shit I ride my brakes quite a lot down takapari, otherwise being a mitsi I'd probably run out of oil. Never even smell them getting hot or anything check your pads. check the REAR brakes are doing what they should. losing all your pedal probably means you need to give it a fluid flush. Happened to ...

Putting a surf into low range will engage 4wd no matter what you with the 4wd button. Bad on hard surface. To over come this there is a low range switch on the side of transfer box. Unplug this and tape up water tight. U now have low range 2wd. Push button then will have 4wd low. Is it worth the ha...

Bloody Awesome mate

tallsam66 wrote:Mine is auto ..engine breaking works fine ...maybe you werent in low range.

No i wasnt we were traveling back down the takapari road so low range would have made it slow and annoying. Il stick to engine breaking abit more from now on then

Sounds like you relied on your brakes too much on your descent, you should have used a lower gear to control the speed of your descent and only used your brakes when necessary. You will want to replace all your brake pads and/or shoes. Check the condition of your rotors and drums also. It may pay t...

Looks mint!! Is it easy to fit the winch?

Took the truck for its first 4wd Day Out. All was well until we came back down the mountain. I could smell something burning but continued when i didnt persist. We were about 2km from the bottum when i felt almost no power in my brakes. I put my foot to the floor and it barely slowed the Truck. When...

Reese, Can you please copy this and start a stcky thread at the very beginning of ORE entitled 4WDing for newbies. For the new guys: The info Marty has provided here is exactly what you need to do. There are a whole heap of stages you need to go through on you "off highway" trip. Just buil...

Coz you asked http://forum.ih8mud.com/images/secretsmilies/hillbilly.gif best thing you can do before throwing a whole pile of hard earnt money and modifications to your truck mate is to just spend a bit of time driving it and getting used to offroading with a bit of seat time working out how to dr...

I have a Lockright in the rear of my surf for the last couple of months, I have had no issues on road at all. (Maybe the odd click or clunk). You just need to drive a little different, small amount of power when going around corners in town. I'm doing around 1500kms a month on and off road for work...

Seems like an auto locker in the rear of the surf is the best value for money.
Just worried about onroad. How annoying would it be if i wanted to take the truck for a long trip onroad.
Shaun

tweake wrote:if you think its stock then look on the plate on the firewall and read the axle codes. look up axle code and it will tell you what diff you have.

Cheers Mate. Will Do.

Anyone explain Diff Lockers. Air vs Auto? theres a good link Here thats worth having a read through mate and yep toyota lsd's are shit the only real advantage of them is there stronger than a standard open diff if your lucky enough to have a 4 spider one 4 Spider? How can i tell what sort i have? I...

Anyone explain Diff Lockers. Air vs Auto?
My Surf has an lsd but from what i understand these are shite
Would it be best to fit it to the front or the back?

Shaun

The Surf is little Yeah Right.
What pressure should i let my tyres down too btw?

I will for sure. Hopefully it will just be the little feroza getting stuck while my beast thumps on through hahaha

Mud track. He is pretty standard with a set of bfg a/ts. Surf has 31" Muddys and a 2inch body lift.

I will definatly BRING THE SHOVEL
The track heads up to a doc hutt and the step dad has a pathfinder so if worst comes to worse we have back up.

Yeah thats what i was guessing hahaha.

All and All will his little Feroza handle well?

Just a quick question. Me and a mate will be going offroad next week and im just worried that if my Surf gets stuck he may not be able to pull me out??

Nothing to intense we are both getting into 4wding.
Whata you guys think??

Shaun

I found it hard to know were to start but stumbled upon this. Yes you do need to pull it all off. No its not difficult

http://www.installdr.com/InstallDocs/To ... 869017.pdf

Shaun

Stay out of ashurst river. . . .. Mint guess were i took the truck for a spin yesturday .

Ok ill check that out cheers.
Anyone know were the entrance to the track up by the windmills on the saddle road is??

Who can give me some tips and advice on keeping my 4wd running mint
This is the first 4wd ive had so i need to now all those little things that are obvious to you guys.

Like how do i look after my hubs, diff etc.
All comments will be appreciated

Shaun.

Thanks for the reply.
Yeah first things i was thinking about was Bullbars and a Snorkel. Winches seem expensive and easy to break(Thats just what ive heard)

Anygood places in the manawatu to go looking for these
Shaun.

Hey Guys So im just getting into the whole 4wd thing. Trucks a 1991 3.0L V6. 2inch Body Lift and 31inch muddys. Really keen for someone to show me the ropes. Been around Ashurst a couple times with a mate but neither of us REALLY new what we were doing. Seen way to many idiots my age rolling and wre...