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17 hours ago, Cohen said:

🙂  no indeed, but a good garage who will have a go at anything. They have been doing my import cars for the last 17 years without too many problems.

Exactly my point!😊

On 1/27/2023 at 2:42 PM, Rojie said:

 

Buy the JPNZ Owners Manual (in English too) from ebay.

 

Every owner should have it.

 

Good detail on fuses and locations.

 

Plenty of other really useful information.

 

I doubt is the Toll reader. 

Most of us have those (almost, if not, standard equipment) and most of us don't have the current drain problem.

I agree to Rojie that it's not a bad Manual/guide, but a shame the Manufacturer uses cheap bonding Adhesive to hold the pages in the correct sequence as four pages have dropped out of mine what makes it worse these pages have come out from different parts of the Manual indicating that the manual is poorly manufactured (Oldmanmoaning)

"My local garage (Devonshires in Torpoint) offered to help."

           I presume then that they are not a 'Toyota Specialist'  😊

best to tell them they were already fitted when the vehicle was imported from japan... their looking for excuses to charge you more money,  standard size was 15" and 16"

Don't understand all of this nonsense of having to locate and go to a so-called 'Toyota specialist', if you care to drive past any reasonable non dealership garage you will find in most cases many different motor vehicles being worked on, do you really believe every mechanic in any non dealership garage knows every aspect of the vehicle their working on? the only reason that garages become known as a Toyota specialist is because they would have someone in their workforce who didn't turn his/her nose up when they were first asked to look at a non familiar vehicle such as a Alphard, Vellfire, etc etc

It appears from your experience's that your battery maybe being drained by something being left on which is draining your battery overnight the sad news is ANDY that these days there's not many vehicle competent electricians out there who can resolve this issue and to be fair, the standard Multi Meter/fuse tests might indicate that there is a 'spike' in one of the fuse's but this spike (voltage drainage) then has to be found, not necessarily an easy matter due to the Alphard's wiring system which in my view

is one of the worst out there,  the reason I know this is, I have experienced exactly the same problem and after spending £100 on getting my issue looked at all they confirmed was that I had a spike from one of the fuses but to trace where the voltage drainage was coming from would have cost me another £100 +...since then I found what might be the problem that was a very loose negative earth connection within the rear fog light system.

INSTALL MAINS hook up or a voltage inverter (12volt-240v)

I, too, own a 2005 3.0ltr Alphard spent a load of money on it looks nice, but it's not without flaws.  Firstly, from the many hours I spent researching the series one history, it appears that the 2.4l engine is not ideal power unit for a vehicle that weighs more than 1700k.  My converted Alphard +driver and wife weigh's just over 2200 kg (weight obviously depends on what conversion is carried out) if you are considering towing a Caravan with a 2.4L fully converted Alphard with its added conversion weight you would notice the lack of power particularly when tackling steep inclines plus the fuel consumption from the 2.4L is not a lot better than the more powerful 3.0ltr, Service parts are available but be aware major unit parts are becoming difficult to source, from my own experience here in West Sussex no official Toyota Dealer is interested in carrying out general service work or repairs so your left finding a garage that gives you confidence that they know what their doing, depreciation is a problem for any motor vehicle it's all about supply and demand, insurance companies tend to write off certain vehicles where body parts are difficult to obtain certainly the in the case of vehicles over 15 years old....the Alphard does drive well, and its good looks stand well against much younger vehicles and as a people carrier for its age no other vehicle comes close to its appeal.

Im not sure of your issue? if you have fitted or purchased new non-standard road wheels then you need to go back to your supplier as they should have supplied the wheel nuts within the purchase. However, if you want just one wheel nut you might have set yourself a problem,   best bet is to visit your friendly tyre fitter who maybe able to assist you......HALFORDS have always been helpful to me😎

Unusual, can I ask why you need new front struts?  try Lee at  Jap auto spares (024 76 695 700 )

Research your browser for preowned one, there's usually several listed I had a Fiamma Privacy room, (Thule's) version is better made  front panels /side panels, attached to a fiamma f45 however would not recommend one as they dont like strong winds and the space gain for the extra cost is not worth it, my advice for Alphards or any Camper van is look for a quality air awning cheaper than a Pop-Top, drive-away air awnings are all the rage now, but you can get by with just a air awning tent

I Can only say as i find that is Lee at Jap Auto parts their service are as good as any Japanese parts supplier and probably better than most and their prices are completive

Please clarify as according to google E-Hybrid is not a company but a description of a type of vehicle. so, any ideals where you purchased your battery?

Go to your local Camping store and find their selection of self inflating air mattresses, that's where I found ours (80.0mm thick) when inflated, wife and I have stored the sheets and now use a double sleeping bag on top of the air mattress...if you decide to opp for this system don't buy a cheap airbag ! I think you should be able to lay flat the mattress and sleeping bag within the pop-top fold.

You should find in the topics /posts on this site's forums most of the guidance you need, what you must do is keep in mind what the costs involved yours is a series one Alphard and some parts are now no longer available from Toyota, service parts are available but mostly manufactured by the Chinese also bear in mind that a fully converted series one Alphard with Pop-top roof are currently available under £22,500 there's always an abundance advertised within Google and Ebay

        North Star conversions (isle of White) comes to mind, also there are several campervan convertors in Somerset and Dorset.

In this case 'Factors' roof rack would mean to me as a part that was not designed and manufactured by the originator of the part, in this case Toyota.

I would have thought if this rail is fitted to both sides of the roof, they would surely have been for a 'factors' roof rack support?

Without wishing to sound condescending I feel really sorry for the folks who bought the 2.4 versions of the Alphard as this engine version is well-known to be underpowered and suffers with high failure rate particularly in countries like Australia and New Zealand where they sell in abundance, how do I know this ? Because relatives of ours live in Sydney. Can I ask if anyone has thought about purchasing some sort of maintenance/repair Warranty, I can't help Suzilize but my advice to her if possible is to purchase a low mileage or reworked engine from a reputable car engineering firm

HI

This topic has been covered recently .........briefly, the problem is normally the drain tubes in the corners of the sunroofs once you have found these the best way to clear them is by an air gun,   you probably don't possess this equipment but your local garage does.

I fitted two last year, remarkable Dab results!

Alpine, Pioneer ( there own) and other sofisticated car head units will normally advise the roof type 'FIN' units for Dab insulation  yes their expensive but very low key on an already high'ish roofEXAMPLE

sorry to say but it seems any parts that are not service parts are pretty expensive and not original Manufacture's source  I should have learnt my lesson after owning two bongos

get your overhauls on, buy your spray can of underbody protection from Halfords and start work,  if you are unable to do that visit your friendly garage enquire if they would do the work on an agreed price you dont need so called underbody sealant specialists

only issue is how long has this boot not being able to stop the crudd entering the joint...personally I would change the complete arm

On 10/24/2022 at 1:03 PM, Alphard Club said:

when making a post, when filling out the details, look for the paperclip

 

See this screensot

 

Thanks I do know that !    the photo's were posted correctly as per the advice some months ago and were displayed correctly however thats not the case now