Recent content by Starsky

I had a similar problem as described on my D40 Spanish build 2013 auto it occurred mainly after I reversed out of the driveway.. It turned out to be an axle seal that let oil pass into the rear left brake drum. The oil caused the shoe to swell over a period of time it would stick to the drum...

I saw these old posts. It is a similar issue I am currently having. I have a 2013 spanish build, dual cab, 2.5 litre, 4x4, auto trans D40 and about 6 months ago the Left side rear axle seal failed. I eventually caused the brake pads to swell and the vehicle was undriveable. I took it to the...

Today I jacked up the nav and found the left rear wheel would not rotate. I removed the wheel and with some difficulty the drum. After doing this I could spin the axial. Nothing looks damaged or broken in the brake. I have backed off the auto brake adjuster and refit the wheel and the wheel...

Thanks Fellas, No dip stick so I cant check the Tranny fluid. Today I am again thinking brakes, may be a broken return spring. Today I tested the D40 and went for a drive - no issues. I parked for about 2 hours with the hand brake applied and when I went to leave I started the vehicle, put it...

At times feels like the hand brake is still on when put in drive to go forward. I have a 2013, 4 cylinder auto D40 done 95,000 K and recently it has felt as if the hand brake was applied after reversing from the driveway, after travelling a short distance to the traffic lights on the green light...

Thanks for that, my stuff up I meant injectors. I have now edited the original post I have a 2013 D40 2.5 litre auto. The dealership said the timing on my injectors require adjustment and it costs $250.00 for them to attach the computer to the D40 and make the changes to the timing of the...

At about 60,00 klm (while still covered by the manufacturers warranty) I reported to the Nissan Dealership that my 2013 had noisy fuel injectors. They said that it was caused by a batch of faulty fuel that was in town at the time. At 70,000Klm the Injectors were still noisy (the nav was still...

I have a ARB fuel tank. Best mod I have made to my D40 I get over 1000 k to a tank. After filling up you travel about 350 k before the needle starts to move, your distance to empty reads low as a close guestimation I generally add 40% onto the reading and that's close enough when planning my...

Have you turned off the VDC? A friend of mine was having trouble in sand, loosing traction and the VDC would stop his wheels from spinning. Turned off the VDC and he was on his way. Starsky

Check with your wives, if they shop at Woolworths they may have been putting purchase points towards Qantas Frequent Flyers. The agreement between Woolworths and QANTAS has been cancelled, so I went onto the web site to see what I could get for the points we had accumulated. I had 83,000...

I had a win with a Nissan dealership. I put my D40 in for a service, they contacted me and said there was a problem with a power steering hose and they were replacing it under warranty. When I took my vehicle home and a few days later cleaned it I could not find the scratch I put in the right...

I recommend viewing the outback training video "Wolfe Creek" before you leave. I have recently done a trip through the Pilbara, there are a lot of places where there is no phone contact. I took a satellite phone with me in case of breakdown, you can tell people what you need to get out of...

I have read about the sumo suspension and was wondering the same thing. Are these any good. Has anyone tried this suspension. I was also wondering about the out back suspension where the leaf spring is sublimated with a coil spring. Ifthey are both good which Iis better

I purchased a wireless reverse camera set up, I know this is not much help for where to run your wireing, but when I connected the camera, I connected it to my number plate light circuit. This way when I reverse I turn on my park lights and that turns the camera on and I can see behind using the...

My apologies if this appears twice, it seems to have disappeared on my first try. While you are in Tom Price go to the visitor centre and do the Rio induction, this allows you to drive the Rio mine site road between Tom Price and the Millstream Chichester national Park. (If you start from...