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Hey guys, does anyone know of any one who has completed this conversion? My chassis is rather different to anybody elses, and when changing all the body mounts over to suit the Landcruiser body, I jigged it off the original chassis, and widened the front mounts, but I'm not sure what the story...

How do you mean the ute is too top heavy for a body lift? with a body lift you are only raising half the weight compared to a suspension lift, your engine, gearbox, chassis etc all stays lower to help keep a lower center of gravity.

Hey bud, have you tried Tough Dog suspension??? My boss is the NZ dealer for it, but I see your in Adelaide, so you should have a dealer close to you.

Hey Clive, yes I joined last year and have just been hiding in the shadows haha, thought it was time I introduced myself to the world. For some reason I must not have filled that out when I joined, but Im from little old New Zealand.

Almost makes me cry

Are there many New Zealanders on this site???

Im planning this conversion myself, hopefully I can post up exactly whats needed, luckily I have a couple of 79 series that are handy to take measurements from.

This is a good looking truck. I wont pretend and say Ive read the whole thread, just a light skimming, but its looking good, and Ive never seen a build thread at 153 pages long!

Unless more oil came out than you put in I wouldnt be too worried. Was the oil changed while the engine was hot and you normally do it cold? the oil will be thinner hot than cold.

Were possible you should really measure the crank and big ends with micrometers to obtain the correct clearance. Plasti-guage is not a very accurate measurement.

The ideal way to do it is dip them into an acid bath, then use a broken ring to make sure the ring gaps are completely clean

Ive rebuilt and run in a lot of engines, The only time ive had a failure was when I sat one idleing for a while, no load on it caused the bores to glaze over. Ever since then I have just driven them normally, not thrashed, and not pussy footed. Just drive normally, but accelerate then decelerate...

Hi all, thought I would introduce myself, I havnt had much off road experience, apart from having a bit of fun in my old 4wd hilux. Most of my 4x4 experiences are in the mechanical/fabrication side of things. Over the years I have done any thing from suspension lifts, to supercharging an old...

Hi everyone, sorry for the first post to be asking for something. Im after a chassis diagram for a 70 series Short wheel base that has the axle center lines marked on it. I have a diagram with all body mounts, spring hanger locations and almost everything else, except the axle centerlines. If...