Proud owner of a 4x4

yep granted but the mush on mine looks like its been carved up a few times so he might be a bit slow on his pins where as petes chav type looks a bit wiley and nippy

He was probably amazed that a shed was that fast just joking i was never that impressed with the top end of the hilux seemed to be all grunt low down then more of just a horrible whine considering it was a 3.5 maybe the surf is set up different to the pick up . we got a new work truck now a shiney limited edition nissan navara its a 2.5 but has more power than the hilux its very nice to posh for work though it has twat nav leather heated seats a annoying voice that keeps shouting you are over the speed limit lol

I had to prove a point as the knob had sat right up my ass along the country road for a fair few miles and i wasnt exactly driving like an oap! Did get a bit unnerving over a ton though
Them navara's are probably the juiciest 4x4 on the market, i quite like them, would have one over an L200 obviously once ive won the lottery and bought all the classics etc

Yeah think its something like 190bhp not sure on economy hes only had it 2 days think to be fair they are all around the same pete juicy and tax hungry lol ..... fair play mate you gotta show these little boys whos boss

My mates got the 3.0 v6 diesel hilux and he averages 32mpg
Yeah isnt tax like £450?!

My bosses was a 3.0ltr had less power than the 2.5 where well known for clutch slip on certain year it was shit at towing as it always stunk of f burning clutch would get a nice little puff of smoke when reversing are little digger on the trailor i thino it was a recall as toyata had a beefy one made up . Yeah mate its something hideous like that its to stop all the chelsea tractors on the road

Ok bit stumped tonight, after the old girl has stood for nearly 2 months as it had a fault and wouldn't start got in and started first time   I'm guessing the fault will rear its ugly head when I get round to taking it for a test drive, I hate intermittent faults  

I thought you had sorted it out pete as you never posted anymore about it ....

At the time it broke down I had just started to focus back on getting the pulsar up and running, plus the fact the crap weather kept me away.

I wasnt after excuses pete lol ..... maybe its one of those self healing cars imagine if you left it for 6 months it would be like new thats what i was hoping with me pulsar but it doesnt seem to be working  

Your not the first person to say that  
I do actually miss driving it as its smooth and I can get loads of stuff in it and a bit more spacious for carrying passengers, oh and it has a/c  

A/C is for wimps i prefer in this weather to have all the windows wound up with the heating turned up full ...that sorts the men out from the boys   to be fair its the only thing me and my boss have been looking forward to is the drive home with the ac cracked on ....

That's how I fool the boss into thinking I've been working hard; nothing like walking into his office dripping with sweat  

Right well decided to give the other jap crap some attention recently; charged batteries, cleaned earths, removed loose messy spotlight wiring left by previous owner and repaired what I think is a VAC line on the auto box. Took it for a spin tonight and it ran faultlessly   Quite shocked at the amount of soot out the back on kickdown   
See how long it runs before the gremlins return...

Lol no smoke no poke   so what did you think it was then pete ?

I'm not sure, I wonder if it had moisture somewhere and with all the hot weather it dried out or it has an intermittent fault with a safety switch on the auto box? I've got full breakdown cover so if it does it again I'll get them out to have a look. I have missed driving it  

Spoke too soon Leighton, its given up on me again   Got to go fault finding as it wont start again. Bit worrying that I found my rear fog light was getting its power supply from a wire on the auto box loom  

Oh dear sorry to hear that pete ....... wtf why would it be wired up from there surely its just as easy to run a live to the switch on the lighting its self ...

they've probably nicked the wire from the reverse switch

Yeah it was a right bodge. Makes you wonder what else I may find  
Ive located a wiring diagram on the hilux oc so may help me find the problem, just need to find time to look at it as its stuck down my field where I keep my horse.
That's possible bob, hopefully the wiring diagram will tell me

GTI-R US wrote:they've probably nicked the wire from the reverse switch

After looking at it more today discovered that they had tapped into the wire for the bulb that illuminates the gear position.

Still not having much luck, had it recovered back to my house and have been studying a wiring diagram but think its not correct as I can't match wire colours? Hopefully someone on the oc will get back to me.

So no clearer on to whats up with it    ......so the fog lamp was just tapped into the lighting circuit in some ways .....  did the recovery not give you any clues then mate ?

No the guy that come out checked fuses and battery connections and that's about all he could do. As it doesn't have obd port couldn't plug it into machine. I've heard from someone on oc that its likely to be starter contacts so I'll whip that off and get it checked. I wonder if I have unknowingly cured the cutting out issue when I cleaned earths and battery terminals?

So its not cutting out now just doesnt start ?

Just over 2 months ago it cut out but I managed to start it and it make it back home and it sat there since. I tried it on the off chance the other week and it started fine. Tried it a week later and the batteries had gone flat. Took them off, cleaned post/terminals and charged them. While I was at it cleaned up all the earth's I could see in the engine bay. Put batteries back on and again started fine. Must of started it 5 or 6 times with no fault. Took it for a run round my area and came back with no issues. Went out Wednesday, started fine, stopped at the village shop en route to my stables, again started fine. Got to my field parked up then when I went to leave that night nothing