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SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:57 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Some pics of my toy...
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:00 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Hilux in action
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Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:07 pm
by Niel
Hi SF
Nice ride and welcom to the site
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:22 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Thanks
I was active on 4xForum last year until it went belly-up...
I see a lot of familiar names here.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:01 am
by Zantus
Welcome, good to see you here as well!
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:40 am
by Cookie Monster
Welcome Andrew
The Van looks great
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:50 am
by SuidWes
Very nice and neat Hilux 8) - Welcome!
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:39 pm
by Family_Dog
Hi Sifu,
Welcome to the "Hilux" forum.
Great looking vehicle, seems to be in excellent nick!
-F_D
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:50 pm
by Zantus
Andrew, was that flexing pic taken at Zookamma?
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:20 pm
by BenHur
Welcome
Great Lux. I hope you enjoy your stay.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:38 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Hi Barto
Yes, just had to get out and take a pic :D
How's the Hilex?
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:06 pm
by Sifu-Lux
My trusty Hilux - only 4000km in 4 years...more time spent getting modded than used.
What a great hobby :D
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:12 pm
by Family_Dog
You guys at the Coast should be forced to pay an extra tax for all that mooi scenery and green grass. Here, we have dusty mine dumps, veld fires and brown grass and miles of sweet nothing.
"Dear Mr. President,
I would like to present to you a great new way to raise funds for our Country. ..... "
-F_D
<Fiendish Dog>
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:14 pm
by Sifu-Lux
With V6 transplant, just run in after 10 months.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:19 pm
by glevey
Looks very nice
Cheers
Geoff
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:24 pm
by Zantus
Sifu-Lux wrote:Hi Barto
Yes, just had to get out and take a pic :D
How's the Hilex?
Should be on the road again soon....
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:36 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Replaced my front flexible brake lines yesterday with new ones which are 50mm longer. After looking at some pics of a cross axle at a recent outing I saw that they were at their limit. Anyway, they were 18 years old, so time to go. Also took the time to make a heat shield out of 1.5mm aluminium plate (old shelf from a fridge) to protect them from the exhaust manifold heat.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:49 pm
by 2.8 d/cab SFA
mooi, nice welcome
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:35 am
by Cookie Monster
Hay Andrew
Not a bad idea
What sort of money are we looking at? And did the brakes bleed ok
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:42 am
by Cookie Monster
By the way we must chat sometime got a few ideas
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:07 pm
by Bloues
Looks Stunning and welcome to "the Hilux Forum"....enjoy the lux !!!
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:25 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Justin, I payed R 110 ea from Ferrobrake (CBS). Mechanic at work organised them for me.
I had Powerflow make me a new set of manifold downpipes for the V6 today as the old downpipe on the passenger side used to touch the chassis when running downhill under compression.
They did a great job. Now I have a proper two into one connector, and a flange joint installed so I can remove them if I have to remove the gearbox.
Going to TweeWater with Barto tomorrow to play.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:50 pm
by Zantus
The hilux impressed everyone again at Twee Water.
Here's my trip report:
http://www.ec-offroad.co.za/trip-report ... ember-2009
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:05 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Decided to get a new engine spec plate made, long overdue, as its been 3 years since I did the conversion.
Etched in stainless steel plate.
Came out quite well if I do say so myself
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:32 am
by Cookie Monster
Looks Great
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:23 am
by Dadz Toy BFI
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:21 pm
by Sifu-Lux
It's all in the detail - you take more time when you do it yourself. No one to blame if it looks bollie :evil:
Running sweet Rich
Fed her last week, 5 liters of Delo 400 and some new antifreeze
Will have to anesthetise her for the axle move :wth:
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:59 am
by Cookie Monster
Well Andrew is well on his way was there last night and the front axil is out already and I am sure the van will look awsome when complete
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:42 pm
by Sifu-Lux
With the axle move done, I was bored today
So I decided to clean up the home made underbelly guard which protects the bottom of the radiator/power steering pipes and pulleys. I removed it to fit the adjustable torque rod.
I originally made it out of aluminium chequer plate from an old BOB autoteller machines floor.
Somehow the FNB blue colour never really matched the rest of the vehicle
So I gave it a clean and resprayed it. Now it looks much better.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:52 pm
by OOOOMS
Looks really funky Andrew
Yello MTN
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:36 pm
by Mud Dog
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:51 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Ha Ha. You joke, today when buying the spraypaint (sunshine yellow to match the OME shocks
) I see you get "Caterpillar Yellow" as well.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:03 pm
by Mud Dog
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:57 pm
by Sifu-Lux
I have been meaning to do a few minor jobs on the Lux, but the axle move has kept me busy, so today I finally got around to tackling them :)
First off was to fix the weak rear braking. I have read about modifying the LSPV rod height on the Lux to fix this problem. I did my OME suspension about 3 years ago, but never really got around to compensating for the increased rear suspension height. My Lux's rear lifted about 50mm after the new springs were fitted.
I used my spare bits I had and cut the threaded section off the bit that fits to the axle, and then welded on a new longer threaded section I had made.
- Rear brake LSVP rod height modification.JPG (17.53 KiB) Viewed 15094 times
I then fitted the new part and adjusted the mounting point of the LSPV rod about 50mm higher.
After two test drives and a bit of adjustment, the rear brakes are now better, and the Lux brakes a bit better overall. Not perfect, but an improvement.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:09 pm
by Sifu-Lux
With the brake mod done, I then set about cutting some aluminium sheet and made up a heat shield for the drivers side exhaust manifold downpipe. This area gets quite hot, so this should protect all the wire, fuel lines and speedo cable.
I used the existing threaded holes in the chassis to fasten the heatshield, and placed two chassis washers behind it to space it slightly away from the chassis rail.
With that done, I also made up a heat shield to reduce the amount of heat on the spare tyre. The 265/75R15 tyre I use as a spare pretty much takes up all the space and is very close to the exhaust. I cut some slots in the aluminium and then bent them slighlty inwards to create an offset so the shiel stood away from the mounting points. I then fastened it with to hose clamps.
Works like a charm :D
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:27 pm
by Mud Dog
8 ) ..
... And no rattles or resonance from these plates throughout the rev range? That exhaust is very close to the tyre ... good idea!
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:34 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Will check for any resonance tomorrow. I haven't driven it yet
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:40 pm
by Mud Dog
If it
does resonate, often you can overcome this by putting a crease along the edge of the plate, or a slight fold, maybe even just top and bottom (stiffens the plate - less flexible). Hope you don't have any hassles!
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:02 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Had a good play in the sand and on the back tracks behind Summerstrand in PE this afternoon after the Recovery demonstration put on by EC Offroad Adventures.
This gave me a good chance to test the new setup on the Lux, and the performance of the 33's.
My Lux performed faultlessly, not even a resonation from all the heat shields
The 33 MT's definitely performed well on the sand. I had a chance to check a bit of the wheel articulation, and got no rubbing yet. So this looks positive.
All in all, a great afternoon.
- SS ECOR PE 7.JPG (24.19 KiB) Viewed 15076 times
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:11 pm
by Mud Dog
Looking good and good to hear that there were no 'issues'.
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:20 pm
by Sifu-Lux
On the continuing efforts to reduce noise, I bought some 10mm thick SPX33 foam rubber from Sondor today, and lined the bonnet. I also bought some plastic clips to fit into the factory holes in the bonnet to secure the lining without having to use glue.
The SPX can take 120 Deg C, so lets see how long it lasts without shrinking
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:01 am
by 519franco
i see you have a a/c can you take a pic of the brackting a spacing for me please i wana put a/c in but iam stuck at the pump thanks
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:49 pm
by Sifu-Lux
Hi Franco, I am catching some rays in Mauritius this week, will have a look when I'm back
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:52 pm
by Red Bull
Hi SIFU LUX
Weet jy dalk waar kan ek bellhousing kry vit Toyot hilux 1998 gearbox na ford v6 engine.
Dankie
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:20 am
by Sifu-Lux
Hi, sorry don't know. Google "Gilo Engineering" I remember they used to do these, good luck
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:52 am
by niclemaitre
Sifu-Lux wrote:I also bought some plastic clips to fit into the factory holes in the bonnet to secure the lining without having to use glue.
Where did you get the clips please?
Re: SIFU's SFA Hilux
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:07 am
by Sifu-Lux
Midas I think