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lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:11 pm

Howsit Everyone

Well I also now eventually have an inpenetrable hilux!

got her about a week ago she is a 2.4 22r engine, single cab 4x4!

Only got 118k km on the clock but does need some attention.

list of jobs:
1: fix rear gearbox seal
2: fix handbrake
3: fix rear indictor lights
4: fix horn
5: service

and thats about it for now sure the list will grow.

Great to be part of the club

see you all out there!

Post by **Family_Dog** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:19 pm

Hi Luke,

Welcome to the SFA Club! :)

Your Hilux looks good, and is barely run in, will do you still for many years.

-F_D

Cookie Monster · Post by **Cookie Monster** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:45 pm

Hi luke welcome to the forum

Great looking Van :!:

ToyX4 · Post by **ToyX4** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:53 pm

Hi Luke

Welcome to the forum

Your van looks good!

This site is causing me to want a SFA Hilux. Made me realise that they are actually the best and best looking
Hilux ever.

Saw a single cab 4x4 today and couldn't stop staring.

Hopefully next year I'll be able to buy a double cab SFA, with v8 Lexus motor.

Enjoy

Cookie Monster · Post by **Cookie Monster** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:03 pm

Hi ToyX4

Well you are not wrong 8) The old SFA is great a reall work horse and as far as reall tough 4x4`s go you cannot beat it

. Though with some mods the new Vans can be almost as tough with the added bonus of looking good for the ladies :!:

8)

SYRON CONVERSIONS · Post by **SYRON CONVERSIONS** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:47 pm

Hello Luke, where in The Eastern Cape do you live, nice looking single cab, Mate.

Welcome to The Best Hilux 4x4 web site

glevey · Post by **glevey** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:22 pm

Hi Luke

Welcome to the club. Were you a member of the Overland forum or LR forum?

Cheers

Geoff

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:40 am

Welcome Luke, may your stay be a an experience and your experience be why you stay.

Great looking Lux, she will do you for many years to come and the great thing is, treat her right and she wont talk back.
(Hope SWAMBO doesn't read this)

lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:11 am

Thanks guys

Ya Geoff was a member of both lro and overland at that stage had a series 3 land rover but had to sell as couldnt afford all the maintenance!

Im actually based in Alldays limpopo, the EC plates are the old owners still have to change them!

Thanks again everyone
L

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:45 pm

lukestrugnell wrote:Howsit Everyone

list of jobs:
1: fix rear gearbox seal
2: fix handbrake
3: fix rear indictor lights
4: fix horn
5: service

Luke

SFA handbrakes are notorious for not working well if at all. There are quite a few guys here that can tell you stories of Hilux handbrakes especially if you park with your nose uphill, they do not work well in reverse. I snapped 2 cables in the last 18 months due to me pulling the thing too much in trying to stop the vehicle from rolling backwards.

It must be one of the few bad points on a Hilux. You must me do as TopHilux Hilton and I did. Make peace with it and carry a large stone or brick with to throw in front of the wheel when parking. Remember Jamie Uys in "The Gods must be crazy"

Zantus · Post by **Zantus** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:57 pm

Bennie, it must be a Toyota 4x4 thing. The cruiser guys often complain about it and I know from my own cruiser, that it fades very quickly after adjustment. My 2 hiluxes however haven't given the same issue and on both the hand brake worked very well.

Post by **Family_Dog** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:17 pm

Must say that both my 2.7i & 4Y hand brakes are extremely effective. Tried the hand brake out at Zeerust when my Weber did its Weber thing (stalled on a steep incline) and it held perfectly. Maybe the imported hand brakes are more successful than the local ones?

The SWB hand brake is not very effective, however, might be adjustment, but it certainly comes nowhere near the other two vehicles in that department.

-F_D

glevey · Post by **glevey** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:22 pm

Hi Luke

Now I remember. You were staying in my home town Grahamstown at the time

Cheers

Geoff

lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:17 pm

Geoff not sure if you remember but I left a geocache just outside g-town.
Do you stay anywhere close?
I wonder if anyone ever found it and if its still there?
L

glevey · Post by **glevey** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:27 pm

Luke, left Grahamstown in 1978. I have not heard if recovered so perhaps still there. I'm now in Roodepoort

Geoff

lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:17 am

right so the list has grown and slowly getting the jobs done

have done the rear indicators, which needed rewiring, flushed coolant, rear tail lights, horn, gearbox seal being done this week and have determined that the handbrake cable is still in one piece it just doesnt hold.

Question do they stretch? it doesnt seem to be adjustable to a point where it will hold?
A friend reckons it may be the brake shoes so will have them checked asap.

and the best bit is that it rained so went and played in the mud in the lux! Loving it!

lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:50 pm

another pic taken on the farm

Most jobs done now just need to de centre bearing and uj's

Spent last saturday doing the buk which was down to bare metal and rusting in patches. All rust gone now and painted with a primer and stone chip. Looks ok and is pretty tough!

Post by **Family_Dog** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:17 pm

It's looking good, Luke!

-F_D

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:27 am

Keep up the good work Luke :!:

lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:18 pm

thanks guys, hopefully see you guys soon for a trip or day on a course with it!

Cookie Monster · Post by **Cookie Monster** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:52 am

Hay Luke she is looking good 8)

lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:40 am

Right so I may have made a rash decision:

I swopped the lux for this jeep below!

Its a original 1942 Willys and was overhauled approx 2 years ago!

Goes lekker!

Ha ha ha just joking havent completly lost it! this is my folks jeep on the farm. Lekker toy and its great in the mud!

Its what I learned to drive in many years ago.

Niel · Post by **Niel** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:43 am

It looks in very good shape for an old timer

Post by **Family_Dog** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:58 pm

Luke! Don't do that - I am miserable enough already with my Hilux withdrawal symptoms

Glad you were not serious, although that Jeep does look good (Oops! Did I say that?

)

-F_D

lukestrugnell · Post by **lukestrugnell** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:57 am

Ok so sold the SFA a few months back and now have the D4D SRX D/C 4x4

Pics below.

Definately miss some aspects of the old SFA but am loving this vehicle just as much.

Still lots to do:

Priorities:

1: Mikem suspension for front
2: Decent Tyres
3: Canopy

What I have done:

1: custom bash plate- 4mm steel
2: UHF/VHF radio with two antennas-for use in ORRU rescue
3: Rear towbar and hi-lift mounts and brackets
4: roof bars
5: Added Tonnoue cover
6: Hela spots

Some pics attached from Sani Pass and from recent ORRU training, magnetic stickers I change to suit work, or ORRU applications.
cheers
Luke

Dadz Toy BFI · Post by **Dadz Toy BFI** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:16 am

Looking very Coool Luke

Suspect a A Set of those 31" Pitbulls would go lekker with that MIKEM Lift

Enjoy the make over

R

Post by **Family_Dog** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:12 pm

Nice, Luke!

Enjoy the ride!

-F_D

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:38 pm

Nice Luke,

... but will look more the part with your planned Mikem lift and bigger aggressive takkies .... then you sommer leave the "Rescue" sticker in place permanently.

Looking very Coool Luke

Rich, given a few more seconds I think you would have come up with something like "Cool hand Luke"

wacky · Post by **wacky** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:54 pm

welkom broer,nou't jy vir jou in n ding gedrink en wat moelik is om uit te kom.

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