Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 19:22
Hi Warren,
Not a very expensive job to have the Big Ends Bearings done, I just had
mine done on Friday. $300.00 plus oil & filter, I supplied my own. The old girl has 312000 k's on her now, pretty cheap insurance if you ask me.
I've fitted a Bogaard turbo timer, pretty easy to set up. Behind the drives kick panel you will pull a plug apart, connect the timers wirng into that and earth the timer. Find some where to put the stop over ride button and the jobs done. They come in handy if you've been towing up a rang or
hill, and at the top you pull over, it will let it idle for up to 5 minutes in settings of 30 seconds increments.
If your radiator is looking a bit sad, replace it with a 4 core brass/copper one, about 600 to 700 bucks.They tend to get a little hot while towing into a head wind for long periods.
As Pop mentioned, become a member of Lcool, there is heaps of info there about what to do and not to do.
Peter & Drew are right about their towing capacity, I believe the weight to be 2500kg in the earlier model., 96 they changed it 3500kg.
Also Warren,If you can get your hands on some Chemtec Diesel power additive, she'll run heaps better on it,
check eBay for
80 stuff. Just type into the search '80 series' A lot of it is new after market gear from 4wd shops that is way less than what you would paid for it from Mr Toyota.
If your going to do a hell of a lot of Highway driving, it may pay to put a part time kit in her, from
Marks Adapters,
3" exhaust from
Scotts Rods Will let her breath heaps better, I fitted one, and what a difference it made, more torque, better fuel economy Again you can buy this from eBay,
I know I'm an eBay junkie
I hope this helps,
One less for them & one more for us
Good stuff
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Follow Up By: Member - aussichef (SA) - Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 22:37
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 22:37
Already joined lcool last week but been a member here alot longer lol
I'm a ebay junkie as
well so thanks for that thought
Will
check out Chemtec Diesel power additive
The towbar has a offical looking sticker that is unfortunatly 1/2 ripped off saying 2 different tow rates saying this tow vehical has been upgraded
the weights are the parts that arent showing lol
A sticker on the rear windcreen saying a member of the antique areo club
Wonder if it was upgraded to tow planes ???
Can you eplain what a part time kit is please ???
warren aka aussichef
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Follow Up By: Hairs & Fysh - Monday, May 24, 2010 at 06:08
Monday, May 24, 2010 at 06:08
Hi Warren,
Your GXL cruiser will be constant 4wd, being that it
well be driving power to the ground through both the rear diff and front diff, The kit is designed to go in the back of the transfer case and allow power to be sent to the rear diff and not the front diff, reducing wear on the front diff if your traveling a hell of a lot of k's on the black top.
Marks 4WD Adaptors
Some blokes that have put the kit in, say they drive a lot better and feel more like a car.
Maybe someone will be able to explain it a bit better than that.
Good luck with it all.
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