On May 14, 8:57=A0pm, the_dawggie <the_dawg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 14, 8:30 pm, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Athol wrote:
> > > There's nothing special about hiluxes that makes them any less of
> > > a disposable vehicle than anything else out there...
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> > 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.
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> > 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*
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> > 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.
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> I've never had such problems, and done tuff stuff. I've towed
> cars on car trailers (even an FJ40 landcruiser).
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> Mind you, I keep fluid levels as per spec/type.
Me too. But did you tow something in low-range up a 1-in-7 grade hill
(or worse) for extended periods of time? That's the criteria and I
would bet your 'lux would suffer the same problem unless you've done
some tricky modifications.
> Despite what folk are typing here. The 1988 to 1997 'lux
> is one of the best designed vehicles in the world.
Agreed. But it isn't perfect. That's all I'm saying.
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