Proud owner of a 4x4

I finally have a 4x4 at last after calling half a dozen people, really pisses me off when they say good in and out and you get there and its a real sh*tter!
Anyways it a 94 generation 2 3.0TD Auto Hilux Surf with loads a goodies on it. Got a few electrical things like no interior lights but mechanically sound(fingers crossed). Will put some pics up shortly for those intereted...

Congrats pete on your new purchase the little niggles dont sound to bad tbh every car has them just depends on how fussy you are i guess .

Yeah, struggled to find one that hadnt already sold or done stupid mileage. Just took it for its maiden tow and all electrics that end are spot on and it tows rather smooth...when you find a pothole free road of course
Does need a bloody good valet in and out and a new front tyre but the others got plenty of meat on them. Also tested the 4wd out properly as had to take my car trailer back down my field and its still rather soft. Its bad as i already have been searching for aftermarket things for it but the R comes first

Tut cant leave anything standard lol .... have you seen the plug and play tuning boxes you can get for them

Why would you torment me like this??? No i havent, not really gonna do anything to it unless something goes wrong; just jinxed myself now

You dont do anything just plug it in and bam extra bhp for as little as 100quid pete my bro in law has one on hes tdi got it rolling roaded made an extra 18 bhp not bad i thought .

I cant actually find anything decent for the surf(now you've done it ) would only fit it if economy was improved as well. According to the surf oc they dont recommend it, not until you've done other mods first.

Derv tuning is a big thing now so theres lots of goodies on the market to be had like dump valves etc . Re mapping improves fuel econemy or can be set up amd at lakeside are the tits at dervs .

Not sure if mine can be tuned but ill probably leave alone and save the money, today has already cost me £2.5K

hope either a good rad flush will be done or purchase of a new tripple core rad ..
or are you going to buy an external oil coller for gearbox oil

Definately gonna flush the cooling system and use a flushing liquid and possibly looking at this radiator for a replacement:

http://www.roughtrax4x4.com/?doc=11&cid=164

Here she is:

You never said it had go faster stripes on it looks clean though pete .

Of course it has the stripes, everybody knows that adds 10hp Apart from some laquer peel and a bit of paint fade on the bonnet; some hidden by them stripes, it is quite clean and cant find a spot of rust on the body. The towbar doesnt look that old and found the jack today while exploring. Really suprises me how much stuff this has on it, the simple things like the drivers seat has a fair few adjustable things on it and a full electric pack. Happy as tested the 10 disc changer and that works

A star buy then pete did you have to travel far to get it ....stripes add 10 bhp maybe more depends on the width

Picked her up from a dealer in uxbridge which coincidentally is the same area i purchased the pulsar from. Got a puncture on it yesterday so i now require a new tyre as it cant be repaired so 2 in total as spare is fooked. Another coincidence is the exact same thing happened to me with the pulsar on 2nd day of ownership

The tyre fairy must really hate you pete lol .... bit of a trek for a motor though thing i always think when traveling so far is the dissapointment if its a pooper and expense of getting there .

Yeah it seems that way Only had to travel 65 miles from my house. This was the fourth guy i called as the first 2 had sold and the third guy didnt put milage on the ad, turned out it had done over 200K miles I thought on an auto box, no thank you.

That is alot of miles .... ive been helping a mate find a van vauxhall crew cab hes got 5k to spend wich gets like 2009/2010 plate ... but loads have like 120.000- 150.000 serious miles on a few year old van .

Good luck with that then. Only took just over an hour to get there. A little less coming back Doing 85 in the truck feels like 55 as its so quiet and the thing was still wanting to go faster!

Just an update, i knew the pulsar wasnt known for its economy but this wins, tanked up tonight and i have achieved 23.3mpg Im not that shocked considering ive not exactly been taking it steady; towing on the odd occasion, testing its top speed etc Reckon ill see similar to the pulsar if i drive it normally and maybe 30+ on a long journey providing i keep and eye on the speedo.

same average mpg as my gtr at the mo although a lot of the miles are short around town trips to work and back


on another note weve picked 2 of the oogliest mofo avatars you could think of lol, think they should have a fight

My bosses hilux was around the same mpg not to bad for a big old lump .... ive not been long back from abit of roadside repairs on a land rover discovery nothing like fumbling in the dark .... think they are even worse for mpg

My money is on yours bob he has a knife

Fair point there Leighton but your forgetting mess with one chav and you mess with em all Did find it interesting that the speedo goes up to 160km/h yet it hit that in 3rd before changing up to 4th and continuing off the clock Would love to have seen the look on the chav's face as i overtook him at a ton