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    M1028 or 1008 for an expedition car??

    Hi All, Sure they are, but the problem here is to find a good one, i meen one that has not been crashed. Most of the chinese ...can't really drive and have regular accidents so it is a big problem to find a good car as a second hand. They have put various engines in them, from the 5.5...
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    M1028 or 1008 for an expedition car??

    Hi All, Yes i am still arround but the plan has change a little since i can't bring my truck to asia, unfortunatelly they have hugly regulation and........that won't make it for here. So i got to find something local. At the moment it sounds like a chinese cherokee, 4l engine 6cyl, longer...
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    M1028 or 1008 for an expedition car??

    :wink:Thanks for the link AJMBLASER. I got it already. I would put alift to help jumping the top edge of dunes, thids truck has a quite long wheel base and i beleive the lift is more than necessary. I will look into this manual gear conversion see if i can find something. i will post here...
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    M1028 or 1008 for an expedition car??

    Hi all , Really thanks a lot for all your inputs, it is so nice to find a place to get answers:-D. Regarding the suspension, i was thinking a standar + 3 or 4" with a set of airbarg helper or an added coil spring, we have try that on other pickups and it works great, you can adjust hight...
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    M1028 or 1008 for an expedition car??

    Hi Maritimer, I don't want a cruising speed higher than 70, 75mph. This is enough for me. 20mpg is quite low for this big truck, that sounds good. What gearing have in in your 1009? I saw a couple of post regarding pre heat problem, do you have inputs about that or correctives actions to...
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    M1028 or 1008 for an expedition car??

    Hi, For the diesel, in countries where the temperature is going down like this, we can find -35 or -40 degrees diesel, i was working in Inermongolia, (Chinese Mongolia) for almost 2 years in a remote place and we could find this diesel as all trucks were running with it. For the cruising...
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    M1028 or 1008 for an expedition car??

    Hi Everybody. This is my first post so i will present quickly myself. I am french working in Asia and i am use to do off road trips in africa. I am owning a Toyota landcruiser HDJ80 witch i am upgrading for my next longer trips (about 1 to 2 months long) and i am quite interested by this...
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