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  1. Gidday Fellas, Might be a bit late to post, but I used a section of one of the RR "bottle brush" style oil coolers. A sleeve around the "bristles" with a shock bush brazed on each end creates a water jacket. A couple of garden hose outlets in the jacket, cold in hot out. Then mount the unit in the cooling system. It's mounted on the bulk head behind the engine for lovely hot showers (for the wife, not me) while camping.
  2. Instead of wasting time with castor correction bushes, have you considered "clocking" your swivels? Remove them, mark the standard bolt holes, weld them up and mark new holes 3-6 degrees around. This rotates the swivels rearwards and makes for a etter job than slotting the holes which has been marketed in Australia. For a 2" lift you would only need 3 degrees.
  3. Gidday, After trying the grinder/bash it/grind it more/bash it again/bend the centre method on one rim, I found a local engineer with a BIG lathe and had the rest spun off. You still need to apply BFH but not as much and you don't cut into the rim.
  4. Gidday gents, Hope you don't mind an opinion from down under. I ran the standard carb 3.5 for five years in an off road only RR based buggy and through it all, four hours with no radiator (some idiot put the fan through it..... me) and hitting 4500 revs with the oil filter sitting on the ground, it kept going... But, I have just swapped in a 90,000 mile serpentine 3.9 into the truck and what a huge difference. It runs a long snorkel which may be causing a slight lag when the accelerator is punched, but in every other respect it is head and shoulders above the 3.5. Lots of oomph and power (though in a light ruck) and runs on any angle (don't ask how I know). Another solution that is more common in New Zealand and Australia is the rover based Leyland P76 4.4l motor. Basically a 3.9 with a longer stroke so it is "square" i.e. revs and torque. I have seen them with the standard twin cabs and with single Holleys or similar. Mine runs a single carb of a Holden 253cu V8 with petrol and LPG. Go for the 3.9 if you can afford it, it's already been said anything mechanical will go wrong if it's not looked after, not coz it's a 3.9.
  5. Gidday, Welcome to NZ. I've used Mamaku Four Wheel Drive for the past 8 years and never had a problem. They are just out of Rotorua in the Mamaku Ranges, and although a bit of a drive for you can send whatever you need, usually by the next day. Give them a ring on 07 3325630 and talk to Vicky or Marcel. I don't go anywhere else anymore.
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