Outer Limits 4x4 Board

My 80 was overheating porbably 4 or so years ago. Replaced the oil in the fan clutch and it has been working great ever since!

As above are 33s illegal on a 80 series as a mate of mine just got defected They reckon that their to big. He also got done for the 4" lift but i can understand that. I was under the impression that 33s were still legal. Can someone shed some light on this.

Cheers Jonezy

33's are not legal on an ...

I got one from here a couple of years ago. Was about $20.


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I found SupaGas at Beenleigh HEAPS cheaper than any of the opposition.

I see there was some good publicity in the Beaudesert times this week. 4 pics a few pages in from the back and a pic or 2 on the back page with a good write up.

Congrats to all involved!

With half worn 33's on a 60 up at alex/big river we where slipping and sliding everywhere, tyres wouldnt clear the muddy claggy type stuff.
The back end was really trying to overtake the front goin down hills/over washouts. slipped sideways like claws but now strait line grip either. We didnt air ...

Are you sure that's right? Either he is a fruitcake for selling it for that little or he is selling you a dodgy vehicle. Be very careful... make sure you get everything checked over by someone qualified and you get a REVS check.

Something smells VERY fishy to me!!!

I'm pretty sure either Snake Racing or Superior Engineering make them to stock. I can't remember which one though sorry, so Im not really much help.

A big :armsup: to whoever "Barbie" is! My daughter has never been as excited about 4wding as my son but since seeing you drive your pink beast on the weekend she has talked about it all the time. She has even drawn a picture of us watching you drive up a big hill!
Thanks for getting the girls ...

Had a great day on Saturday watching some of the action and having a bit of a drive around Springs for the first time.
Got to see quite a bit of carnage! A number of rolls during the day and a number of drive shafts went in quick succession in the afternoon run.
Will be back to camp at the Springs ...

Anyone have anymore info for spectators?
The springs site still only says
"More information on the event for spectators will be added here nearer to the competition dates."
and it is only two weeks away now!!!!

Keen to make it a day trip to watch the action on Saturday.

Yep.
We were alerted a few months ago that the national legislation (which has been adopted by other states) will be used in QLD as of the 1st January 2009.
Part of this is the increased OD from 15mm to 50mm.

Cheers,
Ryano

Sounds great Ryano! Means 285x75r16's will be legal on my 80!
P.S. Did ...

killalux wrote:I am putting a comodore gen3 V8 in mine ATM.

When the engine goes in my 80 that's what I would like to do. Are you posting up some pics etc along the way? Would like to see your results!

Don't buy the 3"alloy one if you want it legal. QLD Transport will not pass it, 2"maximum!

I do know of someone that has been approved for poly body blocks with crush tubes and washers but have also heard of people getting rejected for using poly blocks.

Like anything with QLD transport, the ...

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I just did my hub seals / inner axle seals etc on the 80 series. Whole kit for front and rear cost bout $150 (I think.... bought it 6 months ago) from Terrain Tamer / Sunstate 4wd. Check them out, they should be able to help or at least point you in the right direction.

hilux_bondy_007 wrote:no mae that is fine but u need the body lift approved

+1

Troopy93 wrote:I'd be looking at getting the valve clearances checked,my brother had the same problem with his and ended up burning 3 valves, costing $ 2k + to fix it.......

You are scaring me now...... hope its just the leads! Guess I'd better find time to check it though!

mate do the leads,i had the exact problem only mine missed under load and idle.
put the leads on today(farking expencive $225.00) and fixed all the problems

Thanks v8shorty40. Will get some leads some time this week. Might chuck in a bottle of wynn's spitfire as suggested as well as it cannot ...

Cheers guys,

Should I just get the injectors cleaned? I was intending on doing this at some stage anyway as it does have quite a few k's up now!

I have an 80 series 4.5L petrol with almost 300,000km on the clock. Started missing terribly a couple of weeks back. I changed the plugs which appeared to fix it for a week or so. It's progressively gotten worse again to where it is rather annoying.
Only happens at idle and appears to be worse once ...

Got some more details?
Your location says Penrith, is it still current? Can you be any more specific?

Ello All!

I have an 11/93 80 series 4.5l petrol with 280,000KMs. A water by-pass hose has a rather long split in it and needs to be replaced. The hose comes from up underneath the intake manifold bends around a few times and goes back into the block.
I figured I may as well do as much work as I can ...

Try Fulcrum Suspensions, they rebuild Koni's / Bilsteins and others. They may be able to do something for you.

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Had a look when I got home last night. A bit of Inox and some gentle levering with a screw driver released the latch pretty quickly.

Thanks for your help AJ.

The missus just called me at work. The bloody fuel filler door on the 80 series 4.5L won't open. After 5 mins of yanking on the latch in the front I asked her nicely to get in the back remove the panel where the jack is stored and pull on the wire to open it, still won't open!

Anybody else had this ...

Red Rover wrote: Pre update models (95 I think) had an ECT button but no 2nd Start. Also had no lock out on the O/D (ie no overdrive button) Selector was L-2-D-N-R-P.

Mine is a 11/93. Definitely has and O/D button!

You guy's that are bagging EFS, can you please give us a little more detail. I haven't heard to many bad reports about their gear so it would be good to know why you do not recommend them.

Ok here we go. I had the EFS extreme shocks and EFS springs fitted and have been disapointed ever since. To ...