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derk

if your going to pull the coilovers out and go to standard coil springs you can pretty much use whatever you want and weld the new mounts onto the chassis at the point that gives you the desired ride height your wanting

derk

they'll all be bald after 10k

derk

So does anyone know how these tyres wear.... better or worse than Silverstones???? From what I'm hearing, the Silverstones seem to wear very quickly they wear extremely poorly, any aggressive wide void large block tyre wears rapidly on and off road, you don't get aggressive offroad performance and ...

derk

^^^ yeah winch.co.nz sold more than their fair share of inferior ropes, probably sweet for the occasional user or townie poser but not good for much else

derk

never tried that UHMWPE stuff but you can generally rest assured warren doesn't sell junk products at 4wdbits his products are good and he provides consistently good aftersales service if you do run into problems with a product, I've been through a lot of winchropes over the years and found the Chin...

derk

if you want a reliable rope buy from an amsteel or similar dynema dealer/distributor, if you want the cheapest rope get one of those Chinese ones they make out of munched up recycled plastic bags

derk

running a diagnostic tool across it may save a lot of time trying to guess the fault

derk

if its an analogue speedo the easiest way is to make up a new sticker with the 10, 20, 30 40 etc in the correct places and stick that on the faceplate over the old numbers, you'd be surprised how original and good or better you can get it to look with a bit of time spent on paint or whatever program...

derk

its all on the first page of google mate lots of pictures and diagrams

derk

its not uncommon to find them floating around they get knocked loose when people jam the axles back down the housings

derk

they are called "work lamps" mate and they are permitted on most classes of vehicles including whatever you've got, its all detailed on the nzta site if you go back and have a look

derk

Bruce Hughes did some good mods to his '05 lux

derk

date code mid 13 was definitely the larger mould

derk

is easter 12 days next year

derk

unless you change your mind and force feed it don't go expecting too bigger percentage gains in performance, the joker from trundles in taranaki who used to be on here has played around with those engines a lot and knows lots of tricks it wouldn't be a bad idea to google him and have a yak about wha...

derk

their contact details are all on their website mate

derk

bare in mind you could buy another running 80 series for what you could likely end up spending buying/rebuilding/replacing/upgrading the engine in your existing truck.... just saying

derk

to keep it in context anything except a 2.4 hilux would leave a 2.8 hilux for dead

derk

any compressor you should be running a pressure switch, whether your Chinese one comes with one or not I don't know, they are readily available in 85-105 psi. Don't get too excited about trying to pump your tyres up with it you'll be able to get a bit of air into your tyres with it but don't expect ...

derk

setting the diff up ie installing C&P and setting preload, mesh and backlash isn't a DIY job and can easily result it the diff eventually going "bang" but installing the diff into the truck once its been set up is an easy DIY job

derk

TJ wrote:No I don't, unless it's proper name is used.

if the "t" is missing from "Waitawheta Track" you wouldn't know what track they are referring to?

derk

nzfwda don't have any authority to close tracks they are only negotiators with controlling bodies and messengers back to their member clubs

derk

just commodores forum in Oz is the place you want to be looking if you haven't already been there mate

derk

you can run them off a P/S pump but they run as slow or slower than a cheap electric winch

derk

the drum is just a cast cylinder and effectively symmetrical so reversing the rotation wont make the drum any less strong the thing that breaks them is the way you load them, as posted above somewhere you'll have to lift your fairlead so its guiding the rope to the top of the drum not the bottom and...

derk

when its up at operating temperature the oil is hot and thins down and makes for easier shifting, you could live with it or try an oil change if you haven't already tried it there could be any grade of oil in there?

derk

eggs are readily available in the NI you could have left the chooks at home mate

derk

are all the bushes flogging out or just on the left hand radius arm you chopped up, if your only using standard shocks and aren't using extra travel/flex you could try putting an unchopped radius arm back in that side, must be something going on with the geometry if your flogging stuff out in the ma...

derk

next thing the pcbu inventers will be telling us you cant go out and mow your lawns on a Sunday or take the rubbish out without a pcbu, health and safety plan, signing the H&S register and a bunch of other requirements they are still busy trying to think up

derk

if they pre-drill them there are 2 different brake backing plate bolt patterns for 40 series full floaters 4 bolt and 8 bolt so would pay to check what one you have before you order

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