Outer Limits 4x4 Board

ok so my radiator is 540mm x 500mm which equals 418.5 inches squared and my engine plus 30% is 455 inches squared, so my radiator is 91% big enough which is not too bad according to that rule of thumb. plus its a 4 core. it looks like ill go a clutch fan as its A, what everyone says works best and B ...

ok so i went to rad shop in town and the first thing he spotted was the inlet and outlet of the rad are on the same side. so im getting those switched today and rad flushed so i actually use my whole radiator, and my thermo is pretty lame apparently so he reccomended getting something with at least ...

ok cheers guys, im thinking i will stick with thermo as i have a gilore belt and i like it the way it is. and i like being able to temp control the thermo and such. so i will try a good thermo and good shroud, currently its not the best and see how i go

i do have an aftermarket temp gauge, normally it sits around 80 degrees C and can get up to 100 if im working it but on the beach it was up to 120 in no time. so a good fan makes a big difference? im not sure how good mine is i guess.

it has a thermo fan on it, i think thats pretty good it pushes a fair bit of air and its hooked up to a temp switch so goes on and off automatically

hi guys my cruiser has a 350 and i took it on the beach for the first time today, average weather maybe 30 degrees i have the standard 4.2 deisel radiator in there but she overheated after about 5 min of going resonably hard in softish sand. of the offrading i have done so far which is a lot slower ...

it had one wrong cv to start with, which flogged out that brass bush. which was only highlighted when they tires to put it back together. and yeah there was some discounts given cos they could not fix the problem initially. and only problem was i ddnt pick up the car myself first time so was not ...

ok well the ute is fixed, the Cv was wrong the whole time so now i have bought a new cv for 250 and they installed it for free. im just happy its going again now.

yeah the spacer is homemade, can see it has been cut with a grinder, and i have never seen it before in there since owning the car

i have taken it apart and put it back together myself before cv's out and everything, but it all went together sweet. and now with the homemade spacer rmoved i can get it back together but i need to know why they put the spacer in.

so even still the axle is too long now?

because i have stuffed around with this diff before and obviously if the hub locking mechanism fitted on i never would have thought twice about it not being right, making it a residual problem that existed befor the mechanics touched it.

ok i may have made a revelation... i decided to take off the circlip and i did and behind it was a homemade spacer as shown in this pic. http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/13101093/29122009007.jpg with that spacer off the axle can slide backwards enough to get the hub locking mechanism on... now ...

the 'Cv overhaul kit' was $193 and i believe new cv's are more expensive than that. hopefully tomorrow they are open and i can suss it out

yes that split pin i have put on now, yeah the splines all slide nicely and there is not much gunk in there. its definately my hub and that as i painted them when i worked on them last so theyre mine but it is just the axle sticking out that is stopping it from going on all the way.

cheers tom, yeah i have the manual that says you need to put that notch into the bigger slots, it actually fouls when the axle hits that 'cup' shaped stopper in the middle of the hub mechanism which in your diagram part of the big circle with the label "this tab must go" goes through.

bad_religion, i tried what you said and yes that axle does spin.

bad_religion, i will try that. i took the wheel off and took some pics so maybe someone can spot something. http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/13101093/29122009005.jpg http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/13101093/29122009003.jpg http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/13101093/29122009004.jpg ...

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/13101093/29122009.jpg here is a picture of how it currently sits, the mechanics were closed today so no go there. The steering knuckle came off because they also did those scraper seals on the back of the steering knuckle, i might take the wheel off and check ...

Z()LTAN, im not sure exaclty what those bits are.. lol but if its a spacer then that seems possible.. if you are able to point out on the exploded view then i can check it out. the axle sticks out about 25mm longer, i dont think the CV's were replaced as i ddnt ask them to even touch them but there ...

well these guys are good, we have had lots of work done by them on other cars for years and they have not done dodgy before. but yeah i originally talked to the guy who owns the shop and is the head mechanic and he was doing the job but when it was picked up he was not there so might be an ...

My HJ75 went in to the mechanics to fix a broken wheel stud, i went for new ones all round on both sides and also seals all through the diff. now i was away on site and my brother picked the car up for me but when i went to have a look the hub locking mechanism was not on, i asked my brohter and he ...

cheers guys i will go ahead and rebuild the diff before i put it in better be safe than sorry.

yeah your describing it exactly, its smooth otherwise just has the 'sticky' spot although it is pretty 'sticky' and takes a bit of effort to move out of it. i have not had the diff in the car so i dont know how much it affects the steering.

hey guys i have sorted out a new front diff for my hj, but on the passenger side as i turn the hub from side to side, as if i was turing the wheel, it gets stuck in the middle and requires quite a bit of effort to move but once its past the middle it moves pretty freely, is this mormal or should i ...

cheers for all the comments guys, at the moment i have the details for converting my holley into an offroad one as chevlux has explained, but i am going through the process of getting my engine engineered and am unsure if i can run it on fuel as the engine is older than the car and may need to go ...

cheers for the help guys im looking into modifying my holley i have now there is a few things i can try that are a bit cheaper than a new carby so will see how i go

cheers for the help will see what i can find

cheers for the reply's guys lots of helpful info, does anyone know where i can get my hands on a truck avenger? im thinking second hand in wa cos they are just a bit too dear new atm

so an 80 series master and booster sounds like the go. any specific model of 80 series? my knowledge on landcruisers is not so great. so the v6 4 runner calipers are the ones that just bolt in? also any specific model? cos i will try chase these parts down. and sounds like i can get a disk brake ...

Im looking to get the brakes in my HJ75 to work a bit better, with 35's im not that confident on the road in the current brakes im thinking of getting a new master cylinder, recon or new front calipers, new disks and the whole system bled properly. what i wondering is if anyone else has gone ...