As people have said ,let some air out the tyres you wont believe the difference

does anyone know if a speedo cable from a 86 surf petrol engine will fit on my 86 hilux double cab diesel. I may have had mine disconnected and the middle seems to have dissapeared into thin air .

$ 240 from repco for kit for both sides for my hilux

I had mine stuck in a river up to the sills at xmas time .It was under for hours by the time I managed to extract myself. My front diff had totally filled with water, when I undone the fill up bung about 2 ltrs of pure water poured out, then after doing the drain bung all the milky oil came out. The ...

We went as far as DOC would allow , which was down Malings pass out onto the flat beside the Waiau river. The biggest part of the trip was from Hanmer to lake tennyson.

I went into st James over malings pass with my 4wd club last month.We were the first club to go in on a trial basis to see how behavior etc by a club went. We went as far as you can go and stopped for lunch, it was a lovely spot. It is not a hard trip and would be suitable for shineys. great place ...

mine was the stalk, a pin had come out the end releasing a spring and ball bearing. 3 stage switch of which 2 still contacted ,but not the 3rd. All good now for the WOF man.

just started getting into 4wd and want some basic safety/ recovery gear so far ive thought of: hand winch tow rope mount some towing hooks fire extinguisher any other basic equipment il need? Get new rated tow hooks , I paid about $20 each for mine A hi-lift jack is a handy bit of kit, especially ...

SirGerald wrote:Not sure if this has been on here before but an interesting way to cleaning your truck

http://www.break.com/index/modified-hum ... water.html

I had my hilux like that, unfortunately it wasn't still running at the end

if you are in Christchurch at all, I can show you a few places locally . If you are heading to ch-ch from Picton you may want to take the molesworth track through to hamner or if leaving nelson to ch-ch then you could do the rainbow rd through to hamner. I think both these roads are open at that ...

Hey guys went whilst out last night I discovered that my headlights aren't working on lowbeam. Tried changing bulbs today but still no lowbeam. They work fine on high beam. Does anyone have any ideas as to the cause of this. cheers steve I have the opposite problem, my highbeam doesn't go. I am ...

I would probably be interested in coming along for a play. I have not been on a trip with ore yet as I'm a newbie. I'm picking up a blowup kayak today which I got of trademe which the kids will be keen to try out. Contact Andy on 942-3643.

The hilux is all go now , so if any one is heading out on trips around christchurch i'm keen to get out there. Andy 021-0359819

good to see you found your way on,hope you find the info you were after.

albundy wrote:There's an ORE trip to the westcoast in September, if your ready by then.
Al

I will have to pass on that trip as i am busy that weekend, but that is a trip i would love to do.
is that aussie al who use to be in clroc?

just to update, may have sussed a w56 gearbox over on the coast, so hopefully can go and get it and have it in within the next few weeks then I'll be keen to get out. my hilux is pretty std, but I run 31 x 10.5 bfg muds , have full wrap around bull bar and snorkel. I have 4 rated towhooks on the ...

hey dude, plenty of hilux guru's down there, but you may want to post a bit more info about the vehicle, like model code,engine etc. and the tag on the firewall has all the info on it you need if its all standard that is, should tell you what Gbox you should be after etc ok, had a look at tag, it ...

Hi, I have an 86 double cab hilux and am based in christchurch. I am looking to hook up for outings around the canterbury region once I sort my gearbox out, which brings me to my question. Could any one tell me what model gear box's would fit into my truck or if anyone has one sitting round that ...