Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Just put a block under the pedal assembly... makes it more comfortable for just about everybody. ( its an electronic throttle so no cables to get in the way.... ) Be careful Piglet..... repair on the CRD is bloody expensive if anything goes wrong, and there's not that many really knowledgeable ...

Geez...... certainly not a bargain at that price.

As stated the ancillaries will need to be changed but the core engine will go in.

However the difference will then be about zero unless your old engines cactus. Without the HDEG electronics really the change is mostly in name only. Hope it turns out well.

IMHO not a really worthwhile modification ( been there done that ......) if its anything but a city vehicle. Yes its an improvement but you need to rev the crap out of it to get much of the gain - and if your on big rubber then ratios etc can work against you. Thats why i supercharged... just couldn ...

No i made replacement driveshafts - used stock CV's but put strengthening rings around them. Given that they weren't running big angles they never gave me grief unlike front diffs :-( If its for comp work then the lockup is a total waste of time - you shouldn't be using it under any circumstances ...

I'm pretty certain that all your going to see is some wires to a "black box"... not very helpfull. But if it truly an A44D then frankly just ignore it, at least for the time being anyway. The lockup converter only operates in VERY specific circumstances and in a powerhouse like a Feroza its mostly ...

Never found a diagram anywhere....... and i've looked. However the A44D ( as i understand it ) only uses an electric lockup converter, which is nice to have but far from essential. I've never bothered with mine ( its an A44DE... which is slightly different as its electric shift not hydraulic ) There ...

That's pretty cool - if you had have suggested that anything for a Diahatsu would be available a year ago... i'd have called you VERY OPTIMISTIC.... ( or dreaming )

Lockers just make so much difference to offroad capability,

And squeezing on too much isn't a good idea IMHO.... if it bunches up at an end ( which happens ) then you can snap the castings by pressure on the stays. And of course the load rating decreases with increase in effective drum diameter which more rope will contribute to in close up winching ...

All i can see are "urethane bushed...." . I don't think thats comparable with the more common definition of a rod end.

Perhaps a shear pin or torque limiting clutch might be a good idea... that's assuming that you can set it before the point of damaging something ......

The JJ's are very substantial units - which might cause space issues sometimes - and really cheap to rebuilt should you ever need to.

Thy are the sort of size that an engineer looks at and goes "tick".....

I'd sugest anyone who wants one gets in whilst they are available... the Feroza isn't getting any younger and so "he who hesitates is lost"

Seems to be mostly relevant for TJ's...... although some of the general stuff is certainly approriate.

Truck part suppliers have solved this sort of problem for me in the past as V bands are common on trucks.

IIRC the Procomp extreme MT is now out of production... perhpas it was just the 37" one but......

I know its a bit "blue striped apron" but might the 12.7 be gently hammered into the existing machined groove ?

Ok..... i can see the politics here so whatever.

.... sure they aren't perfect but there are many many trouble free ones kicking around, including high milage. If you buy one that's VERY second hand, then like all non mainstream brands parts need to be considered, but this is no different from any other minor manufacturers vehicles. The up side is ...

we all have our moments of weakness..........

I also had one of these Repco winches and it was also noisy. Real grease helped a bit. What i noticed that it was quieter when on the ground and MUCH noisier when bolted bown tight, loosed the gearbox side bolts and it got quieter. Could it be that the mounting feet aren't quite the same level side ...

It was actually a Mazda BPD turbo mated to a AW4 auto then Vitara TCase with wierd driveshafts axles lockers etc etc.... If approx 150KW in a Feroza rings your bell then a mindblowing conversion - however BPD motors are as rare as so less powerfull BP series motors can be used. All in all not an ...

With a Hemi conversion transmission / transfer and driveline may all be issues depending on state of tune and driver behavoirs. D60 conversions aren't that uncommon of JK's with stock engines / drivelines as D30's are just adequate for standard use, D44's are a little better but for the potential ...

For JK's a commonly available conversion is the fitting of one of the range of Chrysler Hemi V8's.
From my limited knowledge of these swaps.... there are a range of engines and states of tunes and are readily engineered ( if done properly ).

Very limited experience..... one 12V motor rewound. Used an industrial motor rewinder and it cost a fortune as it was the armature that went. A field winding will be cheaper IMO

If i could have replaced it it would probaby have been cheaper, but I couldn't so......

Another smarter option ( IMO anyway ) would be to run a divorced Sierra Tcase

Run a short saft off the output shaft of teh Feroza box to the Sierra TCase.

Absolute heaps of ratios for a Sierra TCase and not stupidly heavy.

Comparrison ? How can you compare different reflectors , lenses and mounting positions ?

I like LED's they are the way of the future... but lets see setups as identical as possible - thats worth looking at iMO

I'm sure Worcare would be able to advise on who carries the most liability if it all goes wrong.

I'd personally go "chippies"

I just used good quality jumper leads ( which i always carry ).... don't forget it you have a winch then there's some extra heavy duty cable that can be borowed if necessay.
Sure an electrode holder might be good.... but worth carrying specially... not so sure.

Yup - that's it

It hadn't even got wide way back then - ah the memories :-)