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If all you did was the Oil, Plugs and Filter thats odd. The Oil change shouldn't change anything. It shouldn't be the plugs if it is idling smooth. I would bypass the filter by removing the boot between the filter can and the air plenum, you may have restricted the airflow with to much oil on the fi...

Okay guys lets look at the numbers, they claim a 10% increase, of course that is with a fuel injected car. They also state one pill per tank full. The Pinz holds 20gal x 15mpg = 300 miles per tank full 10% increase is 30 extra miles per tank or 2 free gallons of gas $6.00 - $2.00 for the magic pill ...

Gator / Croc?

Miles

Mike which model did you end up with, the 3500lb or 7700lb? The 3500lb seems to look like a good size without going to heavy.

Miles

Platypus? Likes to play in the water and goes on land plus its kinda weird looking.

Miles

If your not going to use the 12 volt batteries on a daily basis a 10 watt panel will maintain the batteries and do a slow recharge after draining them. This is a good style rated for marine use at a great price: http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Watt-Solar-Panel-and-Controller_W0QQitemZ6056307802QQcategoryZ419...

I orignally looked at both vehicals as well. While they are both great for off road use I couldn't tell you which is better, though any difference would pale in comparison to the competence of the driver so it is a wash in my book. The volvo uses the B30 volvo inline 6 which is a great motor and has...

Since we are having to restart the forum I thought I'd post all the links I know about, I'm sure there are more of them out there so please add to the list. Pinz Info: http://www.sdp-pinzgauer.org/ Repairs, Mods, Technical, Other stuff http://www.goatwerks.com/ Repairs, Technical, Other stuff http:/...

Are you pulling out the choke?

Miles

Hi guys I had copied some of the threads from the forum a while back to a Word .doc Its only a few but I've uploaded it in a zip file to mega upload. Its about a 3MB file heres the link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=67C80UMU Hope it helps some of you out Unfortunatly I didn't have the time to contin...

Bert look a little closer those aren't Pinzgauers 712's. I think they are called Scania the swiss army replaced the pinzgauer with them a while ago. They look a lot like the Volvo C303 to me.
Miles