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trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:00 pm
by yeti
hi all, after a 2nd hand trans for my 95 xj..mine kinda died in the middle of no where...theres one on tm, but thats up north .hopeing to find one down here ...cheers
Re: trans for xj
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:06 pm
by madaz068
Watch out for a a343 as well, im sure they are the same
Re: trans for xj
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:11 pm
by yeti
cheers for that, i will ask around as most things open on monday..heres hopeing
Re: trans for xj
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:04 pm
by yeti
madaz068 wrote:Watch out for a a343 as well, im sure they are the same
yep nick , they do fit,as well as the lj71 from what ive been told...anyone shed any light on this...and has anyone got one for sale . cheers ......
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:39 pm
by Jerry
Mr O had one for sale recently, not sure if it still was
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:08 pm
by xj
dunno why i didnt think of it before... have you contacted the guys at Hi-tech in Chch?
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:44 pm
by yeti
getting one next week off them ,$450+gst....prick off a job to get out, hope they go back in easyer
cheers xj..on another note im going out wheeling in a tj tuesday...might fall in love all over again
ill be driving ,hope it dont brake
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:52 pm
by xj
a test drive for buying my 2nd one perhaps.....?????
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:57 pm
by yeti
na man , that ones fens,will be fun but ....found this its not a tj ...cj4
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =197268898 a lot of work
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:16 pm
by Fen
Spooky. I have a guy coming to see the Mini tomorrow. If it goes I'm half seriously thinking about this
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 070936.htmAs it's in Hamilton, do you know it XJ?
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:36 pm
by yeti
got to finish the xj before i buy anything else...so ive been told
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:50 am
by xj
Never seen it around mate.
wifes TJ just went too.... yay..... more money to spend on mine!!!!! (she mentioned something about the bathroom needing to be renovated though..... hmmmmmm)
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:24 am
by Fen
Mini gone, now on its way to the North Shore.
I guess I don't have to be tempted to consider an auto - happy for you. Having slept on the CJ3B it might be a bit hardcore for me. I like to take the roof off, but I like a heater for my tootsies while I do it.
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:30 am
by xj
before considering a cj of any description (dont get me wrong... i love the cj's) go for a drive up a bumpy hill in one, then do the same hill in a TJ.... then multiply it to a factor that encompasses an enitre days wheeling... then ask you kidneys how they might feel..... and your neck, and arse, and back....
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:36 am
by Fen
I think I'll stick with a TJ.
Any reason to go newer than any given year? It has to be manual and I don't think I want to stretch to a 6-speed, but is there any other revision that happened earlier that might be worth looking for?
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:16 pm
by xj
Fen wrote:I think I'll stick with a TJ.
Any reason to go newer than any given year? It has to be manual and I don't think I want to stretch to a 6-speed, but is there any other revision that happened earlier that might be worth looking for?
Im pretty sure that 97-02 they were much of a muchness. Stick to the NZ assembled ones, the Jap imports had dana 35 rear diffs, ours came with dana 44s.
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:34 pm
by Fen
That's a useful tip. Short of eyeballing the diff is there any way to tell from pictures of the whole thing, or is it just a case of looking for NZ new ones?
I thought I might have found one just listed today
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 549170.htm but apparently it now has chrome wheels. Call me shallow, but I detest chrome wheels, especially on a 4x4 and wrapped in 33" rubber, so I won't be pushing what I was looking to spend for that one after all. Shame as it looked the mutts with the wheels in black.
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:45 pm
by xj
the bushwacker flares are rubbish in the bush and against banks. they crack and break like buggery, being plastic and non flexible.
cool colour though.
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:51 pm
by Fen
Another good tip. I take it the extra wide but stock looking ones are better if the extra width is needed?
Any way to tell a Jap import from pictures?
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:06 pm
by yeti
drove one today, me like, will post pics when i can ..there were 4 well set up ones from the club....
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:36 pm
by Fen
You're ahead of me then; I haven't even been inside one.
Re: trans for xj or toyota a343 or lj71 i think
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:12 pm
by xj
http://www.coloradok5.com/axleguide.shtml should perhaps have its own thread.... link to dana and ford diffs..... id by bolt pattern and shapes