What did you do to your 90 today?

[RanJ Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close RanJ]

Hey, jumped back on here today and am seeing the pain I had to deal with over the last three years all over again!
Thinking about it, in the last three years my old Prado has had the following:
Timing belt
Timing belt idler
Timing belt tensioner
Camshaft seals
Rewired knock sensors
Intake valley gaskets
Rebuilt injectors
Harmonic balancer
Radiator
Upper and lower radiator hoses
Thermostat and housing
Davies Craig thermo fan
T2 rotors and pads front and rear
Rebuilt front and rear calipers
Rear axle seals
upper and lower control arm bushes and ball joints
Dobinson 2" lift
Swaybar links and bushes
Swaybar mount bushes
Rebuilt steering rack and bushes

Handful of other components and I'm just tuning the motor now with its new GM Delco ecu from a VS Commodore. Been through a dozen MEMCALs now finding the right tune. Getting quite good economy from it but down on power a bit too much. Around town I'm getting between 16-18L/100km compared to its previous 22-25.

[Brett1979 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Brett1979]

Hi Brett, can you list the parts that you changed,
Water pump
Timing belt
Drive belts
Any lip seals ?
Did you replace the radiator hoses purely because of the age
Mine is due for the 3rd time,
Thanks

I replaced the timing belt, water pump, the 3 drive belts, and the thermostat. I also replaced both idler pulleys timing belt tensioner and the tensioner pulley. I didn't replace the top and bottom hoses because top and bottom hose weren't that old. I didn't replace the bottom transmission cooler hoses or the coolant hose going into the water pump because they're designed to last the life of the vehicle. The only thing I did with those was remove the old squeeze clamps which I really don't like and fit proper screw tightened clamp rings. I bought new coolant obviously too.

You can buy a timing belt kit which comes with the timing belt, water pump, water pump gasket thermostat O ring seal, idler pulleys, tensioner pulley, timing belt tensioner, seals for behind the crank sprocket and cam sprockets.

[oceanracer Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close oceanracer]

Thanks, is the kit Toyota or non genuine?

[Brett1979 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Brett1979]

I bought a non-genuine Dayco one which is considered to be a decent manufacturer of these kits. I spent $520 but that also included a $120 crank angle sensor that I needed to replace and I also bought a $60 torque wrench. So the kit cost $340 through a local retailer which I considered well priced. Considering that you won't pay any less than $800 odd for this work to be done by a workshop it's a good saving. Some of the more brazen rip-off merchants out there will charge up to $1,200 going by some reports on here. That I just wouldn't pay and would shop around for a smarter deal but it's a good saving to do it yourself nonetheless.

Every time you change your oil, oil filter and air filter yourself you're saving about $200 alone when compared to what a workshop would charge.

[oceanracer Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close oceanracer]

Thanks, I'll price Toyota this week

[oceanracer Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close oceanracer]

I need to change the radio aerial, not really looking forward to it

[Hogey66 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hogey66]

I need to change the radio aerial, not really looking forward to it

That's on my list of things to do but may just mount an aftermarket one on the bullbar.

[oceanracer Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close oceanracer]

the fm radio

[Hogey66 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hogey66]

the fm radio

Same here. Did one on my 120 a couple of months ago and improved reception a bit. The one on the 90 stopped retracting years ago but now the mast is also badly bent. Not yet at the stage of jamming a wire coat hanger in it but not far off if I don't do something about it soon. Got the one for the 120 from super cheap for about $15 so cheap easy fix for the 90 will be the same.

[RanJ Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close RanJ]

I used Gates timing belt, pulleys and tensioner. Considered Saudi but went with Gates

[oceanracer Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close oceanracer]

Fitted the new AM / FM aerial today, that was a lot of fun, need tiny hands to get behind the dash, all in now.

as for the Timing belt ive got all the bits genuine stuff.

[oceanracer Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close oceanracer]

ive got the dash apart , in the process of fitting a ICOM 450 uhf , its small but rather heavy so the paces that have been used im not to sure how it would go hanging so im attaching it in a more stable position for it

[kjs Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kjs]

I've a few more bits to buy, but it feels much better now, especially since the exhaust system and extractors,

Hi Oceanracer sounds good .. can you give me details of your exhaust? ie model numbers and so on...what's the verdict on your economy/performance/noise increase/decrease ? Cheers

[oceanracer Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close oceanracer]

its louder, not a lot though, much better rev range and so much smoother, feels like there is more power, if you don't push it its more efficient as well, ask ############# , hes driven it








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[kjs Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kjs]

awesome , any drone at highway speed ? ..thanks mate