Thread: dead td5 what to replace with

Originally Posted by Davo

Anyway . . .

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

Impressive indeed.

Show us some pics

And stll we don't know what went wrong

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Same, the drilling rigs around here for bores are on 24 ton trucks.

Some places are suitable for putting a spear point down to get water - often not great depths. Behind most beaches/dunes for example.

I knew someone who used take one with him - I first saw him use it on Fraser Island many years ago.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

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





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)

thanks for these pointers Dave....

that kind of info can be really valuable

I wonder if we'll ever find out what (if anything ) actually went wrong with flyfish's

Some places a suitable for put a spear point down to get water - often not great depths. Behind most beaches/dunes for example.

Ah, I get it. I never would have thought of that all on my own. Very clever! I want to build a trailer next year with some slide on-slide off modules. Looks like I'll need to add a drilling rig to that too!

Sooooo . . . I wonder what went wrong with that TD5? You know, that engine mentioned on page one here?

I still miss my Isuzu and would love to fit one to the 130 with a six speed Isuzu box, but it would cost me WAY more than upgrading to a late model low K well maintained TD5 130

I still miss my Isuzu County too :-))
Cheers Tony,

Terry J

Originally Posted by rover-56

I still miss my Isuzu and would love to fit one to the 130 with a six speed Isuzu box, but it would cost me WAY more than upgrading to a late model low K well maintained TD5 130

I still miss my Isuzu County too :-))
Cheers Tony,

Terry J

well not realy 1 TD5 + 1 TD5 = 1 Isuzu LOL

wow 140k is pretty poor , mine was mostly country ks and it was perfect when it was going, I have taken the advice of some of the members and have opted for another td5 from a fairly low km late model disco so I should have my car back in a few weeks. I took the dog for a run up at moore river north of Perth this morning and I did not know how lucky I was before till I saw how uncapable compared to my 130 the navara stx is. there really is only one four wheel drive, I have had landys since 1994 and I would not dream of anothing else, even taking oil leaks medeocre ergonomics and enything else on the downside, when you need a real 4x4 its the defender every time.