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Well me old faithful has finally run its last leg, time to let her be put out to pasture !! Will be sorely missed !! That was her injuries ! Still runs, no damage to motor, chassis downwards etc or hardly the load bay, my injuries, compression fractures to T3 and T11 spine, fractured scapula, fractured 3 ribs, fractured sternum, sprained ankles, wrists, cuts an bruises covering the rest ! Hospital for 5 nites now laid up for next four weeks to let spine repair itself....am very lucky, my co driver went through windscreen only superficial injuries luckily... So guess its time to hunt for a replacement !!

Stuart what the h......ll did you get up too
Glad you still with us and not put out to pasture.

WTH How? When? Where?..............Sorry Bud!!!!!!

Good grief, Stu!! :wth: This is not good news at all!! So saddened to read this thread, but at least the injuries to you and your co-driver, although serious enough, were not life threatening .... I suppose one can be grateful for small mercies.

And the van! Shame, she's really buckled and bent, a mere shadow of her former self .... maybe time to build a pipe-car / challenge vehicle.

Hope you recoveries are speedy and complete without long lasting effects! You will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Hello
So sorry to hear about your accident. Hope you feel better soon.
What about new rebuild on old faithful ?
Hansman&Vaaltyn

Baie bly julle is okay :-) , sad om daai mooi Hilux so te sien :-(

Please tell us what happens.

Wish you all the best with your recovery.

No man, that's sad news.

What are you going to do with the wreck?

Really sad to read and see all this, glad you are recovering. God's grace is amazing.

Sorry to hear about your unfortunate accident.
Was this an off-roading incident?

All the best for your recovery mate, don't rush it.

Hope u an speedy recovery

"Give that SFA a Bells"

Hat's off Stu, respect my mate!
Recover soon.

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Sheridene's memory is really bad these days, but when I told her of this she immediately remembered you from Scheppie Saus .... (probably because you were one of the noisiest buggers there! ). Anyway, she also sends her best wishes for a wholesome recovery!

Tks one and all, yes a very sad time indeed for me ! Was my pride and joy as u all know, was not offroading but on tar coming back down the Hemel en aarde valley back to sandbaai, there's a nasty steep tight turn left, have driven it a thousand times if not more ! As I braked, geared down and turned into I suddenly had no steering !!! Tried to compensate but just didn't want to slow down ! Hit the ditch opposite side of bend and that's what flipped it !! To be honest I don't know what to do with her now, it probably could be rebuilt but at wot cost ? Or do I just be realistic and just sell off as spares, its all OME, tjms, 35" muds, 15 x 10j mags, long range tank, dual batt, load bay is good, rear wheel carrier, plus the diffs, props, axles, gearbox, transfer case, motor etc...breaks my heart to take her apart but I think its for the best in the long run.. Will even sell the whole thing as is.... As for me I will heal, think my heartache will be the longest to mend

Geez Stu, that looks worse than the Top Gear Hilux that they set alight, smashed through a caravan, drove into the sea and put on top of a 14-storey building that they subsequently blew up with explosives.

Glad you're OK though, the outcome may have been very different with a newer model. What cause the steering to go - draglink broke?

Why don't you get hold of that crowd in Pinetown and rebuild the body with one of their Fibre Glass kits. I think there is someone here who did just that. Their website seems to have gone a bit haywire, but give Steve a ring at 0845486377

Hiluxes are tough, yours can soon be back on the road again - with a new genuine tierod or whatever!




-F_D

So sorry to see your truck looking like this. I am glad to hear the injuries are not too serious, wishing you a speedy recovery.

Family_Dog wrote:Geez Stu, that looks worse than the Top Gear Hilux that they set alight, smashed through a caravan, drove into the sea and put on top of a 14-storey building that they subsequently blew up with explosives.

Glad you're OK though, the outcome may have been very different with a newer model. What cause the steering to go - draglink broke?

Why don't you get hold of that crowd in Pinetown and rebuild the body with one of their Fibre Glass kits. I think there is someone here who did just that. Their website seems to have gone a bit haywire, but give Steve a ring at 0845486377

Hiluxes are tough, yours can soon be back on the road again - with a new genuine tierod or whatever!




-F_D

Also want to know what went wrong with the steering

Ai that is very sad. I know that truck was part of you. I glad to hear that you are ok. Good luck with the recovery. Sell the spares and use that money to buy the next one.

My drag link broke in front of my house while pulling out, could turn the steering wheel all the round, no steering. I was very lucky, so check that play on the drag link

Guys please.... I showed you how not to do it.... not how to do it.

Sad to see your van like that. But glad you got out alive. Looks like you took a terrible tumble

CasKru wrote:Guys please.... I showed you how not to do it.... not how to do it.

Sad to see your van like that. But glad you got out alive. Looks like you took a terrible tumble

Ja you started a very nasty trend that needs to stop now!!!

Glad all got out okay. All the best with all the injuries... And the heartache!

Geeees So sorry to hear but glad you are ok and all the best for recovery

Really feel for you. My son rolled my sfa a few years ago and it was also a total wreck.I still get that gut feeling when I see someone else have the same misfortune.Luckily you guys are alive.Chin up .

Eish...

I feel your pain

Hope you stay in the family though ...

Stubs wrote:Tks one and all, yes a very sad time indeed for me ! Was my pride and joy as u all know, was not offroading but on tar coming back down the Hemel en aarde valley back to sandbaai, there's a nasty steep tight turn left, have driven it a thousand times if not more ! As I braked, geared down and turned into I suddenly had no steering !!! Tried to compensate but just didn't want to slow down ! Hit the ditch opposite side of bend and that's what flipped it !! To be honest I don't know what to do with her now, it probably could be rebuilt but at wot cost ? Or do I just be realistic and just sell off as spares, its all OME, tjms, 35" muds, 15 x 10j mags, long range tank, dual batt, load bay is good, rear wheel carrier, plus the diffs, props, axles, gearbox, transfer case, motor etc...breaks my heart to take her apart but I think its for the best in the long run.. Will even sell the whole thing as is.... As for me I will heal, think my heartache will be the longest to mend

Stuart was it that STEEP turn shortly after the turn off to the Karwyderskraal road ??


DAMN, that this is hairy WITH steerring .... seker ek sou myself bevuil as my steering daar oppak !!


GLAD you got out alive.


so sorry about your van.

Was eyeing it last we were in Onrus - my uncle lives in Cross Street.

Ai Stubs.Its bad man.Best of luck

Flip i'm sorry man! If it helps i did once see you drive past me once and i thought to myself hell i want those tires!

Sorry for your loss, i sold mine, and even though it isn't really the same and it must hurt every time you see her you still miss the driving experience. Perhaps its time to get another. Maybe you can get away with just another cab.Would be epic to see the rebuild. They are tough buggers these hiluxes.

Dude.. No!!!

Fit a Fiberglass Jeep Wrangler boddy.....

Not going to make you feel any better, but being faced with these choices and challenges means you are fortunate enough to be alive.
Hope your recovery and healing to be in good time.

As for the Hilux, take your time before you make any decisions . . . .

Ooohhhh Nnnnooooooo!


Glad that you are still alive and kicking though!
But Dammit man......that poor truck.

hope you recover quickly Dude.

Hey guys, tks for all the love and support, means a lot, well took piets advice and gonna strip, gotta a mate gonna start on it this morning, I can't watch !! Gonna put the proceeds to a new SFA so keep me posted of anything u see or know about !! Gonna build it up again just me old faithful so watch this space ! Gonna be wider and higher than before !! As for wot happenend my steering knuckle sheared straight of, so the must have been play on it and the wear and tear over time just took its toll, as for the accident scence yes it was just past the dam turnoff and La Vierge restaurant on the right hand side, its a nasty bend of not and I am not the first or last to have succumbed to it !!! So as I said on a previous thread its all for sale, bear in mind I want to put towards a new truck. Wots funny is if u look at foties and the state of the roof my full length roof console made it out in once piece, not one inch of damage, and the snorkel is still intact !! The tjm bullbar saved the motor with not even a dent in the radiator, the frontrunner roofbars came of intact as did the hilift jack, radio antennas didn't fair so well though lol, but as u have all said, I crawled out alive, the girl with me has had her stitches removed, however she is still traumatized over the whole event. I am on the mend albeit walking around like thys ! Lol... But stubs will be back, meaner and badder this time around ! So looking for a D/cab or single cab SFA or a jeep like thy's..something I can build up again !!!!

Stubs wrote: I am on the mend albeit walking around like thys ! Lol...

Hey watchit... You should feel honoured to walk like me...

Hopefully with a Lexus engine this time round. NO CROSS BREEDS PLEASE

hear you go Stu upgrade
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Stuart, we all feel your pain. Hope your recovery is fast & complete...

Hi Stuart,

Very sorry to hear about your loss!!!

Would you mind sending a pic off the knuckle arm that broke off please

I do have allot of play lately on my SFA

Hennie, just dismantle the cup-ends on your drag-link and you can remove it. Once removed, you can inspect the balls on the "J"-arm and Pitman arm. You will immediately see if they are worn. Best replace them if so.

As ek nou baie voor op die wa mag wees, ek sal belangstel in die snorkel as hy tekoop aangebied word 1ste opsie asb.

Mud Dog wrote:Hennie, just dismantle the cup-ends on your drag-link and you can remove it. Once removed, you can inspect the balls on the "J"-arm and Pitman arm. You will immediately see if they are worn. Best replace them if so.

Oom Andy, I have no idea off what you are talking about... or is it those big flat head bolt/ screws that you can adjust with a big flat screwdriver for play on the wheels? there is one in front and one at the back with split pins...

Would have loved your mags, pity you are so far from me.

ForYota wrote:

Mud Dog wrote:Hennie, just dismantle the cup-ends on your drag-link and you can remove it. Once removed, you can inspect the balls on the "J"-arm and Pitman arm. You will immediately see if they are worn. Best replace them if so.

Oom Andy, I have no idea off what you are talking about... or is it those big flat head bolt/ screws that you can adjust with a big flat screwdriver for play on the wheels? there is one in front and one at the back with split pins...

Stubs

Which steering knuckle sheared straight of?Left or right hand side?Why I am asking is because you replace your passengers side shaft with one you bought a couple of months ago from me.If it was the left hand side who sheared of the meccie who replace that side shaft for you on your vehicle was suppose to see if there was something wrong with that steering knuckle if any at that point of time.

Just my 2cw

or is it those big flat head bolt/ screws that you can adjust with a big flat screwdriver for play on the wheels? there is one in front and one at the back with split pins...

Yes, that's the drag-link.

Mud Dog wrote:

or is it those big flat head bolt/ screws that you can adjust with a big flat screwdriver for play on the wheels? there is one in front and one at the back with split pins...

Yes, that's the drag-link.

Thanks

(@ Foryota)


Dawie, I'm not sure that Stu means the 'swivel hub' knuckle ... if you look at the pics they still look ok as well as the tie-rod (still connected - the wheels still point in the same direction). I think he means the ball on the steering J-arm or Pitman sheared off.

Mud Dog wrote:(@ Foryota)


Dawie, I'm not sure that Stu means the 'swivel hub' knuckle ... if you look at the pics they still look ok as well as the tie-rod (still connected - the wheels still point in the same direction). I think he means the ball on the steering J-arm or Pitman sheared off.

Damn Stu, Sorry to hear about your drama. Just glad you are recovering. Good luck with the new project.

I have a willys jeep fiber glass body. Only trouble is its short wheel base.

Ai Stuart that is bad news .....

Stuart there is a company that do fiber glass bodys for your Hilux I will chat to a mate and see if I can get a contact. He did it with his. Looks awesome. He built a roll cage in it for safety.

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4x4Grant wrote:Stuart there is a company that do fiber glass bodys for your Hilux I will chat to a mate and see if I can get a contact. He did it with his. Looks awesome. He built a roll cage in it for safety.

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Grant, that company is "Mboza", they have featured on this site a few times before. To the best of my recollection, there haven't been any super positive feed-backs - but no real negative ones either. I seem to recall that there have been issues with getting the doors to fit nicely.

Stubs wrote: I am on the mend albeit walking around like thys ! Lol..

That's why Hilux's doesn't like Thys, he always gets in ass-first.

Hoppy wrote:

Stubs wrote: I am on the mend albeit walking around like thys ! Lol..

That's why Hilux's doesn't like Thys, he always gets in ass-first.

right guys I have posted a new thread under "spares" so go check it out, there is just to much damage to the body and the inside of the cab and it will never be the same, i did manage to save my roof console, rear tray behind seats, passenger seat is totally buggered, and dirvers is ok, they are xr1 bucket seats, bloody nice to....I am going to see her today, we gonna grind off the roof, well my mate is, I will be crying...but just have to take a deep breath and do it, sooner its stripped the better and I can start my new project, gonna be higher, wider than before.......and once again many thanks for the feedback and support, means alot. this is why the forum is such a special place

cheers Stubsie...

Damn Stu.........just read the news now. Holey moley dude..............BUMMER!!!!!
Your back pain will soon be sorted with a few Labels mate!


I have a white '01 SRX IFS parked in my back yard if you want to go that route...................picture the scene..........IFS with your SFA front axle, Lexus, twin snorkels, we can chop the roof console to fit,..............hell, I might just build it for myself. How much for your front axle & wheels again??????

zepplin wrote:Damn Stu.........just read the news now. Holey moley dude..............BUMMER!!!!!
Your back pain will soon be sorted with a few Labels mate!


I have a white '01 SRX IFS parked in my back yard if you want to go that route...................picture the scene..........IFS with your SFA front axle, Lexus, twin snorkels, we can chop the roof console to fit,..............hell, I might just build it for myself. How much for your front axle & wheels again??????

steve, can you email me some pics of that van when you get a chance, cheers stubs.

In 1996 I rolled my Hilux at about 120Km/hr. down and embankment and into a ravine. We were lucky to have no injuries at all. The Hilux go a new body and lived on for many years until I sold her in the Transkei. It's probably still there somewhere carrying goats and water drums. Long live Hilux.