All,
What are the differences between the 2.8l Diesel and 3.0l diesel when looking at purchasing a 2000 model Hiace van.
I notice that mid year Toyota changed from one to the other.
Can i expect a noticeable performance gain?

The loosening of a crankshaft pulley bolt dilemma (sheik yabooty) brought to
my attention another age-old method of loosening bolts/nuts ie "shocking the
bolt loose".
Basically you put a medium length drive-handle on the socket which is about

If you took a piston motor and doubled the mass of all the moving parts what
effect would this have on it's power curve? This is assuming that everything
in the engine is strong enough not to break at similar rpm and that the
extra mass doesn't cause other adverse effects such as ...

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A/C evacuation pump.
Caboolture.  Pick up only.  Bugger.
Anybody in QLD want?

Hello group,
Been living in Japan for a while and am considering bringing a car back
to Oz and wondering if anyone had any recommendations.
I believe I have to have owned the car for 12months before importing so

They just have to be naked, is all.
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Oh boy!, what a trip.
Virgin cancelled the direct flight and sent us via Sydney, with a two
hour stop over, arring in Melbourne at 3:30pm, last Friday.  
It took one and a half hours to get to Ferntree Gully on roads that I'd

I'm after some information on the stupid remote central locking system
on my ED.
The remote hasn't worked for ages (since a heavy rain storm some time
ago) with no sign of life from any of the remotes.  I'd love to know

I think a while back there was a link to a site that sold these adapters.
Anyone remember where it was?
GF ran out of gas last night, right in front of the coppers.
Coppers were nice enough to push her the 20m to the petrol station

I finally bothered to look at your webpage. My god, you can't be
serious. This has to be an a-grade with too much time on their hands
recounting every stupid thing they've witnessed in 30 years of running a
workshop.

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/050215/23/93mk.html
... striking a blow against global blandness and mass scale economics.
No GM blocks in Alfas, then, I am guessing.
        MK.

Motor Performance Car of The Year kinda sorted out the cars.
Note that they gave the turbo cars unfair advantage by running them early in
the day when it was cooler. The V8's and blown Mercs had to do it in 30deg+
heat. As far as I'm concerned, air temp affects ALL cars in the same ...

The matter of hybrid cars and lessening revenues from fuel taxation
(aka GovCo theft).
Your link..
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/eveningnews/main674120.shtml.

 A 10-year-old boy was walking down the street when a car pulled up
beside
 him and its window was wound down.
 "I'll give you a bag of lollies if you get in the car," said the

Well it had to happen. Some moron has attacked my doorlock with a
screwdriver or some other sharp instrument. They managed to mangle it but
did
not succeed in breaking in. Key still works though. Question is who fixes