1984 holden jackaroo

Matt hi,

I have the ole' 84 LS jack
a/c p/s d/fuel
300,000km's
This has been a great vehicle.
The major problem is RUST!
Roof is the worst as well as chassis rails.
Front horizontal suport that is in front
and below radiator, totally eaten through.
Bottom rear of front guards, comon rust prob.
(can get after market panels pretty cheap)
Most is due to poor drainage, red dirt can clog
chassis rails and hold moisture very well.
A must is to high pressure spray under car after trips esp beach work.

Check your gutter rails for any cracking, peeling and rust.
Get onto it asap!
Have seen many years ago, in Perth some guy was doing
fibreglass jackaroo roof raplacements. Could be interesting.

Mods
Rebuilt 1.9L G200Z motor
Bored 60thou
better cam
extractors
bluebird carby

doesn't sound like much but it's pretty quick!

I totally stripped it about 7/8 years ago
baked enam silver.

The rubber seals for rear side windows get very very britle
with age. Be carefull and maybe expect it to crack around edges
if not breaking altogether if you try and replace windows.

Duel fuel problems with pumps seizing if not const alternated and used.

I have removed all carpets and all interior panels.
Custom ply panels with black leather look vinyl.
Had reconstituted rubber insitu flooring from
up under dash right through to the back.
Can get the hose and basically spray the entire
lot clean. Alot thicker & tougher than the spray on
liners that you see.
The corrigations in the floor of the jack are filled so it
is completely flat. Rear seat still fully functional.
Excellent sound deadiner.

Custom aluminium rear bumper that has stealth rod holders
incorporated into the bumper. Great for when you can fish
from the car. Open the barn doors and have 3 rods all set.

As you said cheap and easy to fix.

If it wasn't for the rust I'd fix it up, again!
Prob sell it soon. ItT is and still will be an excellent fishing 4x4
for someone who is willing to put some time into it.

Bringing back lots of memories...
That should be of some help anyway.

cheers
wolf

G'day Matt, This maybe irrelevant but for 12 years I owned a 1982 Jackaroo 2.2 Diesel. At the time,when this model came out, it was considered a long wheel base but in reality very short by todays standards.
I did over 490,000 kms in the old girl and the only problem was with the engine cutting out (at the most inoppurtune moments-middle of intersections). Tracing the problem took a while but I finally traced it to a pin-prick hole in the water seperator- sucking air in and causing air to block the fuel flow Remedy get rid of the seperator, I mean it's only 2.2 litres and its very easy to bleed.
Always use clean fuel(if possible),washable foam air filter(and wash it regularily),keep grease up to all the bearings(wheels, tailshaft, front hubs.
A few years back I stripped it completly(well alright my wife and I stripped it), went over it with a fine tooth comb repaired minor rust spots at the corner of the side windows, and transformed it from it's original 'cloudygrey' to a brilliant 'british racing green', yeah!, yeah! I know there's a few of them, I'll have to find the reciept.
This machine took me to the cape- towed a caravan as far as cook town, the rock towed a trailer- via oodnadatta
Yeah I loved the old 'roo'
mightyQ

matt

nice jack for sale on carsales.com

81 $2700ono
total rebuild
has photos

wolf

HAve a look at this site

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They also have stuff for Rodeo owners

Matt, Rob at Jackworld really knows his stuff, but Im pretty sure its mainly a one man show so is rather busy!! I have sourced a few Isuzu parts from him (brake cable, brake pads, lower ball joints, headlights timing belts and a few seals! Never let me down although sometimes it takes awhile to get through!

If you know your stuff it helps him immensly, hence the rather detailed order form, Isuzu have MANY different parts for the same vehicle so you have to supply the most information possible about your rig to help him!

Goodluck
Matt.