Outer Limits 4x4 Board

i went to Newcastle last week towing a empty car trailer and averaged 4.3k's a litre, not good thats about 23L/100km, sucks but pretty normaly for a 3 tonne rig drinking petrol towing a trailer - I have had as bad as 25-26L per 100km on a long haul no trailer (but roofrack full 60cm high) with 5 ...

just pull it out doesn't really do any thing It was the sump being loose BTW. Mavrik, do you mean simply grip it and rip it? or is there a proper way of removing it. Admittedly i was covered in oil and in a bad mood last time i looked at trying to remove it but couldn't even begin to see how it was ...

Basically, there is no way to tell if the welds are upto task without testing. Be that in a workshop or by using it for a few hundred thousand ks. Mid welds that look great can be weak as piss, and I've seen bird poo mig welds outlast the item they were holding together. However if the manufacturer ...

oldmate wrote:Here ya go. A perfectly capable truck for 2500.

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If it's still for sale

that still leaves $2500 for fuel!

where about are you? im in western sydney and might have a lead on some std tyres and suspension, one of my house mates has some and might be interested in moving it on.

I reckon a 40 series would be the go. Solid trucks and easy to modify (look great too) With your budgetvthe only problem will be finding one without too much rust. mmm 40 :armsup: tough on that price though. My last 2.8 HIlux turbo with decent suspension system ended up selling for about 5k from ...

To be honest, mid 500's sounds about right. most 2 bar racks are 300 - 400 depending on quality. Every single vehicle needs to have its own attachments developed for every model so its not quite as mass produced as you would expect - (it is mass produced but not like generic stuff is).

So my GU TD42T is leaving quite the puddle and I thought it would be the rear main, but before forking out big dollars I have scrubbed it clean... several times trying to confirm where its coming from. Not super easy to tell to be honest. But I did notice a little oil on the sump bolts and checked ...

CRUZAAMAD wrote:If your after a dualcab..
a patrol is sitting in the wrecker yards in albury..

abecorn wreckers if you were chasing a dual cab..

Looked straight..

sounds like your keen on keeping it but.

just a thought

Thanks for the tip, Might chase them up and see what the go is.

Thanks Fellas.

I will contact the guys at the fitting station mentioned.

I have even wondered about modifying a gear stick so that it is effectively further towards me to make gear changes better in the 3 seater.

Cheers
Ben

haha, I need an excuse for a road trip! Swapsies?

I'm back from 18months overseas and have dusted off my GU Patrol Ute and started getting it ready for the new life... Got a rear main leak to sort mechanically which I'm onto, but more to the point my wife is due with our first kid in a few weeks. We have bought a little safe sensible car which it ...

I wouldn't have a problem with 350 they are well known to pass 500 untouched - but having said that general wear and tear will see more things worn of course. Early GU - pre 2002 had a problem with 5th gear - it was modified to have a shorted spline and the spline can be torn from loading up in 5th ...

I would suggest balance, several times ive had a balance done and driven away thinking what the hell this drives terribly! Mine is like that now but for me is 85km it started after i got a new set of tyre for the front. Try swapping front and rear tyres around as you wont notice it as much if its on ...

I would also just get the arb ones fixed again - but somewhere different - people either seem to have no trouble or lots of trouble with air lockers.

If you think the original is too unreliable why consider an inferior version? surely this point to more issues.

never heard of having to mod plate a turbo in nsw? i thought that was only for poor buggers up north? My Last Hilux had a turbo fitted - it looked after market. It had to go to the rta for a identification check plus went through a Blue slip. not even an eyebrow was raised. was listed on my ...

Plates are only for qld aren't they?

No plates in the engine bay of the engineered sierra in my drive.

253 with out papers unregoed... It's worth parts and that's it. Unless someone who doesn't know better buys a headache.

Pull the injectors and have them tested. I had a similar think happen and it had broken 2 injector springs and jammed the nozzles. Sounded like it had done a big end bearing and smoked heavily(white). X2 Diesel + compression + timing = running. If compression and timing are then either it's fuel ...

Yeah too hard to say. Different lifts/brands etc get different results by quite a margin then there is settling etc. You dont need 4 inch lift for your tyres 2 is plenty for 33's plus a fraction of the cost to do as you don't need nearly as many mods to make it drive right again. Eg camber, brake ...

I had -22 and my 33's still rubbed on the leaves at full lock. I would not go 0 offset personally. too little neg offset and you will contact steering components before you can do up the rim, less stabile car off road etc etc. My 11.5 33's sat a touch proud of my guards and my truck could basically ...

Cruiser and patrol rims both ute and wagon work fine, but can actually be fairly expensive especially in 16's. 15 will be the cheapest.

I had 70 series ute steel 16s on my ln106.

Just don't make the mistake of getting ifs hilux rims, they are cheap but offset is all wrong and won't even bolt up.

sika do a specifically auto adhesive for fixing panels and bits. quite literally you could modernise the old girl and glue the whole thing together lol. it would be nice n rigid and not rub any more. The rubber bits you mean will be quite thick as in 2mm approx and might bugger up alignment as you ...

Just sorting out a shopping list to finish this up for anyone else who has this turbo kit in mind for their 3b... Turbo Shopping list: X use existing exhaust manifold gasket - 4 x 8mm incanol studs + 8mm locknuts (exhaust manifold to turbo) X use supplied T2 gasket for manifold->turbo X hope ...

its more to do with the gearing for its intended use than the motor - they aren't exactly hot rods

It is but if the flow pattern isn't as good it can effectively restrict flow. It wouldn't be my first guess normally but since that's what's changed it's where I'd start.

this sounds odd, but bigger might not necessarily flow as well as you hope, through turbulence or no bell curve on the lips of outlet etc? - if its taking longer to spool up and getting hot im guessing its your new intake system. if the air is restricting somewhere - less air = richer mixture = more ...

i have no idea if it could stall a td42, but i have seen it on other engines - smaller and petrol though.

I had, turbo 4.3 gears 33's twin locked. I drove it pretty hard and everything stayed in one piece. only once did i find a track i couldn't navigate 'due to tyre size' and 35's would not have helped. I bolted on some 35's and came to the following conclusion. 35's IMO require a huge amount of extra ...

the throw out bearing isnt over adjusted. ive seen it where the throwout bearing was pushing the clutch that much is digging back into the friction plate. it describes the your situation. how far down can u depress the clutch pedal before it stalls and how also how far down do u have to press the ...

id go the e lockers. no waiting for the compressor to pump up. no air leaks. no orings ive put a few e lockers in cars now and havent had a single one comeback the time it takes for my hand to move from the compressor switch to the air locker switch is enough time for the compressor to reach ...