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Your alternator, is not going to fry anything. It is rated at 180 amps. This means it will be able to supply up to 180 amps to any circuit that draws tha many amps. It only puts out the std 13.8 volts. You will most likely be only drawing 30ish amps from your fan and lights so that is all the alternator will be supplying. I have a stock std 70 amp alty on my TD27 and it is more than enough to supply charge to 2 batteries as well as the winch and 5 driving lights. I draw with calculations, 43 amps with the driving lights alone so there is sufficient amperage left over to charge batteries etc. I would not use the winch with the lighting running all the same. I have run this scenario through with my local auto sparky and he has no issues with what im doing.

OldSlowReliable and Trenton163. As per the above postings, have you checked the fluid levels in the brake reservoir? You may find that it is getting low.

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That is exactly what mine did, came on when cornering. The resivour seems to have a sensor in it and will put the handbrake light on when it is getting low.

Low brake fluid is my guess, it happened to me recently too.

Further to my advise above, ive had a night's sleep on it. Queenstown IMHO is over rated, expensive and a tourist trap. Great if you are a thrill seeker, but for the leasuly cruisers that I think you may be, a bit too much. This is just my opinion and im not trying to put you off or anything like that. If you do decide to stay there, there is a nice cruise you can do on an old steam boat across Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw. http://www.zqn.co.nz/earnslaw/ You will travel to the other side of the lake and disembark at Walter Peak station, where you will be entertained and can walk amongst the animals, hear of the history and if memory serves me well there is afternoon tea supplied in the package. The return trip is via the steam launch again. A great way to fill in a day. Arrowtown, http://www.arrowtown.org.nz/ an old gold mining settlement is just out of Queenstown and is a nice place to visit on your journey through the country side. Wanaka, just a 1.25hr drive from Queenstown is worth a visit to see the aviation museum, http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/ and puzzle world. http://www.puzzlingworld.co.nz/ Another destination you may like to explore from Te Anau to your return through Queenstown is The Catlins. http://www.catlins.org.nz/ Probably one of the prettiest places on the East coast of the South Island. It is advisable to check with the AA road watch, http://www.aaroadwatch.co.nz/ to see the conditions of the roads you are travelling, especially if the weather turns nasty. More so in the lower South Island where some roads will be dangerous to drive if there is heavy snow about. Here you might like to ask the hire company to supply you some chains for your motor home, we call them camper vans. Also ask them to show you how they fit on as sometimes they will just throw in a set of chains that are the wrong size! I was in Tekapo a while back for some fishing and it snowed heavily there. I have a full set of snow chains on my 4x4 and was amazed at the number of hired campers and cars that had the wrong sized chains. I spent 1/2 my time there towing and assisting people. I was kind of nice to be able to help them out so they could enjoy their holiday without the added cost of a breakdown service too. Remember we here in New Zealand drive on the LEFT side, this is the right side to drive on by the way. Keep the centre of the road on the drivers side of the vehicle and you will be sweat. More on the West Coast of the South Island. Between Greymouth and Hokitika there is a wee town called Shanty Town. http://www.shantytown.co.nz/ This is set up like the early 1860's as an old gold mining town would have been and here you can pan for gold if you so wish. It is a little costly IMHO, but nice to say "been there, done that too! If you travel to Kaikoura for your crayfish, be aware that the sizes will be a lot smaller now than when you were last here. There is a legal size system and you will not be sold any under sized fish, but they will be costly all the same. Many stalls and caravans are set up on the sides of the road through this area where you can make a purchase. There is a nice spot to spend an hour or so here too, just South of Kaikoura. It is a lime stone cave, borne out of the ocean thousands of years ago, where you can have a guided walk through to see the many different formations and colours. http://www.travelindex.co.nz/canterbury/pr...orileapcave.htm As for the North Island, well I haven't visited there much myself so I cannot offer any advise on that at all. There is the National Te Papa Museum in Wellington that might interest you if you are into that sort of thing. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Tepapa/English/ Here in Christchurch is the Gondola, where you can have both a ride, meal and learn the history of the area too, or you might like to do the package tour that includes a wild life park, Antartic centre and the gondola. Here is just one site I came across with Google search http://www.innovativetravel.co.nz/New_Zeal...stchurch_Sights The information centre in the centre of Christchurch city has a wealth of knowledgeable staff who will point you in the right direction and offer information on any topic you wish, if you want to visit there. http://www.totaltravel.co.nz/travel/south-...ch-i-site-visit

May I suggest you go to Doubtful sound, not Milford. Base yourselves at Te Anau. http://www.fiordland.org.nz/ Reason; Doubtful Sound trip starts at Manapouri and you travel across the Lake Manupori via a launch to the power station side of the lake. Here you disembark and are driven over the mountain by bus, with a most informative description of the area by the driver en route to the Ocean. At the top of the pass you stop for a minute or two and can admire the many different coloured mosses growing there, some it is the only place they grow and are of all different colours. When you get to the Ocean you then board a large boat (ship) and have a most pleasant cruise of the fiords. This trip in it self is so much nicer and longer than Milford. I have done both myself. After returning from this cruise you are then driven back over the same pass by bus then down in the bowls of the Manapouri dam under ground. 200M deep and 2.1 kilometre drive. http://www.lakevista.co.nz/manapouri_power_station.htm Staying at Te Anau, you can do a trip to the glow worm caves, here you travel by boat across Lake Te Anau to the other side and are then transferred to small flat bottom dingys and are taken inside the caves. This is a beautiful experience indeed. http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/activities/t...caves-tour.aspx All these destinations I have done myself and thoroughly recommend them. On your inland trip back from Queenstown to Christchurch, you can stop off at lake Pukaki and marvel at the sight of Mt Cook, our largest mountain. Also there are several salmon farms in the hydro canals that link these lakes and if you wish you can purchase some fresh salmon, or catch your own in the holding areas. I know this is cheating, but you do not need a special license to catch the fish this way. All fishing in rivers and lakes requires the purchase of a fishing license. Be mindful of the fuel prices here, you may need to pack some spare body parts Fuel is available in all towns and cities, but 24hr fuel stations are only in the major towns and cities. For something different you can dine on the tram as it circuits a part of the inner city, or of course you can take it during the day and you will also have a run-down from the driver of the sights you see en route. If you do this on a Sat/Sun you can stop off at the "Arts Centre" http://www.artscentre.org.nz/ for a look at craft stalls and some of the oldest buildings in the city. The museum and art gallery is 2 mins walk from here too. http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz/christchurch/ If there is anything else you want to know, just holler. Oh, BTW on the West Coast, stop off at Punakaki (pancake rocks) this is an amazing place especially if the ocean is rough and angry. Keep to the tracks and you will be right as rain, but don't wander off them, it is dangerous to do so. Take the train from Christchurch to Greymouth , you never know with the weather, you may have some beautiful views of just how rugged our country is in places. Its a great trip to do if there has been a fall of fresh snow too. Don't stop off at Arthurs pass.

This is all that was necessary for me when I did my 2 inch body lift.

I too would like to see some nice side on picks too, please. Both the front and back guards.

Try the search feature on here too, do some research, then ask away.

That's quite normal for a lot of Pathies/Terranos. Mine is in the rear side panel however. I never did find an amp in the front, even after all the local radio specialists advised it was there. I simply ran new wiring for my sound system.

When I had troubles with mine, showing the same symptoms, it was the clutch in the starter. They have a habit of doing this. It prevents the starter from engaging properly.

Any chance of scanning the pamphlet and sending me a copy please?

If the WOF place does a proper job, then no. You will need a cert for a B/L. You should also get it certified for insurance purposes too, because if you don't and have an accident, you know the rest.......

Love to hear where you get after market headlights from for these trucks. The originals are a PITA IMHO. the rubber boots at the back of them do not seal properly. I have tried to silicone grease mine to prevent water ingress. I have even placed a silicone rubber tube in the breather part, siliconed it in place, and ran the tube to a small plastic container with those gel beads in it that absorb water. It has helped, but still the water gets in.

Wind it back a bit. Below is a picture of mine. I have a 2" B/L and 2.5" S/L. There is enough clearance on my truck to run 32" tyres without rubbing, but I have to do a little trimming if I want to put on 33" tyres.

I use a engineers steel ruler, a thin one and slide that up to the clip to gently prise it out. My speakers were some odd size like 5 1/4" or 5 1/2" and the rears 5x7". I managed to get 6" speakers in the door by modding the plastic bracket the old ones were mounted on with a heat gun.

I should have paid closer attention when I had the passengers wheel off for you , but I do not think there is much in the way of drag all the same. It is definatley rubber anyways. While i was greasing the ball joints I noticed a split in oune of the outer boots. looks like I have to spend a coin again, bugger it.

It actually feels like a rubber washer, I cannot tell properly at this stage, I will have a good look later when I remove the wheel to do my oil change and service. I do remember I had to loose a thick metal washer to get the nut to screw back on fully though. It is a captive nut.

That looks so cool, can you post where you got the LED's and what type they are?b They look like Hi density blues as used in many car alarms. How hard is it to get the cluster out?

Ok, I have thought about replacing the small lamps that illuminate the switches on the dashboard and doors etc, with miniature LED's. My thoughts on this are that the miniature LED's are readably available and last for years, where the miniature lamps in the switches have a limited life and are near impossible to obtain. Has anyone done this?

What is the issue with your light, surely all the LED haven't gone bad? I would suggest having a good look at the board and checking there isn't a break on it preventing the lights from working. If this is the case, it is an easy fix with a soldering iron and a fine bit of wire to bridge the break.

No one here makes these, but would be a piece of cake to get something made at a local engineering firm, or do it yourself. Here is a pic of the Calmini one on my truck.

Thanks for that, awesome. BTW what does H233B mean?

Thanks guys for the replies. I hadn't thought about axle splines, I have no idea what mine are. I know the fronts are 28's. I've got homework to do.