On May 14, 8:30 pm, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Athol wrote:
> > There's nothing special about hiluxes that makes them any less of
> > a disposable vehicle than anything else out there...
>
> Indeed there are some design flaws in my Hilux that I wish weren't
> there, and this is just in my limited experience with it.
>
> For example if you're pointed skyward as you might be when going up a
> very steep hill and you're in low-range (because you're towing two
> farken heavy horses), the transfer gets almost no lubrication and
> starts singing it's head off after about a minute of punishment
> *wwwwwrrrrrraaaaaaAAAAAAA*
>
> Also, if you drfive exclusively on nice highways, the bearing for 5th
> gear will wear out very quickly. The reason is because it sits up out
> of the oil inside the box. The logic is that it'll get splashed with
> plenty of oil with all the off-road bumping around you must be doing
> with this vehicle. Mine packed it in when I worked in Canberra and 180
> out of 360 daily km was on smooth as ice highway roads.
I've never had such problems, and done tuff stuff. I've towed
cars on car trailers (even an FJ40 landcruiser).
Mind you, I keep fluid levels as per spec/type.
Despite what folk are typing here. The 1988 to 1997 'lux
is one of the best designed vehicles in the world.
Hokay - poll - what does everyone think is the best
designed?
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