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It might be worth trying the torsion bars that are on it, could save you some dough. I've got a steel bull bar and winch with raised rears and front wound up to match, the factory torsion bars are fine.

The drop bear or Thylarctos plummetus are big suckers by all accounts, 120kg in weight, 90cm at the shoulder and an apex carnovore. They are becoming rare now though, as due to scarcity from the bush fires the Yowies are eating them. In turn the Yowies aren't such a problem either, ever since...

I've got a little triple air horn set with three different size horns that seems ok. Certainly makes the Mrs jump when she's out opening a gate and I give it a little toot lol. Fits in the area in front of the air filter (where some people put a second battery). Thinking about putting it back...

There you go, had a look at the manual and you're right. The page I was looking at was for earlier models. I can see where replacing a bulb for an led could give problems. The "combination meter" that makes up the dash light consists of a diode >led >resistor in series,with a couple of...

The smaller/old pulley will spin the alternator faster. The bigger pulley will slow it down, perhaps it's too slow at idle?

"Free spinning" meaning it's locked to the shaft/spins at the same rate as the shaft in each direction? That should still work, but as they're different sizes if the original pulley is alright I would still swap them to see how it goes. Just to rule it out.

I had a look at the spare I have lying around. If you lock the alternator with a screwdriver into the fan (careful of the windings) the pulley still spins easily in the anti clockwise direction, but I can't move it clockwise. So I'm assuming that's how it should be (as it's brand new). I would...

Ah, so they have a clutch pulley? Never knew that lol.

Wasn't aware there was a clutch on a D22 alternator? Thought they were just a solid rotor shaft going through a bearing with a pulley on the end? It's possible but seems unlikely that both alternators are faulty (but who knows?). Which model D22 do you have? Afaik (on the zd30 models at...

Gasket? Which engine are you fellows talking about? I've done a couple of zd30 sumps (with rear main seal) and there is no gasket from factory that I'm aware of paper or otherwise, only sealant. Think the yd25 has a two piece sump but afaik it only uses sealant also. There's no need to use a...

Which engine, zd30 or yd25? Whereabouts is the leak, front, rear, one side? Afaik these don't have a gasket (I know the zd30 doesn't) they use sealant.

Yeah, there does seem to be a merry go round with carmakers, difficult to know who owns who these days. The name on the badge sometimes has not much to do with who the manufacturer is.

Good points Tony. Another issue is the bottom and whether it's firm or soft. As we see each year up on the old telegraph track. Another good tip is that if you are looking across to a steep exit on the other side, that'll usually be the deeper side and there can often be a hole before the exit...

Look excellent mate, no doubt the marsupials will be grateful. Looks like they have a mix of flood and spot reflectors. Will be interesting to hear what colour temperature the light is from them. The brilliant white light is best (IMO).

Glad you got it sorted mate.

Think he means Renault? Though I'm not sure they had much to do with the design of the zd30. According to the article they brought a large stake in Nissan around 1999.

I looked for the "what did you do to your Navara today" section but couldn't find it, so posted here. What I almost did to my Nav recently is drown it in a river crossing. A very close thing and entirely driver error. Stalled it while crossing a river with water level up over the flares on the...

There are people here who tow their vans all over the place with a 2.5 and there isn't much difference in power between the two. For ttowing longer distances a D40 is going to be a lot more comfortable. The zd30's models are way under tuned, which is a good thing IMO (for longevity). The old...

Something else to look for that could account for the "no turbo power" problem you mentioned initially, is the boost pressure sensor. If they go or the hose is cracked or leaking, the turbo won't reach very high boost, nor will it won't throw any fault codes. They can be really gutless, like...

That sounds about right, but the areas between idle and full throttle could be intermittent? Afaik (though not sure) they would be a wire wound type, so if the contact isn't good at various stages the resistance and hence voltage could be all over the place. Unfortunately digital meters aren't...