Shortage of Toyota Landcruiser 200 spare parts

Possibly due to tsumani but i had to wait more then 6 weeks for panels for my Suzuki last year.

I think the Aus subsidiaries try to keep stocks lean for hard parts.

Our youngest daughter works in spare parts at the local Toyota dealershp.

Yes - parts ex Japan are slow. Some are listed as 6 to 8 weeks.

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The loaded Nissan and trailer are real but absolutely un bloody real !!!!

This little story may not make you feel any better in regards to your altercation with "Flying Form ply". But only just yesterday I was in the right place at the right time ~ so to speak, when I collected off the side of the Newman to Port Hedland road, half a four foot x eight foot slab of 3/4 inch thick form ply.

A bit of a raggard edge where the ply broke off, some superficial gravel rash on one side, but a nice slab of new ply, ideal for an under bench roll out drawer in my work shop.

On a very serious note : the amount of stuff that comes off the fast moving monsters that ply (no pun intended) the highways in WA is truely frightening, from things like lengths of pine measuring around 4x4 inches x six to eight feet in length to four foot lengths of heavy channel iron, luckily no one seems to have met their demise by these lethal missiles, there was a young family man clobbered by a pin that supposedly secures a sea container to the trailer that is carrying the thing, a couple of years back, the incident happened at night on the coastal highway out of Karratha in the west Pilbara, the bloke survived the impact of the 9 kilogram pin in his chest, but I've not heard if he is still alive today.

The gist of the story is simply grit your teeth and hope for the best as one of these mongrel road trains comes at you head on.

Hopefully your Cruiser parts arrive soon and I trust they won't be glowing in the dark ... ;0)

There was a shocking event that happened just north of Katherine some years back whereby some spare track sections belonging to an excavator that was on a low loader truck fell off just at a bridge crossing. The poor truck driver was totally unaware and had thought the load was secure.

A mother and 3 kids where heading to Darwin that night and it was raining. They hit the track sections and skidded into the swollen river under the bridge.

Only the mother survived. I felt just so sorry for her. Unable to get to the kids to release them from their seat belts as the car sunk quickly.

This was a true tragedy that highlights the absolute need to secure all loads - even small items that you might think would be alright.

Terrible story...

If it's just the wiper arm and assy you could go to a wrecker. There are a few 200's in wreckers, some with only 5 - 10,000kms.

Re the windscreen you should be able to get them easily if you haven't already. One thing to watch here is that there is a special version for diesels, if that is applicable to you. Some places are not aware of this. It is referred to as the acoustic windscreen. I did a windscreen and originally had the normal one fitted, the vehcile was a lot noisier. When I pointed it out, Windscreens O'brian checked and replaceed it with the right one straight away. Hope this helps.

Thanks all for your input and suggestions. It looks like I will be confined to barracks for a while. I was looking forward to continuing my exploration of W.A. Such is life.