modified '05 V6 GXL ... Butane ...

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a real good deal, for the lights

three of these....

straight through a au. dlr without the american "Cobra" label added, and added bump up, in $, cost me $305 55w hid's with built in ballast/clears, delivered... the seller was that good , i asked for a spare globe and ballast, he sent me a brand new box of each ,

, that's two new globes and two new ballasts ,,, didn't want to charge me extra for the spares and " i covered the $11.50 postage.. " if you think the ARB lights are good ,they may be , but grab a good deal if you see one... after all its just gunna get busted... cheers butane

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Looking good mate, nice to see a few different things on the rig that make it stand out.
Nice work.
Josh

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Looking good mate, nice to see a few different things on the rig that make it stand out.
Nice work.
Josh

thx josh, cheers butane

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moving on with the build up

today reversing the rig down the drive feathering the clutch right a the grab point,
prado 6 spd , and clutch well heated up.'
i heard my first "loose" rear drive shaft spline
so after i hit the grab point again and my ears honed in / clunk , feather clunk. still rolling, feather grab clunk..
located the sound , identified, the symtoms.. and root cause....

tommorrow I will pack the spline and see just how much grease it takes till i get a witness...

last time i did this i ended up with a grease splatter on the under side .. but no clunk... fully aware what is going on with the toyota shaft replacements etc., but will pack this one just for a experiment ok boyz///

cheers butane

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seat covers turned up fitting 'em so far looks good,,







cheers butane

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packed the front and back drive shaft splines with grease ,,,
the rear took 55 pumps till i got witness, the front only took about 15.. they'll be grease everywhere, on the underside by the end of tommorrow... trial or error... lol we'll see... cheers butane

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Bloody hell mate you would have used more then a tube of grease ?? .........Cheers Steve

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Where were the seat covers from? I have a Kakadu so leather seats, I'm a bit worried about possible damage from pants (i.e. studs on jeans) and dogs (although we have the back seat buddy for them.

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Bloody hell mate you would have used more then a tube of grease ?? .........Cheers Steve

only use a small one handed gun,, maybe about a cup of grease all up front and back, i pack the grease gun manually from a 20l bucket,, steve i normally apply grease to the spline till i see the slide side of the shaft, (front) start to extend, but this time i went for a witness,, it took about 18 pumps from movement to witness on the rear , front shaft was good, no probs there. only put 4 pumps in the uni's..

cheers butane

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Where were the seat covers from? I have a Kakadu so leather seats, I'm a bit worried about possible damage from pants (i.e. studs on jeans) and dogs (although we have the back seat buddy for them.

ebay seller

Allcarstuff_747 ... $ 289 + postage

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Mate you should have that van hooked up behind you and travelling off into the distance.............Cheers Steve

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Mate you should have that van hooked up behind you and travelling off into the distance.............Cheers Steve

steve , that van is a " prado physical challenge "

my mate and his wife know how much i love this rig, so they set me a challenge .. if i can get that old van accross a washed up creek up up the hill to where the they have just laid the new house slab.... it's mine.... to set up as i please .... rubbing hands together..lol

they think they will be sitting at the site /slab/ wine in hand laffin...

i told them nothing is impossible , and it all comes down to the planning and execution of the task....

the rig is tuff,, the old van look like it can handle the 1 kay trip but just need to set the creek up for the van crossing ,,
nothing like a challenge.. looks like i'll have the van rockin b4 i even get to sleep in her .

i evan took out my exhaust air bag( jack ) but its the crossing i need to set up ...
still had air in the tyres and a useable hitch
.. stay tuned,,, cheers butane

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Allcarstuff_747 ... $ 289 + postage

This one?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/seat-cove...item3a6f31d5ba

Was the price for a full set?

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This one?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/seat-cove...item3a6f31d5ba

Was the price for a full set?

thats them mate, yes three rows... fitted my 120 real good