Yeah, same goes for the telly apparently, they use NTSC in Japan, and we are PAL, theres no way to convert the signal cheaply at this time.
Still, the CD, Tape deck & Radio work fine, so I'll probably leave it in.

Theres another angle to the petrol vs diesel debate that has only come about in recent times. The price of big petrol engined SUV's has fallen thru the floor! I paid 9k for this surf, (1996, 3.4L petrol, 148,000kms, good condition etc) the same vehicle in diesel would be around $15K !! Thats a lot ...

Mark, I have finally got around to putting a couple of tanks of gas right thru the 3.4L petrol engine. It's getting around 420km's to the point where the red light comes on around town type kms. (Liberal use of 4wd, A/C, and ECT pwr buttons of course, as it's still a new toy ) Highway might get me ...

Nuts. I am too late to swap the diffs over, the wrecker has finally claimed to old Surf and towed it away. If I want it now I will have to pay for it!

Yeah, that chart must be way wrong, I might e-mail the webmaster of that site & tell him he's putting people crook.

The 95 surf did not have a centre diff, but the 96 certainly does, from what I've read all 3rd gen Surfs do. From the Trans/Axle code (A340F A02A) a chart I found on the net tells me I have a 7.5", 3.58, 2 pinion open diff. (No LSD) Bugger, coz I'm pretty sure all the 2nd gens have an 8", so I guess ...

Thanks LOLYF, I have found an article "diffs for dummies" (google it and you'll find it) and you are dead right. It gives a damn simple explanation compared to all the others I've read. And no, no LSD, which leads me to another question. (Sorry!) Is it worth the trouble (or even possible) to remove ...

Ahh, Thanks, thats what I was after.

My next question is whats the difference? Why bother with the centre diff lock, I couldn't really make out any difference performance wise.

Cheers

Thanks for the quick replies. Unfortunately some contradictions above still leave me guessing a bit, so I've been trawling the net for more info, and my heads fairly spinning! It sounds as though these surfs have locking rear diff only as an option, is there an easy way to tell? When out in the snow ...

Hi All. I just picked up a 96 surf (3rd gen, 3.4L petrol) and have a couple of questions. The 4wd selector lever has 4 postions, H2.H4, H4L, N, L4L. Usually it's in H2.H4. There is a dash indicator for 4wd modes, when I hit the 4wd button on the side of the stick, the 4 wheels on the indicator turn ...