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Beautiful curves

What is the OD and which thickness you need?

Nice job, very professional.

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That is tempting. Lately I often consider putting an original bumper back on my Hilux. Those bumpers are cut rather high and do not catch that easily. Will be a difficult mind set change to go from steel bumper back to original. Let me sleep over it.

I cannot find any info either that there is a difference in the physical engine. I think it will only be the bolt on accessories that will differ but the sub should be the same. If you already have a running motor you can just swop all your bolt ons with the forklift engine like, inlet manifold, exh...

That is a nice bakkie you have.

SOLD 2x Leather Front Seats. I presume it is Toyota and if I look at the movement lever it might be late 90's Toyota. Maybe 3 liter Camry or something. They were in an old BMW 2002 I restored but I replaced them the with Bee Em's original seats. I am sure you will be able to make them fit in a SFA a...

Agree, the rebuild then you know what you have. I have seen too many times how the mechanics next to me fit a used engine, just to take it out and take it back to go swop it for another one. The engine sellers always say "no problem, something wrong, just bring it back" but it is you who h...

Nothing less than R125k. Start on R180k (or less) and test the market, if you do not get a response within a week gradually start reducing your price. Depending on how desperate you are to sell. In the end I think you might settle on R140k but you never know, maybe someone is willing to pay more.

Use some good injector cleaner, that is the cheapest way to start. Sometimes it is just dirty injectors. Toyota sells rather good ones. Myself use Wurth's Fuel Cure Make sure your air cleaner is clean. If, after one tank of Fuel Cure it still smokes you will have to start looking at injectors, etc. ...

Circlip or do google search for spring caps.
Look at these pirate ones, they have a nyloc nut. Maybe you can cut thread on the tip and put a nut.
https://www.amazon.com/Legion-Store-Vis ... B0BWBWGVVQ

It will be lob sided. If both rims and tyres are 17" the tyres will fit both the mags and steelies. Just note that in some Hiluxes there is a big difference in wheel nuts between mags and steel rims.

A fuel smell when the vapor expands is the only good reason. All the old cars vented into air. At the moment my carbon filter is not connected.

@dax021 "A long shot, but maybe try the Suzuki dealers. The SJ 410/413 had identical hubs,"

Do you know if they have the same spline count, should be if they are identical?

I see one get auto hubs for the Suzuki and I've been looking for auto hubs for the Hilux a long time.

If you buy those parts new from Toyota it will probably cost you more than the vehicle. If you want to make it more affordable you will have to buy used parts. If you buy used parts for the conversion you might as well buy a used 4x4 version of the same vehicle. Conversions like these are not worth ...

This manual includes the 3L
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CUx4Vs ... view?pli=1

Not sure who in Brackenfell is good with Turbos, but I always use Turbozone in Paarl.
http://www.turbozone.co.za/
Maybe ask Francois from 4xLux who he use for Turbos in Brackenfell.

The NL disconnects the 2nd battery from the main battery when you switch off the vehicle. That is to prevent the 2nd battery from draining the main battery while the vehicle is not running. When you start the vehicle and the solenoid detects the high voltage from the alternator, then only will it co...

If it is the back plate / dust cover type of thing it cannot wear out. It either become loose or you accidentally knock and bend them while replacing pads. That is the only dust covers I can think off on front brakes. Besides of course the rubber dust cover on the caliper piston but that is somethin...

Or you can use a relay with the switch. Tap the supply to relay coil from the bright + in James' sketch and cut the earth with the switch.
Brights + Leg 85
Earth to switch, from switch to 86
Battery + to 87 with fuse close to battery.
30 to LED bar +
Earth lead bar on body or directly on battery.

Which dust covers?

Sounds more like a control module problem to me especially if it loose your previous settings.
Is your Hilux still under warranty?

Sounds more like a control module problem to me especially if it loose your previous settings.

I never owned a 4y long enough to gain experience on it. I am sure there are long time 4y owners who can tell you better. I know in the performance world there is a thing that the engine must always be able to breathe properly. That is true for an engine that is running at high revs. Anything you us...

As long as there is still a first box it should be fine. Some people remove the first box completely which is not good. I also have SS freeflow at back.

Never thought about it that way but yes, swopping them around might give you a bit more life out of it, but for the effort I will not bother. By the time the lining is finish on the worse part, the better part only have like a couple of mm left. Rear shoes can last as much as 100,000km in some cases...

Many moons ago when mine still had a 2.7 in, I also wanted to remove the first box. Both Hoppy and PowerFlow exhaust in CPT told me not to do it because I will loose torque. They also said the std branches it came from factory is good enough, they cannot improve it. If a company like PowerFlow loose...

That is normal and was made worse by removing or free flowing the very first box in the exhaust. That first box helps with a bit of torque. But the 2.7 do not like hills and it do not like towing. Is always a battle, dies in 4th and when you go to 3rd it over rev. Gap between 4th and 3rd too big. On...

Have you asked these guys yet?
https://web.facebook.com/sfasparesandrebuilds

You can drive in 2nd and 3rd low range the whole day long with less than a tank of fuel. If you drive 120 km/h in high range you can only drive for 5 hours on a tank. Below 60km/h time takes over, not km.
Very difficult to determine km/l at such low speeds.

It is normal. The front shoe work harder. The rear shoe is the trailing shoe. When you apply brakes the shoes moves slightly in the direction of drum rotation until stopped by the force against the drum. They kind of squeeze against the drum. That is why front will always wear more. Rear bottom will...

Adam all my older vehicles have the expansion tank's pipe above the radiator cap seal.
Idea is when cap opens it must push water into the expansion tank. Thus tank can be atmosphere pressure.
If you say it does not work well, can your expansion tank breathe?

Peter, I re-activated my old style. 1. At top right, click the down arrow next to your username. 2. Click "user control panel" 3. Click Board Preferences 4. Go to Global settings 5. Select the Milk2 Style and choose your correct timeline. 6. Click submit and you will be back to the previou...

The forum style is very much a personal thing. I feel the same as you.
Other users again felt that the reason of the inactivity on the forum is the style I always had on the forum. So I changed it to the standard style to see if it makes it any better.

Jacques by ons Vredenburg tak het so jaar of wat terug syne vervang of laat regmaak, ek het vir hom epos gestuur om te hoor of hy kan help. Het jy al Auto Magneto in die Kaap geskakel?

Any conversion always cost more than you think. I prefer to rebuild my old engine because I know what I have and how I treated it. If you buy a used engine you do not know what the previous owner did to it. Rebuild will always be my first choice.

Pro Auto Rubber will have some universal rubbers, but it is not always a perfect fit. Sometimes it fits rather well. I used ProAuto channels on my 80 Series Cruiser when I had one, it did not fit 100% but it worked 100%. Maybe you are lucky.

https://www.proautorubberkzn.net/

Did you look under the steering column? Close to the levers where you release the fuel cap and the bonnet

Dankie, daar leer jy my nou iets.

Turn the traction control off, look for the Traction Control OFF button. It has a picture of the drunken driver with the word OFF beneath it.

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Good luck, on the pics it looks good on the outside but the inside is something else.

Glad to see Toyota also now in the electric race. I think Rivan already set the standard so I hope they at least try to match Rivan's performance and usage of packing spaces. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/motoring/2021-12-14-toyota-previews-an-electric-hilux/ electric-hilux.jpg Toyota previ...

SO? Did it rain?

Rather drive a 2nd hand Hilux than a new GWM

Shane, the first models, Late 1998-2003 were not as heavy on the fuel as the 2003-2005

Prices definitely went up, I see there is nice one in Potjiesdorp for R140k.

Does it have diff lock or not. They normally only went for about R70k but I saw a nice one at webuycars the other day for R110k , so it seems like prices may be climbing. I always check at similar vehicles on Gumtree and Autotrader. Autotrader always over priced, but a good indication you you might ...

Try cleaning the idle control valve (IAC) . There is a post about it at the link below, but I see the pictures are lost.
https://www.hilux4x4.co.za/views/viewto ... 77#p439777

Or you can search for a youtube video about it.

Or Francois at 4xLux next door to 4x4 Direct in Gemini street, Brackenfell.
His number is 021-982-8232

I think you will have to remove the head to replace the valve stem seals. DO NOT flush the engine with diesel. If you flush you will get some of the sludge off successfully, but then those hard sludge particles will end up in your bearings which will lead to bearing failure. Flushing is a bad idea. ...

Ek het ongelukkig nie aandag daaraan gegee, maar so week terug het ek iewers gelees van 'n ou met 'n nuwe Fortuner wat ook gekla het oor 'n jerky ratkas. Het jy al op Google gesoek vir so iets, jy is nie die eerste persoon wat ek sien wat daaroor kla nie.

Turbo can be refurbished, no need to replace. Steering rack not that expensive. Go ask another workshop, you might end at r15k. If you trade it for a new vehicle, maybe good. If you trade it for a used vehicle, not a good idea, you know your vehicle, you do not know what you buy.

Think reliability very much the same. Go testdrive both. New Jimny's road holding is horrible. Just drive on a straight road with some uneveness in the road and you will feel.

Dit is lekker laag

Is eerste keer ek so staal saag sien, lyk na 'n baie handige stuk gereedskap.

There is a knob on the right side mud flap on the inside. The 31 inch touches that knob sometimes. You can easily just cut it off.
31" no problem, 32 " you will have to modify.

Mike I checked out the town where you stay, Geluksburg, it looks very big.

Never knew there was a town like that.

Depends on how much rust it have and what condition it is.

Can you post some pictures?

2500 rpm in 5th at 100 km/h sounds pretty good.

What is the rpm at 120km/h ?

I think mostly with standard box they did about 3500 rpm at 120 km/h, yours sounds low which is good for a v8

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