Buying a HDJ100R series landcruiser wagon

I have a 2001 TD Auto with 374000k's on it, and it is a great car both on and off road... The timing belt and tensioner should be changed every 150000, but it isn't overly expensive. For the HDJ I think the oil and filter is every 10000. I use Mobil Delvac 1 fully synthetic (5w40) which is ridiculously expensive, but it is a very good oil. Get onto LCOOL.org for all the info you could possibly need on Landcruisers!

Drew

If you can get a login to the lcool landcruiser forum there's a wealth of info on there.
Generally speaking, you don't hear too much bad about these cruisers. The front diff and lower control arms are a bit weak but not much else.
Do a bit more googling - there's a lot of threads on exploroz and other forums if you keep digging.

Hi Pete
If you do buy the cruiser I would suggest changing all the oils and filters, regardless of what the seller says in regard to when these were done .Then your starting of fresh and know when to do the next intervals.

Thanks for the replies.

It looks pretty good in fact almost like new with everything still feeling quite tight although I only drove on bitumen.

The front end is a put off and more like a Prado contributing to one of the few faults apparent with a cv boot in need of replacement.

Overall I am a bit torn as to whether it is worth forking out the extra for the turbo which is about $10K (although all the 105s with the 1HZ motor I could find had significantly higher mileage) at the cost of a proper front axel.

My original plan was just to have a non turbo cruiser as a getaway vehicle to tow camper trailer and keep our Subaru forester as daily commute. It would seem a real overkill to keep the turbo cruiser as an occasional use vehicle.

This has opened up a can of worms we could be looking at more substantial trailers if my wife has her way.

Maybe I will tell her it was a lemon.