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I would probably try to make friends with your local race car fabrication shop. Take lots of pictures and they will get you sorted out. Have had terrible luck approaching traditional truck fitters as they are generally hacks and have trouble thinking outside the box. Allan

As stated before, drain fluids from all boxes/axles and inspect for bearing material. I found that my truck was significantly quieter after switching to Redline fully synthetic fluids in the appropriate weights(except the rear diff which I run conventional with lots of friction modifier for...

Dan, So the third/fourth gear spacing is the same? Bummer. It would be interesting to put one in and effectively make it into a close ratio box by significantly lowering the axle ratios. Really just speculating as this would be ungodly $$$$. Allan

Fuel economy corrected via gps speedometer. Allan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is Further info. Sunil is ok. https://newsbeezer.com/polandeng/an-american-in-an-accident-around-the-world-had-an-accident-near-posk-i-thank-the-police-and-want-to-return-to-poland/

Does anyone have any other details on this? Met him at expo 5 years ago. Really really nice guy. Doctor out of California. Hope he is ok. The driver of the audi I have less hope for...... Allan

Somewhere on this forum is a thread I put together comparing all reported fuel economy. The gist was. With the exception of a few outliers(20k lb vehicles for example) everyone was getting about 13mpg. On a recent 10k mile trip in my 2000 FG on 37" tires in conjunction with a 2014...

After living with my FG for some time, I must say the only real weakness of the truck is the gear ratios in the manual transmission. Some of the 2 wheel drive models have a six speed transmission. Has anyone investigated whether the six speed will mate to the 5 speed transfer case? Thank you...

Same engine as mine then. Robust, powerful, and reliable in my experience. Allan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do you have an Idea of whether it is a normally aspirated or turbo diesel? Generally the turbo models get 13 mpg. Not sure about N/A though.

In my case it was bfg all terrain tires which were the problem. Running Goanna trax 17” steel wheels. I put the truck on 4 jack stands and ran it in 4x4. Wheels tested perfectly round but tires were 3/4 inch or more out of round. Sold off the tires and switched brands. Problem solved. Allan...

Fido maxes out at 79 mph via gps. The 37's are helpful in this regard.

That's a good looking SWB! Love mine. Wouldn't want anything else. Allan

I ran into a lot of trouble with low ratings on bridges. I attempted to travel the TCAT (trans canada trail for motorcycles.) Had a ton of fun but was turned back on several occasions. If I had it to do over again I would spend more time in Nova Scotia and skip Laborador.

I was looking very carefully at that truck. I think it was a great value!

We've been on vacation from the Interwebs for a while and Fido has been on the move. Went to Newfoundland last year on a three month trip. This winter was spent exploring Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern California. Here are a few pics!

If you could tilt the axles to increase the clearance under the pumpkins it would be very beneficial...> Allan

The new option should be awesome. The manual transmission and low range are key. In the US they now only have automatic and no low range making them somewhat less desireable. Allan

I experimented significantly with pressures in Fido on a recent 10k mile trip. Running 37x12.5 17" tires. In VERY soft sand at highway pressure (50psi) the truck was having difficulty progressing-ie the engine will bog but the truck still moves ok in 2nd gear low range. Lower the...

Definitely cuts from rocks. Very common. Not generally of concern. Allan