Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I've currently got the yoko geolandars, best tyres I've had for 'all-round' use.

Positives
Great on road- quiet, grip well in the wet and don't aqua-plane, wearing OK Currently 50,000ish and plenty of tread left.
Great on hi-speed dirt tracks- predictable, good lateral traction at speed, haven't ...

OL E-locker, $1999.40 fitted with new bearings and a 3 year warranty. More expensive than lockrite but I need high range 4x4 steering. $5-700 cheaper than ARB or TJM from quotes in the last couple of days.

Will probably go this way.

Cheers,
Adam.

SIM79, Daz,

Thanks for the advice, that's what I was afraid of. I don't want to lose high range 4x4 steering. Got a quote today for ARB & TJM front diff locks installed. Both plus of $2,500 (TJM Slightly more) by the time you buy the lockers, compressors, wiring looms and pay for installation. Will ...

Hi SIM79,

I'm thinking of going the lockrite myself but I'm worried about losing steering when touring high range 4x4 on dirt roads, etc. Do you do much of that? Is cornering and steering effected on corregations and bumps?

Cheers,
Adam.

I owned a '93 vogue, 32" tyres, 'chipped' 3.9. Used about 17-19 litres per 100km on Petrol and 19-21 litres per 100km on LPG. This was mixed driving some suburban, some 80-100kph. Best, on petrol, on the highway 16 litres per 100km. Was worse on sand and when 4wding.

Was my daily driver / tourer ...

Well, I got it undone. As Jes suggested, 6 foot crow bar attached to my spanner, smaller crow bar wedged on the chassis. Was still quite a struggle using a 6 foot lever. I tried jacking the end of the spanner at one stage. The back of the car was lifting by just the spanner on the bolt without ...

I've spent the weekend swapping in some 4.3 centres to replace my 3.9s in my GQ.

Centres swapped over easily enough and then I tried undoing the pinion bolts to swap the rear flanges over. I can't get enough leverage nor hold the pinion still enough to budge it. Bent a couple of bars trying. Tried ...

Well, when I mentioned to my beloved that I was considering getting another Rangie, she was not entirely supportive (to put it mildly).

So while I was attempting to sell the benefits of Rangie ownership and how this one would be much better and more reliable than my last one and how it would cost ...

Greetings all,

After giving up on Rangie ownership about 2 years ago, the memory of the pain must have subsided enough that I'm looking at a '75 2-door that the guy down the road has for sale. My last Rangie was a '93 that I was relying on to be my daily driver and tourer. Didn't quite work out for ...

I had a similar thing on my GQ. There is a bolt and a pin that hold the callipers to the diff housing. Undo the bolt, rotate callipers off rotors to change pads. callipers swivel on the pin.

On mine, the pin broke and fell out. (mechanic said he had never seen it happen)

When I applied the brakes ...

Thanks for the info Guys.

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Car has about 193,000km on the clock. Is the O2 sensor part of the air flow meter (in which case, yes it has one) or is it in the LPG plumbing?

I guess it could be a vacuum issue, I'm not 100% sure all the vacuum lines are in the correct spot. I had to drive to ...

My '92 injected petrol GQ has started intermittently losing power on LPG. Doesn't do it when running on petrol. Only does it under load after about 10-20 secs of having foot down (ie going up hills). Seems to run out of gas and just gets slower and slower, even when I crest the hill and car is no ...

I've got a '92 Ti with the factory in-cab stabiliser disconnects.

I was swapping in a 2" lift last weekend and had the car jacked up to remove springs. The stabiliser disconnects came to the end of their articulation about 2 inches short of the down travel of my +2inch shocks.
I'm going to buy the ...

www.suspensionstuff.com.au

Shane is good to deal with and happy to answer any questions you may have.

Adam.

Thanks for that j-top paj. Manual lockers are on the list of things to get.

I'm sorted on how to lock them. How do I unlock them?

Adam.

I just got myself a GQ. I didn't get a manual with the vehicle.

Can anyone tell me the procedure for locking and unlocking the auto front hubs? From doing a search, it seems that everyone agrees that when you lock the transfer into 4WD the hubs will automatically lock as the wheels turn.

However ...

If you want camping lights, go LED. Try boating shops. Not as bright as bulbs, but you can leave them on all night without flattening your battery. And you won't be dazzling yourself all night around the camp site.

Of course if you want a rear facing spot light, forget the LEDs.

Adam.

Rangie for sale.

See cars for sale section.

I've also got a '93 with coil conversion. I too had a bugger of a time getting front shocks for a +2 inch lift. Try front landcruiser shocks, 80 series I think. Don't know if 100 series are the same. Valving was a bit too stiff though (I guess for a heavier front end, or maybe just the brand). Guys ...

Sorry, Not Rover Bashing.

Just passing on my experiences with my car.

Despite what I say, I really do love the Rangie.

Loan Rangie,

Its a '93. Cost me $15000 in '03. Probably paid too much, but at the time Rangies were few and far between in Queensland. Anything I found up there had plenty of beach work and even those that didn't needed plenty spent on them.

Mechanic at the time said that this one was in pretty ...

I added up receipts the other night.

For just over 60 000km, I've spent over $8000 just on repairs. Doesn't count fun things and routine maintenance stuff.

All that on a car I'd be flat out selling for $10 000 these days.

Love driving it, hate owning it.

Adam.

I've got 265/75 16 coopers on a '93 RRC with about 2 inch lift. They rub when twisted up, front and back and steering sucks now I've adjusted the steering stops. 245/75 16 didn't rub, but the 265s look better, give more clearance and I've got defender gearing in my transfer so I need the diameter so ...

I've got a 3.9 Rangie on Gas. 32's but 110 gearing in t/case. I get about 22 - 25 litres per 100km around town, depending on traffic.

Towing, trailer maybe weighs 500kg, camping stuff and kids I'm lucky to get 150 km out of a 54 litre LPG tank.

Still not too expensive to run considering price of ...

Or maybe they could put the Grand Cherokee diesel motor in the Rubicon...

Sweeet!

I can't believe no deisel option in the Rubicon!! The car is fully set up for decent off road trecks then they limit it by having petrol only. Don't get me wrong, petrol motors drive nicer (IMO), but need LPG to afford driving one. I don't see much room for LPG tanks under the new wrangler.

Maybe ...

Has anyone out there managed to graft defender flares onto a rangie / disco? Does it look OK?

Pictures??

Cheers,
Adam.

Hi DL,

Yeah I got a ERPS 4 pad set but paid for an additional 4 pads so 8 in total. That is what was recommended by the sales lady for an older 4x4 that goes on the beach a bit. Two in engine bay, one in driver's and passenger's footwells, two inside the cargo bay, and the last two inside the ...

Hi DL,

I'm running the ERPS system on my Rangie. This is the third car I've had an electronic rust protection unit on. They say you can transfer them from car to car, but for $300 or so, by the time you mess around, pull off all the wires and electrodes, its just easy enough to buy a brand new one ...

It will probably be a month or more before I get along to a meeting. I need some time for the dust to settle on new house, job, etc.

I'm not too fussed if I don't get to winch on a trip, I don't own one and I really don't love using the Tirfor. A bit of mud on the tyres and some good scenery ...