For future reference if you are trying to drill a hole and need to centre it, get a bolt that will screw into the thread of the stud hole( in this case). Centre punch it and drill it with a 2-3 mm drill in the vice to get it perfectly centre then screw it into the hole your trying to drill into use the 2-3mm drill to start and importantly centre the hole. I’m a retired aircraft maintenance engineer and if I had a dollar for every bolt n screw I’ve drilled out I’d be richer than Elon Musk. We used make centring bushes on a lathe that fitted into the hole by a few mm and were about 20-30mm long. You just put the small section in the hole and rest sat flush on the outside and was tall enough that the drill bit was keep straight and centred.
Oh thats a brilliant idea! Thank you for that! I will definitely remember that for next time i ever need to do something like this! Thanks for watching and for the advice
Well done there mate. Isn't it great when you've got good mates to help. There's nothing like collective knowledge. If you can do repairs like this yourself, it saves a lot of money. Good on you. 😊
Very thankful! I wouldn’t have attempted it solo, having that extra pair of hands makes a world of difference! Soon Liam will be even more helpful and he will be my second pair of hands
He absolutely is! Its funny we were born in the same town a year apart but only met 28 years later because our wives are childhood friends from the neighbouring town. Weird how it works sometimes
Glad everything turned out well for you. It's great that you were able to assist Troy on the water with the rescue and he was able to return the favour on your car. We don't appreciate our friends enough until something happens and then we all rally around to assist each other. Take care on the road again and enjoy a hassle free time now. Cheers🙂
I know right! Very thankful for him and his fsmily for not only giving us a place to stay but spending this whole day helping me with my car. True friends are so important. Thankd for watching
So glad everything went well with the engine, always such a worry when somethings not good. I actually have a sound like a fan belt squealing, after seeing this video, I’m taking it down to have checked, I’m an older lady so can’t do it myself, I use to be a mechanics TA, but beyond me now, so frustrating having to get others to do things for you. Enjoy your continuing travels, look forward to the next one. Cheers Judy
Yeh i would find that frustrating too! Hopefully its a simple fix for you and doesnt cost the earth, im super thankful Troy and I managed to do it and didnt have to pay that labour cost this time. Best of luck
Love how Liam is so keen. My eldest was the same and he's now 23 and a very good diesel mechanic who's quite happy to work on older machines and vehicles. I think you'll be alright in the long term future because your little mechanic will help you out.
Haha yes i hope so! Hopefully i csn get him to start doing the maintenance for me when he’s older. He was quite helpful which was nice. Thanks for watching
Good job and good friends helping you. Just a tip from my mechanic days, I was always taught to retention bolts afterwards after initial run especially on areas of high heat like your exhaust manifold to check they are in their torque specifications still,its a pain going back in there but could save you more headaches down the track. Great video and channel.
Massive congratulations to you for taking the time to do the preventative repairs that will ensure your travels continue. Great mates to help out too! We've sold our New Age after our trip last year but love your videos as they're 'real' and not all about merch etc and glamourising it all.
Thanks mate! Yeh shes an old girl i have to keep an eye on a few things and not let things go too far. Thanks for following along, we do try and keep it very real, is not always perfect though we know how lucky we are!
Great effort guys doing that on a nature strip is challenging. But best of all good pick up in the first place recognising a new sound. So many people either ignore or just don’t hear things like that. 👌
Yeh, shes an old girl i listen and hunt down any new sounds or changes of pitch and ang weird vibrations. Think it has saved me many times over being cautious. Have probably spent some unnecessary money but id rather be safe then sorry
Forgive me if I’m wrong but I did notice your fan spinning quite freely when you first started it to look for the squeel when you shut it down it looked to spin freely but I guess your mechanic would have picked that up and for those sockets they do come in handy to stop you rounding off bolts or nuts because they are a perfect fit compared to normal sockets. Would have replaced all of exhaust bolts and studs for future but it’s good to see you got it going again 👍👍
Yeh i did replace them all, a whole new set to go with the new gaskets. Someone else has noticed that about the fan. Its getting a basic service next week so ill get them to look at that for me, viscous fluid or something
@@Ourwhittleadventure Toyota used to sell 20ml bottles of viscous coupling replacement fluid...and provide a neat little bung in the hub to tip it into. Bt of course, like a/c when you have to refill it...there's a small leak somewhere.. I used the same fluid on my Nissan Terrano JDM but had to split the hub and reseal it.. Nissan wants you to buy a whole new water pump as well since they are "not serviceable" and sold as a complete unit @ $$$ Yeah right....
Great effort mate💪 The old girl is certainly testing you and possibly giving you a few grey hairs 🤦🏻 How rewarding is it to be able to work with a mate to get things sorted..
Aftermarket straight 6 exhaust manifolds almost always have problems since the quality of the metal used and the research and development falls far short of OEM resourcing. Sometimes elongating the slots/drilling out the holes in the manifold where the studs/bolts intersect the manifold solves the "snapping stud" problem since the elongated hole now allows more movement by the manifold which "slides" past the stud... rather than bending it, and bending it, and.....every heat cycle... when the edge of the hole in the manifold stops the expansion by levering against the stud. Sometimes OEM also make the same mistake...with alloy heads having a different rate of expansion to the exhaust manifold
Haha i was pretty fortunate that i picked it up here. Wouldn’t have been so successful elsewhere i dont think. Not a bad area either, had a magic day on the biat a few days prior
Fourbys… am I right? 😂 So good it’s back together! Just wait till you get to the corrugations! We’ve been hitting them for the last 2 weeks on The Gibb and it’s done some mischief! 😬
Haha i know right. Ah the old girl handles corrugations ok, didnt like doing elquestro gorge crossing a couple years ago, did some electrical mischief that one
Had an Audi 80 2.0 litre sport engine killed because some airhhead fitted timing belt without replacing with new pulleys, not that much of a cost to replace😢
HI Guys good work. As iam watching you I am thinking how much prep I have done to my Toyota you just don't know what can give way . Cheers all the best Steve and Deb.
All the prep in the world wouldnt have prepared me for that one. Only a week prior i made the comment that the car was in the best state its been in for years and i had only minor things to keep an eye on. Ahwell thats life on the road i guess
Good job . I'd better pop the bonnet on my 100 series & check them cause it's done 496k.Glad they come out easy for you off Centre holes & easy outs are you're worst nightmare
Might be an idea to have a look at replacing those bolts before they break, one by one, if it's something that happens more often at those kilometres on that engine, maybe? Thinking out loud here. It could of course open a can of "broken bolts" too??
Might be time to top up the viscous fluid in the fan clutch too it should stop spinning a lot quicker than it is. The stuff is pretty cheap from Toyota and not a rocket scientist job 😅😊. I’ve done several of these in the past and my 100series has over 400k. Another 50k until next timing belt, water pump etc. I would only recommend genuine parts so you don’t get a nasty surprise down the road 😊
No better way to learn than doing it yourself with a bit of guidance. Did you tension the Exh manifold from the centre outwards? Always a good practice to do it that way to ensure the manifold spreads outwards as it tightens in 👍
@@Ourwhittleadventure good work, most repeat failure are a result of incorrect torque procedure and tension and warped mating surface. If you have discounted all of them you can be confident everything will be fine in the future 👍
Yeh definitely did replace the belt so belts only 50k kms old. The squeel is now gone and ive since gone into a mechanic for a service and got them to check over timing belt and all my work etc. seems to be all sorted for now. Im sure there will be something else soon enough but il just keep checking over things constantly
@@Ourwhittleadventure all good buddy a good tip for removing broken studs get left hand drill bits they often come out as U drill.All the best safe travels
Pal you are NO motor mechanic and from your comments never will be. That timing belt is flexing way too much on decelerating. It will let go very soon unless repaired.
Look mate my comment was tongue in cheek about the mechanic part. Your sense of humour is invaluable at times of need. But do check that timing issue it looks easy to get on the early cruiser.
@gregorymatthies5297 yeh it is easy to get to. Ive almost lost it before so i will get on to it, its going to a mechanic in a couple days for a bit of love. Im not a mechanic and never wish to be but i do try and save some coin where i can
For future reference if you are trying to drill a hole and need to centre it, get a bolt that will screw into the thread of the stud hole( in this case). Centre punch it and drill it with a 2-3 mm drill in the vice to get it perfectly centre then screw it into the hole your trying to drill into use the 2-3mm drill to start and importantly centre the hole.
I’m a retired aircraft maintenance engineer and if I had a dollar for every bolt n screw I’ve drilled out I’d be richer than Elon Musk. We used make centring bushes on a lathe that fitted into the hole by a few mm and were about 20-30mm long. You just put the small section in the hole and rest sat flush on the outside and was tall enough that the drill bit was keep straight and centred.
Oh thats a brilliant idea!
Thank you for that! I will definitely remember that for next time i ever need to do something like this!
Thanks for watching and for the advice
@@davetunbridge6637 good tip happy too learn something everyday even at 56 years old
Well done there mate. Isn't it great when you've got good mates to help. There's nothing like collective knowledge.
If you can do repairs like this yourself, it saves a lot of money. Good on you. 😊
Very thankful! I wouldn’t have attempted it solo, having that extra pair of hands makes a world of difference!
Soon Liam will be even more helpful and he will be my second pair of hands
Troy comes across as a really good guy. Glad you had friends to help you out.
He absolutely is! Its funny we were born in the same town a year apart but only met 28 years later because our wives are childhood friends from the neighbouring town. Weird how it works sometimes
Great work on this truck, hard job and good work getting those broken studs out it’s a credit to you . What a bugger .
Thanks mate, definitely not s job id like to do again anytime soon!
Glad everything turned out well for you. It's great that you were able to assist Troy on the water with the rescue and he was able to return the favour on your car. We don't appreciate our friends enough until something happens and then we all rally around to assist each other. Take care on the road again and enjoy a hassle free time now. Cheers🙂
I know right! Very thankful for him and his fsmily for not only giving us a place to stay but spending this whole day helping me with my car. True friends are so important.
Thankd for watching
So glad everything went well with the engine, always such a worry when somethings not good. I actually have a sound like a fan belt squealing, after seeing this video, I’m taking it down to have checked, I’m an older lady so can’t do it myself, I use to be a mechanics TA, but beyond me now, so frustrating having to get others to do things for you. Enjoy your continuing travels, look forward to the next one. Cheers Judy
Yeh i would find that frustrating too! Hopefully its a simple fix for you and doesnt cost the earth, im super thankful Troy and I managed to do it and didnt have to pay that labour cost this time.
Best of luck
@@OurwhittleadventureLP ok I'm in
Love how Liam is so keen. My eldest was the same and he's now 23 and a very good diesel mechanic who's quite happy to work on older machines and vehicles. I think you'll be alright in the long term future because your little mechanic will help you out.
Haha yes i hope so! Hopefully i csn get him to start doing the maintenance for me when he’s older. He was quite helpful which was nice.
Thanks for watching
Good job and good friends helping you. Just a tip from my mechanic days, I was always taught to retention bolts afterwards after initial run especially on areas of high heat like your exhaust manifold to check they are in their torque specifications still,its a pain going back in there but could save you more headaches down the track. Great video and channel.
Thanks mate, yeh thats a good idea.
Its going in for a service next week i might get them to just go over it all for me
Big job! Glad you got those studs out easily. They can be a real bugger sometimes.
I had heard! So lucky they cane out without issue
@@Ourwhittleadventure when you have good mates anything is possible - and a bit of luck help too. 👍
@oconnorfamilyadventures too true!!
Massive congratulations to you for taking the time to do the preventative repairs that will ensure your travels continue. Great mates to help out too! We've sold our New Age after our trip last year but love your videos as they're 'real' and not all about merch etc and glamourising it all.
Thanks mate! Yeh shes an old girl i have to keep an eye on a few things and not let things go too far.
Thanks for following along, we do try and keep it very real, is not always perfect though we know how lucky we are!
Great effort guys doing that on a nature strip is challenging. But best of all good pick up in the first place recognising a new sound. So many people either ignore or just don’t hear things like that. 👌
Yeh, shes an old girl i listen and hunt down any new sounds or changes of pitch and ang weird vibrations. Think it has saved me many times over being cautious. Have probably spent some unnecessary money but id rather be safe then sorry
@@Ourwhittleadventure not a waste of money much better safe than sorry.
@filthyoffroadadventures agreed
The house is like ours in the front & that hedge is the same as the one we pulled out 😃
Is a nice house theyve got, thankful to have a nice grassy spot to work
How lucky are you to have a legend like Troy in your life?! Good job guys!
Extremely lucky! Top bloke, beautiful family.
Missing them heaps
Forgive me if I’m wrong but I did notice your fan spinning quite freely when you first started it to look for the squeel when you shut it down it looked to spin freely but I guess your mechanic would have picked that up and for those sockets they do come in handy to stop you rounding off bolts or nuts because they are a perfect fit compared to normal sockets. Would have replaced all of exhaust bolts and studs for future but it’s good to see you got it going again 👍👍
Yeh i did replace them all, a whole new set to go with the new gaskets.
Someone else has noticed that about the fan. Its getting a basic service next week so ill get them to look at that for me, viscous fluid or something
@@Ourwhittleadventure
Toyota used to sell 20ml bottles of viscous coupling replacement fluid...and provide a neat little bung in the hub to tip it into.
Bt of course, like a/c when you have to refill it...there's a small leak somewhere..
I used the same fluid on my Nissan Terrano JDM but had to split the hub and reseal it..
Nissan wants you to buy a whole new water pump as well since they are "not serviceable" and sold as a complete unit @ $$$
Yeah right....
@JohnSmith-pl2bk thanks buddy! Il look jnto it
Your lucky you have someone to help you out
Definitely! Wouldnt have attempted it solo i would of booked it in and spent a fortune
Top job man, I take my hat off to you 😊
Thanks, was a little out if my comfort zone but seems to have gone well
Great effort mate💪 The old girl is certainly testing you and possibly giving you a few grey hairs 🤦🏻
How rewarding is it to be able to work with a mate to get things sorted..
So rewarding!
Yeh shes been keeping me on my toes thats for sure but she still tows this van with ease!
You were lucky you were I Gladstone with a good friend that is a mechanic!
Haha very lucky! Hes not a vehicle mechanic either 😅 does work on big boat motors so i guess the skillset transfers over a bit
Aftermarket straight 6 exhaust manifolds almost always have problems since the quality of the metal used and the research and development falls far short of OEM resourcing.
Sometimes elongating the slots/drilling out the holes in the manifold where the studs/bolts intersect the manifold solves the "snapping stud" problem since the elongated hole now allows more movement by the manifold which "slides" past the stud...
rather than bending it, and bending it, and.....every heat cycle... when the edge of the hole in the manifold stops the expansion by levering against the stud.
Sometimes OEM also make the same mistake...with alloy heads having a different rate of expansion to the exhaust manifold
Yeh ok, that makes sense. Something to think about if this happens again.
Cheers
Gladstone has to be a good place to breakdown as toyo's are every where there..😁 I have lots of relations living and working there.
Haha i was pretty fortunate that i picked it up here. Wouldn’t have been so successful elsewhere i dont think.
Not a bad area either, had a magic day on the biat a few days prior
Might be a good idea to check the intake manifold bolts as well. Mine came loose a few years ago
Ive had them off just recently when i did an intake clean so they should be good in theory!
Pretty good effort to do that type of job in the driveway 👍
Thanks mate, definitely not how i wanted to spend those days but got it sorted 👌🏻
Diesel life 😂…. She’ll be good for another few hundred thousand k’s 🤙
Fourbys… am I right? 😂
So good it’s back together!
Just wait till you get to the corrugations! We’ve been hitting them for the last 2 weeks on The Gibb and it’s done some mischief! 😬
Haha i know right. Ah the old girl handles corrugations ok, didnt like doing elquestro gorge crossing a couple years ago, did some electrical mischief that one
Had an Audi 80 2.0 litre sport engine killed because some airhhead fitted timing belt without replacing with new pulleys, not that much of a cost to replace😢
Aww man!
Yeh i wonder if my pulley was replaced last timing belt change or not.
Was lucky to have caught it when i did.
HI Guys good work. As iam watching you I am thinking how much prep I have done to my Toyota you just don't know what can give way .
Cheers all the best Steve and Deb.
All the prep in the world wouldnt have prepared me for that one.
Only a week prior i made the comment that the car was in the best state its been in for years and i had only minor things to keep an eye on.
Ahwell thats life on the road i guess
@@Ourwhittleadventure 😊 same we just spent 2 weeks on the Eyre Peninsular the Toyota ran as normal Awesome 👌 see how we go 😄
Amazing! All the best for your travels!
Good job . I'd better pop the bonnet on my 100 series & check them cause it's done 496k.Glad they come out easy for you off Centre holes & easy outs are you're worst nightmare
Yeh i was pretty nervous which is why i let Troy do that one. But very thankful they came out easy!! Something i will keep an eye on going forward
Might be an idea to have a look at replacing those bolts before they break, one by one, if it's something that happens more often at those kilometres on that engine, maybe? Thinking out loud here.
It could of course open a can of "broken bolts" too??
Yeh possibly, is a right pain to get to.
I wonder if there is a typical service interval for them, mines at 295000kms now so theyve done pretty well
Might be time to top up the viscous fluid in the fan clutch too it should stop spinning a lot quicker than it is. The stuff is pretty cheap from Toyota and not a rocket scientist job 😅😊. I’ve done several of these in the past and my 100series has over 400k. Another 50k until next timing belt, water pump etc. I would only recommend genuine parts so you don’t get a nasty surprise down the road 😊
Thanks! Il look into that one for sure and yeh i ended up getting all genuine stuff from Toyota for this job
@@Ourwhittleadventure it definitely pays in the long run
@MickBurns-ev1nn yeh, the old saying the poor man pays twice!
@@Ourwhittleadventure and believe me.. I’ve been that poor man in the past 😂😂
@MickBurns-ev1nn haha havent we all!
Yeah good job getting that done. It's good when you have friends to help. How many kms does the truck have on it?
Cheers, it will click 300,000kms this week sometime
@@Ourwhittleadventure I would like to get one
Fan viscous hub should stop straight away when engine stops? Yours kept free sping?
Your not the first to say that, it is going in to a mechanic next week for a once over il get them to have a look. Thanks!
No better way to learn than doing it yourself with a bit of guidance. Did you tension the Exh manifold from the centre outwards? Always a good practice to do it that way to ensure the manifold spreads outwards as it tightens in 👍
Yeh i found a guide online that showed a recommended order that was essentially that anyway.
Hopefully nothing sneaks up on us later, so far so good
@@Ourwhittleadventure good work, most repeat failure are a result of incorrect torque procedure and tension and warped mating surface. If you have discounted all of them you can be confident everything will be fine in the future 👍
Cool Ep and fix guys
Thanks! Always hard for me to film something like this but having Troy on hand freed me up for some filming ehich was cool
Many hands there for you now 😅
Definitely
20secs in - Just a guess, but I'll say exhaust manifold/turbo to exhaust manifold gasket.
Haha solid guess!
So close :) Well done on the repair. Those studs can be a nightmare to get out.
@richarm66 yeh thankful they came out easy! Just a pain to get to
Lot of squeal for manifold leak.Have a good look at timing belt while u revved engine?Did u replace timing belt when u replaced idler bearing
Yeh definitely did replace the belt so belts only 50k kms old.
The squeel is now gone and ive since gone into a mechanic for a service and got them to check over timing belt and all my work etc. seems to be all sorted for now.
Im sure there will be something else soon enough but il just keep checking over things constantly
@@Ourwhittleadventure all good buddy a good tip for removing broken studs get left hand drill bits they often come out as U drill.All the best safe travels
@garrylawless6758 ah thats a good idea, thanks mate! Hopefully not something i have to do again any time soon
Did you put a full set in while you had it apart ???????????????
what pitfa. hahha. good job. hate to do this on my vdj200.
Yeh i dont think id like to do it on anything more modern to be honest!
Noice Vid...
Cheers buddy
Pal you are NO motor mechanic and from your comments never will be. That timing belt is flexing way too much on decelerating. It will let go very soon unless repaired.
Thanks mate, i will get on to that one ASAP.
Cheers
Look mate my comment was tongue in cheek about the mechanic part. Your sense of humour is invaluable at times of need. But do check that timing issue it looks easy to get on the early cruiser.
@gregorymatthies5297 yeh it is easy to get to.
Ive almost lost it before so i will get on to it, its going to a mechanic in a couple days for a bit of love. Im not a mechanic and never wish to be but i do try and save some coin where i can
@@Ourwhittleadventure yes good on you and good comment