Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I'm with Australian 4wd Insurance. Insured for market value of the vehicle on or off road, anywhere in Australia except for time trialled comps.

we've got a 60l trailblazer that I bought second hand a couple of years ago. They work great. Once they're cold, they don't seem to draw too much due to the 3 inches of insulation. The thermostat went just before christmas right before we were due to go away. They're such a simple unit, that I could ...

ran JT2's as well on fraser. no problems at all...

winding the torsion bars up won't stop the rubbing at full compression. When I had my 99 lux with heavy duty torsion bars I still scrubbed at mid lock and full compression with 33x10.5. Honestly the only way to stop it was to remove the mud flaps, cut the inner guard and trim the inside of the ...

had the same problem with mine. As Guts said, make sure the bolts that go through the guards don't touch the guard. When I installed mine the first time I didn't drill out the holes to 18mm as instructed and this created heaps of rattle. In the end, I had to redrill the holes and I baught a piece of ...

1990 VX sahara. The factory lockers seems to be reasonably reliable, just slow to engage. only had the vehicle a month or so, so only had limited usage of the lockers, but probably prefer an air locker.

Ian, here's the pic of the locker switch for you. Sorry it's a bit blurred, but my camera is playing up . The front and rear are on same switch. Basically push and twist to engage rear, then twist clockwise again to engage front and rear (ie can't engage front without rear.

hope this helps
greg

I'll take a photo this weekend and post for you. Personally prefer the arb rocker switches myself

greg

Anyone else experienced this. After rain, noticed that the seat belt on drivers side - centre row seat is wringing wet when you pull it out. It's a 1990 model 80 series. Seem to recall when my father had an early 80 as well, he had the same problem. It's only on that side, same belt

Is it a ...

thanks for the feedback. Decided to go for it. Planning to do the bearings this weekend before giving it a run to Melbourne late next week. It looks and drives great, can't wait to get it off the bitumen...

considering the purchase of a early 80 series (1990) with 1HDT. Heard from various sources that these can be prone to problems particularly big end bearings. Does anyone have any experiences/feedback about this? If so, are these issues with early models only or 1HDT in general? Are there tell tale ...

heavy duty torsion bars will give you about 30-40mm. Definately help if you have a steel bar up front. Any other kits are gonna cost you big $$$$

ther'll never be much wheel travel - it's ifs.

I was reading an old issue of 4wd monthly and saw a hilux that had SAS with Bundera coil front end. Running standard hilux leaf springs in the rear with coils between the chasis and leaf packs.

Any thoughts, opinions about a setup like this - good or bad? I know most guys doing SAS are running ...

I don't think rancho make this kit anymore, but there are others, superlift, skyjacker etc. Waste of time and money - about $3k for the kit and $4.5k if you have it installed in a shop. Won't give you more wheel travel, just 4" more height by lowering the lower control arms and front diff via new ...

4sum4 wrote:You can do due dualies with chain driven.

Is this same setup as with gear driven or different adaptor? Any idea of costs? Have you done this 4sum4?

is to my understanding that transfer to gearbox (chain gearbox-geartransfer) is not interchangeable Thats what I thought but your 1st reply read that you only changed the t case, not the gearbox and t case.

So if I understand correctly, to do this conversion, BOTH gearbox and T-case need to be ...

what needs to be done to swap a chain driven transfer from late model lux for a gear driven transfer from early model?

Gear driven is stronger right? With more options for reduction gears or dual cases?

Daz. In mention to the restriction Washer on the Non-Turbo lux snorkle, will removing it make any difference?

Tonka, I thought it might be this restriction washer on mine also. My thought is taht restriction of the airflow is gonna create turbulance inside the snorkel and create some noise ...

I use to fit these for a liveing and never had one come back with a rattel they where all safari snorkels and because this is a common problem i tock care to make sure the holes around the studs are bigger than the studs and that the foam was placed on the gard etc they also have a restriction ...

thanks heaps for the tips. I will give it a try - if it don't work I'll have to fix the stereo...

what set out to be a simple exercise to install a snorkel on my 3.0L diesel hilux is doing my head in. I now have a serious vibration rattle at low revs (1500 - 2000rpm). Have pulled the thing off 3 times but cannot find it.

Any suggestions

with tyres, rear locker and decent set of shocks, it will be more than capable for what you want. we have used ours on heaps of long touring trips as well as weekend fun. I also invested in a set of heavy duty torsion bars to support the weight of the steel bar.

Those that have done it, are you happy witht he conversion???

Been considering SAS for a while, but biggest concerns are stability/handling and safety of the vehicle after. We also use our lux for long trips and daily driver with 2 young kids. Can't afford to compromise safety.

What about those ...

Those that have done it, are you happy witht he conversion???

Been considering SAS for a while, but biggest concerns are stability/handling and safety of the vehicle after. We also use our lux for long trips and daily driver with 2 young kids. Can't afford to compromise safety.