Got the front seats reupholstered to re build the bolsters (side bits) and firm up the base foam. Lasted well from '89 to now so should be good for another 20 yrs or so.
Got the front seats reupholstered to re build the bolsters (side bits) and firm up the base foam. Lasted well from '89 to now so should be good for another 20 yrs or so.
Welcome, I have had my 1989 GQ Wagon since it was one year old and it will soon be run in.
Hang in there Palmo !
GQtduto
The polyair red series in coils were fitted by ARB when they changed the standard shocks and coils to an OME setup to enable safe operation and towing.
The standard spring and shocks were...
Enjoyed seeing bits of the place again via your pics. Thanks for sharing.
I spent a couple of years living there some time back and enjoyed much of the place.
No doubt staying at a base will...
I think I recall you wanted to spend more time around Port Arthur.
If so then consider spending a few nights here with Jonathan and Jill http://www.harpersonthebeach.com/ Tell them who suggested...
I can beat that.
Wife kept on me about the smell of petrol in the car (XW Fairmont GS 302 with toploader but no power steering)
Finally listened to her and traced it to the well in the fuel...
Just a quick thank you to PeeBee.
Aust Post might be slow but our delivery girl with her van get there in the fullness of time.
So PeeBee with your help we are able to maintain the nearly...
As the owner of Nissan steel wheels I stand corrected
This can be the thing I learned today.. thanks !
Chimo
jay see
If you plan to stay overnight around Port Arthur may I suggest you stay with a friend of mine who has a B & B at White Beach.
Tell Jon I sent you and I feel sure he and Jill will take...
mudnut
At my 5000km services the coolant is tested and if not up to spec it is flushed and replaced.
When the radiator was replaced recently it was just a couple of weeks after the the most...
Hi Ronnie
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Chimo
My expansion tank was replaced as it was deemed to be brittle etc when my radiator had a working bee on it after I found a few drops of coolant under it on the concrete floor in the garage.
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These are with a Fuji HS 20 EXR I bought at Walmart. 24 mm to 720mm 30 x zoom wind out lense.
Lots of cameras that allow good pics
I did shocks, springs and poly airs. Careful how heavy you go as the ride can turn to crap if you go too heavy.
Turbo acts like a muffler.
Tested this when we fitted the turbo by starting the GQ with the turbo bolted on but with no exhaust pipe attached. I didn't believe it either until we did it.
Malgreen
I have start and house batteries in the boat and of course good start batteries in the GQ and our other vehicles.
I have been using 5 and 6 amp chargers in the boat for years (Batteries...
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Whats the silver pipe / fitting to the left of the injectors?
Cannot see a cruise control unit either, or did I miss it?
Didn't realize it when I first looked at the thread...
Hi Broochay
It sounds similar to that which my GQ TD42 was afflicted with.
Maybe its too simple but in my case the issue was pinhole / pinholes in the supply side rubber fuel hoses to the fuel...
Now that some of you are talking about such things experience gained re prostate cancer of the last 20 months is as follows.
Do not rely on the digital examination. My specialist checked me as...
Love the concept.
Do not like the weld across the drawbar extension section. Advice from engineers was to avoid cross welds rather better to locate welds along the tube sections. This certainly...
My friend has a mower small engine workshop and he runs the mowers and then turn them off and tips them up to empty the hot oil out thru the filler / dip stick hole.
Too hard to drain out the...
I just stuck a set of Goodyear Wrangler HTs on my GQ on the buy 3 get the 4th free program and they are so much quieter and softer riding than the ATs that I took off.
Its unbelievable. "She"...
Poked the camera thru above the rod and took a heap more pics that I've blown up and the welds etc look OK so I guess given that the front end alignment was spot on when the new set of tyres went on...
Thanks for the help so far.
Looks like my VIN excuses me from the brake issues but.................
My next question. How do I tell if this is in need of fixing on mine or do they all need to...
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