High Milage GQs

[evillius]

turns out that I was looking at his"date joined" not at the post date. I should stop using the internet at 4am...

Sent him a PM.

[dom14]

If the recondition engine has done 100,000 then it can't be that great anyway. 100, 000 kms is a lot and there might be a need for at least a recondition head soon down the road.

Hi all, I originally put this in my intro thread, but I thought it might be more useful here.

So I'm looking at a nice clean GQ, but chasing some advice on it and any other High mileage GQs...

It's a '93 GQ Wagon.
TB42E (Injected) with dual fuel.
2" Lift and 33" Maxxis Bighorns
$6,800

The reason I'm iffy about it is because it's done 440,000 kms. The owner says that it had a reco engine 100,000 km ago which is nice.

What other things should I be worried about in terms of the wear & tear on the rest of the vehicle like gearbox, diffs etc?

I like look of the burgundy over gold too.

[dom14]

If the recondition engine has done 100,000 then it can't be that great anyway. 100, 000 kms is a lot and there might be a need for at least a recondition head soon down the road.

Mate even the motor with those kms would be OK. it should be fine as long as it drives straight, quiet and steers good. No whining diffs or clicking CVs.

It is Nice that the current Owner is telling you about the Reco Motor that is 100,000kms old........ Des it come with the Reciept for this work and proof that it was a RECO engine? or just his hearsay? If its just hearsay then its talk to sell a car and thats all its worth. He is banking on that talk getting him a better price too.

Taking the Reco engine out of the equation for a second....

Looks pretty clean in the pic but it basically only has a Lift and tyres and 440,000kms on her. I think $6800 may be a little high without the fresh engine.

[GQPorkroll]

I bought my 89 TB42 GQ with no rego, but a 10 year gas tank, mags, fresh tyres, alloy bullbar, tidy rig for $1250.

Sold the wheels and tyres, sold the bullbar, driving lights and nearly got my purchase price back.

Then spent 5 times that on s hit for it and have a truck forever, lol. It's got about 350k's on it. Motor is fresh, has a cam, extractors, exhaust and head done about 12mo before I bought it. I got receipts to the value of close to $8k with the car and was a 2 owner truck.

[The BigFella]

my current GU 4500 has 580,000k's and still going strong.
Still running original running gear, engine is mostly untouched with the original clucth.
I wouldnt have any hesitations driving mine around Australia tomorrow,,,,,,,,,