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18 minute you-tube link depicting the evolution of our favourite truck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tya0zX7 ... nel=BigCar

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If DIY, quite likely. If professionally done, should be no problem but best choice would be to check with your dealer - and get it in writing.

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Very nice indeed, thank you!

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Hi Jan, welcome aboard!

Bulldog is the name of my 4Y and I just love it (him/her?) to bits, good, solid synergy!

A pic of your beloved 4Y is a strict necessity please :)

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Howzit Shaun, hope you find a decent one soon!

Nic, have you just not sold one?

These old Hiluxes are tough, doubt I will ever sell mine - never!

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Perhaps enquire from 4x4 Megaworld?

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Marouns in Vereeniging are also good for parts at good prices and they deliver.

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A perfect match, they look very good!

(Love what appear to be carrying handles on top of each one

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May it celebrate another 50 years!

Bulldog is now 33 years young :-)

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Welcome Matt, didn't know you had Hiluxes in NY.

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Welcome Ivan, don't worry about the fuel consumption, just enjoy the ride!

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Christoff, stuur die PoP vir my aan asseblief, jou profile is nog "inactive", dan sal ek dit uitsorteer. Daar is op hierdie stadium geen radio lisensie vir jou nie, ek werk net met radiolisensies maar is bereid om te help.

Stuur aan: radios@hiluxclub.co.za

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Yep, also following this thread with interest! Goes to show, all the Hilux needed was a good clean-up and a fresh coat of paint, all is then good as new

OK, not quite, but you know what I mean

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Saw this on the 4x4Community Forum and had to share it: Meet the man who made the Toyota Hilux bakkie so good https://www.wheels24.co.za/offroad_and_4x4/bakkie_and_suv/meet-the-man-who-made-the-toyota-hilux-bakkie-so-good-20200804 https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/10382/c4409301aa6b4217abc738...

I can understand where the confusion comes in when you look at the two of them side by side...

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Call me gobsmackeed!

I remembered about posting this many years ago but figured there is no way on this earth that I would ever have found the post. Perhaps I should have just scrolled up a bit...

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I had a similar problem some years ago, these are the pictures I took at the time. Hope they help.

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I changed distributors on Bulldog a number of years ago, and as methodical as I was, I reinserted the dizzie 180° out of phase. Took ages to get everything right again, but once I had rotated it another 180°, all was well! I think I did post the experience somewhere here but of course I'll never fin...

Don't know if this will help you, perhaps trace the wires.

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Pieter, seems you are living permanently in Paradise! If I lived there, I would never leave my house :)

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Interesting, Louis. I had a fuel leakage from one of my injectors which concerned me because the chances of obtaining a new injector are pretty scarce. Luckily, in my case we just changed a rubber ring on the injector and all is good again.

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Luke, this particular PC is not mission critical, only for workshop use so not a consideration. I have considered it with my main PC at home, but somehow I always have that nagging doubt about reliability issues with a SSD. Hard drives on average do me 7 years before I replace them and in all this t...

People are busy with other tasks at home. Yesterday - before the damn WACS snapped yet again - I updated my old workshop computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I figured this would be a case in futility, as the PC was built in 2011 and features only 4GB RAM and a dual-core CPU. Yet it worked perfect...

Why run it with 95? Try with 93 and see if it affects anything.

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On a trip to Durban and obeying speed limits, I was happy to experience around 8.1km/litre, four people up with luggage. On the return trip not so good, a hefty three-quarter crosswind coupled with climbing from sea-level to highveld level resulted in about 7.3km/l. Still not too shabby for a 3.4-li...

Does the sales price include delivery to a prospective buyer?

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Make one, using 8mm round bar.

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31" tyres are fine, were fitted as standard.

Read the PDF Road Test here:

viewtopic.php?f=44&t=2109

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Agree with staying with 31", less strain all round.

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I actually got one from Toyota themselves, but that was about 12 years ago.

I think 4x4Direct had some made up, talk to Pieter.

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Hi Shermohamed, As Andy said, the caps look fine to me as well. Those are electrolytic capacitors and while they do not generally overheat, they can get "old" and dry up. If they began leaking electrolyte, you would generally see it at the bottom of the caps where they are connected to the...

You need to take photos of the resistors if possible, the colour bands indicate the resistors' value. If the resistor overheats and discolours, these colours would be hard to identify. An orange band might become brown in such a case, resulting in an incorrect reading of value.

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Possible faulty sensor. Can you still make out the colour bands of the resistors?

Just be careful the new ECU doesn't get fried as well.

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The green is indeed GOOD!!

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Pieter, may you have a great birthday and I am sorry you are catching up to me in years so quickly. But never mind, be grateful for your health!

Veels geluk en mag daar nog BAIE wees!

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Good luck Pieter, updating forum software is usually a hair-raising experience.

But please bring back the darker green, this lime green is hard on my eyes...

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Stephan, sit die regte Radiator in, die wat Silverton het.

Iemand het my laas week gebel ivm met die KZTE radiator, was dit miskien jy?

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Have a word with Uys on the 4x4Community Forum, he manufactures good stuff. I have a bashplate for the same Prado that he supplied.

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Those Stouts are wgat earned Toyota their reputation, tough as nails! Nice find, Pieter.

Restore it! :)

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There's a place somewhere in JHB/Vaal area called "Maroons" (or similar name...). I bought bits and pieces for Bull Dog from them but that was some 15 years ago.

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Nicely done, Gareth. This truck will be something to really be proud of once you are done.

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Got this from the 4x4Community Forum, very interesting video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... kFUoKVVygw

We have the D4D engine, but I want a Tacoma!

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Was this not subject to a recall?

Enter your VIN number on https://www.toyota.co.za/owners/toyota-recall website and check.

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Wishing you all the best for your birthday, Oom Thys!

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Can't help you here Johan, PraDog was attired like such when he & I became best buddies.

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Johan,

your Prado is part of the recall.

https://www.toyota.co.za/owners/toyota-recall

Your Vehicle is part of a recall campaign

Campaign Description: SSC-REAR AXLE SHAFT-LC PRADO09 90

Pretty nifty that after 20 years Toyota still honours this!

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Johan, you might want to follow up on the recall I mentioned, it may or may not affect your vehicle, but it is free.

viewtopic.php?f=121&t=32472

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Hi Johan, good to see you here :) I took PraDog to work yesterday as per our discussion, she was bathed and all that cosmic dust that had settled on her the past few weeks has been recycled back to debris. The Series 90/95 vehicles are fantastic, I doubt I will ever replace it as at more or less the...

Watching... Waiting....

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Licences are no longer available from ORRA because neither this forum nor the club are members of ORRA. Hence, ORRA will not be able to assist you in that respect. The Cluib Licence here is an absolute bargain - I know what these individual licences cost the club each year!

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Take the old one to an upholsterer, surely they can fabricate a new one based on the old one?

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Toyota Fortuner Workshop Manual available from 4x4 Community Forum:

https://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/sh ... hop-Manual

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I was able to buy a new one from TSA some years back. Maybe they still have stock?

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Hi Gordon,

You might find something here under 'engines'...

https://www.toyodiy.com/parts/

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You state “The 2200 feels much happier cruising at 120km/hr on the open road” Does it exceed 120km/h also being happy or is that about the limit? “Performance is not rocket speed by any means but the vehicle is so much more pleasant to drive and just "feels right" since the conversion.” I...

Dug up where I had posted the Dyno Chart after the conversion, there might be other charts stored there from which you can draw comparisons.

viewtopic.php?p=31276#p31276

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EFI does indeed make a most worthwhile improvement to a 2200's performance. Bulldog was always hesitant on inclines but since the conversion, I no longer need to drop a gear on the slightest incline. Fuel performance is slightly improved at around 6.5 - 7.5 km/litre. When I had the original Nikki Ca...

Suggest you rather consider an EFI conversion to the 2200. It made a world of difference to Bulldog!

See topic viewtopic.php?f=92&t=1172

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I have no idea, perhaps a visit to the nearest Toyota dealer might help, or if not local, then phone the Service Manager?

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