Outer Limits 4x4 Board

What about an underdrive pulley? They are often used to run a supercharger, but I have been considering knocking one up to run a backup alt, air pump, supercharger, AC, power steer for my rig. Gives you much more flexability for placing extras. The "Big bonus" is how you can gear it up or down so it ...

dont forget most of the time when a sierra diff housing bends, it bends between the spring perch and the hub... mine are gussetted all the way along regardless, but both times i've bent a housing its been right on the end of the tube. Ahhhhhh, that seems to be a good point! So the design of my ...

ok, you've twisted my arm. I'll start by seeing if I can engineer me a bolt on truss, Easier to manage weld pull than making a jig for the whole thing, can lay some fat beads, and if I stuff up I still have a fine diff, (and a Homer scultpure). The Calmini jobby looks a bit over done for my tastes ...

Thanks for the comments, Yer I agree with the logic, but my welding is not that crash hot, especially stick. You should see the job I did on my bullbar mounting. Not going anywhere, but UGLY. I got a quote for $266 per for these badboys! so $532 and a spanner, job is done. Reinforce, skid and armour ...

Thanks for the reply Dave! They bend inwards, so think of the diff as bending up at the wheels. Tell me if this is BS, but the Caster issue was solved differently by the guy I bought my first rig from, he moved the diff forwards up the spring for the front, and backwards for the rear by about 1.5 ...

Hi all, My kingpin angles were competely off and the dude says that its cause the axles are bent. So I have taken off my spare set and cleaned them up good, but then realised how thin the metal is (apart from the tubes on either side). I don't want to weld scaffolding to them anymore incase I blow ...

I modded a Hilux bullbar to my sierra and welded mounts to the top of the chassis. After 2 years of pondering, the only reason i resorted to welding was cause there was no room to bolt anything. I'll try to russell up some pics to give you an idea. Welding is fraut with issues, and is absolute last ...

Also, while your at it, ask if it requires 12V to activate, or to go to ground to activate? Not always straight forward. Buy the haymes or Gregory service manual. The electrical section will show it.

I do the Pajero Challenge, Nav runs etc, and found that a small tablet style computer is the go. Try searching on ebay for a second hand toughbook or opentec tablet. You can get mounts so they just plug in to the dash. Something running XP with OZI explorer is so much more adaptable than a dedicated ...

The factory switch may work in a 'progressive' way, so it may not be just a matter of bridging 2 contacts to overide, but a combination. I would suggest to take a multimeter readout of all the contacts of the switch in each position. You could then decode the combination. OR it may send a signal to ...

It would depend on how and where you mount the laptop - I use a ram tough tray http://ram-mount.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Holy crap! Where was this post when I carved out the glove box in my dash? Oh, wait a a tick, it would cost me more than the laptop itself.... The ...

One thing I found to be an interesting factiod, is that the diff pumpkins on a little 'zook' are quite small, and if you run with patrols, cruisers, pajs etc. they have much bigger pumpkins. As I do! Therefore, if your zook's pumpkins hang down 2-3" less than the big boys, it means that you could ...

hehehehe, even with 3 complete sets of tyres/rims, I still managed to somehow not end up with a sandworthy set. I am planning for a sand trip, but can't take all 3 sets with me if I choose the wrong one. And it's an awful long way back for "opps wrong choice". Suggestions please: Set 1- Original ...

A few points, firstly make sure the air you are pumping into the dizzy is dry, a constant flow of moist air is going to give your ignition "brain damage" before it even gets to the river. Have a look at a belt driven smog pump they pump a lot of air and can run continuously. and if you are doing ...

My last set of tyres were 33" Silverstone MT117 Extremes and they were a lot better all round than these Simexs but still not brilliant on rock. I think in reality, your not going to get an allrounder tyre without sacrificing something. Thats why I have 3 complete sets of tyres. Super Swampers for ...

use a laptop with OziExplorer too, but the real magic is in the GPS I use. It's a data logger with digital display, so not only does it record where I've been and output to Google Earth format, it also doubles as a digital speedo/etc. True that! themiserymachine has a marine style garmin unit that ...

I had a good run with super swamper Q-78's shoehorned under my zook.

2X that!
Super swampers are my tire of choice, crazy mud clearing ability and can work on rocks just as good (see profile pic).

If you stall with your winch underwater you'll need to run your compressor while you're rigging your recovery - and you'll be using power that you might otherwise need for winching. Yeah, but a fifteen litre airtank at 100psi releasing a slow leak into the winch body should take quite some time ...

Howdy All. As I'm routing a pnumatic line up front for my remote freespool and having a dizzy that 'absorbs' water very easily, i thought about tapping a airline into it and using a regulator off a compressor to reduce the pressure. The air excaping should prevent the water entering, yes? And while ...

Watch out I've blown a lot of money on the custom rockers site. hehehehe "Bunny Burners" In all seriousness, are you saying the light won't come on with the switch in the "on" position, or it won't light up when you turn your instrument illumination on? If it doesn't light up when you swich to the ...

One word "hippo" I keep one in my soft top to prevent a jungle of mould and fungus growing. I left it for 4 months and needed a weed wacker and a machete to get in.

I use a CF18 Panasonic toughbook and got sick of the GPS mouse so I've just purchased an aftermarket GPS kit that is installed inside the laptop. I use CFA maps where I need real fine detail (vic only). But find that many people scan the rooftop maps at high res (mostly navigation comps, pajero ...

CONCLUSION: After trying to remove cover on the vents, found out the cover is actually 'part' of the vents. So battery is completely fcuked. YAY! It may be possible to get 'insert' vent caps, but I'm over it. So, need a new battery. Any suggestions for sub $500 battery? I know, already covered ...

UPDATE: I spoke to a battery rep about this repair. He wanted to sell me a new battery (of course), but said it was such a small outlay to try fixing it ($10 from Autobarn for a bottle of acid and water), I would be crazy not to give it a go. He said that he's seen fully cracked batteries with ...

I didn't get round to checking it out this weekend, but I'll try to access the vents under the top cover to ensure the thing is well vented. But I'll see when I get there. I'll turn the soldering iron right down so it only just melts the sorrounding plastic. But I have done a lot of homework, the ...

That's a dangerous idea. There is a risk if you bring heat or a flame to the battery of an explosion from the hydrogen. From what I've read up, mostly eye injuries from the acid sprayed after exploding Yer I had thought of that, I think I'll be ok by resting the battery before hand and using a ...

Hi All, Last weekend, one of my batteries broke free and got banged around pretty good. I managed to chip off a corner at the top and revealed a hole about 2mm square, which was enough to eject a surprisingly large volume of acid. Anyhow, I did a bush repair using a self tapper screw and wrapped the ...

2" body lift, biggest tyres you can fit on, I'm personally fond of 31"ish Cooper ST or STT.
And then "MORE POWER" to drive 'em in the sand.
Loooong Winch and ground achor, and if all else fails, flotties!

Its a start

Should be if you are talking both as being widetracks.

Believe it or not, the tow ratings of cars change all the time. So don't belive what is in your service manual. Ring Jeep, Ring Hayman Reese. What is important is on the rating plate on the towbar that makes it legal or not. Or just add electric brakes to your trailer and a control box in your ride.