Recent content by Old.Tony

Your rooftop tent and contents (including the inhabitants) will push down fairly evenly on the back. Your chassis is at risk when moving, and MOSTLY when the rear suddenly drops and rises again (like when you go through causeways). If that's what your intention is, it's probably going to be...

Check your brake fluid level and consider giving the brake system a bit of a flush.

^ That. 100%. If you don't overload the very rear of the canopy it'll work okay, but really reconsider towing stuff. The issue is where the weight sits behind the rear axle. To visualise it yourself, go measure from rear-axle-centre on a Pathfinder to the towball then repeat on the Navara.

We had that exact same issue above 60km/h in our motorhome after getting a full set of new tyres. Turns out the balancing was out - abouut 15 grams on one front wheel, 20 grams the other. Result was a shaking that only appeared above 60km/h and at 100km/h was quite excessive.

Okay, on the brake switch (that activates the brake lights) there are TWO connections in and two out. The WHITE wire going in is a power connection and should have 12V at all times, this gets power through a 10A fuse in the passenger compartment. The RED wire should have power present when the...

Check carefully - there are TWO brake switches on the auto.

Translation: Good afternoon, I have the same problem with my Infiniti FX 30d V9X with 190,000 km, how did you solve it? It sounds like the SCV to me, but it could also be a sign of overboosting. The engine needs to be monitored during acceleration, paying particular attention to: * Engine RPM...

I've never seen one for my 2009. I've replaced universal joints, been through those a few times but you'd expect that given the mileage we do! Can you return the item? Check your unis: underneath the car, give your front and rear drive shafts a wiggle. They shouldn't move at all. The front...

Yeah I obviously missed it. Can't answer the part about helical gear upgrades, but as for the front diff it might be because people put autolockers in the front rather than leaving them as opens.

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Sounds like it could be sucking air somewhere, maybe around the fuel filter, check around the primer too. The primer bulbs often deteriorate over time. If squeezing the bulb a few times results in wet fingers you know where the problem is!

What's probably happened then: they upgraded the head unit and when preparing it for sale, they went to a wrecker to get an original unit. While ddoing that work, they might have dislodged an earth in there - the stereo and the instruments share it, so adding an earth wire from the stereo...

I bought myself a new one recently and tried it - supposedly ELM327-compliant OBD2, and while I could bluetooth connect to it, it refused to talk to the Navara (I've got another that works, but it's now in my motorhome (which nowadays sees many more km than the Navara). I just ordered another...

That's reasonable. I asked because the alternator dying is generally what causes those lights to come on. Ok, next ... Does the car still have its original stereo or does it have a new one? How long since the battery terminals have been cleaned well? I mean this procedure: 1) Connect jumper...

I wouldn't be too concerned. If you were going into alpine areas or hanging around Darwin a bit then yeah it'll make a difference but here in NSW, even if you do a day trip up the mountains it won't be an issue.