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don't get a uni filter! they are not ment for diesils and they shake them selves to bits! my 3L was breathing alloy for a while! not cool

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Matt

ok this is going to be a bit technical but here goes... steel has a high "t" value, which is the transfure of heat so if your making you frame from steel then your providing a great path for the heat to get in. your better off making a frame and outer skin around a plastic tub get a few of the same ...

sounds like thats a yes. thanks guys

Matt

g'day all my question to every one is can a hand winch with it's stiffer cable be used with a snatch block?

does any one have a hand winch that says you can't?

has anyone done it?

cheers matt

g'day all

i was lifting a huge green oak log with my chain block today and this got me thinking would they work to pull rather then lift. now mine is only a 1/2 ton but a 2 tone lift block should move a fourby right?

Matt

i have a 3l turbo on 31's and i do 2500 at 100kph and 2800 at 110kph

Matt

well i have the truck back and they said it was fine and wound up the boost a bit (without me even asking)... so it must be ok. what was i worrying about eh? thanks to every one for your info.

Matt

you didn't say if it was a petrol or diesel? and regarding the uni filter ram pods (i have my own thread about them) mine shook it's self to bits. so if you go for a ram pod keep it on a good bracket. but like most people here i'll say that an exposed filter is not good practice. have a good look at ...

the car is now at queenbyan diesel. it seems the turbo is the biggest concern. does any one know of any good wreckers in canberra? i need an air filter box. Matt I would be very dubious of any mechanic who said the turbo was bothered by the material you posted in the pics. Methinks they are doing ...

the car is now at queenbyan diesel. it seems the turbo is the biggest concern.
does any one know of any good wreckers in canberra? i need an air filter box.

Matt

Another reason to put the OE filter and housing back. Bazzle x2 oh wait it's my thread :finger: yeah i bought the truck with the uni filter on it about 3 weeks ago and i've always intended to put the stock one back on but i have to get one from sydney it looks like. sounds like the aluminum bits ...

Aluminium is light and soft and it looks like they are fine shavings so it might not be as bad as you expect. Obviously you are better off without it going through your engine but I would rather that in my engine than iron filings or even sand or dirt. As BJ said, it's either stuffed or not so ...

bj on roids wrote:clean it out and run it, it will either wreck it or it wont, modst likely not

thanks man

i hope it takes it in it's stride... but it's a 3l turbo. it might have shaged the turbo too, but nothing sounds strange.

Matt

the whole lot is as it should be even the rubber bit where the uni filter attaches is fine. i've owned the car about 3 weeks now, the last owner might have known about the problem and hidden it with a new filter. thing it it's a reco motor thats about 6 months old. so the filter would have been ...

g'day all i washed my uni filter pod filter today and there were metal shavings in it, on the engine side. so i looked closely at the ram tube and my god was i in for a shock! some how the alloy tube had been worn away to the point where it had worn though and the thin aluminum was breaking of and ...

the buying used bit on hiluxes said 5th gear is best saved for easy flat stuff, drop down on hills or it will fail.

so i'd say just use 4th more. not that i'm an authority on these things

Matt

thanks for the info every one. i feel alot more confident about it now.

Matt

chears man i'll get a copy tomorrow.

Matt

so no one knows? bugger

Matt

g'day all i'm looking at buying a 317,000 km old 4runner it's got a new motor and turbo but with 317k on the clock how much longer will the diffs and gearbox last. it's on 30"s and has done a bit of towing. secondly i have done a bit of reading on the 3l motor and it sounds like you have to get the ...

well thats it i've sold the pajero but before it went... has any one noticed that the shorty paj's so realy good circle work and handbrake turns, the just pivot on the front it's realy easy.

Matt

ah but i didn't say ute did i... i said tray back you know exposed chasis and all that it will look like one of those small mazda trucks but higher and tougher.

and no i've desided not to go ahead with it, it would just be a big pita

Matt

becuase that wouldn't be unusual enough.

Matt

any pics?

Matt

looks like i was way out with the conversion cost! it's more like $9000+

i'm sure it could be done cheaper if i did a bit of work my self like most of the chop and just left the pro's to do the cleaning up and welding?

any one had experiance with body mods?

Matt

i was down the south coast of nsw the other week and i saw a very nice lifted L300 which got me thinking it's a bit top heavy but if you cut most of that top off then you have a go most places (i can't say anyware of this forum) truck with a huge bed. now the plot thickens there is a guy selling 2 ...

i was down there at the same time

if i knew you were there i would have met up for a quick wheel i had a mate with a lux down there too oh well, it's nice down there we were staying at lilli pilli you would have passed by us atleast twice

Matt

i rode in one a few times and they are SLOW but if your pulling out the motor then thats not a problem. the soft tops were horrible but since your looking at the ute thats not a problem and as mentioned before the ride is pritty poor. with your plans they should be a good base but the front axel ...

well i do and there are a fair few others as well. as for spots ask the fair few others

Matt

are you geting it armor plated?

all jokes aside that is great! i've never seen it done before

Matt