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  1. Ozdunc

    Christmas tree

    Possible earthing issue somewhere. Maybe a loose connection dislodged by the mechanic doing the original work. With the alternator, check the voltage across the battery with the engine running but with everything else off. Then turn everything on, if the voltage drops below 12.5v and doesn't...
  2. Ozdunc

    My Lift....The Aftermath

    Ditto on all 7 lines. You're gonna have to bleed any way and your current lines are prob 23 years old.
  3. Ozdunc

    mushy brakes only in 4-Lo?

    Replace all your soft lines. Old brake hoses often swell under pressure. Check the LSPV works and nice new fluid all round. Check the hose to your brake booster for splits. I'm running 35"s and a 25% low reduction box and I can stall the engine and hold on steep slopes with my brakes.
  4. Ozdunc

    Switched on main beam light, everything died

    Turns out the alternator is shot. Its providing 14.5v with no load, but as soon as you switch on lights, etc its dropping to below 12.3v Apparently the battery is fine, which works for me as I have a spare alternator, and the battery/road assist guy didn't charge me. Thanks fellas
  5. Ozdunc

    Switched on main beam light, everything died

    Got a battery on the way now, but this will be my 3rd battery is as many years so I suspect something maybe amiss in the electrickery dept
  6. Ozdunc

    Switched on main beam light, everything died

    Its cranks and runs if I keep my foot on the gas, but dies instantly I take my foot off. Battery is sitting at 12.89v prior to cranking, 12.55 after. I suspect my battery is toast as well, but I'm think the alternator is probably the reason the battery is suffering. I know the headlights are...
  7. Ozdunc

    Switched on main beam light, everything died

    I have had the battery on charger all day. Hmmm.
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    Switched on main beam light, everything died

    24hours later, I'm checking the fusible link and I have power to the fusebox. Just for giggles I stick the key in the ignition, and WTF!! all the lights on the dash come on and the dog's trodden on the locker compressor switch and its pumping away. Where to from here??
  9. Ozdunc

    Switched on main beam light, everything died

    Thanks mate Any idea why the main beam would have shorted everything out? Voltage spike from a bad earth? I've got a fusible link sitting at home but I don't want to stick it in just to have it go again.
  10. Ozdunc

    Switched on main beam light, everything died

    G'day fellas, Been a long time:flipoff2: Just had my truck completely die on me. Now nothing works. Nothing. Let me set the scene. I've been driving the truck regularly short distances pretty much daily recently, but the truck was sitting for about 3 months whilst it was in the body shop and...
  11. Ozdunc

    Any performance increase with headers only?

    The exhausts main restriction on the 80 isn't with the manifold but where the 2 header pipes merge into one. The pipes on the stock exhaust are squashed to together. Getting rid of this restriction definitely gains bhp on the butt dyno. Its less of an issue on the 100series as Toyota redesigned...
  12. Ozdunc

    Highway Speed Shake When Braking

    Check your panhard rod bolts are tight and your wheel bearings are adjusted correctly. And that your caliper is actually bolted on tight.
  13. Ozdunc

    ironman adjustable caster bushings...any good?

    I've had the non-adjustable 2deg bushing in for a few years now and they've been fine. They got a 3 year warranty so give em a burl
  14. Ozdunc

    Burning Oil

    No. Get a vacuum gauge and attach it to your intake manifold somewhere, maybe the brake servo hose, that will tell you if you have leaking valves. If you pull the rocker cover you could check the shim clearances, if they are out of spec you could be getting the symptoms you're describing. But...
  15. Ozdunc

    Where is FAQ section???

    Kids these days...
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    Who are we?(what's the demographic of this group?)

    Musta missed this back in '04 Was 36 then Engineer turned geek Picked up the 80 in '01. was looking for an old Range Rover cause the missus didn't want another tractor (Defender), when the fella at the car yard lent me the 80 for the weekend 'just to try'... Had it ever since (but I did buy...
  17. Ozdunc

    260,000+ miles, rough idle after long trip, no ignition, then smooth again

    Cracked air intake tube between the air filter and intake manifold. Usually cracks at the concertina'd bit, symptoms are intermittent low idle around 400rpm. Other possibility is a dodgy O2 sensor, they can fail slowly over time and not cause a CEL until it finally dies
  18. Ozdunc

    Great Expectations

    I'll say springs. After 21 years supporting a bus, they've a: sagged and b: work hardened. Consider springs and shocks consumables, esp if you do a lot of corrugation driving, so get yourself a decent quality spring and shock combo suitable for the load you're carry and you'll have a much...
  19. Ozdunc

    Stock '94 Fan keeps tearing up the radiator lower part

    I'm with Landtank, non-OEM waterpump seems to be of dubious quality, change that out and check the engine mounts
  20. Ozdunc

    shock extensions

    Back in the day I did a similar thing. Standard Bilsteins with a 3" lift. On the front shocks I got a piece of RHS maybe 2" by 1.5" (50mm by 30mm) drilled a hole top and bottom. Put a bolt through the bottom hole and attached it to the current shock mounting and then fed the shock pin through...
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