Dave-W

Hi Dino I have been towing a 21'6" Sunland Longreach semi off road van for about 3 months. The van weighs approx 2,700 kg and has a ball weight at around 200kg+. The tow hitch is a Hayman Reese 750 weight distribution hitch coupled with the Dual Cam Sway controller assy. I spent a lot of time getting the levels set up correctly and when hitched up the vehicle comes back to within mm's of the unhitched dimensions. It tows and handles beautifully now. Initially the amount of weight behind the rear suspension became somewhat of an sway issue at times and unfortunatly due to the design layout we couldn't move any weight foward short of removing 2 spare wheels from the rear (which we did as an experiment with some degree of success) I've just clocked up 17,000 kms and the vehicle has the same stance unhitched as it did when new. Regards Dave-W

Hi all Currently touring Oz in LC 200 VX and Sunland 21'6" Longreach caravan. A recent inspection under the bonnet revealed that dust has passed the air filter element.Initially i thought the dust had passed the sealing surface of the element and top airbox cover as some dust is visible on the underside sealing surface. However closer inspection clearly shows faint traces of dust have passed into and past the element media and is clearly visible on the underside of the engine side of the airbox cover.I have seen this on another website pic's etc and compaints to Toyota Aus. The response was that the dust was within tolerance. My advise to anyone who has a LC 200 TTD is check the underside of your airbox (engine side).It takes about 1 min 4 clips,lift lid carefully and inspect for faint traces of dust. I would be interested to see if anyone else has picked up on this one as the filter element is of a fairly open free flow fabric. Currently up in Top End dust country searching for better aftermarket filter. PS. It has been suggested that i fit a snorkel to take air intake up away from dust, good point but have previously owned landcruisers (without snorkels) and have never come across this issue. Kind Regards to all Dave-W