Outer Limits 4x4 Board

A Sierra will suck big time if you're going to use it as a daily to travel those kinds of kilometres. I'd go for a Vitara if you had you heart set on a Suzuki.

I'd agree with Turbo Tonka that a Diesel Hilux would be a better choice.

Sounds like a battery or alternator issue.

a) battery's about to die

or

b) alternator isn't charging the battery

I've never pulled a door switch out. I'm sure when you pull it out you'll soon work out the problem.

Turn the light switch off (no door) and see if it still does it.

I've heard if you're replacing the tierod ends it's best to do both sides.

Not too sure how you'd go about doing it as I've never had to do it and haven't bothered looking in to it either.

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I think there may be a bit of bias by the author.

This weekend I finally got around to finishing the painting of the sills.
Saturday morning I used some more putty to fill in the hollows which became more evident after the original coats of primer.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/odinthehuge/03142009114.jpg

After applying more putty, I ...

I think you're right. The black flares against the faded plastic ends caps of the bumper doesn't look right. I may try a metallic grey about the same tonal value as the end cap?

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/odinthehuge/Suzukiwithdarkgrey.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132 ...

A couple of pics…



As is with white flares and sills



Photoshopped with black flares and sills

After the 2 hour wait… I sanded back the sills where the filler had been used. I then gave both sills a good going over with a wax & grease remover before proceeding to mask it off for the primer coat.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg132/odinthehuge/fillercuring.jpg

The Zook patiently ...

Hearing about the cancer (rust) that is possibly concealed under the plastic trim covering the sills of Sierra's, I had a rush of fecal matter to the brain and got out the grinder :twisted:

Firstly I removed the rubber trim by unscrewing all the fixings at the base to reveal the steel skirting and ...

all i did was use a grinder and just ground the steel skirt where the spot welds are you'll see the skirt turn blue then a ring will apear through the metal , then just pry it off with a screw driver or something, no need to fix holes then took me about 15 mins includeing a prime coat

cheers damo ...

That doesn't ring a bell… But do they do that LJ to fit on a sierra chassis?

If only I could speak/read German

Edit…

Looks like they do
http://www.weiss-design.de/kunstofftech ... .main.html

If I remember rightly… Many years ago I saw a fibreglass body kit of a Willy's Jeep which was made as a replacement for rusted out Sierra shells. Can't remember where I saw it, or what the cost was.

It would be cool to have a similar thing of the LJ's as a replacement for a Sierra shell.

Not something that I'd do…


But it's different and I like it!!

Autosol (from any good auto shop) and lots of arm work.

Just bear in mind that the mirror finish you seek, will reflect sun light like the disco balls at Studio 54. This can be a PITA when driving on a bright sunny day and the glare from your bar will not only be a hazard to you but others as well.

Just Cruizin?

alien wrote:

mrRocky wrote:when we do ram raids

dodgy much? lol

He's from Lockridge???

At least we aren't trying to sell a second hand fastback soft top in a tech thread!

I was thinking about adding a link to the thread with 'said' soft top…



But thought a ride on the bus wasn't worth it!

The one thing that I'm thinking is that the secondaries open basically as soon as you apply throttle. Therefore fuel consumption would increase?

No, not really. If you are hard on the throttle, then yeh, you are going to use more fuel, but driving around town, mine uses about the same.
I did ...

There's actually a vacuum valve hidden down behind the secondary actuator that it should be connected to - very difficult to see with the carby fitted to the manifold, but there nonetheless. That's where you should be running the vacuum line to. Can post a service manual exploded view tonight if ...

topdown wrote:

RockHopper wrote: Was struggling to get 110km/h before I ran a t-peice off the vacuum advance hose to the secondary actuator diaphram,

Got any photos of this? Sounds interesting.

x2. Standard Sierra Carb or other??

It's not a J20 but my 95 Sierra…

Rebuilt 1.3 (12 months ago)
Extractors, 2" exhaust and sports muffler
No Gearing
235's on 15x7's

Cruise happily between 100 - 110kph
Pedal 1/3 way on flat in 5th gear
1/2 - 3/4 on slight incline in 5th
Headwinds and inclines obviously do make it work a 'little' bit ...

engine oil got a bit low , and i was driving at low speed bout 20km/h and my engine died!!!…

… The engine has been recod 6 months ago , has brand new leads, plugs, button, cap and a bosch sports coil and was running fine before all of this happened.

How'd the engine oil get low if recently ...

standard filter eh... are you talking about a ryco or something like that? where is the cheapest place for this kinda stuff?


snorkels... do they give less restriction or more air restriction? because the air has to travel further..
also, are there any cheap snorkel kits? whats the best way to do ...

Start with the basics first…
Make sure that it's serviced at regular intervals ie, new plugs, oil and filters.

The symptoms you described with 'hesitation' in second and first gear could be your leads arcing. Many years ago my coil lead was arcing out where it touched my bonnet.

Welcome back Amanda.

Obviously the answer in a Sierra's highway performance lies in the spelling…

extractors + 2" exhaust = 110kph
extractors + 1.75" exhaust = 110kph
extraktas, an 2" that exsits in front of the back wheel = 85kph

My last 4ltr wrangler was cheaper on petrol than my 1.3l sierra.

12lph as to 14lph.

Do the maths.

Talk about how cheap a zook is to build, how its so light that it floats when many cannot begin to even consider going, do not speak of fuel usage.

A fuel injected 1.6ltr as stock standard, yea ...