100 Series Service

Does it?????
What is the apprentice doing the night before.

The engine oil is the only oil you'll be able to check to see if its been changed. The diffs and gearboxes will be difficult to tell.

It would give the service department more piece of mind l reckon....they know they will be getting paid.
What's included in such a service and what items will you need to check afterwards to make sure they were actually replaced etc..?

I won't let the Toyota dealers of Adelaide touch my 100 series TD. I do my own minor services and for major services I go to Alltrac 4wd because they do the job properly and even pick up on important things like cracked fuel hoses that need to be changed and are not preoccupied with putting grease on the battery terminals and painting the tyres black.
They are no cheaper than the dealers - in fact the 80000km service coming up in a couple of weeks will be well over the $1000 because I am getting them to change the auto fluid as well due to all the heavy towing I do.
I remember back quite a few years ago, lying on my back under my 80 series on the banks of the Coopers creek adjusting the belt on the A/C. The vehicle had been into a dealer for it's 20000km service only 10 days before and because the A/C was an after market one it wasn't part of their service schedule and hence didn't get checked. That was a $500 service. Never been back since.
Chris W

Well here's a vote for the dealers! I don't like parting with the money any more than anyone else. But here I am, 220,00 plus km and 12 years down the track, all servicing done by these so-called rogues, apprentices and crims you guys like to complain about. Never been stranded; no empty diffs or gearboxes; early warning of impending problems. So I'm with the 'peace of mind' vote!!

$ !000, ...Service!!, would give me a ulcer"!!


Cheers Axle

Theres a lot of work in a major service - I know I've just done my 150,000k service over a couple of weekends. My costs are still considerable and these are from memory:
Diesel Engine oil - $60
Genuine Filter $30
Main fuel filter $40
Fuel Pre filter $25
Toyota Coolant $40
Toyota Brake Fluid $10
LS90 Diff Oils: $40
VMX-M Gearbox/Transfer oil: $50
Wheel bearing grease $12
Timing Belt: $55
Valve clearance adjustment.
Handbrake adjustment
So about $360 worth of parts - mostly at discount price.

In addition I gave it a bit of a treat and an upgrade because I'm planning on keeping it another 8 years:
Timing belt tensioner bearing: $100
F&R Bendix Pads: $140
DBA Slotted Rotors x4: $440
New Japanese wheel bearings and seals: $220
Genuine Water Pump $180
Genuine thermostat $30
Genuine Radiator hoses $50
Beaudesert 3" exhaust $1055 delivered (cat converter was blocked)

So add another $2200 to keep it all reliable for the future.

So I did all my own servicing and it cost $2560.......:-)))

I use Motorcare and have been for 15 years with our 4 current cars, and all the previous ones as well.
19 Elizabeth St, Adelaide SA 5000 ph: (08) 8231 9955

On my Cruisers 80k Service they knew we were about to do a trip to the GIBB and Tanamai and after checking the diff oils and they were still ok, left them until I came back for the next service after the trip.

Old fashioned service with Jim and his crew and they will always price better than Toyota.

Cheers from Barra