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Update:

Thanks for your help guys.

No change in the situation. I've had lostmarbles from over on ih8mud looking into it (link: http://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/318198-bj40-no-headlights.html ) and I think I've just confused him as well as myself. No lights.

Cigarette lighter is pissing ...

Relays are all good. Before I go untaping the wiring from the lights to the switch and back to the battery, is it possible that the light switch itself is buggered? If so, are they easy to repair?

Cheers

Thanks for the advice guys. I had a thought it might be a relay so I'll check that first before breaking out the multimeter and having a go at chimpboy's idea.

Cheers.

They were working fine the day before yesterday. Went out last night and when the time came to go home after dark, I noticed I had no headlights or spots.

The light switch is stock and the instrument cluster and parking lights come on when it's switched on full or half.

Guys,

I'm posting this here because it looks like my shorty forty's had her electrics hacked and the manual is no help.

Here's the problem:

Lights don't work - low beam, high beam, spotties.

Dash lights work (apart from hi-beam indicator).

Fuses are all good.

Anyone able to offer some ...

I've got one which came with the 40. I was going to ditch it and bung in a UHF, but I think I'll keep it in there and just use the 5 watt handheld UHF for flash for cash updates and short range comms.

As stated above, the range of 27MHz in complex terrain is way better than UHF - the old AMs are ...

Thanks for the advice BJ.

Here's the basic design -

Shell material: green canvas or black vinyl (green canvas shown in diagram for clarity - colour sucks)

Window material: clear marine vinyl with zipper closure (window is more rounded than in diagram)

Hinge: Stock 40-series door hinge - each ...

Been perusing ih8mud.com for the um tech advice, not the 40-porn :D and I've noticed a lot of these soft half-doors on the Septic machines.

http://www.quebec4x4.com/histoire2005/essex05/DSC01539.jpg

What's the go, are these legal here in Aus? I'd normally answer my own question and say no, but ...

My old 13B engined BJ40's got a 4-speed box which is great unless you need to take her on the highway. I was at the local wreckers today pulling the steering wheel off an old FJ55 and I noticed that it's got a 5-speed box. Anyone know if it's possible to replace the BJ40 4-speed with a 5 speed out ...

I spent a bit of time on the 40 today after running it through its paces out bush on the weekend. I'm impressed - no lift and saggy rear springs and she did everything I asked of her. I'm renaming her "The Gecko".

She's all fitted out for camping with an army surplus space case and a couple of ...

Thanks for the advice shorty and Ray, after I get the shoes sorted, I'll start looking at fixing and modding. She's my daily driver for the forseeable future, but I spend about three or four months of the year up on the Cape.

I posted a member's rig post with some piccies of the 40 as purchased ...

Thanks for the replies fellas,

I'll replace the shoes ASAP and hopefully that'll fix the problem - it's friggin dangerous how it is now.

The donk is a 3B out of a BJ42.

cheers

Hi everyone,

Tonight I picked up my shorty. She's a 1979 BJ40 soft top.

I haven't ID'd all the mods as yet, but she has some nice-to-haves like a tow bar, bull bar, roll bar, engineered pajero seats and a 3B donk. She's got the original jack and tool kit as well as a centre console - with cup ...

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I had planned for range being an issue, but I'm getting by now on a standard zook tank (35 lt) and two jerrycans to get me between fuel stops, so a TJ should be good to go with a similar setup.

I've noted down the various mods suggested above and I think I'll try ...

I'm looking at getting a TJ but I have some reservations related to remote area dirt driving which I hope you guys can talk me out of:

1. If I'm on the OTL on Cape York and have a serious electrical problem, are the electrics user serviceable or is it all controlled by computer chips which I'll ...

Added pics

The bitch is back on the road - just

White 96 coily SWB soft top - I've owned it since 2000
First and only sierra I have ever owned, but I think it came with some basic mods when I got it:

A small body or suspension lift
Bullbar
Rollbar
extractors and exhaust to suit
Wider tires
Tow ...

With the Wet fast approaching, I'm looking at picking up a new (or second hand) soft top for the zook.

My zook fu is weak so I would appreciate any hints on cheap places to buy a standard soft top or whether anyone has any they would part with.

The saga continues...

When I was hooking up all the fiddly stuff the other night after swapping over the intake manifold, I noticed that the throttle cable was a little too tight - explains the mysterious 1500-2000 rpm idle that it has had since I got it. I loosened it up until it was down to about ...

EDIT: See post below with pics

You need a digital camera and an internet connection (both of which I assume you have ;) )

Point your puter at www.photobucket.com , create an account and upload the pics from your puter. Copy the links to said pics, then hit the "Img" button in your reply, copy the url of the pics and hit the "Img ...

Nice ride.

But were'd you get the cool 250lt drum of paint?

Quick update: swapped over the whole bloody intake manifold at lunch today - hooking up the vac lines, etc after work, so fingers crossed it's all good. Once I get her home, I'll post some pics. Thanks again for everyone's help and suggestions.

Yep, the G13B engine is the one the coily came with. The carby setup is very similar to the one on the G13A donk, but with different pollution gear and wiring. Are you thinking of an east-west G13A out of a hatchback?

The cheap $10 ones don't seem to mind it

Danzo, it could very well be an air pocket - that was something the diesel mechanic mentioned. Still working the vac lines, but an air pocket is plan B for continuing diagnosis - any hints on how to check for it and fix it?

[sunshine_blowing] PS: Thanks very much for all your responses so far. Much ...

I've got my eye on some winches available locally at the moment. I've got a hand winch in the back which I have never had to use except for practice and it is SLOOOW. My coily has a bullbar which was there when I got it (as well as some other mods I am sure - I'll post some photos when I get the ...

I've got a bit of room under the bonnet on the left side of the engine bay. I've always carried a cheapie 12V compressor in one of the ammo boxes in the back. After discovering this site and reading through all 250-pages of the zook section there are a few things I've noted down for future reference ...

Been working on the coily's vac problem this arvo - I haven't got it sorted yet, but I will. Not because I know what I'm doing, but because I am persistant.

As you may guess, I'm not terribly mechanically minded - Yes, I've owned my own vehicles since I was 17 (about 15 years ago) and I have ...

Success:


From
http://www.acksfaq.com/Samvacuumlines.htm - I think it only covers the G13A, but I'll persist with it and see how I go

cheers

Been working on the coily trying to get her to run this arvo, but still no luck.

I UTFSE'd and found an old thread here: http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modules/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24071&highlight=vac+diagram

Unfortunately the links are dead and even www.archive.org was no help in retreiving ...