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Originally Posted by steveG

No idea how liquid your finances are, but how about this for an option 4:
- Buy a reasonable second hand 300tdi, fit it, and get back on the road.
- Set Aulro resources to work sourcing bits for an Isuzu conversion and get them all together in one place where someone has workshop space etc
- Have a unusual Isuzu gathering (involving more working that talking :) ) to rip out the 300tdi and put in the Isuzu.
- Sell the 300tdi for not much less than you paid for it having only done a few thousand Km's more.

Gives you the Isuzu conversion you've always wanted, completes your holiday, and will leave an indelible memory of Aus and Aulro.

Sounds like a good option to me !!

Steve

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I'm beginning to like option 4 :) A lot. But yes, of course it depends on finances, which I'm looking into freeing up at home as we speak. I haven't gotten to lift the head off yet - as timing would have it, the person I'm travelling with had a sudden death in the family early yesterday morning, and the last 24 hours have been taken up with figuring out how to get her back to NYC from Alice Springs in time for the funeral. But all going well I should be lifting the head off this morning sometime and I'll have a better idea of what the problem might be.

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

I've pretty much got a clear schedule from here till the 13th of december.

If

• you dont really want to go home yet
• You're going to exit via brisbane(ish)
• You're going to truck it out
• you want to have a last crack at sorting it
• you can line up your parts

I'll make a spot in the yard for you, fire up the BBQ open the beer fridge and post up a "fridge clearance TDI rebuild" thread.

Bet we'd be done in a weekend.

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Beer Fridge
BBQ
Tdi

Sounds like a winning combination to me. :)

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Originally Posted by mike_ie

I'm beginning to like option 4 :) A lot. But yes, of course it depends on finances, which I'm looking into freeing up at home as we speak. I haven't gotten to lift the head off yet - as timing would have it, the person I'm travelling with had a sudden death in the family early yesterday morning, and the last 24 hours have been taken up with figuring out how to get her back to NYC from Alice Springs in time for the funeral. But all going well I should be lifting the head off this morning sometime and I'll have a better idea of what the problem might be.

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Sorry to hear of her loss Mike - please pass on our condolences. On a positive note you were at least somewhere that she could be easily contacted when it happened.

Steve

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Originally Posted by steveG

Sorry to hear of her loss Mike - please pass on our condolences. On a positive note you were at least somewhere that she could be easily contacted when it happened.

Steve

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Have done mate - she appreciates it. But yeah, we were certainly lucky that we were back in coverage - if it had happened two weeks ago when we were out bush with Bruce, we'd never have heard a word.

And despite the best assurances of anyone in a uniform (police, rangers, local council, etc) that we most definitely WILL get stabbed in Alice Springs if we camp up for the night, the people here have been extremely good to us. Local prison officer gave us his place for the day to make arrangements and phone calls, and forum member strangy is giving us a loan of a few tools that we need in order to lift the head off.


Seeing as you and others have done Isuzu conversions, what would be a rough figure for a conversion? For ease of sourcing parts, I'd more than likely go with a stock engine, bellhousing and gearbox, and use one of the_grubb's kits to mate it to the rest. It's only an idea for now, but no harm to get a feel for what would be involved.....

I'll tell you what I know - as long as SWMBO never sees this...

• 4BD1 truck engine - $2-3K
• Isuzu gearbox $500-1000
• Grubb's kit - ???
• Clutch kit - $4-600 (should be able to scavenge some used parts for nix to get it rolling)
• V8 Radiator and conversion of inlet/outlet orientation - $500
• Radiator hoses - $100
• Radiator shroud - ???
• PAS steering hoses - $150 (likely less)
• EDIC cutoff actuator from Mazda T3500 truck $50
• Engine mounts (pair) $150
• Exhaust mods maybe $100
• 12V Alternator - $150-600

Thats just a quick list off the top of my head, and conservative (ie on high side) pricing.

Radiator shrouds for 4bd1 were still available from LR when I last checked a couple of years ago, but about $300 from memory.

Fab work would be engine mounts (chassis part), throttle cable bracket, EDIC actuator mount plus engine side bracket, air filter mount (probably use your 300tdi one temporarily), exhaust to connect existing system.

Alternatively engine and gearbox from a Isuzu Stage1 (which is what I installed) would give you all of what you need if you were OK to stick with a LT95 to get you going and back Ireland under Isuzu power.

The LR specific parts (engine adapter and bellhousing) are the rocking-horse poo bits to locate individually if you wanted to source truck engine and use LT95, but they are around. Pretty sure there are members on here have them spare and might be willing to sell for a worthwhile project.

Steve

Mike sorry to hear of your plight, and condolences to your companion.
Alice always seemed safe to me but I would not camp in the river.

Theres a rebuilt 4BD1T on ebay, I reckon a pretty fair price consideing you could get another 30 years out of it , ~$200 a year is pretty good.

ISUZU 4BD1 TURBO 4BD1-T 3.9 DIESEL ENGINE #9615 | eBay

all the best

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Originally Posted by goingbush

Mike sorry to hear of your plight, and condolences to your companion.
Alice always seemed safe to me but I would not camp in the river.

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Much appreciated. The initial post was a bit over the top in my opinion - it was just one of those "what the **** else could POSSIBLY go wrong" days :D Erika passes on her thanks for your condolences.

Was actually looking at a Rangie on Gumtree as a possible donor - perhaps best to read my post on it, rather than repeat myself two or three times across the forums - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...58#post1803458

Can use the v8 shroud, just turn it upside down, can't remember if it needs minor trimming, but fits surprisingly well.

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Originally Posted by mike_ie

Much appreciated. The initial post was a bit over the top in my opinion - it was just one of those "what the **** else could POSSIBLY go wrong" days :D Erika passes on her thanks for your condolences.

Was actually looking at a Rangie on Gumtree as a possible donor - perhaps best to read my post on it, rather than repeat myself two or three times across the forums - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...58#post1803458

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Perfect for what you need, just need to get the two cars together, if you can get your fender down here, I have a shed and plenty of tools, and plenty of room, if that suits. I just don't have much time to help. Drouin is about 30min away.

Bought up by the first guy who went to look at it this morning :(