right with an
extensive list of mechanical fixes done. Now modern Martin
just need to get on with leading those brakes.
Okay down.
Well, I think all of the areas in this one well up.
What are you reaching? Well, I don't know. I'm really I'm I'm genuinely uncertain
about this. It hasn't run for a long time. Aaron said,
you know, it wasn't running. Well when it was running it hasn't run
for ages. So and I'm not really an expert
on diesels and I'm worried about how much battery power we've got.
But all we can do is try it I guess so how
about it not I think you meant
to give the glow plugs like maybe 2016, right? And that's
the reverse Twist on the key on this, isn't it? I assume that you know, mine you've
had full anchors that I had but I think that's yeah, I've had three land cruises
three. Yes, three. Okay, so maybe after today it'll be
four. Well, if I turn up with this at home Albion deep trouble, okay.
All right, so we'll give it a guy. So yeah, give it a bit
of glow plug and and then give it
a shot. Yeah.
It's showtime will the Land Cruiser live again
unbourboned? Alright Marty.
First one I'm doing reverse twice to warm up the globe and
stand by. You should hear them quicker.
Yeah, I did it flirt. Yeah. All right, that will have been 30
seconds here guys. Nothing. All right.
Here we go. Yeah.
we Delight
To make spirit on diesel engines. I really don't know what to expect. I
did my best sit on the temperance. I got everything is in
place as much as I could and when that fired up I was
a flabbergasted time to get the Land Cruiser
doing what she was born to do.
it
to open so many weather