Is Rimmers road open now? Haven't been along there in a while.

Hi mate,
What was the outcome of your battery problem? Stater or Batt. Hope it didn't cost to much to sort out

Hi Snork, Good chance that it might actually be the starter motor and not your batteries if you charged up both batteries. The clacking noise is probably the soleniod contactor. Try removing the starter motor. Put it on the deck and jump it from your battery straight to the motor. See if it turns OK ...

Hi, If you have a voltmeter check at the battery when the engines running. You should be getting around 14 volts out of the alternator. When you cleaned it up did you check the brushes. I had the same problem on my Hilux. Turned out to be the brushes. Other that that check all your connections/earths.

Hi Swaney, First off I would remove your alternator and strip it down and check the brushes and give the whole thing a good clean. I't one thing most people forget to do but they do tend to clog up with all the shit you've been driving through. If like you said the voltage has steadily dropped on ...

We've got a new term here at work - Bolitics (a cross between Bollicks,as in load of, and Politics.) I read this article this morning as well and that was my first thought. Yes it's a shame someone got hurt in this incident and killed in the other one but to point the finger of blame at 4WD users is ...

Hi mate, I've got the petrol SR5 and couldn't be happier with it. Up'd the tyres to BFG's from 4WD bits. I took both for test drives (on road) and the Toyota I felt was a much better ride onroad. Off road I haven't had any problems - gone everywhere I've asked it to go (so far). Service from Toyota ...

Hey guys we're not all bad north of the Bombay's (anyway I was born & raised in the up North so that's got to count in my favour)..

Thanks for the feed back gomulletgo.I was down your way in Jan/Feb - not in the Hilux though. Fantastic country and looks like some good places to go.Maybe next year...

Hi Hugo,
Welcome to Kiwiland. Hope you enjoy our lifestyle. I lived North of Aberdeen for a while (Wife's from 'the Broch'). Enjoyed driving in the snow/ice when I lived there. Not much of that up North here....

Mark

Hi All, As with every other newbie I've visited the sight many time and thought I should join up. Done a bit of 4WDing over the years. A lot of sand driving in the Middle East and a little bit since moving back to this great country of ours. I had a 88 Hilux with nothing special done to it ...