Outer Limits 4x4 Board

HIYA mate a bit more info on motor may help us, has it been rebuilt ? or just a top end jobby , you know the nitty gritty, thanks again stormpatrol /[ we got the other shiz well sorted mate thanks again ]

YEP was a top day pitty bout da rain pissin down in da arvo

StarkRavingSimmo wrote:Its not too low for 33's mate? That's my only real concern?

Nah was fine on 33s went great had 33 mongrels back then

YO SIMMO i can testify to the 85% reduction gears had em in the 2.8 but that shat itself got 4.2D now, but 2.8 needs them money well spent ..

got em luv them no dramas at all

just go out and buy a front locker, what flex you have will be enough , or you can fit a XLINK dont play around pullin bolts even off road , cant imagine how much fun it would be puttin said bolt back in all goo and mud stuffed in there let alone gettin it to line up,,, ohh what a feelin :bad-words ...

Are you saying that the locker caused the power steering box to die ? , what kinda locker do u have

HA HA cunny funts/ VSI ENGINEERING LOL

this post really needs attention MODS , MODS , / YOU CANT BE FOR REAL

my gq was a trial for them first one fitted up with ball bearing turbo she goes like a train very happy

well a gu maybe but from what im reading 33/12.5s are too wide 25mm track width increase is all thats ok

YEAH SORRY GQ AND NSW

Under the old laws or standards could you get 33/12.5 tyres engineered on a patrol ??

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2nd,, I have ripped a couple of rear air lines off , fitted h/d upgrade now all ok , did have to replace the rear seal once was leakin air into diff housing also fitted upgrade box section o rings,, as for the front one no probs at all :D no oil in cab ever they work when you want them to that suits ...

Going on the standard rad and fan setup the donk sits or is sitting in the correct spot , dont forget my GQ yours GU would not think that there would be much difference but must be ALL GOOD INFO cheers mate

Mate all i did was remove both eng mounts then fitted gearbox in original crossmember , then fit up of 4.2 eng and fit up of rad to get right angle or height tacked in the mounts removed the eng welded the mounts and refit motor and rad final fit with new clutch and anything else we could renew all ...

HEYA PATROLMAN Not saying that you are wrong but seems like you had some dramas with tail shafts and transfer and g/box crossmember / did you use a ute or sumthin ??? just curious

Pretty basic swap guys you will need a 4.2 radiator the motor with all ancillarys power steer air con etc 4.2 gearbox i swapped my transfer over fitted straight up had to remove old eng mounts and reweld the original 4.2 mounts in place [ had to have gearbox and motor in place for this ] as for gear ...

70DDZ wrote:yeah i cant find anything either

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Joshie87 wrote:I wanna do this conversion as well, and can't find much in the search!

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They have DBA rotors on flea bay slotted with new bendix pads / was thinkin of tryin them myself fhttp://stores.ebay.com.au/BrakeWorx

IT should be single piston , buy two rotors, no dramas then

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IN24BZ wrote:as just about every post here said , more preload on your knuckle bearings by removing a shim or 2 , there is a procedure for doing this in a manual

yes thats right , wont be to long before a front end rebuild ? cant hurt

Im looking to get an EGT gauge , and in particular An Autometer (Sport Comp) to match the boost gauge. Just wondering if anyone has purchased one of these, and where you got it from. A price would also be good! Were you happy with the service, was everything included in the kit? Is the installation ...

351ciofgrunt wrote:I ended up removing some of the shims and problem is now fixed, no more gq shakes!!

Thanks to those of you who gave helpful advice.

cheers

mate did you remove the same top and bottom , shims that is , if not you need to cheers stormpatrol

I just recently had my Patrol dyno tuned by Denco in Wagga. I found that it was hitting 550 to often for my liking and I was continually backing off the throttle to lower the temps. Towing is much worse and because we are towing a loaded trailer for a Postie Bike Challenge through the Flinders ...

my gq dont WOBBLE get it fixed mate wobbles are no good

hammey wrote:Robo brothers closed down a while ago

try truck line or maybe O'neils

cheers smitty

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