So as mentioned before after driving in the GQ for a couple of months it's been good but just found the 4.2EFI somewhat lacking... so i thought over the usual suspects for engine conversions and what not and the more i thought on the subject it just seemed to come back to the TD42 Diesel as the best swap to suit my needs. before i could really give it any more thought one came up cheap as chips and not far away, the best part is it has all the power options (although in a state of disrepair) that i wanted so the wiring loom would be a simple straight swap over (I hope). the body is more rust than steel and the interior smells funky as. it hasn't had the loom chopped up luckily and hasn't had a whole bunch of random crap added and been messed about with. it winds over real slow on startup, i'm thinking either an earthing issue or the starter is gummed up on the inside so i'll have to have a look into that and it seems to starve for fuel at times, initial inspection seems to point to the primer pump bleeding back. i have a spare one there so will swap it over and see what happens. it's been living it's life on a turf farm so i wouldn't have a clue what sort of fuel has been running in it. i drove it the 150kms home on a permit and it seemed to run fairly well when it was up and moving so i'm hoping it is decent engine.. time will tell........
The Diesel Bucket
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Seems to have knocked into a few things in its lifetime front guards are both a bit bent and horrible alloy bullbar is only good for scrap
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This one shows some of the rust in this bad boy, in all the usual places
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This photo really doesn't do justice to how dirty the inside of this thing really is
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