1hz 79 series - for how much longer?

g'day davoe,i reckon there will always be a place for them.i have one[75 series trayback] for what i do,a lot of desert touring it suits me.so far 210,000 on the clock with no drama's at all,touch wood. cheers sparra.

You obviously haven't got one.

Interesting post Davoe, me old mate. Given your previous cogitations in 25969.

.............. :o)

Cheers

Isn't the 1HZ dead at the end of this year, same as the TD42 Nissan, due to the indirect injection not being able to pass the new emission laws due to come in at the start of 2006?

I hope not Davoe. The last of the 'real' diesels would be a sad thing. If I had to stake my life on any one vehicle in the entire world it would be the HZJ75 without a shade of a doubt. The single most dependable machine in adverse conditions I've ever used; be it passenger, heavy transport, military.....whatever.

To me, the main attractions of diesels are fast disappearing with the ever increasing sophistication and overstressed construction of current oilers.

The manufacturers fail to grasp that some consumers don't think an IFS, fly by wire, electronically injected, common rail, turboed, intercooled, aluminium radiatored, veloured interiored, 17" rimmed, 5 stud patterned, Hilux diffed, non-7" headlighted, coded keyed, airbagged 4x4 is just the ticket for remote area transport.

K.I.S.S.

AH, i can remember those adds on telly, where the speed sign went from 60 to 100 when the new 1hz diesel 75 tray flew past....
How times change....back then i had a bj70 and everything including the new 80 series 1hz flew past ME.....
Andrew

Davoe,
I'd reckon theres little doubt nothing as simple as the 1HZ will be in any new vehicles in a couple of years.

This is why when the stealers wanted at least 30k to swap my 75 for a late model factory TD, I decided I'll be going for 6.5 litres of chev diesel-1 wire for whole motor,can't get much simpler than that.

Matt

Unfortunately it is true, the ADR and Australian pollution rules mean that "old style" diesels are a thing of the past. In fact the GU patrol only added a turbo so as to pass the new emission controls. the real problem is actually what is known as particulates and soot.

The new standards known as Euro3 and Euro4 will require all diesels to be of the direct injection type and also to have relatively high turbo pressures and intercoolers. I am not sure when these rules will be applied to trucks and 4WDs but they are already mandatory for passenger vehicles and all government bus purchases must comply.

My GU has over 200,000 km for which I have done much of the basic servicing myself. But I'm reticent to sell because I know that the replacement will be a much more complex computer-controlled diesel which I will simply not be able to work on myself. I am actually looking at a Mitsubishi Canter 4WD as a replacement ..... .don't knock it till you think about it!

jon