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Hi all. Mackaz the name. Just "acquired" my first 4WD (and diesel) 90 Toyota Surf 2.4 t/d 5 speed. Price will make some people spew equivalent to $60!!! reg and wof just run out on the 5th month so sweeeet!!!!
I used to race Stockcars up until recently but it got too expensive.......
sold the car and bought me and the missus a AU2 Falcon XR6 to update from the skody old Subaru.
I am in the process of building an offroad go kart with a 185cc Suzuki 2 stroke.
I will be asking a few questions and please, If anyone an help this Diesel first timer it would be greatly appreciated!!!

well done on the truck, 60 bucks, cant go wrong

where you from?

Local boy from Whangarei. Once get this thing up'n pumping its going to be used for towing my offroad go kart on the trailer, a bit of beach use and mud bugging. For $60 who really cares eh?!!!!

Welcom aboard,

You thought stock cars was toooooooo expensive, wait till you really get into 4wding- especially with a Toyota !!

You will love the truck just make sure you don't get them too hot, also if you can a larger exhaust fron the turbo back helps get the heat away from them.

The only real mechanical issue with these is they can crack heads if they get too hot and are not looked after, they are a real good truck.

for equivelent of $60 hmm was that a good scotch then?

Not quite! Was going to pay $200 for it, I still got to pay the back rego, but swapped a repair on a fibreglass stockcar body for it, (that I initially damaged in the first place!!!!!), a bottle of resin,hardener some offcuts of cloth, and a couple of days sanding, sweeeet as.....

welcome to the club, go the hilux

MACKAZ wrote:Hi all. Mackaz the name. Just "acquired" my first 4WD (and diesel) 90 Toyota Surf 2.4 t/d 5 speed. Price will make some people spew equivalent to $60!!! reg and wof just run out on the 5th month so sweeeet!!!!
I used to race Stockcars up until recently but it got too expensive.......
sold the car and bought me and the missus a AU2 Falcon XR6 to update from the skody old Subaru.
I am in the process of building an offroad go kart with a 185cc Suzuki 2 stroke.
I will be asking a few questions and please, If anyone an help this Diesel first timer it would be greatly appreciated!!!

Next Whangarei 4wd club meeting 2nd tuesday September Kamo Club 7.30pm come along make yourself known, I used to commentat at Whangarei years ago I was the one who named Peter Drake the goose

so that was how he got that nick name. The goose is loose.

welcome to ORE. Great place to learn about your 4x4.

Took the Hilux in for a wof today....remember I paid $60 for it..... failed on a loose right hand hub nut and both top ball joints......ripper.....fixed in about 40 minutes......took back now got a Hilux thats got a wof, up to date rego, and threw another 1000ks at it for good measure. Checked all the turbo pipes, leaks at every join, nipped em up.... chucked a homemade boost tap at it and a boost gauge, got it set at 13psi, going very good. Will go for a good strop out to the beach tomorrow and see how she goes.

Welcome

Dr_PC wrote:

MACKAZ wrote:Hi all. Mackaz the name. Just "acquired" my first 4WD (and diesel) 90 Toyota Surf 2.4 t/d 5 speed. Price will make some people spew equivalent to $60!!! reg and wof just run out on the 5th month so sweeeet!!!!
I used to race Stockcars up until recently but it got too expensive.......
sold the car and bought me and the missus a AU2 Falcon XR6 to update from the skody old Subaru.
I am in the process of building an offroad go kart with a 185cc Suzuki 2 stroke.
I will be asking a few questions and please, If anyone an help this Diesel first timer it would be greatly appreciated!!!

Next Whangarei 4wd club meeting 2nd tuesday September Kamo Club 7.30pm come along make yourself known, I used to commentat at Whangarei years ago I was the one who named Peter Drake the goose

Regarding the club Dr_PC do they allow casual membership? With being a shiftworker I cant always do stuff for fundraising etc. I just wanna come along for a tutu every so often, and dont really want to get too serious
as this old rot box is my get to work wagon as well.

Im back again, Ive changed email addresses so yeah Im now OMN. And getting another 4x4 hopefully this weekend. Going Isuzu Bighorn manual. Bring on the flameage.....