I thought you'd just tie the kayak to the front door...
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I thought you'd just tie the kayak to the front door...
I'd get some more lights in there gimp. You should be able to wire in a few new leds onto those joists, will brighten the whole place up.
Much better to work in as well. Looks good though. Have you thought about building a small eve on the front over the door to stop the water ruining your ply doors?
More/better lights and a carport are on the cards.
I was having some starting issues, it would run rough on startup and blow a shitload of white smoke, first step was change the glow plugs, 4x new plugs later and it seems to fire up nicely first crank and idle smoothly. Good.
Had the same with my L200 Gimp but I ended up changing them again eight months down the track as the first lot failed :(
Brought top of the line and have not looked back. They have been in for two winters now.
I put in Tridon brand plugs. Not sure what the previous ones were but I think 2 of them were stuffed inside 40000 km ish
Year the old buy once cry once.
There's quite a few sites that talk about this. The first I brought where £6.00 each the next £15.60 each:o
Mine went from 5 to 8 turns to 1 to 2.
That's what I need for an emergency call out!
That'd be your glow relay clicking off, if you don't wait for that then the plugs might not be fully hotQuote:
Originally Posted by berg243
where have you been getting your genuine toyota parts from? looking for a sender thats discontinued
https://partsouq.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiddy
Hey team selling my 70 series cruiser.
If you are interested look at the buy sell forum
My drivers door handle had some broken/rusted Springs so I bought a new $14 Chinese handle
https://i.imgur.com/3N7OWf4.jpg
And installed it and over tightened the bolts a bit
https://i.imgur.com/8yhUuKc.jpg
And fixed my door lock thingy that kept popping off, in the obvious fashion
https://i.imgur.com/JXxr3D9.jpg
And made some engine bay splash guards from 4mm rubber since I had none
https://i.imgur.com/udRgcv3.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/i3zLGCv.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HAOewrc.jpg
Got my injectors rebuilt. Averaged 10.3L per 100km over 1400km around the sounds last week so pretty happy with that.
Noticed a bit of a clunk in the front end though. Jacked it up and pulled a wheel off today and found it's the kingpin bearings. I don't want to know what the passenger side ones look like.. that can wait for another day, what a messy shit of a job.
https://i.imgur.com/ZkCshIF.jpg
Lower bearing race
https://i.imgur.com/EAF5uSH.jpg
upper bearing race
https://i.imgur.com/M6x9Jwr.jpg
Better economy than my ‘14 hilux
Yeah that pretty good for that old tank.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
If you stuck your mellon out the window wearing that hat I seen you in the other day, the fuel economy won't be as flash[emoji16]
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ah the joys of owning a $wd :thumbsup: ( "4" and "$" are on the same button and I cocked up but then thought no no actually that is correct.)Quote:
Originally Posted by gimp
turns out having diffs full of water is real shit for... everything
No extended breathers?Quote:
Originally Posted by gimp
Nah I'm real lazy (it's on my to-do list) (you should see how long my to-do list is)Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
e: they're extended above the chassis but it's obviously not extended enough, just haven't bothered taking one off yet to find out what diameter of hose I need to buy
As MSL said you need extended breathers from your diffs/transfercase and gearbox perferably up high in the cabin.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimp
Kingpins and cvs have nothing to do with water in your diffs tho, there is a oil seal inbetween.
Pack the shit out of the bearings,cv with cv grease,swivel hub full.done properly you wont get much change out of two tubes of grease.....if it is full of grease there is no room for water.
If everything is packed full on ya outer swivel hub assy and swivel seals are done then with lots of deep water work you should get at least two years before doing it again.
yah the inner axle seal was stuffed, all full of a lovely goop of gear oil, water and grease... filled it right up with grease when I did the wheel bearing but it got a bit diluted... will do the other side when I get a chance and hopefully it's not as bad and I can forget about it for a couple of years. Extending the breathers higher is on the list for whenever I next get 2 weeks off work (along with a heap of other things).