RALPH replied:

sorry can't answer the electrical problem, but the swivel hubs are packed with their own grease if oil is inside and leaking on outside of hubs you have a inner and outer seal leak on the front axel. Atfter market parts full kit cost around $145.00 from CON KYATT IN WELSHPOOL PERTH( this kit includes seals, swivel bearing,bearing races,paper seals ,outer lock hub seals,new washers etc.)

royce replied:

What..... you DON'T have a heavy duty lead to the starter motor?

patroler replied:

Hi Geoff
A landcruiser tray back work vehicle I used to have would not start at all after a run of half to one hour. My workmates had similar problems as if the battery had died altogether. In these earlier cruisers the battery was at the rear of the engine bay directly above the exhaust manifold which would cook the battery. After half an hour or so when the battery cooled down the cruiser would start perfectly.
Our problem was fixed with a heat shield around the battery.
This is cheap to make and would be worth a try
Regards Robert

Member - Mal replied:

Geoff, I'm with Royce. A lead fixed mine. Mal.

geoff replied:

thanks for all the replies champions..... gotta love a resource like this hey...........

I'm going with the cable.... now where did I put that old piece of speaker wire... (joking)

mudgutz replied:

yeah the swivelhubs.......the kit is 145 bucks all right but it is a bleep of a job takes about 6 hours to do be prepared to get real dirty repack the cv jionts with graphite grease and do the wheel bearings whilst you are in there.....dont be afraid to put plenti of htb grease in everything but the cv joints .....tip ...some blokes say undo top and bottom housings drop of the caliper and pull the whole lot outin one go......whilst this is faster do it the proper way and remove the lot starting from the hubs and work your way in.......clean the lot properly and it should last another 150000 kms.....check the breather as well no use doin the seals if the breathers blocked..youll be straight back in there the first time you hit soft sand and she heats up