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cheers, what pics are ya after just the underside? ill have to clear the crap away to get some so i should be able to have em up by wednesday haha

Thats great! helps me a lot! Thanks!

Got a phone call back from the mechanic $1600 to get my tranny rebuilt! i thought that was a little excessive so I called a few mates and ended up finding a second hand one which is apparently in good cond, yet to check it out in person, now here comes the fun part... I don't really know a thing about pulling a tranny, kinda learning as i go along, has anyone had any major issues pulling their tranny? I'm pretty keen to get a hands on look at how it all works but i don't want to create a bigger problem! I haven't yet was only really checking through the oil for metal shavings/ pieces, but now I'm changing it all out i guess that would be a good idea haha

haha yeah all the good stuff! Have you got a members rides thread? or any photos?

yeah as you probably know parts round here are hard to find unless you have a donor truck, luckily we can pinch a few of the after market stuff of the D21's

ahhk, can't say i know anyone locally, I'm in carlisle. Well i know 96 and up changed to the R50, so maybe thats what he means? but as far as i know the d21 navaras should be the same if not extremely close.

Hey mate and Since your a perth local I suggest you have a chat to the guys at Parkside tow bars, there in welshpool and do real good work in my experience with my dads cars at a reasonable price IMO. Where a bouts in perth are you located?

X2! Good Luck! couldn't imaging having to go through anything like that!

yup decided to pull the whole shifter and plate to get a better look at things. I think I'm going to have to pull the tranny and take it to a shop to get properly looked at. how do you drain the tranny dry? it seems to have a small amount sitting in the bottom. I have tried lifting the back end ,till i started getting a little uncomfortable about ow high it was, which helped but still not enough? I don't wanna pull it and make a bigger mess than needed

ok, so i had a bit of a play around today, drained the gearbox oil and found this! The car won't actually engage reverse at all, like something is blocking it? this bit? thats what i originally suspected but all seemed ok to me? just to be sure we tried to engage reverse with a bar and the shifter out and still no luck would that be an issue that would be resolved via a rebuild or just a service? As above the plastic cap seems to be in good shape? although i have never really seen any to compare against. i found the model number on a Navara forum are the gearboxes marked in anyway to differentiate between them?

Alrighty, so yesterday myself and my old man had a crack at fixing the problem. Firstly we tried just rocking the car back and fourth in neutral and in second... no luck, we then pushed her back about 2 m tried again.. no luck. Got the old man's territory and towed her out of the garage and went for a drive down the road and back... no luck. Still just completely locked out! There this really weird noise coming from the gearbox when it was in neutral and its making me think i don't really have a choice but to get a replacement or get mine rebuilt? I was hoping since it just stopped working as it was parked up for a couple of weeks that something just wasn't alined, thinking I might be wrong ill chuck up a video of the noise. EDIT: http://imageshack.us...tuchjuierv.mp4/ EDIT: would I be correct in saying that I have the FS5X71C gearbox?

thanks for the replies, ill have a crack tomorrow giving her a push back. if i did open her up i would have no idea what to look for :S never really had the chance to learn about gear box's I tried to shuffle through all the gears then into reverse, then just 5 into reverse 4 ect. even tried in 2low and 4low no luck called my mate and he seems to think it might be the synchronising gears? i take it they would be pretty difficult to fix?

I didn't even get her out of the carport to install the lift I'm stuck hard up against a wall

Having only been able to find info about the auto trans failing in reverse I'm stuck trying to find any answers. Bit of background, its a 1990 5 speed diesel td27 engine, done around 240k and never had any issues with any of the gears, new clutch slave cylinder about 210k. I parked her in the carport for about 2 weeks till my snorkel and body lift arrived, went to back her out to start work and no reverse. Can't even engage reverse at all, its like it has been locked out? I can shift into all 5 of the other gears without any problems just not reverse? any help is greatly appreciated! cheers nick

Good to see some more Aussies popping up!

Have you looked into the timber laminate?

If only we had the aftermarket support of the GQ! Finally got around to doing some more work, sorry about the poor quality, was pretty dark when i finished. rough outline first cut second cut new brackets riveted and sika flex'd in flares fastened And the rears Tomorrow morning I'm going to attempt to respray my truck so ill post some finished photos after that.

Beautiful, thanks mate. Cheers for the write up to, did a great job!

Has anyone tried this with the H4 set up? Could we use the same harness just with the H4 connectors?

I could only dream to be as good as Him! Im still in the process of cutting the fronts, I will grab some pics of the rears when I get home tonight.

Ah beautiful! That thread is a really good read! Yeah being the 4 door had to make up some new brackets, went a lot smoother than planned and turned out pretty nice IMO. Thanks! I really like the look of a few of the trucks going around here, but i can't part with the Blue/Silver two tone

Hey guys, I have been searching a fair bit, through this forum and others but I'm still unable to find an answer. How have you mounted your flares after trimming the wheel arch seeing as the factory points are removed? obviously stock flares are out, but for rubber DIY flares or garden edging even? any help/ideas are much appreciated! Cheers Nick

it feels alright, that is until I'm out of fluid and its pressed hard to the floor hahaha. didn't think of that cheers, ill have to give it a look over tomorrow cheers!

The carpet is dry, but i might have to get that one checked. Its not so much skimping on repairs but more not getting the run around like my brother and a few of my mates. they say it might be this or this and charge heaps for to replace all the parts. If i had an idea of what went wrong I might be able to say it could be this, lets start here kinda thing. Help reduce the guessing game.

Hey guys After doing some searching on the forum i haven't able to find my answer unfortunately. Any help is really appreciated. I seem to have a serious leak somewhere in my brake lines but i can't find it any where. In the past month i have gone through a full litre of brake fluid constantly topping them up. Im trying to avoid going straight to the mechanics so i can learn bit more about my car and do it myself and to avoid getting ripped off if its just a simple fix. I have replaced the brake pads, and to the best of my ability looked over the brake lines and don't seem to find any leaks. There is one thing that caught my attention and that was just under the brake cylinder is a whole lot of paint which has been removed. The only thing is that every time i have checked under there is has been dry yet I'm still loosing fluid?!? Any help or possible fixes would be much appreciated. Cheers Nick.