Outer Limits 4x4 Board

If there is a prime solenoid in the gas system (intended to make cold starts easier), it may be set up without a thermal switch, meaning that it primes and floods when warm.

For light vehicles, anything more than 8 degrees across a uni joint is not recommended. Heavy vehicles, the limit is 6 degrees.

If the angles on the 2 unis are only about one degree different to each other, the non-uniformity won't be big, so the vibration in the diff won't be bad but with such ...

I'm assuming based on this that the engineers reports that have come from other states and been accepted into NSW have been done by engineers from other states that are also approved in NSW.

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi_15_-_engineering_signatories_september_2009.pdf ...

I used Mullen Automotive at Cardiff for engineering, he does the test for you ;)
I can, but recently I've been so over-run with work (most of which fails on the first inspection so I'm working harder but making less money than before), that I'm now suggesting getting it tested by someone else ...

Was looking to fit a 3rd child seat to my GU patrol wagon and realised there is nowhere to mount the anchor point in the middle. ( 2nd row). Have had a chat to child restraint station who explained seat is not engineered to take a restraint in the centre and also is where the 2 seats meet ( 50/50 ...

Fish plates, sometimes referred to as fitch plates, are plates used to attach the subframe rails of a tray or body to a truck chassis.

See pages 7 (text) and 8 (diagrams) of this:

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/ ... b_06_j.pdf

Do the brakes have to peform as well as a standard vehical of the same year/model, or is there another benchmark that they have meet?
The ADR (31 or 35 depending on vehicle category) specifies minimum rates of deceleration for various loading conditions. The abridged test is for a fully loaded ...

Get a new center bearing, and fill the rubber surround with sikaflex.
Let cure for a day or two.
Fit, and make sure you replace your unis at the same time.
no more replacing center bearings.
He no longer has a centre bearing...

But for those who are fitting centre bearings, don't forget to also ...

big lux wrote:Athol is it you old boy that owns king rolla doors nd exaustn 4x4.

Nope. I'm just a self-employed nobody.

Yes, it is the leverage ratio between the effective diameter of the brake caliper and the effective diameter of the tyre. Change the tyre diameter and you're changing the ratio.

This was specifically the reason why the "Manager, Investigations and Compliance" at the NSW RTA decided to allow only up ...

Certifying the tailshaft is part of certifying the lift, and it should be specifically listed on the engineering certificate.

I really doubt that you're going to fit a 7M into a Sierra engine bay. I know of a sierra with a 4.3L chev V6 and T350 auto, where the guy mounted the radiator and trans cooler in front of the radiator support, then built a new grille to cover them. You've got a longer engine still.

In all ...

i have spoen to an engineer and the RTA has apparently issued a statment that says no front legs are permited, so basically u cant get a 6pt cage engineerd ...
I have a copy of that letter somewhere around the office. It's a few years old and the woman who wrote it had just started as a manager in ...

The engineering certificate statement on the rego papers varies depending on what the RSO (registry services officer) types onto them. As a minimum, the certificate number should appear in the form "Modified as per Report XXXnnnnMP." The name and date of the certificate might or might not be there ...

ive taken the old shackels off my truck and put extended shackels on , but now i wanna get my truck engineered. the sets of stock shackles are different lengths. i was just wondering if the long ones go on the front or the back on a 70 series
Since you're in NSW, I'll type a quote direct from the ...

If you had access to a suitable sized lathe and knew how to use it, you could turn the weld yoke off, cut the shaft to length then install the yoke and weld it in the lathe. I've seen it done, and it does work.

If the yoke is perfectly true to the shaft, it doesn't even need balancing. Balancing is ...

With regard to the OP, this got me thinking. If an auto locker requires one wheel to be travelling faster to disengage - will it unlock on steep downhill with one wheel in the air under engine braking only??

The wheel on the ground should be wanting to travel faster ( gravity + vehicle mass ) than ...

It doesn't bother me at all. My car is only raised 50mm and i still run 35s and i wouldn't want tyres any bigger on road.

I see young guys rolling around in huge rigs and i remember just how bad they are to drive. Glad i saw the light.

if ncop comes into place 35s will basically be illegal, the ...

sierrajim wrote:Jamie Way (BBM Newcastle/Charmhaven) should be able to help you.

I knew there were others I'd forgotten. Jamie was one of them.

http://www.the4x4specialist.com.au/

How hard is it to plumb in a second tank? Ie, i have one under the back of the wagon, want a second inside to give range. Anything special required other than duel outlet/line filler hose and some sort of T into the line to the front of the car?
Multiple tanks require a twin check and hydrostatic ...

The commode 4L60 (turbo 700R4) auto, like all GM autos, is assembled mostly from the front. The output shaft, which has to be changed over to the modified one to connect to the hilux transfer case is basically the first piece to go into the trans case during assembly, so changing the shaft means ...

Athol, where does this leave us in that case if we have a vehicle that is say for example 1960 which was designed under a totally different set of guidelines in the context of having it engineer approved today. Will that need to have abridged brake testing done on it as now required? There are a ...

He reckons if the LPG tank is over 100L it will need engineering ? this ounds like crap after some research ? can anyone enlighten me ?

PS- Cant find the exact tank size on my tank. Size is 55cm x 85cm
He needs to get his eyes checked, and read the standard again.

There are 3 rows in the table ...

Off the top of my head, Adnum Automotives at Heatherbrae, JT Performance in Cardiff (unrelated to the defunct JT Engineering who still owe me money), 4-b-action in Cardiff or 4WD solutions in Singleton.

I'm sure that there are others but I can't think of them right now.

A lot of other places that ...

1. I find I need to adjust the cable when ever I change loads - as the change in suspension height tightens/slackens the cable a lot.

2. And even once adjusted - Im getting REALLY hot front hubs after long trips. Even though the cable is NOT being run over tight.
This is something I really hate ...

It is only while turning and the outside wheel needs to rotate at a different rate than the inside wheel the couplers inside the diff and the drivers on the axle disengauge and allow the outside wheel to turn quicker (Just like a standard diff).
Once the two axles rotate at the same speed the ...

All towbars made from 1992 on, or fitted to vehicles built from 1992 on have to comply with ADR 62, including having the appropriate markings either on a plate or stamped directly into the bar.

If the bar was correctly marked, there would be no problem.

The options are to either get it engineered ...

whats the story with the pajero? can someone explain?
I'm not going to name names but a few here will know exactly who I'm talking about.

A signatory engineer (not me) certified a Pajero with 44" tyres on 15x12 rims, when the rules don't allow rims wider than 8" and the RTA now have a policy ...

I got a letter from the RTA today. It was a form letter apparently sent to all RTA signatories on the current ECS (engineering certification scheme).

All engineers are required to supply copies of all certificates done between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2009 to the RTA by 31 July. From 1 July ...

Does anyone know of, or tried, shucking a Kingswood onto a patrol chasis?
A fairly easy conversion as long as the wheelbase of the chassis and body are reasonably close to start with.

The resulting vehicle will be registered as a Patrol, as the chassis defines what the vehicle is. If the chassis ...