The Diesel Boys Maintenance Thread *4x4/4x2*

equipped2ripp · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject:

i think the fortuner is a 2.7, not sure

nigel1977 · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject:

well i never changed oil b4. actually, i never do nuttin but drive the sob.

doin around 4200km on the odo. Razz

but i doubt toyota shipped this van with synthetic oil, so i dont want 5000k to cath me without the spares for the oil change.

i'll go synth one time. thats what i always use...

yo ripp, you in south tomarrow meng?

sweeks · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

nigel1977 · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject:

i guess the nexx bess question is... ne body have a local 3.0 hilux/fortuner/prado?

i need the mtce section of the owners manual... willing to pay ( pls doh dig out me i) Laughing

sweeks · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject:

Dude check your email....Please note the mileage difference in the oil change for the 1kz-te and the 1kd-ftv.

If you go with the + 10 k km oil change, I suggest you go with the original oil filter.

Good luck.

wagon r · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:03 am Post subject:

.......well fellas it here.....southern sales has brought down the new B50.

i didn't time to take any pics but they are parked in their holding bay on the h/way next to courts and it's in the papers.

it looks interesting, that is as much as i could say till i get up close. the face is completely different from the old and from it's competitors.

will try to get some pics this evening.

toyoman · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:01 am Post subject:

sweeks · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:12 am Post subject:

Cool thing... I stand corrected... the fortuner is also available in gas. I was thinking that who would go for that in gas and then I remembered how many hilux(s) with gas engines are on the road.

I'll go check the papers to see the new Mazdas BT50.

equipped2ripp · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

nigel1977, nah not in south today. pm me yuh number.

Amit · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject:

southern sales have two version of the bt 50

for $184000 fully loaded

164 was for some other version

sweeks · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject:

Can anyone confirm whether or not they come automatic. All the new automatic 4x4s so far are over $200 k.

sweeks · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject:

The only other new model pickup outstanding is the Nissan Frontier....The existing model did really good.

I haven't see too much people talk about the Isuzu pickups here. Besides being noisy, they look like good workhorses.

mighty · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

wagon r · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject:

Well there we have it.... Mr. Green

only n&m to play they hand now for the frontier...

equipped2ripp · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject:

^^ and they gettin that later in the year...

sweeks · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject:

I'm a kind of old fashion guy and I'm not sure if I'm liking this new generation of 4x4s. Maybe I need to get with it.

Being a Toyota fan I would think long and hard before I invest in anything else but this new generation (IMVs/Vigos) haven't really taken my blood. Part of the reason is because it's not manufactured in Japan and part of a cost cutting project of which we're yet to benefit from.

My favourite these days are the new Frontiers that haven't arrived yet. The Sportero alright too. However my SR5 have some ways to go again before I change to something else.

Amit · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

i see the new 2007 ford ranger is here , they got them in lange park whare house

sweeks · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah... at the AMCO warehouse. I recently had a real heavy duty looking Ford pickup. Wasn't sure if it was the F150.

Any of the guys here driving the an auto pickup? Drove one recently and realized it'll take some getting use to.

I'm on some sickleave and have started read this thread from the beginning. I've reached page 10.... gonna continue reading some more.

nigel1977 · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: