Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Just did this on mine with Navi's father on Saturday. I only have a once inch body lift. Easy to do, just watch out for the detent ball and spring as you pull the front housing off . We left the entire cross member, etc in place. The hardest part as perviously identified was pressing out the gears ...

David,
Will this include the new Qld Laws to allow up to 125mm increased in ride height?
Thanks,
Dwayne

Is that where I went wrong

We are Ready 2 Roll (twice rolled) not Ready to Roll been there done that

The holes are in place, just not the back plates and captive screws. I changed from one piece to split rears and just added reinforced plates which I inserted through the fuel tank sender gauge access point....

I have towed a cruiser on a trailer with our 2003 Disco TD5. Towed it brilliantly and with some of the best fuel consumption I have seen out of it. I towed it from Brisbane to Rocky and it was magic. We have had the computer remapped, but fairly standard arfter that. Our has some 230,000 and we have ...

I am sorry but if you want to tow 3t reguarily, I would be getting something that approaches the same weight to tow with, just safer all round, 3t pushing around on the back of something weighing 2t is just looking for trouble no matter what tyres, brakes or motor it has... The smaller the motor the ...

One trick we used on old cruisers was to weld a couple of links of chain on either side to the mount to limit extension, rubber still did its job, but chain prevented mount open up too much and tearing...

I second Brooksy comment.... Forget spending the money on accessories... Spend it on fuel and time with others learning how to drive... The most basic stock vehicle can out drive the mosted modded truck my a good driver.... Learn your vehicle and how to drive it, only once the vehicle (not the ...

Always double shield any pipes that run inside the cabin, regardless of the type of pipe used. Have seen one pipe burst and spray navigator with boiling water, not a good end result.

Just an update incase anyone else was looking at the same thing... I just dropped into Direct Clutch Services in Brisbane (Albion) to get a new clutch, friction plate and bearings just to replace the standard items in the 1HDT motor and gear box. While there I posed the question to them about mating ...

Last time I looked into getting bigger tyres complianced, you had to be with 15mm over diameter of the largest placarded tyre size. If you can get Toyota to agree you could do it, but I do not think that is going to happen. Otherwise you go down the line of small vehicle manufacturer, but I hear ...

I still want to see results, which event did I win and how did I go in the others...

Well entry form in, so with no further hiccups, The Blue Truck will make its first serious debut....

Looking forward to some good fun driving. Now back to work getting the truck ready with all the little things...

Just watch Brunswick Diesel, father had a lot of problems with them during a recent conversion.

Last set of tubes I got were atv tubes from a motor bike shop. Cannot remember size though, sorry...

I agree with other I would drive it, but we are not there to assess the situation. My only suggestion is that with the increase electrics this can be a problem. Look in the owners manual it may give you a Manufactures recommended maximum fording depth. Anything less that that should be no problems ...

Who needs cup holders for the kids to ruin and interior.... They do a good enough job with out them not to mention some adults... In terms of quality, best and safest seats the first thing is to ensure it meets Australian Standards and is independently certified. After that you need to place your ...

One thing I noted that with the child harness you purchase seperately they appear to be a PIA (pain in a@#$) buckle the child into the seat. I just bought the a Hipod Senator that comes with an inbuilt harness that is easy to do up around the kid, provides head and side support and can be laid back ...

I would just put some good tyres on it (not overkill in size), a couple of inches of lift and decent coils and shocks that suit your kitted out vehicle (if daily driver go softer coils with Poly airs, otherwise HD springs that handle your laden weight) Then learn how to drive the vehicle. I can take ...

I like to use the car for slow technical stuff so the lower gearing sounds good to me. Checked out marks and lower gears for transfer case $1300 for a set of gears. The Isuzu truck frictionplate sounds like the easy way out but I want to keep both vehicles running, so might just swap the transfer ...

Wow, that was quick and very detailed, exactly what I was after. Thanks I like the idea of lower 1st and 2nd gears, but would like to keep the clutch out of the HDT. Can you swap the input shafts between boxes so I keep the low gearing and the bigger clutch? Or would recomend just getting lower ...

I have recently sourced myself a 1991 HDT GXL 80 Series Cruiser. I also have a 1994 HZJ 80 series (which has been rolled). I am looking at moving a lot of my running gear from my HZJ to the HDT and am trying to work out any differences between the two. Main issues are: 1. Diff ratios - are they the ...

So I have until Feb to have the cruiser fixed and up to spec...

What are vehicle specs for competing so I can get it right during the build up.

There is a mob in WA doing exchange HD Boxes. Father in law just had one fitted to a 78 series towing 3.5 tonne van. Not certain if they do one for the 80 though. I will ask him and see if he can give me some details. Might be of help.

Grimce,
No problems there, father out law would be happy to see the end of them...
Cheers,
Stinger

The father inlaw has the follow bits and pieces... Series 1 – 1957 SWB Complete Series 1 – SWB Spare body Series 1 – SWB with holden motor Series 2 - Military incomplete, missing things like radiators, tanks, etc Series 2 - SWB Other associated parts, Series 1 disco CVs, Series 3 Tub & bonnet, radi ...

Mick, The front centre is the worst in terms of amount of work required. You basically have to strip FW Hubs, calipers (just tie up out of road instead of disconnecting), wheel hub and brake rotor, stub axle (what the wheel bearings sit on) and then you can pull the axles out a few inches. Then you ...

Bally, if you get a choice in Dr I strongly recommend Dr Micheal South from up in Rocky, best Dr you will find and very practical. He has done a fair bit of work on me in the past and I would never go to another ortho again.

Okay, so Shannon's third vehicle is still an unknown. Any teams definately still chasing a third vehicle? I hear that Ben Macamley & Mark thomas are still chasing a third vehicle but I do not have contact details or user names so I cannot ask them directly. I only have a couple of things to do the ...