Toyota Hiaces - fuel range?

[racefactory]

Never heard of that one!

Fucking hell they break all the time though, that's a bit harsh I would have thought. I wonder then if the bastard would go into the engine bay to investigate the cause?

What did your mate get fined?

[k14]

A mate of mine said years ago he had a diesel Landcruiser and the cop jumped in the truck and made him drive to check that the speedo was working. I haven't heard of that happening to anyone else, though.

The cops must all know that people with old diesels unplug the speedo cable.

I have heard of that happening on more than one occasion. My old flatmate had the cop tell him to drive up the road 500m and come back to check the odo clicked over. I believe the fine is $2500. Foolish to leave the speedo cable unplugged. One fine would be around 40000km of ruc

[SMOKEU]

I've heard of the old "hook up a drill to the speedo cable to wind it back", but that's an old wives tale isn't it? I've heard that you'll have to run the drill for many hours just to lose a couple of kms.

[ttmadness]

i also wonder if that works

[k14]

I've heard of the old "hook up a drill to the speedo cable to wind it back", but that's an old wives tale isn't it? I've heard that you'll have to run the drill for many hours just to lose a couple of kms.

Yeah it works but is very slow. You can only run the speedo backwards as similar speeds that you drive (maybe up to 150kph) so 6-7 hours per 1000km.

[SMOKEU]

Yeah it works but is very slow. You can only run the speedo backwards as similar speeds that you drive (maybe up to 150kph) so 6-7 hours per 1000km.

So it'll probably burn out the drill motor pretty quickly.

[k14]

So it'll probably burn out the drill motor pretty quickly.

Or dremel...

[SMOKEU]

I've heard you can take the plastic gauge cluster cover off and then put a very small flathead screwdriver inbetween the digits on the odometer to wind them back, but is it really that easy?

[TimeOut]

I have heard of that happening on more than one occasion. My old flatmate had the cop tell him to drive up the road 500m and come back to check the odo clicked over. I believe the fine is $2500. Foolish to leave the speedo cable unplugged. One fine would be around 40000km of ruc

Yep they're doing that in Southland

[SMOKEU]

I wonder what old scummy will have to say when he stumbles upon this thread.

[Spearfish]

Then you run into problems with the timing belt if you don't keep a record of your k's travelled in the manual.

5k between oil changes adds up so does the RUC with its admin charge then rego is higher, purchase price is higher.
They are an ugly shape to the wind so pushing it with a petrol engine is probably more expensive (?)

[SMOKEU]

Then you run into problems with the timing belt if you don't keep a record of your k's travelled in the manual.

5k between oil changes adds up so does the RUC with its admin charge then rego is higher, purchase price is higher.
They are an ugly shape to the wind so pushing it with a petrol engine is probably more expensive (?)

Yeah, but diesels are a lot nicer to drive than petrols. I don't see myself going back to a petrol anytime soon even if the running costs are identical.

[ttmadness]

I've heard you can take the plastic gauge cluster cover off and then put a very small flathead screwdriver inbetween the digits on the odometer to wind them back, but is it really that easy?

done it, yes its easy. never tried the drill and wonder if it actually works. only thing is you can usually tell if its been done if you look closely cause the digits become a little crooked. good luck.

[SMOKEU]

done it, yes its easy. never tried the drill and wonder if it actually works. only thing is you can usually tell if its been done if you look closely cause the digits become a little crooked. good luck.

The analog speedos are all pretty much the same on different brands of vehicles, aren't they?

[SPman]

One day NZ might come into line with the rest of the world, re diesel pricing, You'd think it would be easy enough to put the road tax into the purchase price for up to 2.5 ton vehicles......
Diesel over here is about the same price as 91 give or take 5 cents....