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How do you get at the exhaust and stuff between the cab and body for repair or servicing once the body is complete?

But back to the point of good servicing my intervals isn't the best but it works for me and the number one cause of engine failure in my experience is engine cooling system, so change your oil as often as you can with a good quality oil and keep your cooling system in good condition and you will be ...

What do you call the first service they did a "free" check @ 3000 then did the 10.000km and charged $750 we did the 20.000km and charged $250 So i would like to hear your service intervall for you average car user and what oil to use and retail cost on that seeing as you are " in " the know? My ...

And our customer took there isuzu d-max to the winger isuzu!! So take holden for example in there hsv range, a few years ago you had to use Mobil1 5/30 and a whole lot of the engines blew up on that oil. in your mind who's at fault? Man I honestly don't know much about this particular incident, I ...

Prado_boon pm me if you want my advise, didn't mean to thread jack your post but some stuff just cracks me up

yes all mechanics and dealers are money grabbing A holes, not there to provide a service to you the vehicle owner, but are in fact out to screw you so bad you need to mortgage your home, call me when your vehicle breaks down so I can tell you I don't get out of bed for less than a minimum of three ...

It's the service companies that charge you $750, the oil companies and engine manufacturers make the oil an the engine, the oil is the most expensive part of a service, this is why my bosses kick people in the ass if we take to long on a service because the labour is usually a fixed rate on a ...

I love the service interval argument i personally don't agree with manufacturer intervals or oil company's. The recommendation i made of oil every 5000 and filter 10,000 is hard to get people to do,most people think mechanics are trying to rip them off so at work its 10,000km for everything and ...

Yes heat does break down oil, but it's not the biggest contributor to oil degregation, shear strain, fuel/compression blow by and carbon being held in suspension in the oil all contribute to the oil in your engine breaking down, shear strain being the biggest one, the molecules in the oil are ...

I'd vote yes to discussion as it could affect a lot of people in the future, but I really doubt it could be kept on topic

$70 and free shipping? May as well ask.....

22 pages, 320+ posts, over 10000 views and your chucking it in not getting to ever get your baby balls deep in mud.........

My project, my money, my eveything. I can do what i want, take as long as I want and make as many small big little plans as I want. Nothing to do with you or anyone else as far as that goes. If I had a deadline it wouldn't be a fun project. Besides, This things not taken 1/4 as long as some of them ...

Hey Quadstyle. Don't get online much. It's still looking for a new home

all the torque settings you need are in the haynes manual, it was very helpfull when i rebuilt my crank, worth the money

my advise would be sell it for more than u paid for it while its still tidy and buy an sj413

Insurance on that sorta car is pretty high for me.
How much cash would you be wanting as well as the truck as I'm guessing its not gonna be a straight swap?
I'm more keen on something that would be good on gas but if the deal was good enough I might be interested.

for real???, dont think i would get insurance on that though

if anyone wants to come look at my escudo just flick me a pm

does anyone want to buy my escudo, im after about $1500

anyone know who builds fuel cells in hamilton/waikato??

A note to our most elequent of contributers. I've been here for quite a long time (since 2002) and although I do spend a lot of time here it is because the knowledge to be gained (and given out) is invaluable. If you came here looking for advice then as has been said before, put up a design and ask ...

thats cool, im yet to correct my steering will do it this weekend, and will order the camber bolts from work

Are you saying its more boggie than just leaving a slotted hole? If you have a better suggestion you should tell us all now, tom. -Nathan[/quote] im actualy saying that the hole idea is boogie, $50 isn't a lot of money for camber correcting bolts, i would sugest that you use them rather than get ...

Thanks, no good with a welder and wasn't planning on hacking up the control arms just yet. Thanks for the link Zooky. Positive camber all sorted!! Don't know why I didn't think of it. Saved myself some hard earnt beer $$$$ Now even have some negative camber which doesn't worry me. Not the daily ...

need some coin at the moment, will accept $400 the beast

have you sorted out some SWEEET stickers which would make your truck "LOOK" cool, may gain some horse power from them even though they do weigh a bit......

nice to see your worrying about the things which are key for offroading..........a saaaweeeeettt grille.

oo oo if u use a vitara grille it will be a true mongrel...............

why dont you use a patrol grille..............