Cremulator (9th July 2022), jay see (9th July 2022), jff45 (10th July 2022), mudnut (9th July 2022), MudRunnerTD (9th July 2022), mudski (11th July 2022), PeeBee (9th July 2022), Plasnart (9th July 2022), Rossco (9th July 2022), Stropp (11th July 2022)
Drove it from home to the tip and back, at 229cpl.
Winner of 'Best 4 x 4 ' at the 2017 Albany Agricultural Society Inc - Town n Country Ute Muster.
Ex Telstra - 2005, 4.2 TDi ute -with pod and more fruit than a grocery shop.
growler2058 (10th July 2022), MB (10th July 2022)
Crapped the bed in the wee hours of this morning so decided to keep investigations going on the old donk:
Heads now off, followed the Service Manual strictly this time and numbering bolts as I went.
Aint looking too pretty, certainly one piston has had some cooking:
I’m a bit suss on the head now too:
Decisions now made, it’s beyond my agricultural dodgey skills so off to find a shop for a complete rebuild for another 27 years service hopefully
Hot tip though, $20 cupboards off Gumtree with castor wheels are great storage boxes keeping bits and bobs safe and in order:
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Bidja (10th July 2022), Cremulator (10th July 2022), jff45 (11th July 2022), MudRunnerTD (10th July 2022), PeeBee (10th July 2022), Plasnart (10th July 2022), Rossco (10th July 2022), Stropp (11th July 2022), Touses (11th July 2022), Winnie (10th July 2022)
@MB, all the pots look like they have that boomerang flare mark like a stain - is that water or typical? Goes from cylinder to bolt hole x 6 - very interesting.
MB (10th July 2022)
I’d ass-ume it’s typical Philstar but don’t nuffy know for sure, the pre-combustion chamber is directly above the boomerang 🪃 marks if you look at the head underside pictures.
EDIT: Back from an Aldi tucker run now, see pictures below of gasket boomerang 🪃 marks too and head pre combustion area Philstar.
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Last edited by MB; 10th July 2022 at 12:46 PM.
Nice one how do the bores look ?? . . Semi-educated nuffy here ( probably the worst kind lol) . . Pretty sure this pre comps boomerangs look normal, bit of carbon on head but expected with high comp. . Who knows the history of that head could have been anything on the shelf chucked on to get her going works have been interesting to see comp before head done. . Hard to tell from pics but this looks pretty sus and the aluminium looking buildup below like piston has stated melting. .
Wise choice taking it in to expert I reckon, may as well do it properly old gramps deserves it
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That’s the one I pictured earlier Rossco, definitely melted for sure and was the decision maker. 4 out of 6 bores appear ok to nuffy me with cross hatch hones still visible. Numbers 1 and 2 definitely have vertical scratches on the liners.
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Bloody rough on the gear, what else can you say. . .
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Parked it up..
Costing me $250-$300 a week in fuel.
By the latest early next year will will be back on the road on permit plates.
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12/97 GEE YOU
4.5lt Gas blower. Lots of mods to come.....all in good time.
Cremulator (12th July 2022), MB (12th July 2022), mudski (11th July 2022), rusty_nail (11th July 2022)
Replaced the bottom seal on the swing away wheel carrier that was damaged on fitment, easy 10 min job
2003 gu3 td42tdi sold 😞 bloody gvm towing crap. Bt50 3500kg gvm.
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