Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Thanks, Its 235/75R15 tires. Downshifting still drops the speed, there are some hills going between Sydney and Canberra, where I fill flog it towards them, as soon as I hit them, she starts crawling back, when I hit 3800rpm, I downshift to 4th, maintain the speed for a bit longer, but still trickle ...

Hi, I have a IISX 93 Feroza running 235" tires, and Im wondering if it is meant to be like this, or if its just my car. Ill do 115 km/h according to the GPS, and be at 4000rpm on the flat, with not much more to give. Taco and speedo are not adjusted for the larger tires. Going up hills on the ...

The job should be well done. I always go to the same mechanic, because you get the impression they know what they are doing, and that they care. Never had a problem with any service there. He also provided road service for me when the old troopie broke down in both New Castle and Rockhampton ...

Buggered if I know, that was the rebuilding of the gearbox, and the reassembly of the clutch, and putting it back together again.

Jo

The noise has been located. At the same time as the gearbox was beeing rebuilt, the mechanic showed me something strange. Inside the clutch housing, there where tears in the metal... Like when you chop it, or tear it. A nut had come undone, and had been rattling, chewing, and slowly grinded itself ...

Hey, Its running great, touch wood! Only thing is this noise that I havnt been able to localise. Ill have a look at the breakes hopefully tomorrow. Otherwise its fine, we have done about 3000km so far, and its been excellent. A tad more comfortable than the troopy... The mechanic was very impressed ...

Hmm... It doesnt seem to be the fans, and it happens at all speeds, all gears and accelarating and breaking. A mate heard it the other day when the car was standing still, and he reckons it is the exhaust, something loose there, but nothign is moving that I can find. I didnt hear it at all the 600km ...

Hi All, Im getting some very weird sounds from my Feroza. They are intermittent, every now and then. I have heard them when standing still, when doing about 50, but not on the freeway. It sort of sounds like the sound that a plastic bottle makes when you crush it and it splinters... I cant find ...

Thanks, looks interesting! How much weight can the backdoor, or spare wheel holder hold? I know the troopies can develop cracks from the spare on the rear door, is the same a concern for the ferozas?

Jo

Hi All, Can anyone give me any pointers towards bicycle carrying solutions? I have a Feroza II SX with just the recovery point. I dont want to put them on the roof (2 bikes). Would getting a towbar, and a carrier be the way to go? Or just some sort of carrier? Not planning on towing much otherwise ...

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Your right. I went to InCar earlier today, and they had the plug I needed. The painful thing is, that I tried to make it myself with wires from jaycar, it cost me $18 and many hours and some blisters. InCar had the exact adapter straight up, and it was $15, and a 10 minute job....

Jo

Hi, I have an JVC unit purchased overseas, that didnt come with an harness. I have found this harness on ebay that will fit. In my car now, I have a plug that went into the old unit, it has many little pins, round ones, 2 rows. Would I be able to get a male version of that, and wire it up with the ...

Ok,

Im looking at the 1.6 SWB EFIs, so around 1994 models. Id say it be bumper replacement.

Jo

Hi All, Im looking at a few Vitaras, and a lot of them dont have much in the way of bullbars. Can anyone give me an indication as to what I might expect to pay for one? Second hand? Im not interested in tubes, or nudge bars, got to be a bullbar. Has to be able to whitstand the odd roo and wombat ...

mavtestpilot wrote:The extended rotor and extractors/bigger exhaust made a huge difference to the power and fuel consumption in my carby shortie.

So what sort of economy are you seeing now? And what did you pay for these mods?

Thanks,

Jo

why no lift ??? find one with 2 " spring lift as one that hasnt been lifted being that old will have shagged springs anyhow save ya buying new ones after ya find a car Well, the misses doesnt want anything lifted, as she is concerned it will roll when she drives it, and im sick of not beeing able ...

In that case go EFI gqmad has a diesel shorty for sale Iv had a look at all the adds, but I have been instructed that body or suspension llifts are no go. Bit suspect of buying a lifted one to lower it. work it out 14/100 diesel v 20/100 petrol Im not in a rush to buy, still searching. 20l/100km ...

Wow! 2 minutes and replies allready! EFI will be better petrol gets 20/100 or worse... 95ltr stock tank.. 33's will make it worse on economy It will mainly be used for the bimonthly long highway trips, weekly shopping, and the bimonthly camping/4wd trip. It wont be a daily driver, or used for hard ...

Hi All, Im considering buying a SWB GQ/Mav, and had a look at a 88 Mav today. Looked very neat, but diff lock got stuck in the on position, so took it back to the dealer. I noted that it was a carby, and was wondering what that meant in terms of $$$. I got these figures out of 4WDMonthly: TB42 ...

I got the compression test done today, these are the results: Davoe gave me the desired numbers: Desirable- 2746kpa minimum- 1961kpa maximum variation between cylinders 196kpa And these are what came from the compression test today: Cylinder 1: 1708kpa (350psi) 88% leakage to sump Cylinder 2 ...

it may be worth getting a compression test, which is done using either a compression tester or a leak down tester (generally wound into the glow plug holes) which any mechanic can perform. it will tell you what cylinders are bad, and how bad they are. Will give you much more confidence in the ...

I was at a 4WD training session this weekend, and one of the things we did was a stall start. I drove up the hill, stalled the car with the brakes, put it into reverse, and let go of the brakes. It was in low range. Now, the instructor told me that the compression of the engine should hold the car ...