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You need to watch it on slippery slopes as I've had it lock up my wheels ( yes it was in 4WD low range ) , had a nice slide and had to use the winch to anchor it to a tree. Then used tree as an anchor to spin Canter around and lower down hill. There was a nice drop of about 30ft. from where I...

Actually they are ex hire vehicles. One of the bigger Hire Vehicle Vendors has gone down apparently and all their vehicles are going up. They bought up big to supply mines but mostly for the LPG gas pipelines and with those jobs finished up they were left with a lot of vehicles and no work for...

Really enjoying your account of your trip. Good to see someone else sharing their trip. Great photos, I really like the desert scenery. I've mounted my winch (20,000 Lb) under the rear roughly where you have your spare and it is cabled to the front and can be used out the rear as well. So 1...

One of the recommended up grades is to increase the amount of vacuum storage. As in fitting an extra tank which is done by one of the major builders when they do a wheel upgrade. I've not yet worn out a set of pads and find what I have works well. Saying that I can't say weather they are...

Yes diesel bug can be a problem but I think you are barking up a personal choice of people having 2 tanks and carrying fuel around. If you don't want to do it Don't. I know myself a lot of time with my standard tank I'm driving 20Klms a day just to get fuel so I can keep working, so a second...

If you want to play in the deserts there is no fuel and I would not be surprised to see anything up to 30 litres/hundred climbing dunes all day. In my working out I'm going to be looking for at least 150L per side with a fuel transfer pump between tanks that can put fuel through a filter setup...

That is going to be a slippery one. 4WD and steady on the throttle. Take some video if you can and of coarse let us know how it goes. Dan.

I believe SkiFreak is right and myself, I find it a very good one. Know that the Canter wouldn't go half the places without it. I've also gone down the route of fitting one of Alan's Torsens in the front and am still in trial mode with it. Dan.

Love the pictures, keep them coming. That's the country I certainly would like to see for my self. Maybe one day we will send our Canter over and take a tour of your great country. Dan.

Exactly what I found - other than I use Kuhmo KL71 in 315/75x16. Same thing, good in off road situation and quiet on road. Dan.

I believe this would be a reasonably priced power increase for your troopy. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DTS-TURBO-KIT-TOYOTA-LAND-CRUISER-1HZ-4-2LT-ENGINE-FOR-75-78-79-SERIES-HZ75DTS-/121080595311?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item1c30f7436f Dan.

Exposed windows can be a problem on tight tracks. Tree branches have a habit of knowing were a window is. Dan.

Well this is to bring it back to the top and do an up date. Front ends been all rebuilt haven't had a chance to try the front diff centre out in anger but that will come. The offer to come along is still open even if it's not in your Canter. I'm sure we could get your Commodore through - well...

You may find that the rear shackle is standing fairly straight up and down. It will take a fair hit to get it to move were as if it was leaning back at an angle it will move a lot easier. That was my theory in the rough ride and mine also hit the bump stops on larger bumps. My solution was to...

That would be unheard of ( well I've never heard of it), the only way that I know that balance beads would be a problem would be not having enough beads in to do the job. The rate that I know is 1oz per 10 Lbs of tyre or part there of ( so a 72Lb tyre would need 8oz of beads ). If rims are a...

I'm running tubeless on my alloy rims and have never had a problem to seat them even when fitting new tyres just using an air compressor, even a little 12v one. It can take a bit some times to get it right. And yes we have use bang fluid of all sorts to seat some tyres on other rims that have...

Saw the winch in the video certainly good. 1st gear is really low so 2nd start off is normal. Cruising speed is about the same as mine but it will sit on 100klm on the flats. 4.6 litre non-turbo engine is different as ours are 4.2 non-turbo (Nice to see pics and get an engine prefix #) That...

Well then you are half there it really can't be that hard to fit to a 4x4 chassis. Over there you all so seem to get a fair few that have rusted out chassis well fit the gear under a 2wd duel cab chassis. You have a more liberal vehicle modification system than we do so really not a problem. Dan.

Bead lock, Normal or split rims they are all easy to do on the side of the road if you know what to do and have the gear. There is a knack to doing it right and if you have never done it find someone that can do it to show you how. I normally just use a bead breaker to break the bead, a couple...

I wouldn't use low range and in 2WD unless there was little load on the drive of the vehicle, you are supplying a lot of torque to the drive train. If by chance you are using 4th or 5th gear in low then you might as well be in High Range as your gears are overlapping. When we are running on...