Thread: Help buying a perentie

Take the extra http out of the start of the link and it'll work.

As above, its just a paint warning sticker. You might find another for asbestos somewhere too.

Plenty of info on here as recently it became an 'issue' and delayed the auctions.

The Asbestos issue has been covered here a few times, but in short: any asbestos on the vehicles is limited to gaskets in the gearbox and drivetrain. all will be in contact with oil and therfore not friable (flaky/ loose fibres/ bad).

The Poly-Urethane Paint (PUR paint) represents a much higher risk if you consider the standard likelihood/ consequences calculation.
A person is far more likely to do panel repairs than gearbox rebuilds.
The paint is very bad stuff to inhale as sanding dust or an aerosol spray. If you are doing small repairs, wet the paint while you sand and collect the sludge and seal in a container before disposal. Resprays are best left to a specialist if you want a decent job.
Aluminium and PUR need someone that knows what they are doing to marry them safely an succesfully.
I hope this helps.

Originally Posted by TK_Co

I can't open the link but I would say it's either an asbestos warning or NIRR (neoprene infer red resistant) paint warning. Neither of which are anything to worry about ..... Unless you're the ISS

Thanks tk_co that makes sense

Originally Posted by Barefoot Dave

The Asbestos issue has been covered here a few times, but in short: any asbestos on the vehicles is limited to gaskets in the gearbox and drivetrain. all will be in contact with oil and therfore not friable (flaky/ loose fibres/ bad).

The Poly-Urethane Paint (PUR paint) represents a much higher risk if you consider the standard likelihood/ consequences calculation.
A person is far more likely to do panel repairs than gearbox rebuilds.
The paint is very bad stuff to inhale as sanding dust or an aerosol spray. If you are doing small repairs, wet the paint while you sand and collect the sludge and seal in a container before disposal. Resprays are best left to a specialist if you want a decent job.
Aluminium and PUR need someone that knows what they are doing to marry them safely an succesfully.
I hope this helps.

Thanks barefoot dave for the heads up I will keep that in mind.
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Another question about the odometer. if the reading is very low let's say around 700km has the odometer ticked over a certain number and restarted its distance am I beter of getting one with a few k's on it just to be sure ?