Thread: Looking at SDV8 this weekend

This is an Older model same power plant with 320,000 k's and still going strong

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Yea, Harry and Clarkson reckon they will be buried in theirs,, and Clarkson has a new one !

Well, before I read of crankshaft failures, Picked up a lathe from Sydney and upon trailer bought it back to the Sunshine Coast
The load was over the max tow weight, but the after market alarms only shrieked twice coming up long pulls, then by pulling over and engine idling for 10 mins I was away again
this is a big long heavy test for any tow
I do change eng.lube oil more often than is necessary
none of the engines I worked on in the 70s had cam chains or belts
all gears
my d4 has 232000km now, it has never been caned through the gears,well at least not by me
I am very limited to what i can do now because i lost the use of my left arm
I have to remove the air comp, but that upper 6mm screw I have no hope of removing
dunno why I am posting here, but I'd go the vee 8 way

Originally Posted by Bulletman

Gday All,

Going looking at a couple of HSE SDV8s this weekend to be used as tow tug and daily driver... Budget dictates they will have 100k km or above so other than a full service history is there anything else i should be looking for.. ie certain parts like alternator age etc..

The D3 towed our van quite well but its had a heart attack and the thought of a D4 and its known crank issues is giving me a heart attack... D5 well dont know enough about other than its got the same tdv6 engine.. so 4.4V8 seems to have been a good choice for others on the forum..

Cheers Bulletman

Hey Mate,

Don't know how you are progressing with the search but you may not be aware that unlike the D3/4s and potentially older RRS (the model that sat on a D3/4 chassis would have been at a guess), the L494s aren't all set up for towing. Mine only has the wiring.

Cheers,

Kev.

Rear axel weight is a problem if you have a large van. I can't have anything in the rear seat or rear of car , also had to change out the two Lead acid batteries. Land Rover lies about empty weights.

Thanks all, the boss didnt like the RRS she drove so we have gone down a different path..

Cheers Bulletman

You should have taken a supercharged petrol one for a run The earlier 5.0 supercharged ones had the timing chain issue, fixed with the L494


Regards,
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