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ToyX4 wrote:Another one selling his Hilux.

Some day soon the will be the non-hilux Hilux forum

Hi,
My Name is Craig, and I used to have a Hilux...

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OOOOMS wrote:Oh dear, another one

Congrats!!!

Hey!! Wot you mean by that?? :?

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I Have a confession to make, I don't have a Hilux anymore!

: Mountain Man's Hilux AKA The Red Peril.

Now I have this:

: Mountain Man's Cruiser, 4.5 EFI

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Martin Venter wrote:Sorry guys,

My name is martin Venter, I am new to the Forum.
I drive a Ford Ranger 2.5 TDI Super cab with dual battery and HID Spots (ones my company sell)

I love the bush and animals.

HI

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Introduce yourself, It's only manners. :evil:

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Johan, I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. But yes, volt drop is a concideration and needs to be worked out correctly. Like everything, one needs to do the correct calculations and engineer the scheme to the correct parameters. I saw the waterholes at Khaudum did have solar panels etc alr...

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I have spoken to one of our suppliers, Grundfos, and they make a range of solar pumps. I have outlined very basically what needs to be done at Khaudum and they said the would be very keen to sponser the solar pumps. I don't know to what lengths they would go and when they say sponsor does it mean co...

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Probably Nil, However remember the Hilux switches between high beam and low beam using the earth. So that is the reason your spots are still working whilst your brights don't. Your spots are probably earthed direct to the battery or chassis and they switch with the relay on the positive wire. Thus w...

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The 2L motor (2.4 Diesel) was produced from about 1980 through to about 2006 but AFAIK fitment of these motors in RSA stopped in the early to mid 90's. A truly bullet proof motor but cannot recall that they were ever fitted to a 4x4 as standard. Andy, The 2.4D or 2L motor did come out in 4x4, howev...

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This is a very common problem, Strip the stearing coloumn and clean the high beam contacts with a bit of waterpaper and some switch cleaner. It is not really that difficult, the hardest part is getting to it and reassembling everything all over again. I can do it with my eyes closed. I have to do it...

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That's brilliant, No we did not manufacture but we supplied an infrastructure and service not only to the community but also to the SAP. Remember this was way back in 1994 - 1999 when I worked there. I'm sure a lot has changed since then. I don't have my external hard drive on at the moment but I ca...

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The Park was officially closed six or seven years ago due to the lack of infrastructure. No fences meant that people could just come & go as they wished. The first time I went there they charged R35 to stay as long as you liked. Two further visits have shown the animal numbers to have deteriora...

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Mud Dog wrote:Craig ... more flexible than metal for sure, but if I were to be in a smash or a roll-over, I'd much prefer a metal skin around me, thanks.

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That's all folks!! The park needs people to go and sort out the solar pumps for the water holes and really the park will benefit from some and I say some tourisim. The Park is and can be if run correctly an wonderful wilderness area for those that want to do the 4x4 thing. But typically some investo...

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: Our Exit from Khaudum. This picture is at the main road so really behind the photographer there is a main tar road. This 55Km takes at least 2 hours to complete. We went thein in September and so it was very dry. Our 20L water was ample for our 2 days in the park. There was no real reason to stay in the park longer. If I had to do it again I would avoid Sikeretti and go in and out from the north and stay 2-3 days at Khaudum camp. Then simply do drives during the day.

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: We finally caught up to the fire that had been burning through the park for weeks. It wasn't very bug therefor not any real danger to the bigger wildlife. Still it really eliminated any prospect of seeing an abundance of game. We saw Roan antelope - which was a surprise for them and us. Other then that the usual suspects were always ther. Elephant are very skittish and must be taken seriousy. We saw a lot of birds for the twitchers out there.; 226 edited.jpg (112.38 KiB) Viewed 19789 times

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: Trying to drive out of the tracks was much smoother but in order not to slip back into the tracks one thad to have lightening fast reflexes and 2.5 hours of stamina. Eventually you just let the vehicle go it's own way.

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: The road from Khaudum to the tar main road is only about 55Km, it took us 2.5 Hours of "fast" driving. One gets into the tracks and this causes the vehicle to follow these tracks, bouncing from sided to side. This is obviously not that comfortable.

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: The reason why we all want to go to places like Khaudum - scenes like this make it all the more worthwhile.

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: Another view of the camp site. There are some sort of old concrete slabs at the campsites. I don't know what used to be ther but whatever it was is no longer there.

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: Camp Site at Khaudum - This was a lot better then Sikeretti. There was running water and the loos and showers worked. The general positioning of the camp site is on top of a hill affording one a beautiful view of the "Khaudum river bed" but most of all the sunset.

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: We did find water in one water hole, we found animals too. But possibly due to the recent fire they were very shy and scampered off the second the spotted us. We absoloutly had to refresh ourselves in the water hole. The temprature was about 40 degrees and very dry. This was one of the few solar pumps was cane accross that were actually working.

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: The sandy roads were fun to drive on for a while. The bush had also recenty been burnt and that resulted in there being no/very few animals to be found in the recently burnt areas. Futher North, the fire was still burning.

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: Bush Hide - There are a number of these hides located around the park. The lack of water in the water hole made the hide a tad boring. I imagine if there was water avaliable, there would be good reason to stick around at some of these hides a bit longer.

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: A view of the wash up area and ablutions, nothing good about either. The lack of water rendering them useless and the lack of maintenance rendering them unfit for use.

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: Our Camp at Sikeretti - There was no reason to hang arround at this camp site, the animals were..... oh ya, there were none except fo the toilet cleaning Hyena. There is no view. Basically no reason for us to stay at that camp longer then one night.

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: The Shower, There is no water here, actually there was a bit of moisture but the bees pulled rank rendering the shower useless to all but a honey badger. The Hyena cleaned the toilet in the middle of the night making it spotless for the next morning. Still no flushing water - thank goodness for hyena.

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: Sikerreti Camp - Washing Up Area - There is no water here and as you can see by the condition, it is in much need of repairs.

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: Sikaretti Office

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To Prepare you for your proposed trip, here are a few photos of Khaudum. BTW: DON'T RELY ON FUEL AT TSUMKWE: The one and only fuel station is owned/run/managed by the lodge. Their fuel supplies are erratic and when we went through they rationed us to 20L. For that 20L we had to fight as we were orig...

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Gauteng is dead over the Dec/Jan holiday period. You, for all intents and purposes, will be the only one here. The best place to be in December is in Gauteng because there is less traffic and most Gautengers have left for a coastal hoiday.

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You can play "spot the next ATM bombing" anywhere in Joburg at that time of the year. Plat car friendly too (Unless you get too close) Take a drive to Joburg central and play "I spy how many crimes". A game the whole family can play. One for the more adventrous: Play tag/dodgems ...

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Question: 1. Why would one want to stall the motor? 2. Why not releasing the clutch first because it is clear that the 7MGE with I assume an ICV was able to exert enough low RPM torque to overide any brake force, surely that would have been the safer option. 3. If releasing the clutch was due to saf...

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CasKru wrote:You maybe carried it in you hand while switched on?

Maybe I should walk from now on, seems one can walk faster then driving!

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OOOOMS wrote:If the faries came and took all the Toyotas off the earth.....(hopefully never.....) what vehicle brand / type would you replace your current one with

Bugatti Veyron, Hell if you can't go off road might as well make it worthwhile.

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questions on the toyota hilux double cab fiber bodies. Is it better? Well it won't rust and it's easy to repair if it gets damaged, but you might have some initial snags with fitting, doors / bonnet closing properly ... that kind of thing. And then it's not as tough as metal. Still not a bad option...

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He must "drive" a Landrover that is why he is walking...

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caskru - excuse my ignorance but is the thread indicator quite promminent? i have been checking my tires and i just find a small hump about 2 or 3mm high. is that it? Checked my BF ATs now and couldn' see any marks on 'em . Mark you scaly miser... you can't see any marks on them because you have wo...

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bags n bakkie are packed and ready to go. mountain man- is black mountain pass also jus a gravel road like sani? and is it easy to get ther directions wise? would i need a gps? There is only one road so you can't get lost. Just go through the border, stop at the pub for a drink, then carry on the r...

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I just hope the old guy is ok, anything can happen to him in the bush, but I pray that soon he will be back with his wife. COLDEN RULE, NEVER TRAVEL ALONE, WITHOUT A SAT-PHONE. We recently did a trip through Khaudum National Park in Namibia. The parks rule is to have a minimum of 2 vehicles at all ...

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The picture I posted is the truck I would potentially buy, it is a 2007 4.2D and has 55000Km. My own truck is a 4y with almost 400,000Km (393,000Km) Mostly overlanding. Because I have the Hilux I like to play where I would not really take the LC if I purchased it. Still a lot of money to spend though.

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When you say current truck do you mean my 4y? If i bought a newer vehicle I would sell the 4y, My needs... well, it depends if you think with your head or heart.

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Family_Dog wrote:So Craig, tell us more about this flying 4Y of yours...

-F_D

Nay Bru, twas not in the 4y!!

The year 1991, I was 21, and the proud owner of a Suzuki GS1000G... Should I go on?

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So I have been thinking that maybe I am due for an upgrade. The question is what should I get, do I get a Landcruiser PU 2006 4.5P/4.2D or do I get a cheaper Vigo Hilux or Isuzu, Frod/Mazda ? Please help me make a decision. I really like the LC PU but they cost a lot. The other vehicles are cheaper ...

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Check your alternator/voltage regulator, it may be over charging. I had that with my 4Y and it was running at 60 Volts or something like that.

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I used to go up and down the pass in my Landcruiser Pick Up 4.2D in H2. But my Hilux used to run out of power due to a worn carb. I have done it in H2 with the Hilux with the EFI. Done the pass in excess of 20 times and really it is no challenge. Think of a district road, but steep and basically tha...

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jacques kotze wrote:Hierna is als vir jou moontlik. Hou vas daar binne! moenie laat los nie, jy sal dit maak, ons is hier om te help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hell, I would just give in ... just take the Hilux for a spin, you know you want to, just a little, what harm can it do? Who's going to know? I dare you!

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I have been runnin ULP95 for ages maybe 50,000Km, however I a Fong Kong head from Jap Auto.

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