Thread: 12 valve /24valve

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I would have another if I was in a position to just have it as a weekend truck or project non road legal off roader.

As a daily driver it just made no sense.

That one seems very expensive and its age and low ( like ridiculously low!) Kms raises question marks to me.

Fresh import would be the reason behind the k's.

I love mine. Daily driver of 110k a day. Mines 12v and by @1toeknee1 reports his 24v is cheaper to run.
Look after them and they will look after you I think, don't try to wring heaps of power out of them as they aren't a race truck.

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Fresh import would be the reason behind the k's.

I love mine. Daily driver of 110k a day. Mines 12v and by @1toeknee1 reports his 24v is cheaper to run.
Look after them and they will look after you I think, don't try to wring heaps of power out of them as they aren't a race truck.

I'm really looking forward to trying to drive your one up the West Point


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Originally Posted by BRADS

I'm really looking forward to trying to drive your one up the West Point


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Guessing that's where we took the atv? I have a feeling my mud tyres on that grass would result in us getting a to the bottom a little too quick and without using just the wheels haha.

Still I'm keen to try it.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

They also redid the big end bearings in the 24V so you don't need to change those every time you do the cam belt like the 12V.

That one is the deal breaker.

Huh?, what's the correlation between big ends and cambelt?.
I did 4 cambelts on mine, replaced coolant, water pump, tensioner and all belts, but why the need to do big ends every 100k?.
I understood that once the big ends were done as a service improvement, that was it.
I never did mine, daily drive, never towed, oil and filter every 5thou k's.
I was told by my mate who runs a 4wd center that if the bearings hadn't gone by 150k's, they're probably not going to.
Sold it at 456 thou k's, same oil pressure and economy per tank fill as when I bought it 17 years ago.

But hey, what do I know?.

B

Originally Posted by shift14

Huh?, what's the correlation between big ends and cambelt?.
I did 4 cambelts on mine, replaced coolant, water pump, tensioner and all belts, but why the need to do big ends every 100k?.
I understood that once the big ends were done as a service improvement, that was it.
I never did mine, daily drive, never towed, oil and filter every 5thou k's.
I was told by my mate who runs a 4wd center that if the bearings hadn't gone by 150k's, they're probably not going to.
Sold it at 456 thou k's, same oil pressure and economy per tank fill as when I bought it 17 years ago.

But hey, what do I know?.

B

I'm going by the reports of owners on a couple of 4x4 forums and a mechanic or two I know. Also looking at TM ads that seemed to be a common thing 'that had just been done' ad after ad. They also seemed to be very hard on the running gear being full time 4x4, also from the same sources.

Originally Posted by shift14

Huh?, what's the correlation between big ends and cambelt?.
I did 4 cambelts on mine, replaced coolant, water pump, tensioner and all belts, but why the need to do big ends every 100k?.
I understood that once the big ends were done as a service improvement, that was it.
I never did mine, daily drive, never towed, oil and filter every 5thou k's.
I was told by my mate who runs a 4wd center that if the bearings hadn't gone by 150k's, they're probably not going to.
Sold it at 456 thou k's, same oil pressure and economy per tank fill as when I bought it 17 years ago.

But hey, what do I know?.

B

Mine had them done 3 times in less than 100k km once as part of a full 11.5 grand recondition.

They are a pig and a poke reliability wise.

I bought mine specifically because it had had a new crank and bearings before I bought it.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I'm going by the reports of owners on a couple of 4x4 forums and a mechanic or two I know. Also looking at TM ads that seemed to be a common thing 'that had just been done' ad after ad. They also seemed to be very hard on the running gear being full time 4x4, also from the same sources.

Ah, forums.....

B

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I'm going by the reports of owners on a couple of 4x4 forums and a mechanic or two I know. Also looking at TM ads that seemed to be a common thing 'that had just been done' ad after ad. They also seemed to be very hard on the running gear being full time 4x4, also from the same sources.

Na if anything they are more kind on the running gear being full time all wheel drive not 4 wheel drive or 2 wheel drive.
But the bearing thing aint no myth!!!

So can you fit a 24v head to a 12v block????
Have a brand new 1hd block that needs to make a new home in mellow yellow the 70 series