Land Cruiser de-evolution

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This is phenomenal Carl. I didn't see that you mentioned the capacity of the aux tank, what is that? Whats the ballpark cost of the parts?
20 gallons. I think I'm probably between $300 and $350 after all the nickel-and-dime incidentals....but as usual, I didn't keep close track. :)
 

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Carl, where were you able to source the Apexus switch / gauge?
I can't seem to find one.
I imported it directly from Apexus. As it happens, I actually bought two of them in case I wanted to do something again in the future...so I have one new in the box waiting for you. :)
 

spaggyroe

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I imported it directly from Apexus. As it happens, I actually bought two of them in case I wanted to do something again in the future...so I have one new in the box waiting for you. :)

Perfect ??
I’ll pick it up when we meet up after the new year.
 

nnnnnate

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So did you just replace the power steering pump? I'm not sure what typically comes in that box...🙄
 

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So did you just replace the power steering pump? I'm not sure what typically comes in that box...🙄

Not the pump, just the steering gear box. Red Head is a rebuilder, that does a couple things nobody else I'm aware of does. All in the name of eliminating slop/play, which is the whole point of this exercise. :)

Looks like a new steering box! I'm curious if I need this same minor upgrade...

This is the second time I've bought from Red Head. I put one of their boxes on my F350, and it behaved beautifully after that--so I did it again this time. It's not the cheapest option for sure, but I think it's one of the best. (and MUCH cheaper than a new Toyota steering box for ~$1600 :oops:)
 

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Awesome! I've read they are a major upgrade for the OBS and SuperDuty trucks but I've never been able to stomach the price.

Yeah, spending money hurts. :)

But, I look at it like this: While it's one fairly spendy part, it's still less than ONE monthly payment on a newer car. So if it gets me one more month of ownership, I'm coming out ahead. :D (and I expect it to last another 200K miles, which will probably be longer than a month)

Or, as Kurt always tells me, "Buy once, cry once".
 
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