Selling my petrol and buying a diesel

[Birkin4500]

Hi everyone, I own a 98 4.5l patrol dual fuel with 260k kms on the clock. I've owned it for about 6 months but I find that the efficiently and power is pretty poor. I bought it for $10,000 with a 2inch lift, 33 muddies, stainless snorkel, bullbar and spotties.
I have found a 98 4.2 diesel for sale which has 260k kms dual battery system, snorkel, arbbull bar and a couple other things. It costs 13,000
My thought process is that I could buy the diesel and swap the lift, muddies and other things from my petrol. Then sell the petrol
The advice I'm after is: do you think it is worth doing this? How much would my 4.5l be worth after stock items are put back on it? Is the 4.2 diesel worth the buy

[MudRunnerTD]

Yes. Yes and Yes.

No brainer.

Please head over to the Intro section and post an intro thread please bud.

[Bulbous]

NO NO NO
But then I'm not in Australia

[threedogs]

Petrol Patrols dont hold there value very well, swap bits over recoup what you can
and throw in some diff locks Ha Ha

[Clunk]

Just advertise it for 10K and see what bites you get

[Punderhead]

You should get around 9k for the 4.5 stock and in good nick.

But a td42 for 13k is a good buy. All the goodies will be a straight swap across.

If your wanting to upgrade it would be the best way to go.

Cherrs

[jff45]

If the 4.2 is stock don't expect it to be more powerful than the 4.5.. unless your 4.5 has issues that prevent it running as it should.
Economy wise it's a no brainer. I'm converting mine at the moment.

[happygu]

Seems like a great deal to me, and much cheaper / better than a transplant .....

[jay see]

You should get around 9k for the 4.5 stock and in good nick.

Good luck with that

[Clunk]

Good luck with that

You never know