UNSEALED 4X4 GARAGE: Project Rusty
OK, the last few episodes of Project Rusty have seen us give the engine, box, transfer case and diffs some fresh fluids and filters; and we have fitted up a set of Open Country ATII tyres to get us prepared…
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UNSEALED 4×4 GARAGE: PROJECT RUSTY
One of the first mods most people do to their vehicles is put on a set of new tyres. Not that Rusty had any old tyres on though… but, given they’d been driving around in such a toxic environment, they…
Unsealed 4×4 Garage: Hoist Install
Unsealed 4X4 Garage and Project Rusty are kicking along nicely. The next phase in the garage itself is the installation of a Molnar hoist. Given that we’re looking to be underneath the 76 Series LandCruiser a fair bit, we thought…
GEARING DYNAMICS SPLIT CV BOOTS
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PROVEN WAYS TO KEEP THE DUST OUT
Do you turn up at your destinations looking like a stunt extra from Mad Max? I know I do sometimes: After a bit of dirt road driving, my Defender leaves me dustier than the morning after a B&S Ball. New…
CHEAP 4X4 TRICKS
Who said you need the best of everything to get out there? Sure, a little luxury in life never goes astray, but when it comes to four-wheel driving sometimes the cheap and cheerful tricks are the ones that will be…
ADVENTURE AUTO ELECTRICS PRE-TRIP INSPECTIONS
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5 SIMPLE FIXES FOR COMMON BREAKDOWNS
Sh!t happens when you go four-wheel driving, something I used to tell customers quite often when I sat behind the front counter of a few four-wheel drive stores in my past life. It’s the nature of the beast when battling…
TOP 6 ENGINEERING FAILS
Factory 4X4s have a long history of getting things wrong, and since we’d need an encyclopaedia to cover them all, here’s the top six things that’ve been bugging us lately Let’s be honest, most of us could find something wrong with our trucks without…
DIESEL CARE FUEL FILTER KIT
Any diesel vehicle is susceptible to damage caused by contaminated fuel, more so modern common rail injected engines that operate with extremely high-pressure fuel injection systems. This is why Diesel Care has introduced their range of fuel filter and bracket…
I BOUGHT A TROOPY AND NAMED IT SNOOPY
Buying a new 4X4 is an incredibly personal thing for me. I get attached. Really attached. Scary ex-girlfriend attached. I still to this day bemoan about the loss of my Land Rover 109, affectionately named Ralph, which I sold only…
BACK TO BASICS
Clutch! Such an innocuous looking word, but when it’s used by a frowning mechanic it becomes a beast to fear. Unsealed 4X4 recently swung by its local Blue Mountains mechanic, Active Automotives, to understand why clutches are so damn expensive…
