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having never bought a new car nor a Jeep before, can anyone tell me what is supposed to come with delivery? ive got the hardtop, ive heard mentioned that a softtop is also supposed to come with it, though the dealer made no mention of it. is there anything besides a jack? how many keys? floor matts ...

Hi, first time poster here on the "Dark side" Jeep column, but long time outer limits member :) Ive recently moved to Dubai and was initially intrested in buying a G class merc, but found the price range that i am in rather crap, lots and lots of 2nd hand G's done up to look like 2011, but utterly ...

disregard the above mentioned message. I got out of the 2nd hand market and bought new. Now over on the dark side with Jeep.

Hi all, well i am living in dubai and wouldent mind grabbing a little merc (2nd hand though) to go and do some wheeling in the desert. There are lots and lots of nice examples here of the g55 or g500 (even some diesel ones) but i dont realy know what to look for. What is maintenance like on these ...

modding MK LWB into 2 door ute? anyone have any good info to start looking or where to start thinking about what needs to be done?

how difficult would that job be?

cheers

keep the old girl going mate

2nd hand ones are just freakin dandy!

heh, turns out the boot that covers the gearshifter is shagged and thus allowing all kinds of crap into the cab... new boot required..

cheers

Hi, my mk has a leaking exhaust manifold (diagnosed as when I put my foot down it makes farting noises when under load) I don't really give a shit about the sound, but lately, my car has started to smell inside at times when driving ESP under load it smells like fire. Iam thinking the exhaust fumes ...

heh, yep, just running in.. yeah, rust is realy the only thing to check really well... radiator mounts...gutters, rear quaters... and middle of the firewall at the top where the bonnet meets... great old busses.. love mine.. brakes... check em, the master cyclinder is prone to leak, but easy enough ...

thanks Dave,

Mate, i hope its the Hose, as i just bloody payed 100 for both HP and LP hoses from a wreaker...

freakin hell there deer..

solid? as far as i know the MK/MQ lwb only came with split rear windows, the shorty had the solids?

is that right?

Just wondering if it'll be the HP hose or else where more likely?

The HP hose is the one with bolt on ends at each end? the LP hose is the one with the clamp at the top of the resiviour?

cheers

V.

Hi ya, ive just stuck my 32 inch pedes back on after about 2 years running on the blacktop with goodyears mtr's (great tire for road btw, done 60K on em and they got at least 40K left in em) anyways, bit of a shimmy when it hits bumps etc, so took it to align/balance, and its no better. Ripped off ...

I was gonna buy a RTC damper today, so there shit?

first off, tire ballance/pressures then wheel alignment.

failing that, wheelbearings etc...

bentthe crap out of mine about 10 years ago, find a truck allignment joint, they'll cold bend it back for ya, then depending on how shagged it is, use offset shimms to get it back to spec.

have you got airco? if so, my money would be on the idler pully.. ive had that sease before, sounds like it squeeks like shit.
It only stopped when it seased, then also shagged the belt.

wheel balance!!!!!!

Its possible, if it didnt have a pod when it was new, it would have come without a radio/casstele/ sound thing.

It was an optional extra afterall.

Yeah, i got the blue rounded pod...., but i have a touch panel new radio to go in it, so wanna kinda put it somwehere else... an Eonon E1022. http://www.eonon.com/One-Din-Monitor-with-built-in-DVD-/E1022.html anyways, its not a retract screen, so will be out permenatly.. thats why i wanna re-situate ...

Hi, ever since ive owned the MK the radio stack has shitted me and i wanna re-locate my radio... thing is, where too?

any ideas that you guys have would be great. I wanna get rid of that whole radio/clock stack as its dog ugly.

cheers

V.

thx Sterlo, mate, what psi does it run standrd from the shop, iam sure mine hasnt been altered at all... and is it worth doing?
I wont be doing any towing so no dramas there. How did you go btw? did you get that trailer with the other 4by home alright?

cheers

congrats on yer first Fourby. you'll have a ball...
dont get too carried away with mods, they just cost a shiet load of do$h.

Get out there and see how she goes.

Hi all, I remeber a thread with talk about winding up the boost in an MK/MQ sd33t with Sterlo adding some realy good info. Anyone have any ideas where that thread went, maybe i just suck at searching. Or better yet, If anyone knows how to do it simply, then please advise. I gotta add, since getting ...

:P Hi , ive just started stripping and cutting back any rust on my MK, but i now recon i proberly shouldent ave started as iam finding SOOOOO much rust in the roof gutter and rear quater panels.... Dont realy know what to do, if i was gonna get it fixed properly id have to cut and weld new pieces in ...

Sounds good too, looks like it pulls a crap load better than mine. How much did the setup cost ya to chuck it on? Did you have issues with that pipe near the batt to clear the bonnet when its shut?




exellent jobby

Looks sweet mate, like yer Rooster-tailin vid aswell man! haha top stuff

3rd that!!!

mine hasnt worked as it should for the last 15 years. love the bypass switch in the ignition

Just thought id add, my ignition is pretty rooted, can start the car, then take out the key. LOL great for quick filling at the servo's

Damm, its never as easy as you want it to be

Thanks V8patrol, your always a wealth of info.

how much you recon someone would charge to re-shimm the crownwheel? (iam sooo not looking to spend much cash) my little troll is already sucking up a bit of cash from the repaint iam doing to her.