diffs and fuel

Jeremy,

I tried the lockright on a GU, it was OK but in the end I replaced it with an ARB air locker, it is horses for courses and this may start a war, I believe the lockrite is more proactive as it is always engaged and it only disingages around corners but, it was a pain with the auto hubs and put too much pressure on CV joints and steering.

Since the replacement to the ARB the diff is open as original but can be locked whenever I want...

Will

I chased around for hoses and belts and could only get them from Nissan. I rang repco and they said that the vehicle was to new and nobody had made aftermarket hoses and belts for it yet.
The prices are as follows:

Top hose $70.98 plus GST.
Bottom hose $52.86 plus GST.
Serpent belt $84.27 plus GST

Shop around i got different prices from different dealers.

Jeremy,
Fuel filters a breeze to replace (in theory) no special tools, just drain the filter then unscrew it from bracket. Then unscrew drain tap, screw it on to new filter, screw filter on to bracket and then prime/ evacuate air via pump on top of bracket. Simple! However, when doing mine I had to resort to removing the bracket (with the filter attached) which meant ondoing the in and out fuel lines, in order to get enough leverage on the filter by placing the bracket in a vice. Not too difficult just a bit messier than the thoery! I would difinitely carry spare fuel and air filters for a decent trip away.
As for a lockrite I've had one on my GU, and previously GQ, since 1991 and they're excellent. Someone else asked the same question a month ago - suggest you do a forum search for lockrite for other comments. Happy travels!

Remember it may also take more than 1 filter change to clean the system..

mate at the cape they got a bad batch of fuel, stopping every 1 hour to clean them!

6-8 filters later, and having phoned ahead to order another 12, they were going.... They ended up dumping the complete load of fuel, jerrys and full tanks the lot.

Jeremy.
Just a suggestion, if you are concerned about bad fuel you could do what I have done on several vehicles and put an electric pump and a cav filter [ $5 replacment element] between the the 2 tanks so that as you drive you can filter the fuel by pumping it back and forwards between tanks. the factory filter lasts a very long time [270k and still going] so the cost of the pump and filter [$35 pump $60 fiter asembly] is covered by the savings on factory filters. Eric.

jeremy,
Replaced my standard filter with the Berimah Diesel adapter and Lucas filter.
Regards Ronnie

Jeremy, Interesting thread, so thought I'd comment. A neighbour has a 2002 3L Nissan, and he was strongly advised to fit a CAV filter as a primary filter, to reduce the fuel pump problems, that were appearing in earlier models. Don't think he would have done over 20K yet, but no dramas. The advise came from his nephew, who throws spanners around for a central coastal Qld dealership.

Advise from a diesel engineer? was when changing filters, preferably do it well before you need the the vehicle, say overnight, or half a day. he suggested that the filter element has time to swell, to become more effective. As mentioned previously, dirty fuel often needs tanks drained, and flushed out. Fuel from 44 gal drums is notorious for contamination.
Hooroo...