Hilux 4x4 Forum

Hill Billy

Reviving an old thread - cool!!!
I went for the KZT but kept the mechanical fuel pump, to much trouble to move it all to electronic.
I have a few issues but we are sorting as we go. Now the money had stopped so the big waiting has started...

Hill Billy

Hi O

Vir my ook, ek het twee kinners om te voed en my vrou raak ook duur. Daars nie geld vir n nuwe ene nie en ek sal dit nie oorleef met n lanrover nie...

Hill Billy

Hi N

Ek het ook n donkie 5L, maar het hom so bietjie vuur gegee ... Nou n KZT (sonder die E).
Ek sien jou Town: Heidelberg, maar jy bly in JHB, watter deel van JHB - PM my as jy dit nie wil bekent maak nie.

Hill Billy

Hi N Ek het dit gedoen en het so 7-8% extra gekry in 2007 as ek reg onthou., brandstof verbuik het dieselfde gebly. Wat ek later geleer het is dat die fabrikaat brandstof wel n verkil maak. Shell gee my die beste verbuik en performance -- BP doen niks vir my nie... Toe het ek 5K betaal,daai tyd was ...

Hill Billy

I'll check them every day for the next week to be sure. I'm cumfortable that I pulled them trough to the back-stop and did not see or feel any play at the back of the studs. Gunta, next time I need to puch something out I'll use that press sugestion of yours. I had a look at those bearing pullers an...

Hill Billy

Hi Gunta I would've loved to have had them pressed out, but had to use anchient man tools - hammer. How does the press in and out procedure work? Is it difficult/expensive? I've now got all the studs in and pulled them trough using a spacer over the stud and pulling the weel nut tight. Drum fits snu...

Hill Billy

A few more pics, maybe someone else can learn from my experience....
Giving back to the community...

Hill Billy

I'm having trouble with the studs,
Toyota Honeydew charged me R41.86 per stud (bolt, hub) and R46.77 for the nuts (Nut, hub). I got 6.

See Pictures - my school fees....
Also don't forget to disengage the hand brake, else you'll not get the drum off.... trust me, I tried.

Hill Billy

That is the strange thing, I did have a look but saw nothing strange... but yes, next time I'll spent a little more time on it

Hill Billy

Thanx Jacques
Will attempt it tomorrow.
Already told the Boss, I'm staying at home.....

The Mag got damaged a bit where the studs wore it out...
anyone now if it can be fixed or should I just het steel rims?

If anyone has some steel rims they want to get rid-off please let me know.

Hill Billy

Found it..... The flat tire-sound went away when I increased speed, but when I slowed down it came back. Went home this afternoon, and stopped to pick-up the kids. So I had a look as the sound was getting worse now even under acceleration and saw that 2 or 3 of the wheel studs was broken off and I'm...

Hill Billy

Hi Guys Took the Lux out to Henops 4x4 this week-end and did the trail. Monday afternoon driving back home it sounded like the rear left wheel had a puncture. So I stopped and inspected the wheel, not flat at all. At home I had the SWAMBO listen to the "damage"!!!! It is fine as long as I ...

Hill Billy

M I think the difference was that I copied in Top Gear Magazine, so they could publish my long.... letter. If you PM me your e-mail I can forward it on to you and you can have a nice laugh :lmao: I think being aggressive in your complaints helps.... a lot! It's a new skill I'm learning.... :crazy:

Hill Billy

Ok, so on the 1 Apr I got this. Hope its not a Joke.... "Thank you for your patience whilst we assessed your complaint regarding the recent Top Gear Festival. We massively value our visitors and care about your experiences and thank you again for taking the time to put your thoughts in writing....

Hill Billy

So, hier kom nog a paar: Daars net 3 goed wat jy van die maan kan sien: 1. Great wall of China 2. Gaping tussen die blou bulle se senters, en 3. Landrover se olielekke I always wondered why landrover called their models, a Series 90, Defender 110 etc. But this weekend I found out, those numbers in t...

Hill Billy

Sorry, haal hom maar af, het dit vandag op e-pos gekry.
Gedink die manne sal dit laaik

Hill Billy

Hi, ek hoop dis die regte forum vir die.... :lmao: Hulle sê 90 persent van Land Rovers wat gebou is , is nog oppad ,die ander 10% het hulle bestemming gehaal All Land Rovers are like women - They moan on long journey's, embarrass you in front of friends and you spend more money than you ever expecte...

Hill Billy

On the 25th I got this responce from the organisers: " Thank you for taking the time to write to us regarding your experience at the recent Top Gear Festival. We really care about your experience and are very sorry that you did not enjoy your visit. Please be assured that your thoughts are very...

Hill Billy

Our Company took some of our Clients out on I think Thursday or Friday to "Treat" them... :oops: My experience from Saturday was echoed by theirs. And they bought the most expensive stuff Plus some other expenses. I think they ended at R1700 per person. Needless to say, we all looked forwa...

Hill Billy

My feeling was that it was a nice idea, with some interesting things, BUT... whoever organised the event stuffed it up big time. If I pay R250 (cheapest-seats) I expect a VERY well organised event and there was to many things that was done wrong. Yes the rain was unfortunate, but that was not the pr...

Hill Billy

Thanx, kon dit nie opspoor nie.

Sal dit daar volg.

Hill Billy

So, who went to Top Gear over the week-end?

Hill Billy

Thanx Toro Never thought about it that way! :yahoo: I see you do ADVENTURES mmmm... "Spend the money rather on a safari than changing the engine". Richard from BCon4x4 did my Timing Belt this week and it feels much better. :dance1: I now need to go and have my injectors replaced/fixed @ Bo...

Hill Billy

Hi Guys

I've got Bilsteins on the Bakkie and I'm very happy with them. Got great service from Darrell, and will recommend them anytime.

Yes they are more expensive, but replace your OME once and you're over the cost for the Bilsteins.

I've been testing mine for 2 years.

Hill Billy

Fernando Saw your post on V8 for less than 30k http://www.hilux4x4.co.za/views/viewtopic.php?f=98&t=11023 . How did it work out wrt costs. Were you able to get it within budget? If you were to put a labour costs to it R___ and how many hrs did it take. What kind of challenges did you have? How d...

Hill Billy

Fernando.
That is the price on the forum I've seen guys say that the Lexus conversion costs - in the end...

This includes all the other mods like tires, brakes, suspention ect. that they felt was needed to keep that V8 on the road.

Hill Billy

IF one puts in a bigger/badder engine do you have to change your diff ratio's or can you keep the ones you have? What whould the impact be if I kept it as is? Why do I want to change: Original Spec : 67kw/4000rpm SAC Dyno : 44kw/4000rpm Original Spec : 191nm/2400rpm SAC Dyno : 171nm/2400rpm As you c...

Hill Billy

Toro, any idea of the kind of costs involved or possible probs/challenges?

Hill Billy

Just got a little bit of schooling --> Thanx Richard (Tokkelos1)

The 2.8d was rebored to get to the 2986cc for the 5L.

Thus I'll have to shelve the rebore issue as there will not be enough material left.

Hill Billy

What do you guys think of a rebore of the 5L motor?

Can you take the 2986cc to say 3200cc? What would be the pitfalls and costs?

Hill Billy

Hi Guys

Don't know how many of you have seen this before, but maybe it can help or be just interresting:

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Hill Billy

I would LOVE a V8!!!
But don't have 65-100k for that! - (Lexus conversion)

How about a V8 short block... should be cheaper.

Hill Billy

Rudolf Watse verbruik kry jy? Ek kry 7.7 - 7.3, maak nie saak hoe ek ry nie. Moet my "injectors fix" vir beter verbruik. (As ek Shell VPower gebruik kry ek 8km/l...) Stem saam met jou, in die bos is dit fantasties. Het a "trail" saam met a klompie LandRovers gaan doen, en ek se j...

Hill Billy

Hi T That might seem like a good idea, but to put a cat amongst the pigeons as this is a classic answer (that has merit).... it would be ok if it's a new car that u r getting, but to buy a Turbo-oil-boiler I think might me asking for more trouble. What other probs ($) is going to come to the surface...

Hill Billy

Just had an

:
Can you mod the 5L somehow to give you more?
What would the effect be?
Possible Costs?

Hill Billy

Thanx

But I'm a little hesitant to drop a turbo on it, as I've been warned, but it would be the cheapest option I think.

Do you have experience with this conversion?

Hill Billy

Doing some research and need to know what I'll be getting into.... :shifty: I have a donkey 5L with 285k on it - and I want to go a little bit faster.... I'm looking to go KZT(E) or 2.7. So a few questions: 1. As it is a diesel should I go the KZTE route? 2. Or is it better to leave the electronics ...

Hill Billy

Some more news - also need to replace clutch plate, thrust bearing & preasure plate...

Hill Billy

I don't know who worked on the Bakkie before I got it (I got it Oct 2007).

I'm also informed that the housing of the starter was so tightly bolted that it actualy broke...!!!

But Tokkelos 1 tells me he'll find me a replacement housing.

Hill Billy

Thanx TOKKELOS 1 Please be so kind and give a brief description of what you've seen, so that others who might have this problem can learn from the schoolfees I now have to pay. If there is anything else you see that might be a future problem, let show that, like maybe that little oil leak... :shh: ,...

Hill Billy

mmmm ... It's that _____ BOLT again, we'd better keep him locked up again!! Could it be a piece of something that broke off on the inside and thus was forced out? As the Bakkie drives as if nothing ever happened. See this is the ONLY problem driving a LUX :yahoo: .... it keeps you thinking: "Ag...

Hill Billy

NEVER, I don't believe it!!! :aggresive: Everyone knows there is a "special" agreement wrt FRD and the oil companies... and it's been going for DECADES. The "secret" documents :mafia: (from "THEM" :shh: ) in my posession states that all veheicles will only leave the fac...

Hill Billy

It only broke at the 5th bounce... We broke 3 LadRovers, 2 MiniBishis and 1 FrotFrd. Someone had to break the fall. Funniest thing... The oil is still pouring out of the Frot!!! This caused the Toy to slip and fell of the CLIFF after which it caught fire and only then did something break inter bellh...

Hill Billy

Rough driving mmmm. The max this van has ever done was 139km/hn after it was pushed out of a airplane @ 10 000ft...

I'll take it slow for a while.

I can get a2nd hand bellhouse from B-Con4x4 and I'll ask them to fix it as well.

Hill Billy

All this happened in the last 3 days.

Hill Billy

Since the piece come off, it feels perfect.
Initially I thoughjt it was something in the dashboard....!
The vibration was only every now and then, but now it's gone.
I think the piece was making contact with the stuff insidemm?

Hill Billy

Hi Guys I got a hole in my gearbox!!! :sos: I felt a strange vibration/rattling sound on the Bakkie 3 days ago, but couldn't find it. Then driving home yesterday I "felt" a piece falling off! I have a few questions: 1. Can I drive like it is - as cash is low, very low... 2. How could it ha...

Hill Billy

Thanx, I'll have a look. It feels fine to me.... don't see why I have to change it. Now only on full lock will you hear a little groan. Since they did the service on the drive shafts it's 85% better. Also many squeaks are none gone. Is this normal? I must atmid the vibration was horrendous, even at ...

Hill Billy

Hi I had to replace my prop shaft/driveshaft last week. It's the one that runs from the transfer case to the back axle. Cost R3500 for a new shaft. Also serviced the front drive shafts - the guy said they look ok, but I need new boots. Cost for servicing the driveshaft R 1200 or 1300 (will have to c...

Hill Billy

All those questions goes for me to!

Hill Billy

Hi guys. I want to put a front diff-lock on my IFS Hilux 1999 - 3000D. ARB is out cause its way too expensive. I need other options. I'm not looking at an auto-locker, but I'm open to suggestions. I'd prefer mechanical/hydraulic/... operation vs electrical (KISS principle needs to apply - reliabilit...

Hill Billy

Any idea what's the status of leaded vs unleaded?

How much damage will you do if you swop between the two?

Not much further than Zambia for now.

Hill Billy

mmm, but then again, what'll I do for for fun... I'm now kinda addicted to the smell for burning oil in the morning!!!! on a side note: The reason I went to diesel was that I was told that I'll have a much easier time finding diesel in Africa than pertol and that diesel is a little bit more reliable...

Hill Billy

The one you mentioned. I was truly disappointed. The problem was not with "tuning" but with everything else they did. One of the main things I think is that they don't listen to what the client is telling them. If you want more info on what they did or did not do, rather PM me I don't want...

Hill Billy

I found the problem with the Glow plugs. It seems that when the Bakkie went to SAC, they "adjusted" a wire that was connected to the engine. SAC had all kinds of explanations of what the problem was… SAC even forgot to put the skidplate below the tranfercase (I think it's called) back and ...

Hill Billy

Have you seen whats happened to component prices --- I paid R437 for 100x hornady 180gr (308) SPBT's -- It's sick :sick: I'm looking for some brass - anyone got some for 308W? PS: My press broke the piece of puter junk on the Lee press's handle arm broke.. got any spares? ....maybe someone's got a g...

Hill Billy

Ek kom hoeka al van 3 hobasse-met-een-skoot-doodgeskiet-fontein...

Hill Billy

That pic was put there specifically for those reasons - to solicit comment. :thumbup: I promise you it was a SWB Pajero on the other side :angel: , and yes you are correct that the tow hook was not the best place for the strap. In my defense (which is no excuse) I was just starting the 4x4 thing, an...

Hill Billy

Maybe what we needed was a little bit more Sun, surf & sea.....

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Dog point near KosiBay

and a little bit of extra fuel...!

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Then again maybe good recovery shovel...

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and we help a PAJERO out of the sand.

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Hill Billy

Hi W

Wat laai jy?

Ek 308W. --> maar net vir jag. Is happy as ek 1moa kry.

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