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by jabes
Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:59 pm
Forum: Drivetrain / Suspension
Topic: Blown Front shocks
Replies: 6
Views: 1019

Blown Front shocks

So took the terrano on a touch of a mission and blew one of my front shocks, They were just the factory standard installed went to a place and they recommended Monroe Adventure shocks to be installed read a bit about them on this and apparantly they arent the best shock available. I tend to do ...
by jabes
Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:33 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: gidday
Replies: 19
Views: 2082

havent got it stuck yet either and done a few sand dunes so thats a bonus too Hiya Jabes, welcome to ORE! One of the first things I learned about 4wd'ing is that if your not getting it stuck, your not trying hard enough! Az haha trouble is i like deserted beaches so if i get stuck im rather rooted ...
by jabes
Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:19 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: gidday
Replies: 19
Views: 2082

yeah stoked its the first diesel that ive driven that has the up and go of a car . havent got it stuck yet either and done a few sand dunes so thats a bonus too :D
by jabes
Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:35 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: water in air intake
Replies: 12
Views: 1602

oil seems natural colour but will do the change thanks, also found and used some wynns and crc stuff for the fuel and the engine that has a water dispersant in it so put that in too, Looking at the system it has for air intake there is a umm a sump type thing with the air intake being near the top i ...
by jabes
Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:27 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: gidday
Replies: 19
Views: 2082

yeah been reading this site for a bit so learnt bout the surfs overheating tendency, was looking at both surfs and terranos but i got this one with under 100,000 on the clock for under 10g thru a family friend so went the terrano. Its a 3.2 diesel so a touch thirsty came with 31 x 10.5 tires on it ...
by jabes
Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:49 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: water in air intake
Replies: 12
Views: 1602

it was a bit funny for about 2min when i first restarted after drying it out very very smoky too for a bit tho seemed to run fine on the 20km drive home. no loss of power or weird noises that i noticed or any smoke again. the filter only had a slight bit of water on it like not much but enough the ...
by jabes
Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:33 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: water in air intake
Replies: 12
Views: 1602

yeah diesel so take it that its a take it to get checked asap then :cry:
by jabes
Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:29 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: water in air intake
Replies: 12
Views: 1602

water in air intake

ok so lets say someone may have driven thru a river a touch fast this afternoon (mistake one) and then the truck died so waited a bit then restarted it (mistake two) after it spluttering a bit it cut out again so i realized something was wrong opened the engine and discovered a bit of water in my ...
by jabes
Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:47 pm
Forum: New Members and Beginners
Topic: gidday
Replies: 19
Views: 2082

gidday

well another new member wanted to ask some questions so thought i should introduce my self Jabes is the name, recently brought a '96 terrano G3m its pretty straight, I'm a surfer so really was just after something i can take a few places my old station wagon wouldn't go and i live up in Waitakere ...

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