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Hi all.

I am looking at selling my zuk and was wondering what this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... ermanent=0 is like? I used to have a Gen 1 ralliart Pajero with PTO but we sold it due to rust (knocking on pillars and hear it crumbling) and I always regretted it.

I dont want a diesel and was wondering is there anything to look out for with the V6's? I want manual too. Don't want auto.

Cheers
Lincoln

only thing i've seen is do the maintance regularly should be sweet. I know i have a 4wd action mag here with a report in it but can't find the dam thing

Looks pretty shiney!
I had a gen2 with the same engine. Blew a head gasket at 180kms. Apparently it's common for the alloy heads to corrode through from the water galleries... The lifters got real noisey after that, but thicker oil and some MBL8 seemed to sort that out.

Edit: the idle control stepper motors almost always crap out, so if it doesn't idle right, it's probably that. Mine was full of rust.

ok cool. so not much to go wrong then really? just make sure its been well serviced.

mhmmm

what wrong with the zuk?

andy3542 wrote:what wrong with the zuk?

its weak and I hate fixing it all the time and I can't afford it. Its too little for carrying stuff too etc. oh and another cracked front diff in a different place.

Goes well and I will miss it but its time to move on.

lincooln wrote:

andy3542 wrote:what wrong with the zuk?

its weak and I hate fixing it all the time and I can't afford it. Its too little for carrying stuff too etc. oh and another cracked front diff in a different place.

Goes well and I will miss it but its time to move on.

fair enough, i feel like that somedays with the landy... should just sell it and buy some japanese, but im slowly improving it.... good luck with whatever you end up getting.

I had a gen1 a while back although it was a diesel. Pretty much strongest of the ifs trucks out there and mine was awesome to drive until i bent something getting stuck in a very cold river.
Is there a reason you want petrol over diesel? I have driven both and preferred the diesel way over the petrol, and the diesel gets about double the mileage to the petrol.
Gotta love the suspension seats, the back is very small for the size it is though.

Have you thought about a solid axle surf or old landcruiser, mk/mq patrol etc? Still relatively cheap, but solid front axle which you can slowly build up to be a weapon. The pajero has a lot of limitations if you plan on getting into 'harder' offroading.

Nice colour interior, just like a certain Terrano I know of
Yeah, why the petrol over the diesel?

Cheers,

You will be so gutted at how much better your Zook went than that Pajero

Hey Lincoln,

Your truck was going really good on the weekend, but I know the feeling about breaking stuff

Cheers.

Well I would like a petrol as I do a large amount of km's and don't really want to have to pay for the RUC and Rego of a Diesel. But in saying that I do love Turbos, and there is more room to improve upon a diesel than a petrol I guess too. But wouldn't mind the extra power of a petrol.

I am looking at other 4wd's too. I just saw this one that looked good and was fairly cheap. If anybody see's anything let me know

I know how much better the zuk will be than the Pajero but I am not too fussed. Old one went well.

Edit: Budget wise not much over 3k as i still need money to get muds or and or get my R12 project going.

The Paj will be a fair bit stronger but doing alot of km in it..... You will become poor quite rapidly.

lincooln wrote:Well I would like a petrol as I do a large amount of km's and don't really want to have to pay for the RUC and Rego of a Diesel.

Why is it you think this works out dearer? Yeap they are a hit when you have to pay them, but I am yet to see an economic V6 4x4. Having driven late model V6 4x4s for work I would not touch one with a barge pole. Think, being nice to it, no towing no foot to floor anything and 400ks max to 60l of fuel and at 2.16p/l for petrol at the moment you'll need over $120 bucks just to do that. (and thats based on a 2008 v6 not a 1990 one)

What I am saying is dont buy a V6 cause you think it will be cheaper to run, it won't.

If you want the petrol for all the other different reasons between the 2 types then go for it.

pretty nice truck, looks well taken care of. price is on the higher side but thats just IMO, not everyone is as lucky as me but still

i would't worry about petrol costs

Well I am still looking. Bloody sifting through all the overpriced surfs etc. Least Pajeros are still reasonable.

See how I go I guess.

Well I maybe just found the one I want.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 615604.htm

See if I can view it tomorrow. Looks not too bad though. looks good actually. Diesel and PTO too.

Looks good mate. If you need a hand looking over it or compression check, just hola.
Cheers,

if the winch works ok it will be extremely handy for you

like it more than the first one, if its got active rego wof an diesel kms then its a good deal

chchzookfan wrote:if the winch works ok it will be extremely handy for you

like it more than the first one, if its got active rego wof an diesel kms then its a good deal

yeap car jam tells me it is all good at the moment. looking at it tomorrow at 6pm, see if he wants to swap my Mazda for it.

lincooln wrote:Well I am still looking. Bloody sifting through all the overpriced surfs etc. Least Pajeros are still reasonable.

See how I go I guess.

Surfs are over rated aswel.

ok so, I am looking at this: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =389071626

now I have a few questions, such as, what is the 2.3L like? would they be ok with some extra boost and extra fuel? and with that would it spin 33s? alright? also how much is needed to be done to fit 33s?

cheers
Lincoln

I don't know what the engines are like but a pto winch would be great.

just cheak for rust,looks like recaro seats too

Yea I would love to have a PTO winch, saves me money, and yea thats what I was thinking about the seats. Cant remember though what our old ralliart gen 1 was, 2.5 or 2.3