Outer Limits 4x4 Board

thinking of getting an 80 for long trips and would like to know

does a gxl dash fit ie cables for tacho etc are they there??

i am sure gxl front seats would fit??

over head fuel and meter thing would i need one for the sub tank??

which size rubber will fit on gxl rims with no rubbing??(3-4inch lift)

looked one at one which did not like going into second from third is this a real bad sign or normal (300,000km's on clock)

any help would be great ex toyota driver/nissan driver/rover driver now comming back may be

i thought it was dx and and the telstra things that came in barn doors but im not 100% sure on this but arnt the mounts for the barn doors still there on the gxl and vice versa

I saw a base model white 80 Series (barn door) for sale at a local 4x4 yard a few years ago. The previous owner had put a heap of GXL stuff in it.
GLX front and rear seats, centre console, dash (with tacho, oil & volt gauges), roof console etc. So it must be possible, it all looked neat and factory like to me.

oops forgot to say it was a dx as i like barn doors want fit gxl stuff

Gday
At the beginning of the 80 series, was the standard, then came an upgaded model of it called the dx...it had tacho, cloth seats, but still 6 seater, single rear seat....some time later, the std was deleted and the dx kept (at thesame time Nissan deleted the std gq and made their dx a base model)
Then somewhere along the way, the dx was made back into a poverty pack with the option to upgrade.....all these have barn doors...
The dash you use needs to come from the spercific model you have, gxl dashes change from cable to electronic spedo 8/92, then wiring changes in 1/95...so be aware of that!
Andrew

I had an 80s poverty pack.After 12yrs with no tacho etc decided to put in a GXL dash.The problems were,No oil pressure sender unit on the block.The tacho will not work due to a different injection pump body ie you cannot just fit a tacho sender to your pump.The wires are not in the roof for the fuel gauge and need to be installed etc.The tacho I understand can be made to work off the alternator and then calibrated.
Dave HZJ105 Turbo.
Sniper,run and die tired.

so what you are saying grasshopper is get a gxl with tail gate not worth the trouble to fit gxl stuff to a dx

thanks for the help guys

Gday
Its all possible.....you dont need to fit the roof in if you dont want...the 100 uses one gauge and two tanks...an 80 can be wired that way too....the biggest problem is the tacho sensor on the pump and getting the right dash.
Best to get a DX off the bat, or an upgrade...what ever they are called, or were called....plenty about...then you have it all.
Andrew

dow50r wrote:Gday
Its all possible.....you dont need to fit the roof in if you dont want...the 100 uses one gauge and two tanks...an 80 can be wired that way too....the biggest problem is the tacho sensor on the pump and getting the right dash.
Best to get a DX off the bat, or an upgrade...what ever they are called, or were called....plenty about...then you have it all.
Andrew

retrofitting the roof console is diffcult (near impossible) on post-95 DX's as they went to a moulded head lining that does not suit the profile of the overhead console - but yes you can wire up the gauge cluster such that when the sub tank is selected, the gauge reads the level of the sub, and vice-versa. the pump mod for the tach sensor is fiddly and annoying since it requires the removal of the pump from the engine, and drilling and tapping the pump body. easier to get a GXL or 75 series fuel pump, or have it doen by a shop when you get your pump overhauled and the aneroid fitted for your turbo

Sounds like it would be easier to buy a gxl and stick barn doors on it.............................

crankycruiser wrote:Sounds like it would be easier to buy a gxl and stick barn doors on it.............................

yes I thought that too, but the entire rear of the body is different - essentially you have to chop the whole sill/jamb off a std/dx and weld it on the back of a GXL, and you'd have to be a bodywork genius for it to look any good.

well now that we have fixed the tacho prob anyone know about the second gear prob to go to second from third you have go up a little for first then back to second

i like barn doors but not going to fit then to a gxl me sparkie not panel beater

U can buy a kit from japan which converts it to barn doors....

as for the gear box..

80's have crap syncros... mine hates 3rd gear..

change gears SLOW.. thats the only way round it

crankycruiser wrote:as for the gear box..

80's have crap syncros... mine hates 3rd gear..

change gears SLOW.. thats the only way round it

yep the old man had to change the synchros on third a few years ago

pretty sure that was wat was done to it

crankycruiser wrote:U can buy a kit from japan which converts it to barn doors....

more info please?

crankycruiser wrote:as for the gear box..

80's have crap syncros... mine hates 3rd gear..

change gears SLOW.. thats the only way round it

it's more that 80's often have crap drivers who try to drive their very truck-style gearbox like a car gearbox. If you go to a thinner, syntheirc oil it will shift better - and/or learn to double shuffle, up and down. slower, but won't fill your gearbox with brass filings so it all lasts longer.

I had the same problem with my 80 series g/box when I first got it. Worn syncro's is the problem. My cruiser has the tacho and sub fuel gauge on the roof, so I'm assuming that its a DX (1993 model), I've just always refered to it as a standard

dumbdunce wrote:

crankycruiser wrote:U can buy a kit from japan which converts it to <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp ... rn%20doors" onmouseover="window.status='barn doors'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">barn doors</a>....

more info please?

RV posted it a while back. .it was a jap web site.. i ve been tryin to find it but buggered if i can now...

I'll keep lookin..

Well i swear its on here somewhere.. i cbf goin all thru it again..

http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... dex%2Ehtml

crankycruiser wrote:Well i swear its on here somewhere.. i cbf goin all thru it again..

http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... dex%2Ehtml

"Price is consumption including tax straw raincoat sum total indication"

Translations are a crack up eh