Recent content by PEOPLES

Good morning, I did a road trip and found one of the shock struts leaking on the rear axle. I have a set of Rancho 9000. I removed them, and clearly one of them tested by hand, was missing some oil. So I brought them to a local repair shop, they even repair those standard shock absorber. They...

Just curious about other people opinions. Hands up, if it would be my "second truck", I would go for it, but I need him as a daily driver. And hey, why change something which is running good (more or less). I will do a longer trip to the south (of Brazil) soon, like 3000km roundtrip. Lets see...

I have the Mercedes Diesel in my Bandeirante. I got the truck with a milage of 123km (lol) a couple of years ago, since the ODO has only 5 digits, it can be any other milage as well. And who knows, maybe the instrument is a different one as well. 3 years ago I had to do the head gasket. I...

I had 2 elec fans, but those won't fit anymore without blocking the cooling stream too much. The radiator is missing on the last picture, so it's getting a bit tighter anyhow. There is a small/useless cover on top for the radiator, but it looks like this original. The engine sits anyhow a bit...

I found a intercooler some months ago, which should fit into my Bandeirante. Usually it's sold for VW-Trucks in the 8-13tons category. Measures are 580x360x50mm or 23"x14"x2" :) It's a bit tricky to find a good source, of how big a Intercooler should be but I found some sources about pressure...

Good morning, I have a '89 Band with the 52Liter tank under the passenger seat. I'm looking for some options to increase the fuel capacity and I know, there is a fue tank option for the later models. It supposed to be installed under the cabin somewhere. I guess, near/behind the transfer case...

I'm doing the math right now. I'm struggling to find a nice swivel mechanismn down here. Or I miss the right term for it. 1. Try. the base made of 3/16 in a U-form. Even more junction plates to make it stiffer wont help here. Hitting easily 300MPa in the corner. 2. Welding in another piece...

Very nice, thanks a lot. I will try to run it through a CAD program, but 1/4 is pretty solid. Do you think, that's a bit overdone or just right? The arm looks straight forward, my feeling would tell me to make it a bit more beefy, are you fine with it? Anything you would change? Thanks a lot...

Do you have some detailed pictures of the construction? Specially the swivel

Good morning, I have some issues with the swing out carrier right now. It's attached to the cabin and it's struggling a bit with the weight, I guess. I start to get little cracks around the mounting points. I thought of building a new one myself, a reinforced version. With the option to carry...

I was looking for a LDA, but it would mean, I need to change the whole pump for the successor model and those are a bit rare = expensive. The AC works without those elec fans as well, but for sure better with. The idea was to get rid of the fixed fan for the engine, but that doesn't really...

Bom dia, I have a '89 Toyota Bandeirante with the Mercedes Engine and got 'em a turbo upgrade like 4 years ago. Since then I'm driving this setup without issues. When I was installing the turbo, it took me quite some tim, because it wasn't a Plug'n'Play kit or so and I had to upgrade some...

My '89 "Band" (Jipe curto) down here in Brazil. Hands up, he doesn't need to do the hard offroad stuff, but he gets out 1-2 a week. Groceries, work, Friends, ...

I have the same issue on the rear right side. I already had little diff oil in the hub. I pushed the seal ring a bit deeper into the axle, I hope that works for now.

The U-Joints gets lubricated often, mostly 2000-3000km and when I was in the mud. I was a bit concerned about the wheel bearing.