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Just realised how bad the leak in the vacuum hose is - with some bad timing. Some dumb biatch pulls into the main drag and gives me a good chance to test my brakes. So down went the foot, and man it...

Yeah it was a kidney condition. Very sad day and will be missed. Rest in peace our friend.

I could be wrong, but inside the transfer case I thought the drive shaft drives the sprocket and chain. And the sprocket on the main shaft floats on bearings on the mainshaft (like in a manual...

X2 to that. If it were in this so called second section, rotation (ulitmately causing the noise) would only occur if you a) lock the hubs and/or b) engage 4WD.

are there any weird vibrations when the noise is being noisy? And does it increase with speed (not revs) once you get to ~60ks?

................... we shall see ;)

on youtube theres a series about a shop in the states that does a conversion kit for an 80 series. For memory the kit contains everything youll need to complete the conversion.

ive always wanted to do this conversion!!

yeah good point, theyre not cheap

Never mind that question. I forgot theyre part time 4WD so the variation between the front and rear diffs will cause binding in the transfer

I was very very certain that they are mechanical engines too, someone I was talking to was trying to convince me I'd need to rechip my computer to be able to run a manual trans. To which i screwed my...

Yes Officer, I DID see the speed limit sign, but I DIDNT see YOU.

Hey John, this is one thing I have done a bit with :)

I've always been told to keep and engine upright, all loose parts/cables either detached and stored separately or tied down so they can't be...

Isn't it a shame how there's hundreds of us here collaborating about our trucks and projects and successes and failures with such farking awesome trucks - but every single one of us can have our keys...

Definately turbo mate. Did it to my NA TD42 and will never look back. Was a gutless lump of dead weight until I bolted a turbo onto it.