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    funny, because some of the photo's were on Photo bucket
    and some were on my computer

    but

    the ones of the door table were on my puter - and didnt work
    and the ones of the different Van were on photobucket - and didnt work

    so re-uploaded them all, and it worked...........

    I just dont know why.........
    Tidy Whitey - 99 GU TD42Ti - Diesel Gas, (GUIV Turbo & Intercooler 8Lb boost), 33" Micky T's Baja MTZ's, Dual Batt's, Cargo Barrier, rear draws, HID Super Oscars, winch, Grinch & witch attached and more goodies to come

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigcol View Post
    hows that Stropp??
    better i can see them now sort of (my eyes are roo ted)
    2003 gu3 td42tdi sold 😞 bloody gvm towing crap. Bt50 3500kg gvm.

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    Nice clean rig mate, you've done a great job
    what trips have you taken her on touring?

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    well, the GQ did
    Pth, Kal, Esperence, Augusta, Pth several times
    pth - Pt Gregory - more times than I can remember
    pth, Gerro, Carnarvon, Exmouth, Carnarvon, pth a couple of times
    pth, Gerro, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Kal, pth
    lots and lots of Pth, york, northam, pth
    and so many more I cannot remember - 7 years of happy travelling in her......

    the tidy whitey
    Pth, gerro more time than I can remember
    pth, Hyden, Esperance, Denmark, Augusta, Pemberton, pth a couple of times
    pth, Kal, Esperence, Walpole, manjimup pth a couple of times......
    pth to Southern Cross a few times
    Pth to Katanning a few times
    pth to kal a few times.......

    only had her 3 yrs........ so clocking up the miles in her as well........
    Tidy Whitey - 99 GU TD42Ti - Diesel Gas, (GUIV Turbo & Intercooler 8Lb boost), 33" Micky T's Baja MTZ's, Dual Batt's, Cargo Barrier, rear draws, HID Super Oscars, winch, Grinch & witch attached and more goodies to come

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    wow
    6 years since I updated this thread, what a thread dig

    in the 9 years I have owned her, she has now done 369K - started with 220K when I brought her

    I have basically just driven her to death, figuratively as well as actually

    when I had the turbo & intercooler put on, I was told that I would be lucky to get 100K out of the black top before it died, well, I got just a smidgen under 150k

    I cracked a piston...........

    she is currently in getting re-built, to better than before

    I was quoted between $15K and $19k to "re-build" the TD - thats was new liners and all, which I mulled over and stewed over for 8 months, before buying another TD GQ for the motor (only 260K's silver top)

    so the thought was to swap the engines and away we go,
    however
    I lernt a near fatal lesson about old age
    1. I am not as young as I used to be
    2. I am not as young as I think I am
    3. injuries take longer to heal when your older.........


    simples, get a car, take the motor out 1 weekend, roll car out of the way, take other motor out next weekend
    spend a weekend cleaning engine bay and swapping GQ wiring plugs to GU and get all ready for transplant
    have a week off (as we were going away)
    then the next weekend put engine into Pooie (Tidy Whitey's name) - because every time you want to do something (change radio, rewire spot lights etc) it all goes to poo

    yeah, nah
    didnt happen
    first weekend, radiator out, air con out tail shafts off
    pulled muscle in left shoulder trying to un-do bolts not touched since factory build

    6 weeks later after healing and trip, un-do all ancillaries in engine bay, and take exhaust off, then exhaust manifold off, pulled muscle in lower back bending over all freaking day

    another 8 weeks after healing and another trip on holidays, start on the bell housing bolts, all but 3 came off - the 2 at the top had me stumped, and one under the starter motor was a ba$tard, finally came off, but at the cost of a reefed muscle in my right shoulder

    12 weeks re-hab, and convalescing
    finally make a socket/spanner to un-do those 2 bolts at the top of the engine/bell housing
    un-do engine mounts, attach hoist, lift out engine, place on the ground
    all up, including re-hab and convalescing, a weekend job (that I used to do), was closer to 7 months

    but wait - there is more

    a month later when I went to move the motor and crane out of the way from where it was sitting, to a better position, when I let it down onto some blocks of wood, the damn thing fell over onto my little tow - yeap - broken

    shittingmongralbastardspasticarseholewankerfukking thing

    so Pooie (tidy whitey) and her new-ish motor sat outside under the back patio for another couple of months while I dreaded having to get HER motor out, and the physical cost to doing that
    I happened to be at a mates workshop, (with another mate who was getting some work booked in to be done) - he asked me about Pooie, and said, well you do know we told you about 100K for a black top with turbo
    yeah yeah yeah
    when I said, she still runs, baddly, but runs, he said send me a video, maybe you have only snapped a piston
    so I did
    and yes, he said I had cracked a piston, and he could re-build her for me
    which he currently is doing, as it is at his house with the engine out and stripped

    05a.jpg

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    so, eventually she will be home soon, and back to being the great beastie she was before
    Tidy Whitey - 99 GU TD42Ti - Diesel Gas, (GUIV Turbo & Intercooler 8Lb boost), 33" Micky T's Baja MTZ's, Dual Batt's, Cargo Barrier, rear draws, HID Super Oscars, winch, Grinch & witch attached and more goodies to come

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