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start gathering information for Toyota parts shop across your route, keep your vehicle's VIN / engine / chassis information handy. search internet pick out recovery services which operate 24/7 across the countries you travel. Before leaving your home ground ask Toyota to add an extra fuel filter in line so that any variation in diesel quality will be compensated with out pump failure.
If conveniently possible wihout any extra paper work buy anISAT Prepaid phone [ price euro 550 with 150 free minutes GPS is built-in ] test it before leaving home and stash it discreetly inside luggage. that will be your SOS phone if & when you are stranded in middle of nowhere with zero cell coverage. That phone will be your window to the world.
with Pakistan passport & International driving license IRAN will be your most stressful test stretch, do visit Iranian consulate / embassy and get paper work sorted with translation - Iranian border security forces ask for every paper & permit to presented in "FARSI" or '
برادر پاکستانی ما دوست هستند و ما به مراقبت از ما ، بنابراین ما می مراقبت از شما خیلی خوب
'means we will take care of missing papers fiends if you please take care of us - and in terms of random stop checks do not forget to declare your cell phones with active numbers while at border crossing of Iran.
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- i know some long haulers who travel often between Islamabad & Azerbaijan -