Ground clearance

Karp.. have a go on the jackaroo site(http://wwwaustralia4wd.com). I'm sure you will get the answer you are looking for.

Depends what you are trying to clear. It's no use putting in 3 inches of lift if you are hitting the diffs all the time which is what alot of people forget about. You can have as much lift as you want, but if you diff out, you are pretty much not going to go any further.

I'm no expert on Jackaroos, but I'm pretty sure ARB/TJM would do a nice lift of say 2 inches. Combine that with a larger tyre and your well on your way to clearance. With tyres comes the need for compliance with QLD Transport laws (should you so deem that necessary), and the TD motor may suffer from asthma once the larger rubber is fitted, albiet that those 3LT Jacks are pretty quick. But this setup will cost you a pretty penny and don't expect too much change from $3,000 including tyres.

Oils, best talk to Holden and then shop around for the best price.

Cheers

Chris.

From memory , On the Jack , its the gearbox that is the lowest point.

You can crank up the torsion bars to provide a bit of extra lift at the front , and or put new torsion bars in , and put lifted springs in the rear.

The only way you will get a decent amount of extra cleaance is to put bigger tyres on it, and the new/cranked torsion bars and new springs will help.

I think you can get the whole lot done (shocks, springs and bars) by OME , for around $1000 or so fitted.

Click here for a guide to oils in the Jackaroo TD 3.0.

For a lift, I spent about $950 getting an OME setup fitted which got me a 35mm lift at the front and about a 40mm lift at the rear. This is on a 2000 V6 Monterey. Include 4 shocks, 2 coils, cranking the front bars and a wheel alignment.

Hi Karp

It depends on how much lift you want to get. New tryes like 265/75 will give you roughly 1.5 inch lift, but you might not need tyres. Lifts kits are as mentioned above, start at about $1000 to what ever you want to spend.
cheers
Adam

As has been mentioned, a lift of around 2 inches is easily attainable at a reasonable price. I've got a steel bar on the front of my Jack so i replaced the standard torsion bars, but you can just crank up the original bars.

Larger tyres will certainly help. Standard tyres are 245/70/16 - i run 245/75/16 but i believe 265/75/16 will fit (check your insurance though as this is a larger increase than is legally allowed).

As for the oil - go for 5w/30 or 5w/40. Holden originally recommended 15w/40 but then amended this to 5w or 10w. I run Mobil Delvac1 fully synthetic - it costs a bit more ($200/20L) but imo is well worth it

Re the clearance Karp - if you have a look at how low the transfer case is, lifting the body seems less important to me than making the wheels taller. You can clear a lot of obstacles in the Jack, but you always need to consider where that transfer is. Mine is stock and will probably stay that way - I'm not into rock crawling. The transfer issue on the Jack is a pity - other makers have designs that find the bloody transfer damn near invisible !Re the oil, I use Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 in my 99 SE TD...... has been good to me and is usually $6 / L. The starting on that oil is good here in an SA winter, but I now have a 700CCA battery to spin it over (the aux battery is not invloved). I reckon the thinner oils (5-30 etc) should only be used for very cold climates. An alternative is Castrol Dynamx fully synthetic at 10W-40.....only comes in 20L drums....about $6/L......might be going back to that at some stage - my car was delivered running on that. BTW -I (and others) do the oil changes at 5k, with a main filter then also. The small filter is changed at 10k. Your choice.

You comment lobbed on my reply Rob - might have been better as a new reply !Re the servicing.......do it.....you have to start somewhere ! .... but sorry......my trusty steed is a diesel manual.

Alright, i have just done the said job to my jackaroo, Got a full EFS kit from Carrols springs at Campbellfield in Vic. Heavier rate coils-40mm longer , 4 shocks , 2 2.5mm thicker torsion bars. The rear came up exactly 40mm and the front bars were tensioned up to the same 40mm increase, leaving plenty of down travell in the front end. Cost me $1300 supplied and fitted , took them 3.5 hours , bit of stuffing around getting the bars right. Rides fantastic. I have a steel bar on the front and have had to tension up the front bars in the past so i knew they were going soft and wouldn't handle lifting it any higher, so i had to fit the torsion bars. otherwise you could knock off about $400 from that price.

The new tyres turned up (finally) and i am getting them fitted tomorrow, 265/75/16 MTR's , which will give about 1.5 inch extra lift as well. Cost $1400 for the five, but they are trading mine in for $200 - Sweet....

So extra 1.5 inches under the diff and an extra 3 inches to the trans case and exhaust 'y' pipe, for me -$2500 all up. Add about $280 - 300 for the speedo correction unit if wanted.

This is about as far as practical for a 'daily driver' / tourer, you can get a Calmini kit for the front end to go higher but this will cost $3000 on its own.

cheers Brad

just came in with the tape measure and the latest figures, the suspension has settled down a little since fitment, as they all do, so these measurements should stay as is for a long time. - Check my latest post for details..