Recent content by Mal B

G'day Mikel, If you're saying that voltage drops to 12.4 when you're using the starter motor, I would think that's fine considering the load you're putting on the battery. A good battery should show 12.5 to 13.7 volts after sitting overnight, and while charging voltages can reach 14.4 volts +/-...

NISSAN KING CAB 01.2005 K - GRAY KY0 - SILVER CVLURDFD22UQNHALX- Europe (RHD) DOUBLE CAB YD25DDTI Have a click on the link below, plenty of info...

These go well, for the price, 'bout fifty bucks. High Power Stebel Magnum 136dB Twin Electric Horn Have a listen here. Stebel Horns - Listen To Our Range

Whoever wrote '88-9 D21 Navara on this cluster, long time ago, must'a picked up the wrong one. The one pictured, is for '83-6 Datto 720, I discovered, after pulling my cluster out to do a comparison. I should'a recognised it, I had a 720, twenty or thirty years ago.

Has anyone ever come across this type instrument cluster in a D21? It's marked as '88-'89 D21 Navara.

Thank you, I am now less un-educated on this particular set of acronyms, I'd still rather not have them, except maybe ABS, but then I haven't had a need for ABS in a long time. But, it still doesn't alter the fact that, if you're on slippery grass and both wheels are spinning, an LSD, no matter...

You've not mentioned your vehicles having ABD (Automatic Brake Differential) which, and again I'm making an un-educated guess, is supposed to take the place of an LSD, but by braking the spinning wheel. But, if both wheels are spinning at the same speed, ABD is useless, and an LSD is not going...

Just out of interest, when you're attempting these grassy slopes, is it one wheel spinning or both? If it's both, your only choices are grippier tyres and/or a couple of bags of sand in the back, or trade it on a 4X4. Redbook says ABS (Antilock Brakes), Automatic Brake Differential, Brake...

And if you're really concerned about it overheating, get an "Engine Watchdog", pretty easy to fit and have a settable alarm.

Only takes about 100 metres to spread the oil around the hub, and then it will spin freely, 'til it gets hot. I'm talking cold, from sitting overnight! Go out one morning, lift the bonnet, if the fan is hard to turn, leave the bonnet up, make sure you're in neutral with the handbrake on, door...

The fan should be stiff when it's cold, because the cold oil has settled to the bottom of the hub, just listen to any Nissan with a viscous fan taking off from cold, sounds like it's revving its' ring out because the fan's locked up, frees up a bit and settles down when the oil starts moving...

You could try searching the chassis number of your D21 here. parts catalog NISSAN [Australia (right wheel)], original catalog NISSAN [Australia (right wheel)], online catalog NISSAN [Australia (right wheel)], Car catalog NISSAN [Australia (right wheel)] And the vin/chassis number of your D22...

Compression test, with oil down the hole, has pretty much proven a piston/rings problem Paul. But speaking of tdc, do these computer controlled engines still have a timing mark somewhere?

That's what I was wondering about Tony, Americans reckon a soak with Sea Foam will do the trick, but it's a bit thin on the ground here. With a bit of DuckDuckGoing I found SF is roughly 4 parts diesel, 2 parts naphtha and one part isopropanol. The diesel's easy, brake cleaners and shellite are...