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  1. Taiwan has/had better cred than most China made................. once upon a time Taiwan ROC and HongKong made good-ish gear
  2. Paul, is it only upper balljoint that is binding ? if so, can you raise the inner, upper mounting point to flatten the the upper arm ?
  3. damn near thought it was today, and was expecting tail-end charlie on a blind corner over Dansey's. looked like some other crew out for a postie bike run ? unless graded prior, some of the steeper sections are corrugated to buggery , and will be a handfull.
  4. 2 years i believe, may have been one . work had a import petrol Navara that needing re-compliance due to the timeline, but the regs had change between compliance tests and needed a 'sniffer' jammed up it's bum........had to lean it to the point of melting plugs and pinging to pass !!
  5. applies to rusty 'self-contained shit-in-the-bushes vans' as well........ i believe
  6. a crimped lug attached to frame of panel, and/or the roof/ground ali mounting frame (often sandwiched) to a cable to a driven earth stake, i could be wrong, but the charge controller is earthed to same stake........... if am wrong about coupling the panel and controller earths.... best some tell me, at that is how i was told to do it
  7. usually panels/frame and charge controller are earthed
  8. not forgetting either the time allocated for arguments/Barrying at both WOF inspection and potentially re-checks
  9. if Class EB exemption still valid, remains valid at change of ownership. if not on hold, you may have to 'back-pay' to get EB updated
  10. have you tried the local Toyota dealership ? many items are genuinely cheaper than aftermarket.... or importing from outsource suppliers of genuine
  11. yamaha made heads for toyota, so quite relevant !!
  12. Sheldon Rush is the Toyota guru in Oamaru
  13. simply remove ceramic 10A fuse and fit 15A MCB for welding duties
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