{"id":4482,"date":"2015-05-13T20:05:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T18:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/?page_id=4482"},"modified":"2015-05-30T22:04:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T20:04:32","slug":"babs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/4-wheels\/babs\/","title":{"rendered":"BABS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hilux<\/a>
BABS, my Hilux, at the top of Van Rhyns Pass on the way back to Botswana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My Old Faithful: a 1994 Toyota Hilux 4×4 double-cab with the 22R 2.4 litre petrol engine.<\/p>\n

I bought it in 2001 with something like 140,000km on the odometer, one careful owner who had retired to the Cape and taken the car with him.\u00a0 This meant I had to go and collect it: a 5 day adventure over the Independence Day public holiday.<\/p>\n

Since then BABS has worked hard and now sits on 510,000km in semi-retirement carrying rubbish to the tip, collecting building materials and acting as stand-in when other vehicles are out of service.<\/p>\n

The only major interventions have been engine rebuilds after timing chain failure: the first one top-end only and the second a full strip-down.<\/p>\n

\"Fuelly\"<\/a>
BABS’ thirst.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n