Recent content by MattT

Hi gents. Just want to check something with those who know. My glow plugs stopped working the other day - dash lights, plugs and all although the engine starts with a bit of cranking. Around the same time I noticed signs of water leakage on the side of my engine block which is from the Glow Plug...

Thanks :) Ja, it was great. Totally off the grid and only about 90 minutes from home. It's near the Vaal Dam on a farm called Klipkraal: -26.8089694,28.2115611

Hi there, My name is Matt and I’ve owned my cruiser for about 18 months now. Been lurking on the forums soaking up all the incredibly useful advice and info and have now registered so here I am. I got my 1997 1HZ cruiser from my dad who at one point had three cruisers - mine, a 1HZ pickup and...

So I have the same model also running a turbo and I sent mine in for a compression test a few months ago and found there was zero compression on two cylinders. This ended up being a full engine rebuild including reboring and fitting larger pistons. I also had to replace the cylinder head as it...

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Various pictures my toys

My offroad trips

My build thread