TD 42 Rebuild or Exchange

gid'ay tom
for my money it would be a rebuild from the rite mob; exchange you don't know how many times,been thru it with a 350 chev.
regards toohey

exchange. I made the mistake of a rebuild once and it cost 2wice as much and was still half stuffed. people will say at least you knoew how your motor was treated - well yours was run out of oil there isnt much chance of getting one treated worse than that

Know of a bloke in QLD selling a good TD4.2 turboed - done 15,000 ks after a rebuild - and a very thorough joby too.

Have a look on another site - (out of limits) and search parts for sale.

He rolled his GQ to an unfixable state.

Tom,
If done properly a rebuild is as good as new, but you have to find a good mechanic...
The good thing about the TD42 is that it has fully exchangeable cylinder liners, therefore no machining is required.
Some exchange jap units are better value though but be aware, a friend of mine replaced his in his GQ after he cooked it and got one from Japan which was out of a bus, it runs OK but the cylinders are badly scoured...
He also had to get a new head for it.

Gee i would be bleep off if my diesel only lasted 200,00km I guess you can be unlucky. you would expect a good petrol to last 200 - 300thou km but a diesel should last a lot longer than that.

Something doesnt sound right

Woop on Outerlimits got 550,000 out of his and was still going strong... His twin locked, 6in lift, etc does some hard work, it fell over a couple of times as well and has done couple of aussie crossings... Oil and filters every 5000klms with Rimula X oil and Genuine filters paid off.

When he removed the head, you could still see the cross hatch marks from new in the bores... Theres photos on OL of the donk.

IMHO, Rebuild your own if you know the history of the donk, is better than gettin something you have no idea where it came from.

But wont be cheap to do it RIGHT, round $7k+ for new sleeves, pistons rings, deck the block etc etc.

Time to go a 6.5 TD chev! or the 6ltr turbo Dodge Ram donk!

About 10 years ago I had a high speed oil failure when a high pressure hose went at speed. I was out the back of the Flinders Ranges and limped back to a phone.

I think I did some damage then. The turbo bearings went a few months later and the engine was noisier.

I was overseas for a while and the truck was in storage, otherwise I thiink this would have been more apparent earlier.

Surprising thing is that the truck went really well apart from oil consumption & noise. Good power & fuel economy. I suspect I scratched the bores around then and it has steadily deteriorated since, with Madigan trip the last straw.

I should have thought of this sooner. I contacted my cousin in Perth who has a truck repair business (duh).

He put me onto SMS diesels, then onto their place in Melbourne. They sell a full rebuild kit for the TD 42 (pistons, rings, bearings, liners, head bolts, etc) for $1,450. Plus labour to fit makes it around $3,500-$4,500 (crossing fingers that the head & crank are ok, which, touching wood, they seem to be). A lot better.

Future thing to remember, check the high pressure oil hoses to the oil cooler regularly!

I'll get back to you how onj it goes.

The Chevy is tempting, but I just put down a deposit on a 2004 WRX so the cash is a bit short ... typical Murphy's Law timing.