Hey Steve - what do you think my one is worth? We just sold the house (took all of 4 days).

Cheers
Bob

Hi - looking at mounting my warn winch to the truck, which thankfully is already running dual batteries, and confused whether a solenoid is best or diode battery isolator is best. I understand the idea here is not to have 2 flat batteries so isolating the one that does the starting from the one that ...

I had a Blizzard, 2LT motor. Lot of fun, but make sure you put a bigger exhaust on. They get stuck fairly easily but mine had a factory winch that you could hang it off a tree if you wanted to.

This is quite common on Surfs, I've done two on my truck in 4 years. Any wrecker can give you a replacement - never been bothered to pull it off altogether.

Has anyone put a fatter exhaust on one of these? I put one on a 2LT and got a great result, but that might have been due to the turbo...

Interested in hearing what anyone has found.

Also, where is the best value exhaust place in CHCH?

Cheers
Bob

Good tip - thanks again Mike!

Did both sides, took a few hours but got there...used bearing grease. With wheels on still very stiff to turn, was like this before I lifted a spanner and looks like the disc pads are rubbing - a problem? Thanks all for the advice and help, wouldn't have got the job done without it. Kind regards Bob

Mike - all done, yep just needed to turn the shaft a little to line up. Put the tyre on, jacked it up again, and would you believe but virtually no wiggle. Stoked. Need to do the other side, but now have an idea what I am doing. Sealant?! There was a lot of grease in there... where do you put the ...

Fellas - good tip with the 8mm bolts, worked a treat. There is a locknut, washer, locknut...have tightened a little. Having trouble getting the flange back on, is there a knack to this?? Seems the threads aren't lining up. Also, hub is very hard to turn, like the disc pads are touching it? Thoughts ...

When I got a warrant the guy jacked the front of the truck and wiggled the wheel from top to bottom, I did it too and good feel a little play there. He said I need to get it adjusted. I think you tighten up the wheel bearings to do that, he said be careful not to overtighten as that can be as bad as ...

Hi, ya know when you get a warrant and they jack the front of the vehicle up and give the front wheel a wiggle to see if there is any play...? Does anyone know how to explain tightening the wheel bearings up to remove the play, vehicle is IFS '92 Surf. Or is this a job best left to a mechanic?

Hi - I owned an '86 blizzard for several years. Let's just say I got really good at using the PTO winch on the front which was amazing. Tended to get cross-axeled and stuck easily but some new Kumho 834s did make a big difference. Motor is a 2LT - 2.4TD, a but of a slug even in this light truck, but ...

Easy job eh! I wouldn't know a pinion gear if it bit me on my... I was going to ask Lineside Auto if they have a diff, but I wouldn't know if they were selling me an 8inch, 4.3, and LSD... If you could find an lsd centre, how much time/cost do you think it would take to swap them over?? Thanks very ...

Hi Fellas - check out: m My truck is a G282 diff - this means it is 8inch gears (G), 4.3 gear ratio (28) and 2 pinion open diff (2). Bugger. Smokey is right - lifting and spinning the rear wheels is a good test too, mine spin in the opposite direction to each other. I think it is possible to get a ...