Took it out on Sunday dude, gave it absolute arseholes and it sat up to 90degrees that's as high as she got so I'm very very very happy with it now so rip out the viscous unit and re oil it the guy who told me that is a legend! Yeah me and other people have mentioned to re-oil the viscous many ...

Took it out on Sunday dude, gave it absolute arseholes and it sat up to 90degrees that's as high as she got so I'm very very very happy with it now so rip out the viscous unit and re oil it the guy who told me that is a legend!

hey karl0z, when u said ur truck now sat on normal temp are u basing it on the factory gauge or after market gauge.. if its after market temp wat readings are u getting gfoing up a long hill Based on the stock gauge, used to sit on half exactly and the creep a lil each way up decent hills which was ...

pouw wrote:Welcome mate, good truck those, have one myself. Just about to get a 2" lift put in.

Primo!! Yeah I'm starting off small with 50mm rear springs but unsure if it's ok to just slap em in or need to bracket the panhard

Hey guys, I thought after a few months on here I better chuck up who I am what I drive etc. Well my names Karl I'm 23, been a mechanic for 6years and have just started getting into 4wding after many times thinking to my self shit that looks fun! I've brought my self a 1993 Toyota surf with a nice ...

Ideally, you need to keep the Panhard rod at the same angle to the axle as original. Best way is to fit a new bracket. Regards, Hoodoo Oh sweet cheers, would that also count if im doing a baby lift by say 50mm springs. No body lift or anything just yet I'm on a small budget coming up to gf birthday ...

Hey guys, well I ripped out the viscous unit and threw in a whole lot of fresh oil, she roars now haha and I havnt bn able to get it hot since then, I've given it death up some pretty steep hills in the mid afternoon heat after a long drive and it just sat on normal temp great help! If anyone has ...

surfer x2 wrote:Let us know now you get on.

Will do thanks man.

surfer x2 wrote:Thats it, you will need a impact driver to undo the screws on the hub.

Awsum I'll take the hub off this weekend and take into work next week unless the work dies down a bit this week :/. Cheers dude hopfilly this will work or at least help the issue .

Sweet, myt grab some tomrw on smoko. So you just opened the hub up n filled it up and away she went?

Have just been over the cooling system in my 1kz surf with the same problems (new head,water pump,prado themostat,full flush,new custom ali radiator, trans cooler etc). And still getting hot when towing or up hills could'nt keep it under 100 when going up a hill. Fixed it finally by adding about ...

Yeah I'd love to know if anyone has had any luck with the cooling system without driving it snail pace up hills. I've done the radiator, external trans cooler, new Toyota thermostat, fresh coolant, fan seems to be sweet and yet on the weekend I still managed to get above half way on the stock temp ...

If I'm to chuck in a set of 50mm lifted springs into the rear of the surf am I going to need to change anything with the panhard rod and brake lines? It's only if I go higher correct?

Sweet that's good to learn these things every lil tip I'm taking on board

Sweet that's good to know. I'm new to the 4wd scene I love it can't get enough but just making sure I do things right haha. I've read a few Aussie forums too n they all say the same thing the surfs like to creep a bit hot (stupid cooling) and I've got a nice new water temp gauge I'll chuck in and ...

Well went out to the bombing range on sunday, came on at the creek and ran about 40km up the beach with o/d off and was prolly sitting at 2500-2800rpm it ran sweet pretty much the whole way but got a lil hot after a hard kain during the drive down ryt at the end of beach I think it was just due to ...

Hey guys I've been looking at making a drop bracket for my panhard rod, in you opinion would you guys make the standard rod adjustable or make a drop bracket? I'll do which ever is more recommended cheers guys. Any other ideas you'd like to throw out are all good

Gidday guys, well got the truck all back together and wow she's great now no heating problems what so ever ! Thanks for all the help you guys gave me it's been great, I'm going to get egt gauge in the near future too . Now time to get some springs and raise it!

Just an update guys I got my radiator taken apart and flushed out, the guy said it was over 50% blocked thru the core haha so nice core, new tanks and along with new hoses and thermostat we should be good to roll. I'll update when it's running . Anyone know any good places in Auckland to purchase ...

Oh great that's very detailed haha might give that to my brother (engineer) and get him to make it. Then I'll just bolt it all on .

That's quite a cool mod aye wouldn't mind trying that .

Oh I see that's awsum, so what kind of temps do you say are high like when do you start backing off to let it cool? Might get one aye cuz the stock gauges are crap lol.

Oh and sorry forgot to mention never uses water or bubbles with cap off

Awsum cheers guys very helpful, I've ordered a new radiator, hoses, thermostat. So I'll chuck all that in and go from there. With this egt gauge are they readily available? I've checked my viscous fan unit that's still mint, I've got brand new coolant in it which I'll reuse in the new radiator. And ...

Oh great cheers, I've got alot of very helpful info . Where abouts could I find the drop down bracket drawings? is it best to run adjustable rod or just use a drop down brackt? Yeah I'll hopefully get shocks the same time, any decent places in Auckland for purchasing the parts, I'll fit them at work ...

oh sweet, where abouts did you purchase your lifted springs from? and also where would i be able to find an adjustable rear panhard rod from? any idea on prices you paid if you can rememeber? cheers again.

hi there, my 1kz surf is having a few issues with getting hot, mainly when i go along the motorway at resonable rev's not excessive and then if i give it a bit of stick to go up a hill it gets a lil hot on the temp gauge also if im giving it death to get up some soft sand etc, any tips on keeping ...

hey try checking your throttle bodies, myn was surging too and i had a gunked up 2ndary throttle butterfly cleaned it up and ran sweet after that, also check the acuator hose that runs into the 2nd butterfly isnt leaking air/vac.

hi guys, im looking into doing a suspension lift on my 1993 surf and im wondering what ways people have gone, and what theyve used and if they know of any places that are good value? ive heard i can get rear springs and rear shocks and raise the front via the torsion bars is this correct or a stupid ...

Hey snork, got my brother to look at my trans code it's g294 . So if your interested in selling me that LSD I'd be very keen .