140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by Jay18 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:07 pm

Haha it's the mrs tha doesn't have faith, I think she'll be okay, I'm just making sure the zuk is all good to go, what's the best oil to put in the steering box? I've got gear oil that I used to top up the diffs and gearbox..
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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by suzukisteve » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:04 pm

i used 1 shot grease but diff oil should be alright i reckon.

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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by turbo-tom » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:06 pm

so you there yet?
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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by Jay18 » Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:47 am

Done it guys! Think the gearbox is getting a bit hot and it whines really noisy lol but no problems, she got us here fine...
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Post by dan_2k_uk » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:56 am

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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by suzukisteve » Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:58 am

warm noisy gearbox? standard sj!
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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by twiss » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:07 am

If you want the full effect of hot gear oil run your axle breathers into the cab haha
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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by Jay18 » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:56 pm

Yep zuki was fine, I only took one stop halfway but my shoulders and right ankle were killing me lol might need to make an arm rest on the drivers door so my arm is more comfortable..
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Re: 140 miles in a sj410, any advice please?

Post by turbo-tom » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:02 pm

See this is when you want a defender nice ans comfty and you have the window for the arm rest ;)
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