I notice everyone agrees the 2LTE blows heads almost as if its a normal occurence Hehe, it is! But it dosn't nessesarly make it a bad motor, as long as you fit a 3L or a modified 2L head you will back to having the same chance of serviving overheating as any other car. I change on average 3-4 2.4 ...

2L/T if I had to choose, once the head is fixed its a solid strong motor, and obviously for wheelin' in the damp works far better under water than any petrol motor.

Persoanlly, I'll keep the 1KZ/TE thats in our Surf though.

Can anyone shed some light on this job I have in the garage ATM.... The 3 torx screws that hold the slip rings of the power hub connections.... Are they normally stupid tight? It broke the end of my 'normal' torx bit, and then also what I considered to be a 'quality' set as well!! Am I wasting my ...

Are LSD Hilux diffs always 4 pinion? Can you get open Hilux diffs but 4 pinion? Hi, excuse a newbie.... Yup, if its LSD is 4 pinion, All diesel Hilux Surfs (and 4Runners) from 91ish on (when they went EFI) are 4 pinion diff, Open or LSD, over here pickups didn't get 4 pinion till a few years ago ...

Thought I join up as I've using this place as guest for info a lot lately, good mix of tech info and interesting pics. We (wifey and I) drive between us a 94' Hilux Surf (3.0TD, 5 1/2" of lift, 33's etc....) 84' 4Runner (2.0 petrol, 4" lift, 31's ) and current project truck is a 2 door 89' Surf ...