Outer Limits 4x4 Board

skootin wrote: 4" lift should be still legal i thought it was 100mm max lift.

4" total lift in Qld - comprising of a maximum 2" spring lift and maximum 2" body lift. Can't have 4" of one or the other.

Mid73 wrote:Buy the sound of it the DX have no tacho and the Standard have a tacho as mine is a 93 Standard, i wanted barn door and part time 4wd so i not fussed about the electires.

Flip that around. DX to late 94 have tacho, standard never ever had one.

Early DX models have tacho's, but the option pack in them changed with the dash upgrade circa 95 I believe. They then had no tacho. None of the standard models (vinyl interior) came with tacho's. DX and Standard (poverty pack) have barn doors. I have seen one supposed RV with barn doors but I ...

Misko - did you clean your valve or have to replace it?

I'll be watching this thread with interest as I have similar problems, though not always - often hard to start when cold or hot. 1HZ with DTS turbo kit. Will be starting down the replacing fuel hoses path soon.

You have 2 options and it depends if you want a 'meant to be there' look or dont mind the look of the after market tacho. 1. Get an instrument cluster out of a GXL and put that in. This will only work, however, if your injector pump has the tacho sender on it. The standard models didn't out of the ...

http://www.lovells.com.au/products.php?p=shocks - halfway down the page it talks about the Gas Legend Twin Tube shock. These are the ones I have on the 80 series.

I have Lovell's shocks and springs and am very happy with them. I don't know if they're the Gen II but I think they are. I have only had them for about 7 or 8 months but I'm pretty sure they were the new models.

Check out the exhaust - I have a custom system in mine following the path the factory one takes so it's a tight fit. I had 2 broken rubber mounts so the whole lot was floating on one, and it was the same as you describe - short sharp bumps has a metal on metal clunk. Took me a long time to find out ...

DIRTY ROCK STAR wrote: i like nobody asked how many KMs on the engine?
why is it a chassis? was there a big accident? did it go in salt water??

No point asking all those questions if its been sold - wastes everyone's time...

PM sent too, hope I haven't missed the boat.

Fuel has been in the tank for about a week, so not old at all. The temperature isn't unseasonably cold, it's only just below 10 degrees C which is normal in these parts at this time of year...

Righto, did some tests this afternoon - Voltage at each plug, with the bar on, was approx 11.2V. I took the rail off and measured resistance. I think I had the multimeter set at 20K ohms (may have been too high), and it showed as being 2 ohms, on each plug. What's the tolerance on these things - ie ...

No worries. Thanks for your help Shadow - I'll have a look at them this afternoon (hopefully) and will let you know how I get on.

Smoke was definitely white. Usually if I start it as soon as the light goes out I have to crank it a bit before it starts (not long). If I leave it a little after the light goes out then it starts more easily. In my vehicle if I turn on the ignition, I hear the glow relay click in. It will click out ...

We've had a couple of cold days up here (Toowoomba, Qld) over the last week or so. This morning was one of them. The car ('97 80 series) was hard to start this morning. Normally I let it run until the glow indicator goes out, leave it for about another 10 seconds with the key in the 'ON' position ...

Yes, I know - but budget doesn't allow for it unfortunately, and I don't drive at night enough to warrant that sort of expense...

Thanks for all the input guys. Ended up going with the roo lites, simply for budgetary reasons (the treasurer was more happy about the roo lights). When having a demo in shop I honestly couldn't tell the difference between the two. Got them installed today and had a quick burl of them tonight and ...

To be honest, we don't do that much night driving so I'm not sure if I can justify the huge price difference of the LF when they'll get used for maybe 30 minutes a week. Something a bit middle of the road would be good, because there are occassions when we do long haul night driving, but typically ...

Anybody got these installed and care to share what you think of them? I'm trying to decent between a pair of these and a pair of LightForce 170's - the Roo Lite's seem like a good choice because of the reduced cost. I can afford to get the LightForces but it will be tight and if I can get near equal ...

I can't help with all your questions about dual fuel, because mine is a diesel. I can tell you though, that I get about 13.5L/100km in it around town, little bit less on the highway (between 12.5 and 13 on highway usually). I would be surprised if you were able to get that sort of figure from a ...

Mine gets about 13.3L/100km around town, and anywhere from 12 to 13 on a long highway run. That's on skinny tyres....

Doesn't quite work that way on mine - the drain holes are on the frame that the motor bolts in to, which needs to be oriented correctly to be able to mount the winch in the bullbar. If the drain holes were in the motor this would work, but they aren't so I'm pretty limited. I'll take a closer look ...

Great idea Smithie, something I would never have thought of on my own! Currently I don't have a source of compressed air (not permanently installed), but I will in the near future. When I've got a compressor installed then I might just do something like that. Mind you, I'm hoping I'll never need the ...

Thanks. Yes, I've had it open and seen the drain holes - I don't remember if they were orientated correctly (ie. facing downwards) on my car or not (been a while since I pulled it off, and haven't got the motor assembly with me as it's being repaired). I'll keep that in mind when putting it all back ...

I have a Warn XD9000 which has been water damaged by a previous owner. In looking at the winch, it doesn't seem that there's any seals or the like to prevent water from entering. I can see what appear to be drain holes in the motor casing, however the way my winch is mounted they appear to be ...

Excellent guys, thanks for the heads up - I won't pursue the GXL steps any further! More worthwhile mods to spend the money on anyway (even though they're cheap).

Probably an obvious question, but I just want to make sure... will steps from an 80 series GXL fit onto an 80 series Std?