82 hilux ute

[luke28]

Ok I've got the opportunity to pick up a 82 hilux ute for $1300 its tidy but needs new interior honestly whats the bad points about a hilux cheers

[89gqpatrol4x4]

I had a 80 model hilux, and apart from the gutless 18R 2ltr petrol motor, bad fuel economy, 4 speed box, leaf sprung front and rear, no weight over the arse, More bog than metal, vinyl bench seat, no air con, etc what's not to love?

[luke28]

This ones supposed to be good on fuel its a 5 speed petrol cant remember the engine type though ahwell im sick of my l28 mq swb and cant afford another gq at the moment so ill give the hilux a play and see how it goes

[MudRunnerTD]

I had an 82 Hilux before the GQ. Bloody loved it mate. Not a GQ by any stretch but great fun. Mine was on LPG. 18r

If you buy it I have a set of factory manuals for the 18r. Would be willing to sell them to you.

Leaf sprung strong arm steering gutless petrol lots of rust. Loved the rear window slider.

[growler2058]

Piss weak diffs, toymota and mine had a commy v6 and twin arb lockers and it was still sh1t

[luke28]

Not getting alot of good feedback lol

[luke28]

How are they for breaking down though just as a work ute then

[MudRunnerTD]

Well its a 32 year old car that has probably seen a hard life. the 4cyc is easy enough to work on and plenty of room to work. Its $1300! It will probably slog it out mate. I blew a head gasket on mine and fixed it myself in the driveway. sent th head for machining but thats all. Up until that moment i had never done an oil change unassisted. That was a long time ago ;)

Its $1300, it has a Tub for your tools and an engine and Rego ;) Happy days. Your not buying a Keeper .

[growler2058]

Not getting alot of good feedback lol

Funny about that :)

[luke28]

Might have better luck with it my patrol has just left me on the side of the highway on the way to my wedding

[Clunk]

For $1300 you're not going to get a huge amount of good points, no matter what the car is. Reckon you'd be better off getting a cheap arsed runabout car and saving up a little dough for another 4wd. But that's just my humble opinion

[luke28]

Well I definitely need something asap now bastard mq

[luke28]

Whats peoples opinions on jackaroo

[89gqpatrol4x4]

common mate, this is a patrol forum, we all own patrols for the same reason so you aren't going to get to much help regarding other cars sorry! Try a 4x4 forum in general, wide range of different vehicles on them.

[luke28]

Well heaps of people have had hiluxs, range rovers etc. So it cant hurt to ask

[mudnut]

V6 Jackaroos are a real pain to do anything on, engine wise. Dads Jackaroo on gas has towed a 18-20 foot caravan on a 20000 k trek around Aus. The gas caused head issues. I helped strip the heads off and it was an absolute nightmare. It took almost 5 grand to repair. (New pistons, rings, honing the bores, reconditioning the heads, gasket kit, timing belt, thermostat etc, etc). Dad has stripped the gas system out and fitted a long range and aux fuel tank, ready to tow the van to WA and back. Body and suspension is still in pretty good nick.

[luke28]

@mudnut just wondering if you know if patrol and jackaroo wheels are the same stud pattern I know there both 6 stud

[Clunk]

like I said before, I honestly believe if you were to buy a cheap arsed 4by you'll probably end up having to spend a bucket load just to keep it on the road.

[mudnut]

They are a six stud pattern, but the measurements and offset may be different. Hopefully, some one in the know, will have the answer for you.

[GQ TANK]

The diesel jackroos HAVE big isues with there injectors - leaking - cost big $$$$$ to fix.

[Family4x4]

I am probably picking this ute up on Saturday to wreck if you need bits

81 2.4 diesel hilux it was well looked after before my father in law was doomed by the infamous hilux handbrake.

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[luke28]

Not getting the hilux now cause it was a ute and my mq broke down so needed another family car just bought a cheap jackaroo for now fits the family in and drives good and its all I could afford

[luke28]

@gq tank do you is that you I've seen on the western highway in the big white patrol you have gq tank plates aswell?