Thread: dead td5 what to replace with

Originally Posted by Davo

BUT WHAT KILLED THIS PARTICULAR TD5?????



A guy's got to yell to be heard around here.

I'm more interested in Slunnie's take on relationship opportunities with the opposite sex (and of the same species) in the Orange area...

Originally Posted by Davo

BUT WHAT KILLED THIS PARTICULAR TD5?????



A guy's got to yell to be heard around here.

Yep - myself and a few other potential purchasers of TD5s want to hear just what (if anything) actually went wrong - please

Originally Posted by rovercare

If they're killing 4BD1's imagine how many TD5's the nuff nuffs could kill

no, I dont want to... when a 4bd1 doesnt make four hours from the crate........

Originally Posted by 87County

Yep - myself and a few other potential purchasers of TD5s want to hear just what (if anything) actually went wrong - please

I'll have a guess....

my 3 primary suspects are (in no particular order at this stage)

1. the oil cooler developed a leak and transfered all of the coolant OR the oil into the other. either seizing or over heating the engine and killing it. (this will be the 5th I have heard of dying this way and 1 witnessed but it was saved by prompt operator "WTF?")

2. A replaced hose was not perfectly routed and has rubbed through OR has not been correctly clamped and has blown out (witnessed 1, heard of 3 others) the motor has then overheated

3. The sneaky hose everyone forgets under the #4 exhaust port has been forgotten one too many times and has let go, the motor then overheats (witnessed 1 failure that was saved by operator attention, 1 that bulged but was caught before failure in a routine service and one that failed after shutdown and was caught during the operator walkaround)

I'm more interested in Slunnie's take on relationship opportunities with the opposite sex (and of the same species) in the Orange area...

I'm sure that's a good reason to start a new thread . . . with pictures, obviously.

Originally Posted by feraldisco

there's two ways one could read that...

Originally Posted by rovercare

Gets lonely out there

Bastards!

ok, maybe I should have said these Solvol hands!

LOL isint this fun. it seems that the TD5 is his only real option as Tombie pointed out.

so you're a lonely masochist now?

Anyway . . .

. . . obviously another TD5 is not only the easiest to bolt in but as the legalities go much easier than anything else as well.

Converting an engine is something that looks so simple but can turn into a huge mess. And I wonder if the TD5 is necessarily that bad - you also hear stories about, say, a plastic radiator letting go in a Patrol and cooking the motor.

Personally, I think all modern cars are crap because they're so complicated. You may as well do all you can with what you've got - and it's very unlikely you'll have another TD5 die on you.

Now, what on earth is this about?

drilling rig on trailer so I can sink a bore

That's one of the craziest things I've ever heard - but impressive!