Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I've got a 96 Disco TDI with dual bat, and ARB steel bullbar at the moment i'm running king springs Heavey Duty (180lbs/ich i think) with koni shocks in the front. The springs are ment to give a 40mm lift over standard but i think it's more like 20mm. I would like a 3inch lift in the front but don't ...

I have a bracket made by Kaymar that holds a hi lift jack to the spare wheel on the rear door of my 96 disco. I have heard that Defnders rear doors are a bit weak when it comes to weight on them is this the same with the disco? Will the door bend over really bumpy roads with the extra weight? Tobias.

I've got a 96' dico (300tdi auto) with a maxi-drive rear locker and open front. I'd like to put my 10 spline ARB locker in the front from my 88 ranige to save money on buying one for a disco. I know the disco has 24 spline axles and the rangie 10 spline but i would switch all the parts across. I run ...

Thanks for the info. it already has twin maxi drives king spring's , koni shocks, snorkel BFG's and all the little goody's that i've brought across from the rangie but i was after spares regarding the tdi engine itself. I carry most gear as far as driveline goes eg. shocks,bearings,mounts,UJ's ...

I bought a 97 disco tdi auto yesterday and i was just wondering if anybody could tell me how much heavier is the tdi is compared to the 3.9 V8 in the rangie? Secondly i'll be using the vehicle for a lot of remote travel can someone maybe recomend some spare parts to carry? ill have all the usual ...

By the way i'm in Brisbane so if anybody knows of a good cheap place that supplies ECU's or piggyback systems that would be really helpful.

Tobias.

I've been running a 3.9 with 3.5 manifold and injection (flapper AFM) gear for about a year now, the engine runs ok starts every time and doesn't give me any problems exept it uses lots of fuel and doesn't offer much performance. I have the 3.9 manifold injection gear including fuel rail Loom AFM ...

Just changed the shock position by 2inches and using heavy duty cable ties to hold the springs in place. thanks for the help i'm really happy with the articulation improvment it means i don't need the maxi as often.

Actually just on the topic if my suspenioni is 60mm higher can i just lower the rear shocks by 60mm? how can i be sure that i wont make the rear shocks turn into a credit cards on full articulaton?

Toby.

Thanks guy's looks like my rear end will be flexing like stretch man soon.

G'day guys, I've got an 88rr that has about a 60mm spring lift i've fitted rockcrawler shocks up front that are ment to be longer than standard (i don't see it). But at the rear im running standard Bilsteins that came with the car. At full travel in the rear i can see the shock reaching it's limit ...

I'm about to put a LT230 and drop the Viscous in my brothers 93 Rangie, should i do anything to the auto box while it's out? it's done about 170000km, i'm only used to manuals and know nothing about auto's. It's gear changes can be a bit harsh can this be fixed? What sort of k's do you get out of ...

My brother's 92 ranige viscous coupling needs replacing is it worth while changing it to a center diff lock like my 88? He is planing on fitting F/R lockers soon and is wondering if the viscous is good enough off road.

Toby.

Yep drove all the way home with the diff center still in. We thought about pulling the axles and removing the diff but the prado seems to have the axle and bearings in the same unit. the only thing we did was remove the drive shaft to try and lessen the strain all be it a little. Locked the center ...

I'm not sure as to what the prob with the diff is but ill find out for you. It sounded like somthing let go in the crown wheel. We didn't find much when we dropped the oil (no water) only a small peace of metal. Thanks very much for all the suggestions, especially the "get it in writting" ill keep ...

Yeah already posted it in the toyota section just thought id post it in the rover section.

thanks

toby.

No water crossings, no rain in the desert but it rained rained like you would not believe on the way home. Flash flooding around Towoomba so i guess thats how the water got in. Thanks for the suggestions i'll pass that on to my brother.

Toby.

About 4 weeks ago i did a simpson desert trip with 7 vehicles 3 rangies, 2 90 seriers Pardos and a GU partol. About a week into the trip i drove up one of the 100 sand hills we had driven up in my old 88 ranige, my brother in his 2year old prado followed my tracks up the same hill. About half way up ...

About 4 weeks ago i did a simpson desert trip with 7 vehicles 3 rangies, 2 90 seriers Pardos and a GU partol. About a week into the trip i drove up one of the 100 sand hills we had driven up in my old 88 ranige, my brother in his 2year old prado followed my tracks up the same hill. About half way up ...

The time has come for some new bigger rubber. I currently have 31/10.5's and i've got a 2inch spring lift and one inch body. I have a set of 16inch disco rims that i was thinking of fitting a set of 265/75's but should i stay with the current 15's and fit bigger 33/10.5's? i don't mind cutting the ...

I've put a 3.9L (from aquarangie) in my 88rr a while ago, but im still running on the 3.5L EFI(flapper) injection system. I have the 3.9 EFI injection gear but haven't been able to get it going and don't have the time to at the moment. The engine runs great and i get about 14L/100km on a good ...

A short while ago i bought a 3.9L engine form a 92 rr, i've put the engine in however it's still running the old ingection system form the 3.5, the engine runs ok however i have the 3.9i EFI gear, has anybody done this conversion before as i'm not sure how to conect the new loom the the old one ...

Getting new set of rubber soon (currently running 31/10.5/15) i''m going to be using disco steel rims. Has anybody got any comments on which size to go for 235/85's or 265/75's? Does the extra width of the 265/75 offer any great advantage over the the slightly taller 235/85's? has anybody used both ...