the_dawggie wrote:
> 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?
Later model Luxes are better, for a start they steer, ride and handle
better than yours:-)
Daryl
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