richard88
6th March 2016, 08:45 PM
Hi, after a lot (and I mean a lot) of umming and arring about which 4x4 to buy I picked up a 99 GU 4.5 TI with 207k on it from Panania with 8 months of unused rego I should get about 600 back from Govco. I wanted something that was big, tough and reliable because I want to do a trip to the top of the Cape later on in the year. Coming from a complete diesel obsessed family I am now a relative outcast haha, but I chose the 4.5 because in my price range the only diesels were di zd30s or td42s with mega km on them. Having learnt to drive on my parents gq td42, its lack of grunt up hills swore me off them for good, and I'm too scared to own a zd30. Some newer CRD ones were also in the mix but they looked to have had a very hard life and many also had bubbly dashboards which is more $.
The 4.5 on injected gas should be ok for my purposes. I'm happy with the way it drives, but there are some small issues I need to address and would happily take people's advice on;
1 - Previous owner has split soft drink into front passenger power window switch, disabling it. WIndow still works from driver control. Will ring wreckers to get a replacement switch. Has anyone changed window switches before? Is it hard?
2 - The front belts on the engine (I think alternator) have some small surface cracks. I think I should change it before the cape. It looks hard because of the lack of space. Has anyone attempted it?
3 - Has slight case of the death wobbles around 85 - 90 km/h. No where near as bad as my parents old GQ which had my Mum scared to drive it at one point, but it is there.
4 - The auto aerial is busted just like on my parents old GQ TD42, but every time I turn the car on or off the motor still works to put it up and down. Is there a way to disable it completely? Radio can still be picked up with it down so its kinda pointless anyway
Wanted a wagon because I hate the look of dual cab utes with canopies. Landcruisers were out because the petrol's LPG tanks were too small, and the only diesels in my price range were 1hz's which have the gutlessness as the TD42's up hills.
The 4.5 on injected gas should be ok for my purposes. I'm happy with the way it drives, but there are some small issues I need to address and would happily take people's advice on;
1 - Previous owner has split soft drink into front passenger power window switch, disabling it. WIndow still works from driver control. Will ring wreckers to get a replacement switch. Has anyone changed window switches before? Is it hard?
2 - The front belts on the engine (I think alternator) have some small surface cracks. I think I should change it before the cape. It looks hard because of the lack of space. Has anyone attempted it?
3 - Has slight case of the death wobbles around 85 - 90 km/h. No where near as bad as my parents old GQ which had my Mum scared to drive it at one point, but it is there.
4 - The auto aerial is busted just like on my parents old GQ TD42, but every time I turn the car on or off the motor still works to put it up and down. Is there a way to disable it completely? Radio can still be picked up with it down so its kinda pointless anyway
Wanted a wagon because I hate the look of dual cab utes with canopies. Landcruisers were out because the petrol's LPG tanks were too small, and the only diesels in my price range were 1hz's which have the gutlessness as the TD42's up hills.