Jak
27th April 2017, 08:09 AM
Hi all,
glad I found this site. I was just looking for service manuals and came across it.
I have a 98 2.8 manual GU.
Its been an awesome truck. too many top trips and too many mods to list....(well I could try, but maybe later)
Anyway about 18 months ago I was on the highway in Nth Qld and the thing lost power, overheated, dropped power steering and I pulled over. Looked like a water pump or something given the pool of coolant puking out.
Well, turned out the keyway at the end of the crank snapped off. harmonic balancer got upset. Belts and shit all over the place. I've since discovered thats at lest a new crank. Big Job. Expensive if you want to do it right.
I had it towed to my mechanic, insurance said it wasn't covered and there its sat ever since.
It's too good to waste. Its getting towed to a mates workshop (mechanic) today and we're planning out an LS V8 conversion. Would be interested in the views and opinions of others on this job because I want to get it right.
Cheers,
Jak
glad I found this site. I was just looking for service manuals and came across it.
I have a 98 2.8 manual GU.
Its been an awesome truck. too many top trips and too many mods to list....(well I could try, but maybe later)
Anyway about 18 months ago I was on the highway in Nth Qld and the thing lost power, overheated, dropped power steering and I pulled over. Looked like a water pump or something given the pool of coolant puking out.
Well, turned out the keyway at the end of the crank snapped off. harmonic balancer got upset. Belts and shit all over the place. I've since discovered thats at lest a new crank. Big Job. Expensive if you want to do it right.
I had it towed to my mechanic, insurance said it wasn't covered and there its sat ever since.
It's too good to waste. Its getting towed to a mates workshop (mechanic) today and we're planning out an LS V8 conversion. Would be interested in the views and opinions of others on this job because I want to get it right.
Cheers,
Jak