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Hi,

Does anyone here have one of these fellas or have any experience with them.

I am thinking of updating my wagon but am very attached to my GQ and don't want to trade the old beasts issues that can be fixed pretty easily for a bunch of black magic no one can understand properly if they are prone to problems.

I am assuming that is the ZD30 powered one.
There is nothing wrong with the patrol but the motors have a reputation for being a grenade.

Also from what I've seen there are a lot more GQ's around so they are easier to get parts for, assuming yours is in good nick and has the trusty TD42 then IMO it would be a downgrade. The ZD30's have a bad reputation, however it is possible to reduce/eliminate the risk of failure as shown in this thread:http://www.mypatrol4x4.com/topic/57-nads-step-by-step-guide/ But in general, this is how they are seen:

I was close to doing the same, but decided the GQ, although slow and noisy, hasn't missed a beat so was worth keeping. I am told the later 2005 onwards were reliable, but I'm not prepared to take an expensive gamble. You can pick up the odd later shape TD42 Safari on TM for similar $$ to the ZD30. One sold in ChCh for $14 a few weeks ago 220km, but me, in all my wisdom decided a $9k mountain bike was more important

DaveM wrote:but me, in all my wisdom decided a $9k mountain bike was more important

and you sir, were correct!!!

If the zd30 ischeap enough what about an ls1 transplant?
Assuming every thing else is nissan tough

Hi,

Thanks for the replies and opinions, the NADS thread was especially informative.

My old girl is a 92 in very good cond save a few dents and scratches with an after market turboed TD42, snorkel, lift kit, bars all round, winch, on 35's . There is nothing actually wrong with it other than the usual niggling issues for a vehicle thet is 22 yrs old and has done 320k km.

So unless I can find a good 4.2 GU I guess I will be best to continue my quest for a spare TD42 engine as I already have a good gearbox spare.

320km that's barely run in,
if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Hi,

I would like to have a spare engine and to be prepared in case of a failure as I don't get to use her much every year at mo I would not like to front up and have a major failure that consumes my whole time at home, if I have another lump it can be dropped in pretty quickly.

If anyone reading this has a silver top TD 42 NA or T engine they would like to part with I would be interested to know more about it.