Tips and hints

[Patasaurus]

Hi guys
Im going to give the old girl some love tomorrow, in the form of new rear rotors and pads, rebuild kit through the rear callipars, new belts and hoses, new gearstick rubber boot thing (the one under neath the floor) and g/box + t/case breather lines.

Just wondering if anyone has any handy advice, tips or links to share about any of these?

I do all my own sevicing and repairs wen possible so im confident but it will be the first time im doing any of this so one good bit of advice could save me hours hahaha

Shes a 94 gq td42 blacktop manual discs all round btw

Thx

[threedogs]

Terminate your g/box and transfer case breathers up high on the fire wall behind the motor.
allow for full travel of suspension too, and steer clear of exhaust cable tie every thing
neat and trim cable ties with a knife not plyers.

[dom14]

Why do you need to rebuild the callipers?
If the slide pins are not jammed, the rubber boots of the piston and slide pins are not damaged,
you should be able to get away with a good clean and lubing the slide pins with rubber grease.

[dom14]

neat and trim cable ties with a knife not plyers.

Cuttting plier no good?!!

[threedogs]

Cuttting plier no good?!!

You can put money on it that if you're working in the engine bay you will cut the back of your hand everytime
by a cable tie thats been cut with a pair of plyers, better t trim with a stanley knife, even better if you have a cable tie tool,
but sometimes you cant use them.

[dom14]

You can put money on it that if you're working in the engine bay you will cut the back of your hand everytime
by a cable tie thats been cut with a pair of plyers, better t trim with a stanley knife, even better if you have a cable tie tool,
but sometimes you cant use them.

Yeah, true. I usually file it a bit to prevent that.
So, with a knife, you can cut the excess from the base to avoid any future hazards from the potruding bit?
Somehow I thought cutting with a ute knife and using a pointy edge of the cutting plier is pretty much the same!?

[nissannewby]

Buy some small flush cut pliers from jaycar.

[nissannewby]

Like this. $14

[threedogs]

Be wary what yo cut though they are brittle , ive broken 2 just recently
but a great tool for that job

[nissannewby]

Wtf are you cutting with them? They are only meant for small gauge wiring but work well for cutting zip ties as well. I use a set daily with work and still on the original set. Right tool for the job...

[dom14]

Like this. $14

I use a one similar to that, but without the spring in the middle.
I made it super sharp with an emery board. :)