Mongoose wrote:Will take some photos of my 60 series daily driver/parts transporter/standby trip truck soon.

Cheers.
Mongoose.

Always walk pass your 40 and your 60 on my way to uni, both very very cool

offers considered.... i am not sure how much but i am realistic and if you are interested get in touch through above contacts

its in chch too if i didn't say, and viewing can be arranged

Due to a change in personal circumstances i am considering selling my fj40 Picture and some info is in this thread (thanks also to people who gave advice, what makes this site so good) m I haven't owned it long but shit happens and circumstances change hence why considering sale, kinda need ...

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A couple of pics of the 40 for anyone interested

Couldn't work out how to post them direcly, everytime i tried it said "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image."

Thanks for the replys I realise rust can hide everywhere so i will have a more thourogh look sometime, but as my 40 has spent the last 20 years in a garage i am hoping its sweet. Yeah i have had a look through your build, it looks awesome, i love the roll cage. The powersteering setup looks sweet ...

oh and by the way i don't plan to be doing intense hard core rock crawling or something with my 40, at this stage anyway, but i want it to be capable when i head out to waimak etc

A few weeks ago I bought myself a very tidy 1982 fj40. Everything is original, has very minor rust and all in all is pretty dam tidy. It still has the original cross ply SAT style tyres and i think that some 33s would be a good choice. I went and spoke to someone at 4wd accessoires in Montreal st ...

yeah need whole thing, my one is rusted, window motor broken, etc.

white if possible?

Looking for a hilux surf tailgate for a 1987 surf, one with a window in it in chch area. If anyone has one or knows somewhere or someone that does i'd very much like to know

cheers

Over new years i replaced a stuffed open diff with a 4.3 lsd that i bought from a wrecker, came off a ln106 or something i think. Anyway my gutless 2.4diesel struggles on the open road to get to 100km/h with it on (i've got small tyres too) when it used to cruise ok, so i'm looking for an open diff ...

Big tree stump sort of warped my rear bumper so i took it off, and since then have been watching trademe to get some sort of bar work for the back to replace it, but nothing ever seems to be there. Anyone know of any forsale in the chch area or the best place to look?

Just got some ball joint spacers put into my surf and yup they're legal with a cert. If you have to cut or modify the A arm in anyway then defiantly talk to the cert guy first, mine wanted to take pics before and after and wanted a letter from the engineer that did the work!

I saw on trademe a hilux that had a rd28 nissan deisel engine. I was just wondering if anyone on here has done that or know anyone that has done that conversion and would be able to shed some light on how it goes/how its done? I may be keen to replace the tired 2L in my surf with one.

Its the fibreglass roof that all surfs pre 1989 have

I've just bought a new canopy for my surf with the intention of doing some chopping to make a sun roof in it, but i'm unsure of the best tool to attack it with.

Would a jig saw be able to cut its way through or will the angle grinder have to make an appearance?

What?

Lol not sure if your joking or not! you reckon a hard wack will get it out?

Just installing an lsd into my surf. Was unbolting the drum brake backing plate from the axle housing to pull the axle out when one of the 4 bolts snapped, and now it won't come out.

Does it come out? How am i best to fix this?

Went to waimak with my brother and his series3 landy, was fun tilll he got stuck and our tow rope broke! luckily some guys with a proper tow strap came along and help free it. All good fun!!

AWESOME was hoping that was the case, didn't want to have to piss about with interior panals. Cheers smurf

Huh well i guess i'm not quite as clueless as i thought. Thanks for the advice.

Might use this as an excuse to get an lsd....

My wing mirror met a tree and came off second best, its one of those chrome ones.


I've got a spare one, but i can't work out how to take to broken one off (except for :chainsaw: )



Do i need to take the interior panal off to get to it?

I've got an 87 surf thats leaking oil from the rear diff, and actually splattering oil all over the place around the area of the diff (ie petrol tank, spare wheel, axle housing, body floor). Guessing that it is a loose pinion bearing (as there is also considerable noise from diff when under load ...

I had same issue when i bought my surf, mud from previous owners trips had prettyy much ruined the brakes (drums calipers, even the handbrake), freewheeling hub and ball joints had to be replaced, 2grand....

DieselBoy wrote:you want to put 80w90 gear oil in it.

Went to repco today to get some for my surf and thats what they recommended

Just as an after thought there is steve aka supralux on here who runs 4wdstuff (the ad at the top, press F5 a few times if you dont see it) he does lots of mods like that as well but youd have to check with him re prices etc Mike yeah talked to steve, he didn't reckon there would be a huge ...

Thanks niblik and al,

Gave him a call and booked in for wednesday!

not going to be cheap but cheaper than drowning my engine i suppose, and i get a warrenty i think

thanks for your help

niblik wrote:try rick at 4wd accessories...

or some johnny punchclock off the forum may be able to help..

Lol well any offers are welcome

Gday im buying a snorkel for my 2.4diesel surf, but i don't have the skills or tools to fit it. I have no metal work experience (or any other for that matter) and don't like the idea of attacking the body of my car myself. If anyone in CHCH would be able to recommend someone who can do it for me for ...

Earlier this year i bought an 88 surf with a 3y. Was reliable, a bit gutless but good solid engine, used no oil, coolent etc. Only problem it went through a lot of petrol in proportion to its size, $90 to fill (using 96) and would only go about 350km. I've since sold it and bought a surf with a 2 ...