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Thanks Mick.

Hi guys. I bought two led driving lights off eBay for $400 new, 90w each, 10-30volt capable, 18x 5w leds. Installed them last night, with one 40amp relay and 6mm wire. I suspected they weren't bright enough for the claimed 90watts so I started investigating. Measured the current draw across the ...

I have a 2002 2.8 Td triton (4m40 engine) which has a factory 65amp alternator. Judging by my mileage (280000km) and heavy use of the truck, the alt should just about cark it soon. I'm also charging duel batteries in the engine bay and a battery in the work trailer amd run engel 24/7. So i thought ...

Well, a bit fat gold medal for captain obvious, I'd been stuffing around with transfer lever earlier on and left it in neutral!

Silver goes to all the others for their tech help. Thanks guys.

76 Tourer wrote:Sorry to state the obvious but is the transfer in netural ?

That's well worth checking, I was pretty dam knackered when I put her back together!

Okay. Had head replaced last week, also bent rod in piston 3. Did cooling system flush amd radiator overhaul. Replaced all brake pads, rear wheel cylinders, rear drums bla bla bla. Slave cylinder replaced as rubber boot was bulging with fluid. Problem: 1. start car, put clutch in, shift into any ...

Also just remembered a Dribble of watery black liquid came out with the bolt, kinda smelt like brake fluid, definitely not Diesel engine oil.

Only other thing I been doing with it is cooling system flush. Had the slave cylinder replaced a week ago by mech. Been working fine til now.

I was poking around looking for a block drain plug for the cooling system when I pulled out a bolt. Realizing it was not the drain plug I just screwed it back in and went and found the right one. Now the car will not move an inch when it is in gear. Wtf have I done?! It's the grade 7 bolt hanging ...

Can only see the clip on the right one. The left has a little more spliined shaft showing in the centre of the diff (than the right one) but no clip visible.
I'll try and give them both a good crack tomorrow.
I've done the cv boots before but don't remember having any trouble removing the left cv.

Okay, I did try that, but I'll give it a decent go this time.
Also, shouldn't the left hand CV just pull out of the diff? If so, Its a bit stuck.

Hi. I have a 2002 Mk which I'm in the process of overhauling front suspension bushes, cv boots, front wheel bearings and couple of uni joints. At this point RH steering knuckle is off, cv removed. I discovered a flogged out bearing at the end of the front right hand axle housing. To replace it, it ...

Ahhhhhh, time to replace another balljoint

Has anyone heard of anything like this before. I have not changed the rims yet, but surely there are plenty of fourbies running wider offsets without all the hassles i'm having.

Nice snow pic. They're some decent flares you have there!

When's the Focus getting a lift kit?

Thanks scott. I'll definitely change those rims next tyre change. Its not too far off anyway.

And thanks guys, i'll have a look at swaybar bushes also.

cheers,
Brad

Has anyone come across any prices yet? (sorry if it's already been mentioned, i only scanned through) If its anything like mountainbike tyres, they'll be nearly double the price! ie. a steel beaded mountainbike tyre is around $35 and a kevlar bead (heaps lighter weight but still strong) is $70 plus ...

yes, I understand that. So 25 mm could be enough to help prevent premature wear of the balljoints?
I have not had any experience with playing around with different wheel offsets and their consequences.

I thought it was about time I posted some pics of my triton. I've only had it a couple of years now. There's a few of a trip to Fraser in October and a few of my new side steps. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w138/Bike_psycho/IMGP6617.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w138/Bike_psycho ...

My sister knows a guy who does blueslips. I think I'll ask him sometime. If its got the platform bolted in and the fridge bolted down on top, its a bit hard to argue how its only temporary. And I seem to be always getting pulled over by the cops. They followed me one friday arvo from where I was ...

That's how long I thought they should go for. Its a decent job to replace them if you think about it...add in the wheel alignment.

Scott,

Have a look at the clearance between the top ball joint and the rim. It only measures about 40mm. Would it make the wheel too close to that stationary part if I used a smaller offset?

Sweet, thanks for the help guys. I think I'll get it made official as I use it with the rear seat out all the time. I've got a platform bolted in there, with the fridge bolted to that.

Is it illegal to remove the back seats of my dual cab ute to fit more stuff in?

Someone mentioned to me the other day that it might be, so I had a trawl around on the rta website and found nothing.

BTW, I'm in NSW.

Brad

Wow. That makes them look even worse, because that same suspension shop supplied and fitted the tyres as well. So you'd assume they would have checked out the rims along the way.

Thanks for your help Scott. I'll let you know how I go with it.

The rim says on it 7J X15 02 6 YF ... if that helps

The tyre sticks about 40mm out of the guard,

That was all by a suspension specialist who does suspension for all sorts of high performance cars apparently.
I've just started going to a new mechanic and they seem pretty cluey. I'll get them to have a close look at it next week when it goes in for a log book service.

I'm running 31x10.5 Nankang ATs on 15'' sunnies. The top ball joints were genuine and cost 120 or 140. The problem one in the bottom, they first put a non-greasable one in, then a greasable one, then the grease nipple fell out when I went to grease it one day. So I went back and they had to grind ...

Hi guys. I had all 4 suspension ball joints replaced in my 2002 triton 14 months ago, along with a few other bushes. After only a couple of months the lower driver's side ball joint began to creak again. It was returned and replaced under warranty. It was replaced again a couple of times after about ...

Just digging this topic up again as I have blown another oil pressure switch. Has anyone found out anything further on this problem?

It's interesting reading about whose tyres do what on which snow. Seems like a very temperamental driving surface. :roll: I think it really hates being described as a driving surface so watch out. :lol: :lol: Yeah, i think it hates being piled into the back of a ute and taken home to Newcastle too ...