SKID'S SUBMARINE IS ALIVE

[T-Boon]

you can make anything go back in with big enough pry bar, hammer and rattle gun !

[Bulletproof]

Hi Skid.

I hope you are taking all the pistons out.

You could still have some others just slightly bent but not obvious to the eye.

I would hate you to put it in to find a knock or something out of balance later and have to go through the same exercise again

Just my 2cents worth and it sounds like you are lucky

All the best Richard

[taz01]

So tomorrow I will price up a new rod, head gasket, water pump, cam belt and then it goes back together


hope you welly boys remember how the faaark it came out

Yeah Reece knows

Was chatting to Reece this morning hes off on his oe for a year the world trip leaving at lunch time today

[curly12]

So tomorrow I will price up a new rod, head gasket, water pump, cam belt and then it goes back together


hope you welly boys remember how the faaark it came out

Yeah Reece knows

Was chatting to Reece this morning hes off on his oe for a year the world trip leaving at lunch time today

Don't worry Skiddy boy, Jerry was there. I am sure he will be more than happy to show your where to stick your thingy

[wopass]

Hi Skid.

I hope you are taking all the pistons out.

You could still have some others just slightly bent but not obvious to the eye.

I would hate you to put it in to find a knock or something out of balance later and have to go through the same exercise again

Just my 2cents worth and it sounds like you are lucky

All the best Richard

x2 to that bro

pull the lot, its not much extra work to pull them all and get the measured up to make sure, also can ballance them all as well so that when you have it singing its as smooth as silk

and you may as well do the rings while your there to top the compression back up and seeing as the heads off you can give that a bit of a port flow treatment...then when you take it for its first good run you can come visit me and ill give it a little tweake for you

[Jerry]

Arent big end bearings a known problem with these motors?, may be worth checkinh these whilst its out?

[Sadam_Husain]

Arent big end bearings a known problem with these motors?, may be worth checkinh these whilst its out?

Yep but I think they all failed at around 100k and Skids speedo stopped at 300k so they have probably already been done

[Heath]

might be worth bunging some new ones in (yeah I know cost is a concern) seeing as how they will be out anyway when he removes the other pistons.

[wopass]

Arent big end bearings a known problem with these motors?, may be worth checkinh these whilst its out?

you would be silly to not replace the big ends while your there, you have them out anyway and its only 70 buks for a set and worth doing

[skid]

first up

thanks heaps to all of you who have contributed to the fund

but its not enough

my mate sent me some prices for toyota parts

if I want to buy a short block, it will cost..............

$15679.83

but it gets even funnier

if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

[badnuz]

sell ya my longg for half that skid

[Sadam_Husain]

if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

Dont muck around with it.... go for the long block

[Bulletproof]

if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

Dont muck around with it.... go for the long block

If you are not going to fit a snorkel. Buy 2 , one for a spare

Cheers Richard

[wopass]

your mate doesnt know where to look

you can buy a brand new shortblock assembly for 3k... just trying to find the website link... will repost when i find it

[suzolla]

See these guys

http://www.japanesedieselparts.co.nz/J-D-P/Specials.php

They have new short block $3450 +GST exch
or reco for $2300 +GST not sure if also exch, would imagin so

Tim

[Heath]

first up

thanks heaps to all of you who have contributed to the fund

but its not enough

my mate sent me some prices for toyota parts

if I want to buy a short block, it will cost..............

$15679.83

but it gets even funnier

if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

You have to be joking.

Could buy damn near a new one for that (okay maybe not brand new, but fcuking close).

[Pedro]

first up

thanks heaps to all of you who have contributed to the fund

but its not enough

my mate sent me some prices for toyota parts

if I want to buy a short block, it will cost..............

$15679.83

but it gets even funnier

if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

You have to be joking.

Could buy damn near a new one for that (okay maybe not brand new, but fcuking close).

a new 4.5 litre turbocharged V8 diesel in the new cruiser has a list price of $98000 as a club member found out when the 20k motor went bang due to bad diesel


pedro

[Taz]

first up

thanks heaps to all of you who have contributed to the fund

but its not enough

my mate sent me some prices for toyota parts

if I want to buy a short block, it will cost..............

$15679.83

but it gets even funnier

if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

You have to be joking.

Could buy damn near a new one for that (okay maybe not brand new, but fcuking close).

a new 4.5 litre turbocharged V8 diesel in the new cruiser has a list price of $98000 as a club member found out when the 20k motor went bang due to bad diesel


pedro

Most of that will be mark up from the NZ dealer. It gets out of hand with anything above 10k cost.

[Heath]

first up

thanks heaps to all of you who have contributed to the fund

but its not enough

my mate sent me some prices for toyota parts

if I want to buy a short block, it will cost..............

$15679.83

but it gets even funnier

if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

You have to be joking.

Could buy damn near a new one for that (okay maybe not brand new, but fcuking close).

a new 4.5 litre turbocharged V8 diesel in the new cruiser has a list price of $98000 as a club member found out when the 20k motor went bang due to bad diesel


pedro

They throw in a truck as well for that price? That is insane!

[MNC]

...my mate sent me some prices for toyota parts. If I want to buy a short block, it will cost..............

$15679.83

but it gets even funnier, if I want to buy a long block, it will cost............

$58662.47

OK, so for USD3,800 you could get this instead:

CHEVY 454 CI, 455 HP 2 BOLT MAIN
Midnight BIG BLOCK CRATE ENGINE:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHEVY-45 ... 06.c0.m245

Does anyone EVER buy a new block from the Manufacturer???

[T-Boon]

for that price, it`d better look like this !

http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/diesel.html

[williamhamilton]

for that price, it`d better look like this !

http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/diesel.html

Torque would be cool but getting that around some of the Rallywood corners would be a bitch!!

W

[wopass]

miles toyota

$3600 brand new shortblock free freight

[Jerry]

Hows the rest of the Motor strip coming along Skiddy and was there any further damage?, and how are you looking for the replacement thingy that you needed?, do we need to drag a welder over when we put the motor back in to fix the chassis crack?

[skid]

Hows the rest of the Motor strip coming along Skiddy and was there any further damage?, and how are you looking for the replacement thingy that you needed?, do we need to drag a welder over when we put the motor back in to fix the chassis crack?

everythings on hold till I hear from the bank

[wopass]

surely theres a blowen 1hdt you can get a couple rods out of somewhere??

[skid]

surely theres a blowen 1hdt you can get a couple rods out of somewhere??

there probably is, but my mind is going overtime as to what to do

thousands of different bits of advice

I want a good motor in the long run

[DieselBoy]

My advice is don't get to caught up on the "long run".

People always say " do this and do that while it's apart etc etc"

The best thing you can do when your in your sort of situation, is that unless someone is going to donate you the parts you need all you should be looking at is:

1. Replacing the damaged components with the cheapest second hand parts you can lay your hands on

2. Buying the gasket kit you need.

3. Buying a new set of big end bearings as they are cheap, and apart already.


It would be nice to do the ring's also, but they are spendy, and you need to do a bottle brush hone as a minimum.

Don't rebuild the motor, it's just not worth it, the truck could get written off a week after its back on the road, it could get nicked, anything.

Bung it back together the cheapest way possible and get out there driving it.

You might need the $$ for the electronic shit thats gone bung

[rokhound]

You haven't said what bits you actually need Skid.

Ring Nigel at just Cruisers in Chch (0800 310 088), tell him you are the guy in wellington that Westie spoke to him about, and see what he can do for you.

As DB said, there is no need to go mental when you don't have the dough to do it and when it's all said and done, it is only a car and if you don't need to get into financial shiat to fix it, then don't.

[Jerry]

patch it up and get it running again, you can recon it later when you win lotto, in the meantime save your coin for a cheap pos bush basher