Hola, as they say here in the colonies

ChileBob · Post by **ChileBob** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:33 pm

Ex-pat Brit from Cambridge living in Chile - buying a 1995 SJ413 & with luck it'll pass tech inspection tomorrow so I can go play.

Car seems to be in great condition considering its age. Being old isn't a crime & its so dry here that things don't rust.

I miss mud so I'll just have to go get it stuck in the desert, or some spanner time sorting it out, either way it'll be fun.

Post by **Jordi** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:02 pm

Welcome to the club.

maxaret · Post by **maxaret** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:07 am

Hi Bob and

cheers max

ChileBob · Post by **ChileBob** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:20 pm

Only fault was suspension bushes, pretty good for a car with more mileage than the Space Shuttle. With luck I get it back this afternoon.

Rankine · Post by **Rankine** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:57 pm

Welcome along!

ChileBob · Post by **ChileBob** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:19 pm

Third-Party Insurance $5390 Pesos (almost a Fiver!), Road Tax $24500 Pesos (almost 23 quid)

LOL :-)

Here in the colonies the highways are toll roads & quite expensive, so there's that...not that it'll be spending much time on highways.

Post by **Jordi** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:23 pm

Sounds like cheap motoring.

ChileBob · Post by **ChileBob** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 5:34 pm

So here's one thing that's clearly not in the Chilean MoT - play in the steering.

No kidding, give the steering wheel almost a quarter turn and exactly nothing happens. I'll be tweaking that adjuster on the steering box :-)

ChileBob · Post by **ChileBob** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:14 pm

Title transferred this afternoon :-)

Things to sort out, some muppet had been in the wiring to install a 'kill switch' - so badly done it was a 'break down in the middle of nowhere switch'.

It also had a Warn winch that was stolen so there's dangling wires. I'll remove all that & maybe cobble together a hydraulic winch, I have a pump & motor laying around from another project. One day, eventually.

ChileBob · Post by **ChileBob** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:48 pm

Oops, I'll be needing a new one of those...although, I have a wrecked Nissan D21 & its hubs look identical.

EDIT: Nope, wont work, Nissan hubs are 28 spline & that's two too many.

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