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  1. the large one is the amazon,usually has the 4.2 diesel in it .they do 4.2 petrol as well,they are large vehicles to have in this country,tho they will pull anything,i' driven most of the older landcruisers, here and in australia,always ultra reliable.the most popular one here is the colorado landcruiser,a bit smaller,i don't know much about them after year 2000,like everything else they are laden with electronics.in oz you can buy the simple basic ones,cos they don't want electonic failures,out in bush ,the land rovers flopped there cos of unreliability,here it is inconvenient if you break down ,there its a matter of life and death.in oz alot of the luxury landcruisers are lexus badged

    i think they are the best proper 4x4

  2. hi,sidelight replacement relatively easy front or back,may have to take a few bits off

    im sure the seats have to have someone sat on them,sometimes they do take a while to get going

    dhp is matter of taste,its only bigger wheels stiffer suspension,some people like the original better for comfort/road noise

    don't think they fitted with runflats at the factory

    pretty common to see surface rust on the ring on top shocker it usually rubs off,i saw it often when i was looking,dont know about bulkhead rust,thou if it surface should be ok they not known to rust,the thing is with these cars whilst alot are owned by enthusiasts,some are bought as a cheap runabout cos they reliable,and soon as a big bill comes up they scrap them,in the real world they not worth much more than £1500,its easy to spend that on it if suspension worm

    don,t know about badges,would'nt of thought too difficult

    cc i don't know prob not used much

    i think the management light is the square one with red circle,if they all go out after starting,everthing ok

  3. does it go thro the gears manually if you start in ist,when you get to 4 you have to push the lever to

    the left to get the overdrive if you start in park and put it in d it does it automatically,but does'nt in the manual,im sure you know this,but if you

    try the above you can check the gears,prob computer won't let you go into 2nd

    but if you use the manual you may not be pushing lever across in drive

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