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I'll pull it out and take a photo in the next couple of days, I'm away from the truck. Its a 4.2 non turbo deisel (manual)

I have a 91 GQ and the previous owner has buggered around with the wiring in the odometer.
It needs fixing and the issue is with the wiring. It's been pulled out of a circular (coin shaped) unit...

My BFG Tyres (32 x 11 x 15) are too wide for my vehicle to be road legal here in NZ. (My safari doesn't have factory flares and I'd have to go through a compliance process to fit them, blah,blah...

Mate, ...just go down to your paintshop and get the grass colour-matched...quick spray over....

The meaning of life, is to live a life of meaning.

Bill Phillips

Hi Stocky,
I came aboard yesterday and I've been here ever since,....there's everything you need here and the friendliest bunch of moderators I've ever found.
Try clicking on the "What's New" tab...

Thanks Tony, What a sensational post. This is going to be a huge help to me. Cheers.

Great vids guys, I've got to ask as a newbie, are these greatly modified Nissans in the videos? Are they using diff locks etc to enable these manouvres or should I be able to do the same (with a bit...

Welcome aboard Hongie, as a newbie myself one piece of advice, set aside a good couple of hours to surf the site, there is heaps of information on here, I've wasted lots of time surfing through it. ...

Welcome aboard,
370,000km of driving your truck, I'd love to hear of any fixes you found it needed along the way and approximate mileage. Heard plenty of stories of huge mileage from these...

Hi DeJay,
I spent the morning checking out where to buy parts and oil filters online and trademe have a heap of well priced gear. Oil filters for $10 (although mine needs the Z416 and they were out...

Excellent entertainment...though the lada looked like it had a heap of speed at the top of the slope, don't think it's likely real, but well done.

Made me laugh so I respect him for that....glad it's not my truck though. Reminds me of the time when I was ung and owned a ducati, got juiced and did some donuts in the back paddock, woke up the...

My GQ highroof came with a ladder on the back, but there's no roofrack and no sign there ever was one, did they come standard on some vehicles?

My tool bars are a bit screwed up. The search box is laying over the top of the Sponsors box and the "Advertisers" tab looks to be over the top of the "Private Message Tab"...but then I'm only on a...

Steady on there's nothing wrong with a bit of woollen love in your life, at least when you're sick of her she makes a nice rug and fills the freezer.

Yeah I can't understand this logic, our one closes a 12 on Saturday, that's just when I'm starting to figure out what I need to get through teh jobs for the weekend...

So I arrive home with the recently acquired 92 GQ high roof white beast and the kids are all over it climbing into the rear seats and up the ladder on the back.... pretty soon they're into the...

Thanks for the thread Mechlou, I've got to go and bring back a dead Isuzu bighorn next week and I wouldn't have considered a lot ofthe points made, good luck with your tow.

HI DeJay, I'm in Otago but just wanted to wave the flag as a kiwi supporter...surely there's someone up there in the winterless North.

Thanks Guys,
I'm blown away with how active and friendly this forum is...
I saw the Bunnings Flare set up and it may be the way I end up going...since I'm cheaper than a shop full of budgies.

...actually, I just checked your locations and noticed Bigrig is only 34 posts away from 10,000, do you get a telegram from teh Queen or a badge or something when you get to 10,000 posts? That's...

....ok , it's 535mm centre hub to top of wheel arch so that settles it, my truck is spot on standard and bigrig's memory is extra-ordinary. Thanks guys.

Right...stand by and I'll run out and measure it again from the hub....

Does anyone know the standard ride height of a Y60? I'm not certain if mine has been lifted or not (just bought it). It's riding on 32 x 11.5 tyres on 15 inch rims and looks just slightly higher off...