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The 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser

I bought this Land Cruiser Prado (KZJ78) over 3 years ago. It was imported from Japan, so it's a right hand drive. At the time of writing this it has roughly 340,000km's (just over 211k miles). It's gone through some changes since the trip started, and I intend to do a full rebuild of the drawer system to change the layout and accommodate more storage.

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Exterior

  • Wheels - Unknown Aluminum 15"

  • Tires - 33x10.5r15 Toyo MT's

  • Suspension - ProComp Coils all around from Japan

  • Front bumper - ARB steel bumper found on Facebook Marketplace in Guatemala, about 6 months into the trip

  • Rear bumper - Custom built by Pancho's Garage in Guatemala City

  • OEM Toyota rear spare tire mount - on the door (no swingouts)

  • Front Runner Ladder on back left door + Axe and shovel mounted with Quickfists - chain with lock runs through everything

  • Awning: 6x8ft by Danchel Outdoor

  • 5lb Propane tank in Trail-Gear.ca bag

  • No name aluminum clamshell roof tent

  • Currently 2 fixed 100w Solar panels on the roof (more info in electronics section)

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Interior

  • Customer rear 2 drawer system. Left drawer holds all tools and right drawer is split in 2 sections, food and cookware

  • Fridge slide on 24" drawer slides with cutlery drawer undernearth

  • ICECO VL45 PRO S single section fridge/freezer

  • Stove - Currently using a no name single burner that runs off 1lb green Coleman propane tanks. These tanks I refill with an adaptor via the 5lb tank

  • Clothing is stored in a plastic drawer system ratchet strapped to a wooded platform with d-rings that is built where the back right passenger seat was

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Solar and Electrical

  • Solar panels - the truck started with a Renogy 100w flex panel on the roof that got damaged in severe wind in southern Mexico. Currently there are 2 100w rigid panels - It's a work in progress

  • Solar wiring - The wiring runs down the a pillar into the hood and through the firewall grommet, it then runs to the rear of the drivers seat

  • Battery - Initially I bought a Jackery 500w, I then upgraded to the 1500w (Roughly 130A). It has an MPPT controller built in with USB, USB-C and 110V plugs, it is also wired into the truck to charge when driving

  • Lighting - Nilight 22" Light bar on the front bumper, 2 Nilight LED pods on the back + One on the left side of the roof rack and one on the right side

  • Buttons - AUXBEAM 6 gang switch panel with its own fuse box - Lighting arranged LIGHTBAR, REAR, SIDE

Mechanical

  • Engine: 1KZ-TE 3.0L Turbo Diesel - Stock exept deleted EGR

  • Transmission - Stock A343f Auto

  • Electric push button hubs (yes still)

  • RACOR 230r Diesel Filter - This runs as a pre-filter to the OEM filter

  • Re-cored stock radiator with all plastic replaced with aluminum

  • AUTOMETER transmission temperature gauge + AUTOMETER EGT gauge

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Otherwise the truck is pretty much stock, no muffler just one resonator.

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Full list of gear we use

Truck:
Traction Boards: https://amzn.to/46psVEc
Awning: https://amzn.to/3qWHD57
Renogy fold-out solar panel: https://amzn.to/3qZlPGa
Jetboil Sumo: https://amzn.to/3r1eENG
Nilight Lighting (Side/back): https://amzn.to/3pvva89
Nilight Light bar: https://amzn.to/42ZR94I
Transmission Gauge: https://amzn.to/3JsGfxJ
EGT Gauge: https://amzn.to/46pMCvm
Water Temp Gauge: https://amzn.to/3Px2er4
Boost Gauge: https://amzn.to/3Pvf20Y
Manual Boost Controller: https://amzn.to/3CRQJ5O

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Camping gear: 
The most comfortable boots: https://amzn.to/3NP22ly
Lanterns: https://amzn.to/3Xy4IaD
Garmin Inreach Explorer + : https://amzn.to/3COZNJ0
NorthFace Stormbreak 2: https://amzn.to/3PuftZy
Thermarest Sleeping pad: https://amzn.to/3Px0AWq
Camping Table: https://amzn.to/3pgFTn5

Jackery: https://www.jackery.com/products/explorer-1500-portable-power-station

Fridge: https://icecofreezer.com/products/vlpro45s-12v-refrigerator
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Camera Gear:
Olympus Camera Body: https://amzn.to/3CNwxlG
Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm: https://amzn.to/3PuIbJK
Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm: https://amzn.to/3pgHqcP
Tripod: https://amzn.to/3CKnzFQ
DJI Mini 3 Pro: https://amzn.to/3CLtMkL
DJI Fly More Kit: https://amzn.to/3Xy7gpd
DJI Mini 3 Pro ND Filter set: https://amzn.to/3r6nKZq

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