Hilux 4x4 Forum

Mr_B

How much does Toyota charge to plug in that diagnostic goody? They should be able to give you a report that will point out if one of the sensor(like the MAF) is klaar.

Many of the other decent service centres like Diesel Electric should also be able to give you a diagnostic report!

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How bout something like this Andre:

Hehe!

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Oupa Stig it's got nothing to do with functionality... for that you have the usual Leatherman... this is based purely on looks and "must-have" qualities!

Boys will be boys!

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yes please!

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Chris I bought one of the 2.5kva inverters Pieter sells, as you know... the one with the built in 15amp charger. Using a Deltec 102amp deep cycle battery, taken out of my bakkie. When loadshedding hits I run 2 decoders(primary and extra-view), 1 x 80watt LED TV and 1 or 2 LED lights. When the Eskom ...

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Sounds good, but the part about cycling the power supply to a residence on/off up to 5 times sounds very bad! I've heard of alot of appliances being damaged with the current regime of loadshedding... it recently killed my house alarm pc board! I can imagine that this will kill even more appliances! ...

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Is your well not well?

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I see you are having a nice pomp in da box! Fanatastic!

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Guys I have a master degree in beer tasting... you're welcome to call me in for testing and analysis of the finished product at any time!

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Rather use brake lights!

Then, hopefully, the brake lights won't break!

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Chris... I think you're in luck... I bought the last unit... the display unit!

You're going to have to burn cash on something else you didn't know you wanted or needed!

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Andrey...

The post says:

"It was the low gear switch in the gear box that was broken as far as I understand. "

Hope that helps!

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Just a quick update... that LED work light is flipping awesome! Had to route a telephone cable in the house roof last night... used the lamp for lighting, the magnet in the base is super strong... stuck the lamp on the roof truss joint plates... perfect down lighting!

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It's a serious offence to "donner" someone on the job... especially when it's because the meal options aren't to your liking. I think Clarkson deserves whats coming his way. Yes, another broadcaster/producer will snap him up(and May & Hammond too probably)... good luck to them keeping ...

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Value for money I'd have to suggest Afrihost. We used them for our office ADSL for the last 3 years or so, but switched over to WebAfrica because to the network issues they had towards the end of last year. I believe the problems are resolved and their products are rock solid again. I've just signed...

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Yup... best my V6 has got is 8km/l on the open road... in congested town driving... anything from 5 - 6km/l... depending on the right foots mood! Must admit I've thought about trading the V6 in on a 3L D4D... in fact I've test driven a few D4D's... then I get back in the V6 and those D4D's are soon ...

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Just got to let it be know... I had the centre-bearing on my Vigo Hilux replaced this morning, and while Francois and team of 4xLux were busy I visited the 4x4 Direct shop right next door. I had no intention of buying anything... but alas came out R550 poorer... This is just not on... :evil: Oh... b...

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The Chinese are probably trying to make their hideous brands look better by knocking established brands.

Fungwo... Gonow... Geely... GWM... Jinbei... Guangzhou... Cheri... etc... probably the cars with the worst build quality in the world!

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To me it looks like the inside of a Land Rover!

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This is just wrong son! Are you going soft too? Lol!

Very nice... that's the jealousy speaking above... those are fantastic vehicles!

When can we rebuild the motor?

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Mud Dog wrote:So who's all invited for sundowners around the pool this evening????

Bretton, you give me way too much credit!

Not around the pool Andy! In the pool!

Chris... what time should we be there?

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Have to agree with Shaun, the OEM bumper is now clearly wrecked... get a decent aftermarket unit fitted!

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Glad to hear it all sorted... must have cost a pretty penny... head overhauls aren't cheap!

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Hopefully the Jonkershoek fire doesn't negatively affect this event. My nephews camp at Okie Jooste was cancelled just before they were supposed to leave on Wednesday morning. I heard yesterday that the fire had advanced onto the Lourensford farm. Hopefully it's been contained.

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Glad to hear Chris... and yes Andy is a super smart ou toppie with super smart ideas! That's why we like him so much on the forum!

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Won't it have fuel consumption benefits too? That's a good story for swambo!

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Ouarzazate wrote:I need two aluminium windows installed, little bit of drain work and a little paving. Who can you recommend in CT N Suburbs?

Hi Coenie, you can try Francois Russouw, West End Projects. He operates from Bellville and has done work for me in the past.

I've PM you his number.

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Ouch Chris that's hectic... having met your pool installer I'm sure he'll get this sorted!

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Seen that site before... almost caught my mother-in-law!

If it looks to good to be true...

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Basically a rebranded Campmaster tent?? No Thys, I don't think so... I've has 2 Natural Instinct chairs that lasted 10 years+... still have one of them... last year I bought 4 Campmaster replacements(the so called more expensive better quality ones), but within a year the 3 have been tossed in the ...

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I use a gas flame for soldering this type of joint... got one of these for the job:

Kit includes 3 tips, 2 for standard soldering and 1 blow torch tip.

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Ummm... shipping a single battery from Brackenfell to Benoni seems a little crazy? That's an item I'd much rather buy close to home!

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Ag no... why put such a nice bumper on a bakkie that never really goes offroad?

Jaja... it's the jealousy talking! Very nice Oom Thys!

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Also when charging batteries, never charge batteries in parallel only one at a time. Cassie, I've seen diagrams on the internet that show how to connect a single charger to batteries connected in parallel, like this: http://www.gearseds.com/files/twobat_onechgr2.pdf" onclick="window.open(...

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Hi Ronnie, I'm busy with a similar exercise, mainly for lighting and tv+dtsv during load-shedding. 2 things to note, I heard that modified sine wave inverters can be harmful to certain electronic devices such as TV's and computers... and a fridge/freezer has a rush-in/start-up current demand typical...

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Very nice Andy... a bike(of some kind or another) is on my to-do list... one day!

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I've heard of guys having problems like this caused by faulty sat tracking units. If you got one installed, have it checked.

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ChrisF wrote:look at the NEW PRODUCTS at 4x4Direct - http://www.4x4direct.co.za/shop/products_new.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :)

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Wonder if the cosmetics improved the turning circle??

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The Rav4 is a great car... just wish Toyota could learn from the German manufacturers how to design a sexy dashboard!

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Whatever you do please don't touch that Toyota Etios Cross thing... must be the ugliest car ever to roll off the Toyota production line! http://www.cars.co.za/motoring_news/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo_01-618x420.jpg The exterior is ugly... but wait till you see the interior! This is a dismal fa...

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That's why there are different classes for different type of vehicles in races like these. Gives the guys who aren't racing for factory teams a chance to get a podium and trophy's. It's one of the reasons I love Le Mans so much. I understand that concept of different classes, but surely both the mi...

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ChrisF wrote:Even before Unit 1 was taken off line we were short MORE than the total of Unit 6 at Medupi !!

Shoot me for trying to remain optimistic!

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What they are not saying is that Medupi generator unit 6 was supposed to start delivering power to the grid before Koeberg took reactor 1 offline for scheduled maintenance from 9 Fed to some time in May. So now they have a 3 month period with a loss of 800-900mw for power in the grid. Won't surprise...

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pietdevs wrote:... And try to store it in the shade.

Got you covered there Wayne... storage is under cover!

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Wayne, that boat belongs in Cape Town dude... in fact I have the perfect boat garage for it (empty)...

BTW... it looks in really good nick! Yes... I'm a little jealous!

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Welcome Brett and congrats on the new Hilux! I've been looking at a 2.5 SRX as well, but I'm finding it extremely difficult to part ways with the V6.

Most importantly... when playing offroad... if you don't get stuck you aren't trying hard enough!

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Eskom starts load shedding - January 26, 2015 Eskom has begun implementing load shedding across South Africa because of ‘unforeseen technical problems’... Eskom says it has been forced into a fresh round of load shedding following ‘unforeseen technical problems’ at its power stations. “The power sys...

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Chris, first post mentions them as a local farming family... is it not possible this was a control fence for live stock, which start at ground level?

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Horrible... was/is this elec fence possibly a DIY installation?

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I've got a seperate DB board in the garage for all "outside" circuits(pool, workshop and lights)... at the pool pump itself there's 2 plugs, one for pump and another for the chlorinator unit... So testing should be possible... if you need to tweak and hack that's fine too! Bretton we are ...

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I've got a seperate DB board in the garage for all "outside" circuits(pool, workshop and lights)... at the pool pump itself there's 2 plugs, one for pump and another for the chlorinator unit...

So testing should be possible... if you need to tweak and hack that's fine too!

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Okay nou verstaan ek ook die stilte agter die swembad projek. manne het gister my bad gepleister ..... nou so drie weke voor hulle hom kan glasvesel. so die swembad pomp eksperiment sal Maart begin .... intussen toets ek solak n paar ander goed .... maar mag nog niks se nie .... :blushing: :siffler...

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PLEASE wait a couple of weeks !! PLEASE !!!!! unfortunately cant say much more at this stage ,,,, sworn to secrecy and all that .... :siffler: :siffler: maar so tussen ons dames van die tee klub - HOPELIK einde Februarie, moontlik einde Maart ..... maar die manne WEIER om iets te sê tot die contain...

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the battery-pv panel combo sounds correct. the size of the inverter is a totally different story !! you could decide to use that to drive a 100W load for multiple hours - with a small inverter. OR - should you decide this is for your pc and printer .... well the printer (laser unit) alone will push...

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Is a 250w panel overkill to charge a 200ah battery? Specs for the 250w panel: *Power Tolerance: +/- 3% *Min Power: 246W *Voltage at Max Power (Vmp): 29.80V *Current at Max Power (Imp): 8.10A *Open circuit Voltage (Voc): 37.00V *Short Circuit Current (Isc): 8.90A The thought is to pair this panel wit...

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If done right, yes! I made 2 mods to my standard 4Y 65kw motor... cam modification and efi... ended up at 92kw!

Go take a look at the dynocharts page for the results guys get with the 22R!

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Know of 2 22R turbo conversions... both are extremely problematic... turbo is a bugger when driving obstacles offroad!

What about EFi... EFi manifolds are scarce for that engine, but at least it's a very reliable option!

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The chap driving the Dodge drove it like a schmuck... sorry!

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The bigger the boat... the bigger the fishies!

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