Thread: Nearly bought a 2001 D2...

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

$7k is pretty good.

Yeah it is... it's why it's hard to look past this, even with the potential $2k costs for the rust.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Oil in the loom as mentioned isn't a major issue. find out a bit more about it if you can, got a link?

Link to the truck itself?

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

So on one hand, it's not a high price.
But would you prefer a better one for a bit more?
It's all up to you.

And that's the agony here. $7k is a price point that I can shrug and say, it's a good start point to see if the whole 4wd and camping thing is a short lived phase or something more longer term.. And besides, Canberra is right on the door step of some pretty country.

Going higher, I've seen landcruisers for $15k but that's no more guarentee the truck is in any better condition and not going to fail when you drive it around the corner.

I'm also quite taken with the comfortable ride... I had no idea it could be that good in a 4wd.

Originally Posted by plaven

Yeah it is... it's why it's hard to look past this, even with the potential $2k costs for the rust.
And that's the agony here. $7k is a price point that I can shrug and say, it's a good start point to see if the whole 4wd and camping thing is a short lived phase or something more longer term.. And besides, Canberra is right on the door step of some pretty country.
I'm also quite taken with the comfortable ride... I had no idea it could be that good in a 4wd.

Buy it, spend a couple of K getting things sorted out, then pack the family and go play in the Brindies, the top of Coree is great fun in winter too.

Originally Posted by winaje

Buy it, spend a couple of K getting things sorted out, then pack the family and go play in the Brindies, the top of Coree is great fun in winter too.

LOL.. thanks winaje.

Might just do that!

Originally Posted by winaje

Buy it, spend a couple of K getting things sorted out, then pack the family and go play in the Brindies, the top of Coree is great fun in winter too.

And just to close off on this thread, I've bought it.

Lets see what I'm in for now...

Should have rego transferred before the end of the week all going well.

Originally Posted by plaven

And just to close off on this thread, I've bought it.

Lets see what I'm in for now...

Should have rego transferred before the end of the week all going well.

Good work. I'd suggest your first purchase is a workshop manual, assuming that you have mechanical skills. You'll find that a lot of the work that needs to be done can be handled with reading and time taken.

Have a look at http://www.aulro.com/afvb/good-oil/ for lots of info

As an note on the rust, 2 D2's I looked at before my present 1 had rust around the bonnet hinges. Both had been Sunshine Coast cars and both were '00 models. At the time I thought that if they had rust there in an easy to see and keep clean area, It was run a mile time! Hope your is fixable though, The ACE removal was a retrograde step on the previous owners part though!
Cheers Scott

Originally Posted by schuy1

The ACE removal was a retrograde step on the previous owners part though!

Just a thought, the poms all rip out ACE because when it corrodes its shockingly expensive to fix, if there's signs of rust then it's possible the ACE system was removed for the same reasons.
Still one giant leap backwards though.

Yes apparently the road salt is to blame. It corrodes the metal lines through. Although there should be a lot of rust on the chassis evident maybe.

Cheers Scott