Thread: Army vehicle disposal

Originally Posted by Ranga

Wonder what happened?

There is a couple of threads floating around that might go into more detail, or just speculation.

Hi All, the auction at graysonline today, has Isuzu 4BD1 4 Cylinder, 3.9 Litre engines and transmission/box's. I was hoping of trying to get a few spares for the rfsv perenti...but are the engines the same models regardless of the power built in steering for the rfsv?

the body doors and panels parts will be the same, I think rear diffs are different, the front diffs might be the same.
hopefully the engines are in ok condition.

Bearfoot dave will know

thaniks
robbo

Originally Posted by robbo247

Hi All, the auction at graysonline today, has Isuzu 4BD1 4 Cylinder, 3.9 Litre engines and transmission/box's. I was hoping of trying to get a few spares for the rfsv perenti...but are the engines the same models regardless of the power built in steering for the rfsv?

the body doors and panels parts will be the same, I think rear diffs are different, the front diffs might be the same.
hopefully the engines are in ok condition.

Bearfoot dave will know

thaniks
robbo

Hi Robbo, The 4x4 engines are all the same except as you note with the PS pump on some, which will have come from RFSV's. Gearboxes are all interchangeable, note the RFSV variant has a lower ratio (and speed) hi range gears but there is no way of telling this box by appearance or serial number - you have to drop the sump and check the gear tooth count to find out. Rear diffs are the same and interchangeable except for disc brakes on the RFSV one. Front diffs are different (stronger housing and CW carrier in the RFSV) but are interchangeable. Unless you can identify that the item is new, you have to assume that it is used (as they describe everything) and probably will have a problem/fault. I have bought a few of the gearboxes and a front axle and every one I have looked at so far (3 boxes and the axle) have needed extensive repairs) so you have to bid accordingly with this in mind and what freight is going to cost to get it to where you live. You may get a good one hopefully!

There's a fair bit of interest in the Michy tyres. Be interesting to see how much they go for. I think it was mentioned somewhere that they are old stock but can anyone confirm this by the codes on the tyres.

The Michelins can't be that old as they replaced the Olympic Steeltreks. Maybe they have been in storage for a while but I don't think the have been in service more than 10 years.

2 SF Surveillance vehicles at Minto, it will be interesting to see what they go for. I suspect they have had a hard service life and would be interested to hear from anyone that gets a chance to inspect. Once again WA misses out.

These are the 1st I've seen with compliance plates.

Cleaning up a few bookmarks, I found a few 6x6 "possibly low use" vehicles at auction. These may have been up before, and while they may have been refurbed, or had parts swapped out/scavenged for other vehicles etc, the shine of the galvanizing shows they haven't done any work. Interested if anyone here got them?
Land Rover 110 6X6 Infantry Carrier Hard Top 2/1996 Auction (0006-3005075) | GraysOnline Australia
Land Rover 110 6X6 Infantry Carrier Hard Top, 2/1996 (Location: Seaton, SA) Auction (0004-8001150) | GraysOnline Australia
Land Rover 110 6X6 Infantry Carrier Hard Top 10/1996 (Location:Seaton, SA) Auction (0003-8001150) | GraysOnline Australia
Land Rover 110 6X6 Infantry Carrier Hard Top 10/1996 Auction (0008-3005075) | GraysOnline Australia