Stephen Tunley
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Hi
My name is Steve and I live in Bellingen NSW.
After 15 Range/Land Rovers, 1 Pajero, 2x Navarra's, my last 2 purchases have been Toyota's, an LX 470 fully set up for overland touring and just before Xmas 2017 an 80 Series GXL.
I sold the LX 470 as it was heavy on fuel, bought a Navarra which I hated in too many ways and got the 80 (4.5 petrol) for $2k on 24 December.
As an el cheapo it had no rego, but flew through the slip. It shows 407k's but I was told the engine was rebuilt / replaced in recent years (no way to know). It is manual and drives surprisingly well. I have taken it on the beach a few times and it handles well in all kinds of sand conditions so far I am very happy.
I put in expensive LED head lights as I'm scared of the dark and replaced bull-bar with an ally bar. It has a 3 inch lift which is a PIA but I will live with it.
I gave it a good scrub and clean and it came up very well but does have very minor bumps around headlights, a few scratches and rust spots and more rust (surface spots) on roof. I will rub these back with wet and dry and get local spray fold to apply undercoat and new paint.
It also had a badly closing tail gate which I figured was a rubber block inside the dust seal, I cut the dust seal and removed these and reglued dust seal and it closes better, but still no perfect and I can't see reason why or how to adjust - any ideas?
The other major issue is the A/C. It does'n't work and I took it to a shop in Coffs Harbour to understand issue(s) and cost to fix and was told the compressor was seized (there was no pulley belt) and quoted $1200 for a new compressor plus costs to fit, replace pipes and regas ($200). Yikes that will be close to $2000 and I am not up for that. So the choice is leave as is, or find lower cost solution. Online I can see 80 series compressors for around $275 and my local mechanic had a quick look and said it seemed straightforward to replace. However in my experience life is never this simple...
Has anyone had experience with eBay provided (I presume Chinese) compressors or are there other / better alternatives? Is the c/over straightforward (It has no gas in the system) or are there other issues I need to be aware of?
I would really love some insights / ideas.
Thanks in advance.
Steve
My name is Steve and I live in Bellingen NSW.
After 15 Range/Land Rovers, 1 Pajero, 2x Navarra's, my last 2 purchases have been Toyota's, an LX 470 fully set up for overland touring and just before Xmas 2017 an 80 Series GXL.
I sold the LX 470 as it was heavy on fuel, bought a Navarra which I hated in too many ways and got the 80 (4.5 petrol) for $2k on 24 December.
As an el cheapo it had no rego, but flew through the slip. It shows 407k's but I was told the engine was rebuilt / replaced in recent years (no way to know). It is manual and drives surprisingly well. I have taken it on the beach a few times and it handles well in all kinds of sand conditions so far I am very happy.
I put in expensive LED head lights as I'm scared of the dark and replaced bull-bar with an ally bar. It has a 3 inch lift which is a PIA but I will live with it.
I gave it a good scrub and clean and it came up very well but does have very minor bumps around headlights, a few scratches and rust spots and more rust (surface spots) on roof. I will rub these back with wet and dry and get local spray fold to apply undercoat and new paint.
It also had a badly closing tail gate which I figured was a rubber block inside the dust seal, I cut the dust seal and removed these and reglued dust seal and it closes better, but still no perfect and I can't see reason why or how to adjust - any ideas?
The other major issue is the A/C. It does'n't work and I took it to a shop in Coffs Harbour to understand issue(s) and cost to fix and was told the compressor was seized (there was no pulley belt) and quoted $1200 for a new compressor plus costs to fit, replace pipes and regas ($200). Yikes that will be close to $2000 and I am not up for that. So the choice is leave as is, or find lower cost solution. Online I can see 80 series compressors for around $275 and my local mechanic had a quick look and said it seemed straightforward to replace. However in my experience life is never this simple...
Has anyone had experience with eBay provided (I presume Chinese) compressors or are there other / better alternatives? Is the c/over straightforward (It has no gas in the system) or are there other issues I need to be aware of?
I would really love some insights / ideas.
Thanks in advance.
Steve