How to Decide 4×4 Vehicles the Suspension System
When you are buying a 4×4 for regular use in the bush, you will need to decide whether the vehicle’s suspension system should be fitted with leaf or coil springs.
There is no doubt that both leaf and coil springs perform well. In the past, the leaf spring has been more reliable, and of a better quality, than the coil spring, but the latter has become equally reliable, with some manufacturers recently changing from leaf to coil springs. In station- wagons, for example, this change was probably implemented to enhance the comfort of the ride. (more…)
Different Classes, different rating of the different types of 4×4 vehicles
Each class of vehicle has been rated according to the Kaoko Scale, a rating system I devised for the first 4×4. We were looking for a way to simplify the conditions the offroader is likely to encounter. Each class of vehicle has been rated according to the range of conditions and terrain it can handle. (more…)
Make sure your Car is not stolen
Sad to say, the world is not full of people as nice as you and me. Although we have worked hard to buy and maintain our cars, there are malcontents out there who want the same thing for nothing.
Thieves come in three types: joyriders (usually young people who ‘take the car for a burn’), pilferers (who steal luggage or dash-board stereos, often without moving the car) and professionals. None of them are particularly nice but at least with the first and second type you have a chance of getting most of your car back. (more…)
Auto Care: Auto Parts/ Auto Kit must have Shopping List
- Battery hydrometer
- Coolant hydrometer
- Drain basin
- Droplight
- Emery cloth
- Fine sandpaper
- Fire extinguisher
- Funnel
- Fuse puller
- Jack
- Jack stands
- Jumper cables
- Lug wrench
- Needle-nose pliers
- Oil filter (strap) wrench
- Putty knife
- Rubber mallet
- Screwdrivers(Phillips and standard)
- Socket wrench
- Spark plug socket
- Terminal puller
- Tire pressure gauge
- Wheel blocks
