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  1. Jonathan_Ferguson

    List of Outboard motors available in Australia

    I will try to keep this list up to date, even if it is just for my own reference. Telwater distribute Evinrude Brunswick Asia Pacific Group (Mercury Marine) distribute Mariner and Mercury The Haines Group distribute Suzuki Marine Honda MPE distribute Honda Marine Lakeside Marine distribute...
  2. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Trailer wiring fitted by dealership

    My father purchased a new VDJ200 in December, 2013. Is anyone willing to confirm by looking at the photographs below that the Australian market 200 has the provisions for the OEM trailer connector? Last week my father needed to tow a trailer so he went to the same dealership the car was...
  3. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Generic Aftermarket Glow Plug Pre-Heating Timer

    I've been stumbling about for a while now. https://forum.ih8mud.com/79-95-toyota-truck-tech/758385-voltage-regulator-brake-mastercylinder.html#post8761665 I'm at the stage where I need to perform tests by bridging from a hot conductor in the 10 position connector to the conductor which...
  4. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Voltage Regulator and Brake Mastercylinder

    This past week I have returned to get an edumacation, an Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering. - So of course the irony gods strike me down. I came out to the Hilux in the morning and the brakelights had been on all night. - I roll started and once on the freeway the...
  5. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Jonathan Ferguson's 1985 Toyota Hilux LN65

    I originally had my build thread on 3rdrock4x4.com but the 3rd Rock 4x4 Club Incorporated ceased as a legal entity on 19 March, 2013 and the domain name lapsed on 12 June, 2013 I will resurrect the pertinent information from the old thread and then I will keep this thread up to date.
  6. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Binding felt through brake pedal

    Sometimes when I press the brake pedal there is resistance on the very start of its travel, and when I push beyond this resistance the brakes work normally and there is no further resistance during brake pedal application. As soon as I lift off the brake and reapply there is resistance only...
  7. Jonathan_Ferguson

    OEM parts Toyota claims are not available, but infact are available

    This is the exhaust hanger bracket that is suspended by two 17563-35020 and has a 90mm bolt hole centre to bolt hole centre and is affixed by two 10mm nuts and bolts. It supports the rear end of the front section of the exhaust pipe and the front end of the rear section of the exhaust pipe...
  8. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Properly Urgent

    I haven't been 'ere daily since mid december because of the christmas holidays and since then I've been goin' to school. I'm typing this from school because my internets have been broken since wednesday of last week. You'll be able to see when I've got internet back at home by ping bind.tk...
  9. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Alternator tear down

    I had been wondering for months why my battery was repeatable going flat. Yesterday I put the Multimeter across the battery and got 12.62V with the engine running and no accessories, and 12.41V with the headlights on. - I used to always get 14.44V The lack of Voltage must of been a slow and...
  10. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Left Hand Drive in Australia

    This morning at 7:50 when I had just turned left onto Blackburn road, Glen Waverley, I saw a Mahindra Pik-Up with a white sticker written as LEFT HAND DRIVE on the bottom right of its back window. - I was in lane 1 heading south and the Mahindra was in lane 3. I was going to take a photograph...
  11. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Toyota's documentation for panel repair

    Yesterday, Saturday 6th March, we had an epic hail storm in Melbourne which damaged my Hilux, my brother's Ford Falcon, and my sister's 1 year old Suzuki Swift. Dad's FZJ80 and Holden Barina(Opel Corsa) were lucky to be undamaged. Has Toyota published documentation for the second generation...
  12. Jonathan_Ferguson

    School me on Sparkplugs

    Let me preface this post, the only thing I've ever owned with a sparkplug is my Chinko. What I would like to know is if a resistor sparkplug is beneficial to a capacitor discharge ignition, even if there is not an issue with radio frequency interference? Are there any downsides to an Iridium...
  13. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Substitute for Xylene or Toluene

    This afternoon was the first time I've gone into this paintshop that has been there for like forever, but the fellow there hadn't heard of Xylene and the only product he had with Toluene was only 51% and he couldn't say what the 49% was. So onto the hardware store and looking over many tins to...
  14. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Steeringwheel removal

    I've removed the lower column cover and moved the top cover out of the way, and I've removed the four screws from the rear of the Steeringwheel and this made the rear cover loose but will only move forward a little bit as it compresses the Horn contact. How do I remove the front cover so I can...
  15. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Oil Filters

    Today whilst at the Toyota Dealer ordering these, I asked which country 15600-41010 is made in and how many are in a case. His initial response was Japan and went out back and got one to show, when he got onto the computer he also said that the same Oil Filter also made in Australia. A case...
  16. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Rerebuilding a Diesel Engine

    On the first day of driving my freshly rebuilt 2L, it wouldn't restart after a Toilet stop 97km into the journey, I gave it a final try before the RACV chap was to spray Start Ya Bastard into it, fortunetly it started. Then just shy of 400km, again it wouldn't restart and this time the RACV...
  17. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Rear Wheelbearings

    Whilst my Car is sitting in the driveway doing nothing because the Engine is out off being rebuilt for the second time, I decided to changeout the gearoil. Having put the rear of the Car on stands I shook the tyres to check that the Car was steady. - I thought maybe the Wheelnuts were loose, so...
  18. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Prettying up my Car with a new Bonnet

    I've got one reply from the three suppliers I contacted, but their new Bonnet doesn't come with Windscreen Washer Jets, the chap insinuated that they're easy to replace. :rolleyes: So how do I remove the Washer Jets from my current Bonnet, and is it easier to put 'em into the new one?
  19. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Differential Nuts are backing off or the Studs are stretching

    I've always had a bit of Axle Tramp(not Wheel Hop), but these days it's quite gnarly. :hillbilly: I replaced the rear Leaf Springs about one and a half years ago and the Axle Tramp did subside, but it's back as gnarly as ever, particularly after I replaced the flogged out Rubber bushes with...
  20. Jonathan_Ferguson

    Replacement Hilux Badges

    Where can I get replacement badges from? It doesn't have to have Hilux on 'em, it could say 4Runner. ;) Do all of these <Wristy>Cars</Wristy> have the same hole spacing, and can you chaps post pictures of the different types available?
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