New HiLux has got me puzzled......

Yeah but at least the Patrol has a manual override tool to lock hubs if there is a problem

rangie sport with twin turbo V8 diesel around 190k starting price
I wander how much it cost to polish out a scrub scratch!!

No Footy I wasn't getting clucky about a new 4by(anyway the only new car I can afford is a Matchbox car).

This GQ is me last 4by.........................maybe........:-D

Nah...it had two gear levers...lol ....and as low as a 2wd!

are you sure one wasnt the handbrake? lol

Geez Voxson, just looked at your new rig pics.

Which bank did ya rob? LOL

Cheers

PS what have you done to the rear seat to get the fridge sitting flat/secure?

VOXON i have an everkool and i remove the rear seat in the patrol allows the fridge to face north south,wont the engle fit north south...leaves a seat for rear passenger if required.

Hi Rick...
You mean which bank has robbed me... lol...
The rear seats are removed and a flat board on two pieces of 75mm pine are bolted to the anchor points on the floor where the seat bolts came from...
Leaves a bit of room for things under the fridge...

Hi pepper2,,,
Whe i go away i always have two fridges on that board and a table tucks neatly away behind them against the cargo barrier...

Voxson

If your going to do

do it rigth

Looks good

Richard

Cheers Richard

Good to get your money back from the bank for some worthwhile projects Voxson. Looks great.

Hi John,,
I was just looking at your profile,,,, yours is quite a nice setup..

Mate, this isn't supposed to be a site for mutual admiration. ;-) Have heard that other are but we won't go there.......... Yours looks a serious contender in the beauty stakes as does the Moggs machine

Hey,,, Richard started it... lol...

Hey Vox.. any word on who did the conversion?

John,

Checking out your pics, would love to hear the story of the 'desert wheel alignment' and if it worked.

Matt.

Matt, the short story is that we came across this Paj that had rolled 10kms South of Moomba on the Strz Track where it had rained the night before. Very slippery spot as we saw a Troopy nearly spin that came in to look. Just a localised rain.

The Paj had lots its right rear spring after roll 3 and the shocker broke. I helped the guy by jacking it up and getting the spring back in getting two tyres inflated and sort of drivable. The back axle had shifted sideways enough to get the rear shaft rubbing on the exhaust. It ended up easier to pull the exhaust sideways to allow him to proceed crab fashion actually but we had a go. It had no front or rear screen and the couple were all shook up you may say. We watered and fed em too before proceeding.

The newlyweds of three days marriage are now friends and reckon they owe us some accommodation when we pass through Echuca. They now have a babe and of course are made of stern stuff and still married.

We escorted them to the Moomba security gate and spent time there with them and we were all told their 4by would be off to Adelaide next morning by truck. They would be off to Adelaide by that afternoons plane at 3.30. Great Support from Santos actually. Thanks Santos, actually we told them we had shares so appreciated the support for our new young friends

John,

A good story and one that will no doubt be repeated in years to come when you get togehter.

Matt.

I think I am just thankful they were uninjured.

So the hubs are free until you shift the gear lever to H4?

Does this activiate the hubs electronically?

It didn't work on the 1980's Pajeros as when you reversed the bloody hubs unlocked themselves.

Maybe it is a different system

The once unbreakable HiLux is now a pussycat

yea you chuck it into 4wd and the hubs lock (spposdly)
Dont know if you saw the post but my missus told me hers auto locked so we took it down the powerlines track (mundaring) and it couldnt get past go. After much head scratching and manuel reading I flicked a tab on the after market wheels ............... revealing perfectly operating MANUEL hubs.
Stuff getting a hick whose dad owns a brewry I got one with a Turbo diesal Hilux which had never been off the bitumen!!

You got yourself a 'hick'? Might wanna keep that to yaself...

VTIC

And the quarter pane is the 75 series 'hidden key' too. The two coathanger method has got me out of the phoo before.

Dam there smart..

I looked everywhere to find how they were doing it

Good one Phil

Pajeros use the same sort of thing for the front diff.

Bros, you only get wind up if the ADD is engaged....................... ;-)

thats right Phil, you know who knows how to wind up readers? LOl There are lots with ADD in schools today they say.