Outer Limits 4x4 Board

My mate is looking at buying a 94 3.1td Jack, I just want to know what to look for on it if anything that is common and if you think it still would have life in it at 290000km's.

Thanks in advance

Ive had both, an 80, 4l petrol auto which I loved, had a 2" susp lift and 33's and it went everywhere I wanted to go but it got written off so I bought the landy.

The 80 series are heavy and awkward in tight areas and I did find visability a problem, the mrs took a flare off on a gate and I nearly ...

Ive got 235 85 16 BFG At's on mine and it fits fine, about 20mm clearance between the tyre and rear bar.

no need to space it or lift it.

Looks good mick, I see what you meant buy the tray mounting probs.



Damo (mcrover)

Our 97 300TDI Auto has done 285000kms, no transfer case issues, no auto issues until recently where it seems like the sprag is slipping on takeoff.

Breakages have been, Steering box (I hit a log at speed), Turbo rebuild at 260,000 a couple of wheel bearings and just normal wear and tear items ...

Try Jamie at All Ranges 4wd in Bayswater 97622600 if your in Melbourne, he seems to be able to get anything.

Failing that, theres a couple of rangie wreckers about, you gotta be able to get one somewhere.

Hey people,

Just wanting to know if anyone in OZ has done a GOOD (and I mean good) diesel engine conversions to an XJ or preferably ZG.

I have a ZG grand at the moment (as some of you have probably worked out) but is masive on the juice but I like most of the rest of the car.

I read on a US site ...

I might just mention that im not having a go at your wife im more refering to mine...

As far as space goes, unless you have 5 kids you don't need to be dragging the rest of the bus around when you go shopping, think of your wife parking it.
Buy an XJ and a shit hot camper trailer to put the rest of your luggage and crap in and your set.

I've got a '96 ZG Grand 4ltr and a '97 Dicovery 300TDI auto and in the past have owned an XJ (for 2 months), 4.2TD GQ petrol man, 4ltr 80 series auto, '91 Triton 2.6 petrol man, and a Brumby.

The Disco is our modded 4wd that we do most of our trips in as we get great economy reasonable power (not a ...

Just to Conirm a few answers found on the above site for all to see,

All these have Low Range Centre Diff/ VC lock

NP231 Command-Trac 2Hi, 4Hi (PT), 4Lo mand Trac
NP242 Selec-Trac (93-95) 2Hi, 4Hi (PT), 4Hi (FT), 4Lo
NV242 Selec-Trac (96-01) 2Hi, 4Hi (PT), 4Hi (FT), 4Lo
NV249 Quadratrac (96 ...

Thanks

That has both answered my question as well as worried me about the condition of the TC in the Grand as it drags wheels a bit but I thought it was just a tight as LSD not so much the Viscous copling.

Does anyone know how it all actually works?

I take it that it takes readings from the wheel speed sensors for the ABS or does quadra trak use its own system?

In our ZG it has a picture that it lights up the driving wheels and most of the time it has all or the rear lit up but I have seen it with ...

yeah Im not to worried about the donk, I think my 9 yo son could rebuild one but I don't have any more experience on autos, fuel inj etc than what I did at trade school as I've allways been doing the ag stuff and mainly Diesel.
Im heading over that way today so I might call in.

By the way the new ...

My mother did the mail run up Mt Buller for 15 years and had 3 of them over that time on LPG.

We tried a landcruiser at first but couldn't keep shakle bushes in it and brake shoes so we went to the brumbys.

We still have 2 of them, 1 92 (20thou over ea81, lightened flywheel and canopy) that we are ...

I have EFS Rear shocks in my Disco and they cooked them selves sitting on 100kmh on the NT dirt roads and I nearly lost it.

But I must say It was after about an hr 1/2 of heavy corrugations that would swallow a mini and after letting them cool for about that again they seemed to be back to normal ...

I ran into a bloke at Philip Island who had 1 in a GQ, It was fitted in Perth.

He gave me the card as I had an 80 series 4ltr at the time and was looking to do the same sort of thing but I was thinking 7.5ltr power stroke ford, but I hear the Duramax is a better engine for moding.

I didn't think of wombat for jeeps as I met him at Wandin and he was there with a Disco but cool thanks for that

Feathering is another problem all together and is normally caused by bad shocks or shocks that are valved or set wrongly.

Feathering is the result of the tyre bouncing and not having full contact with the road all the time.

It can also be caused by out of balance tyres or worn ball joints, swivels ...

On my Disco 1 (300tdi auto, Mile marker 8000lb elec winch, Dual batts, heaps of gear in the back) I have found the BFG all terrains to be faultless.

The previous owner got rid of the mitchys early on and had 2 sets before putting a 3rd set on to roady it for me and now it has done 275000km and this ...

Found the web site for you..

http://www.lrautomotive.com.au/home.html

Call Les Richmond Automotive and get some flares to cover up where you have cut the guards and the doors, add a bit of pinch weld on the rough edges and while on the phone to LRA order a 50mm body lift, as they are engineered and come with everything you need.

Then you will have no more rubbing...

Thanks for the reply, Im a mechanic but I work on tracktors and specialised stuff and never really on cars other than my own so I rely on other mechanics and mates that are mechanicly minded for info on this sort of thing.
Some referals to a good Jeep garage in the sth east melb suburbs and a jeep ...

I got a phone call from the mechanic that was meant to be replacing the steering box yesterday morning, as he'd rang the owner to say how much the roady was going to be and by now I hope they got his heart started again.
As for an XJ that was going to be our back up and nothing special, just run ...

Hy people

we just bought our 2nd XJ, a late 97' model (update dash etc) as the mother in law has claimed our first one.

We have only owned the first one (early 97) for 2 months and when she borrowed it while we went on holidays she decided that she was going to but the car from us.

I had been ...

Stick with the V6 Com conversion, the V8 convertions are just to much for the old rollux's to handle.
I have mates one with a 253 and another a 350 in '84 and '86 respectively and they sound great but it's damn annoying not being able to go more that 60k's away from a servo or having to carry 4 ...

PVC isn't much good if it's moved all the time as it does get very brittle, I use it at work all the time.
It's best for use under ground where it doesnt get disturbed.

Try reese plumbing if you still want to give it a go.

Would need to be braked and rego'd as a trailer in vic and most states im pretty sure.
As far as registering it as a trailer you will have to play lucky dip and see what you come up with at vicroads and if you don't get the right answer go to another vicroads and you probably will.
Good idea though ...

Ive got an OX on my Discovery which seems fine.
Bought it on Ebay cheap as my X wife wouldn't give back my Warn that was on my old triton, the bloke said it was 7000lb but there is nothing written on it other than the OX sticker but it seems to be pretty good.
Ive used it a few times and other than ...

well since the tow ball is designed to take the stresses over the whole range of movement there would not be a problem unless the hitch went beyond where the hitch bottoms out against the ball.
I towed caravans for a hire company for a couple of years and I only ever had 1 hitch fail and that was ...