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My mechanic had my Triton for two days whilst he did a timing belt change. When I picked it up late in the afternoon I drove it straight home which is a 10 minute drive at best. I didn't notice any problems with it's performance. Early the next day I went to start her up with no luck. She was trying ...

Fresh to re-cycle switch is not working on my 1998 100 series gxl. Does anyone know of a manual way to shut the vents to re-cycle only to save the expense of having the switch etc replaced??

Thanx for that guys. Speaking of offset, would normal steel 15x7 rims work ok?

Can a anyone confirm if 31x10.5x15 tyres will fit a a mk triton with a 2 inch lift? I'm currently running 235/70/16's and I'm finding the need for a bigger foot print. Cheers.

Thanx for the help guys. I'm pretty bloody hopeless with this sort of stuff so I ended up running a thicker gauge wire and the problem seems to be fixed!

Thanx again.

My Triton has a steel bullbar fitted to it which has been on there since I brought it. Behind the number plate is a slot cut out for the winch face, and behind the driving lights is a circular hole which I'm assuming is for the winch control box. There are no other brackets inside the bullbar and ...

Ive installed an in cab dual cig plug direct from my aux battery. I had to run the power cables across the inside of the engine bay and through the firewall on the driver's side. They then run to the plug which is located in the center of the cab near the handbrake. The problem I'm having is that ...

Can anyone tell me what the largest tyre size would be that I could fit under my MK triton with a two inch lift? I currently have 235/70/16's and there seems to be still a bit or room left to play with.

Cheers,

Good idea but they are closed on Sundays and I was hoping to have this fixed before the working week.

I've taken the jaycar kit out of my old fourby and installed into the triton. The problem is I've stuffed up the wiring somehow as I cant get it to work. It was working fine before!! Can anyone who's got one explain which wire goes where? Cheers.

the rattle is coming from the inside of the cab..... underneath the passager side of the dash.

Ive got this annoying rattle in the triton's air con. I tracked it down and it seems to be coming from the evaporator area. I've got in there the best I could and I cant see anything stuck or loose in there that might be causing it. The funny thing is that the rattle stops when the a/c is turned on ...

so take it to the auto's you recon....

Ok, this one is a little hard to describe so let me know if you need anymore info. The Air Con on the triton has a very annoying rattle in it while it isnt on. Once I turn it on, then it goes all quiet. I pulled apart what I could to see if there was anything lodged in there, but didnt find anything ...

I've been noticing over the last week or two that the brake warning light (the one on the dash) stays on once the hand brake is released on my triton. The brake fluid level is fine and both the handbrake and the normal brakes are working fine. Ive changed all the pads less than 10,000kms ago. I've ...

Yeah thanx mate, it is the GLX sorry. Will have to pick some up. I wont admit how long it took me to work out why the rear speakers werent working

Am I the only one with 2 front speakers under the dash and nothing else??

There's spaces for speakers in both the front and rear doors (dual cab) but no actual speakers in there. Is this normal or did the previous owner do an excellant job of removing them?

Hows the gearbox going now???

The oil I used in my gearbox was Valvoline Synthetic Blend DuraGear. SAE 75w-85. API GL-4. A four litre container was about 38bux from memory. The Nulon Manual Gearbox and Diff Treatment comes in a white tube and should be pretty easy to spot. Try supercheap autos if your having trouble finding them ...

Nulon Gearbox / Diff additive worked wonder's in my Fez gearbox (when I still had it ).

I just picked up my Trtion V6 3.0 and so far Im very impressed with it. Coming from previously driving a Daihatsu Feroza I'm having a ball with all the extra space and power. :) I've got it booked in next week to get the timing belt done as it's just gone over 101,000. Im just wondering if there's ...

Well the time has finally come for me to sell the fez and buy something else. Ive been thinking of getting a triton but I havent heard much about them. Its going to be a work vehicle so it needs to be dual cab with a steel tray. It wont see much heavy 4wding but it will see the occasional dirt road ...

I did find something interesting when I was putting the dash back together. I noticed a slice in the black wire coming from the ingintion which was expsong the wire under the insulation. Could this have been causing the issue?? I rewired it and put it all back together. So far the problem hasnt ...

Ive taken the whole dash apart and the only earth i can find is the one from the aftermarket cruise control!! Is there spose to be more earths in the cab or do most of them run out through the firewall with the rest of the wiring harness???

ive cleaned every bloody earth i could find and its still happening. I could only see one earth inside the cab so im guessing i'll have to pull the dash apart tomorrow and see if i can find any others.....

is the any way i can track it down using a multi meter or something???

Ok. I've found and cleaned a few earths. I found the one near the rear blinkers to the chasis, the one from the batt to the chassis, and one from the chasis to the engine block. Inside I could only see one going from the dash area to the firewall. Not sure how many earths there are spose to be but ...

Does anyone know if the fez manual lists the earth points? Ive checked through it and cant see anything but i'm hoping its in there somewhere....

thanks for the info, i'll keep an eye on the relays on the drive home 2nite. Should they get slightly warm or stay at normal inside car temp?

Funny you should mention the ignition..... I wasnt sure but I thought there was a loud click noise that came from the ignition just before it happened....

Do ignitions normally give up the ghost straight away or do they usually slowly decline?

Thanx for the info. I'll see if I can trace all earths and ensure they are clean and tight. I'll also chck the terminals.

Seems weird that I couldnt get any revs in the motor when I put my foot down on the accerlerators.